Chapter 10: The Passenger

The Passenger shows two things: that Baby Yoda has an appetite for frog eggs, and that not every episode of The Mandalorian will focus on the A-Story all of the time.

This episode's got gorgeous effects work strung throughout it, but the story was totally 'disposable' in the grand scheme of Season Two's plans for Mando and Baby Yoda.

Nicely directed and all, but it's not must-see Star Wars canon.

The Mandalorian runs into trouble while transporting a passenger.

This is an effective monster-of-the-week episode that diverts from the show's main plot to give some action-horror-suspense with a little bit of dark humour.

The basic theme running through the episode is parents protecting children and this is present from the cool opening fight sequence right through to the end. The Child in this series might look cute, but has natural instincts that get him and the Mandalorian into plenty of trouble, which to me feels relatively funny and a bit sick at the same time.

There's not much in the way of performance in this episode as the characters with the most screen time are either heavily costumed, animatronic or computer generated, and of these the Child is definitely the most expressive. There isn't much to the dialogue either but The Mandalorian isn't really noted for that.

Where it succeeds is in its oddness and spectacle. There are a number of suspenseful action sequences that work very well and the parts where Child eats a number of things it shouldn't works for me in a weird way, particularly as a parent where this rings true in life.

As in all episodes the production values are excellent and the show continues to produce highly cinematic spectacle easily worthy of the big screen.

How can some of you give this a 10/10 AND give last week's episode a 10/10? Are they the same in quality? Are both of them literally perfect in every way that you couldnt find one flaw?

But also, like what you like, rate what you rate, it doesnt really matter. Just be more consistent people.

This episode was good, but it's giving be Boba Fett blue balls.

I would die for Baby Yoda, but damn, stop eating everything.

Alien languages are cool, but funny, and alien creatures are awesome, but terrifying.

The biggest problem is Mando continues side quests for more XP and upgrades. It doesnt progress the plot forward any further than the finale of season 1 did.

It just sucks when we only have 8 episodes and most of it is pointless filler. Now we need to wait another week for another episode...

If you are looking for a way to pass time or to have a relaxing night, this episode would be a good choice. The special and practical effects are superior. There are Easter eggs for the fans. The Star Wars magic is definitely present. However, looking for the next exciting episode in the second season of the Mandalorian, honestly, you might be left bummed out. In the beginning of the episode, the plot moving forward seemed promising. It did not follow through. This episode hardly added to the current storyline and instead had a sidetrack story. It did move toward the overall goal nevertheless. Finally, I'll forewarn some viewers that the main "evil" creatures may be frightening.

Wow. Pulling this level of quality off in a tv show really is raising the bar for genre tv going forward.

The atmosphere and intensity in the ice caves was palpable. Incredible effects and so well paced.

We are blessed just now with this wonderful show.

Brilliant blend of episodic and overarching storylines and a wonderful family show.

Creating wonderful memories watching this with my kids that I know they will remember with the same fondness I remember the original trilogy with.

7.9 rating on IMBD is laughable. This site has jumped the shark.