Teach/Corrupt

Lots of suspense building and much better dialogue and acting than many previous episodes. I was pleased that they didn't drag out certain elements of the story and that we will be getting to the heart of the matter shortly. So to fill up some the required character count, let me just say once again that it was Lee Jung Jae that brought me back to Star Wars as a series to enjoy, and he has been absolutely stellar in this series. This episode was less action-packed, but that's 100% okay, because the backstory was well presented and I'm even more invested in the outcome. I remain very hopeful for a second or even third season.

There are only so many times you can end the episode on a cliffhanger. In between the story moves at a glacial pace and given the overall show meagerness, it can't even be considered slow-burn. At this point I feel like I am reading the story of a second grader putting in all weird details just to increase the word count. It does nothing for the show. It is beyond boring and it is such a shame because the potential is still there. Yet the show fails entirely to capture the audience and use any inkling of a tense moment, conflict or air of mystery and extend it to an eventual satisfying pay it off. All we get is the same dragging moments and nothing of substance happens. The writing is still poor and the lore I feel is being ruined with every line of dialogue spoken. There is little to no care or regard for the greater Star Wars legends lore. Even if the Star Wars brand wasn't attached to this project, the show would still have trouble to stand on its feet. Overall, this episode is barely able to keep its viewers' attention and this is just sad because the potential is just wasted.

This show continuous to be really bad TV. However this week was almost an improvement.

A 2/10 and only really bad TV this week, and perhaps not the vomit inducing filth we got earlier.

However we can here really highlight one of the core problems of this show; the acting. The "twins" lady basically only have one facial expression and we could easily find a better actress at any local drugstore. The Green lady, who was cast due to nepotism, is even worse. The rest have a range from awful to passable. 25% of this show could have been saved by simply casting correctly, and in this episode that becomes clear as day.

Another big problem with this show is the writing, or rather the storytelling. We are 6 episodes in now with about 3 hours of runtime, and what we've been told so far could have easily been told in 40min, or one episode. What have actually happened? We have broken canon on multiple occasion, some Jedi has died for some reason, we've jumped planets several times for some reason, and the twins have switched places and everything move conveniently forward in a very cringe straight line. That is basically it. What is the point here? Where are we going with this story? The "murder mystery" never was a mystery, the weird space witches got to sing cringe and then die. What is the direction? Who is who? Why are the worst most wimpy characters in all of star wars white men? Why is that tiny animal non-binary thing sniffing around very creepily?

Many questions, but sadly apathy is starting to sink in. I simply do not care anymore. This is Star Wars now? Okay, time to move on. I could not care less.

After the most dramatic episode of "The Acolyte" so far, the follow up is...underwhelming. There are a few twists in the tale here that don't make a lot of sense, with lazy writing at the heart of it. Clunky, awkward dialogue riddled with cliches. Can't Disney do any better?

It's interesting that some people really liked "Teach/Corrupt" and other people didn't like it at all. I'm in the former camp. Couldn't get excited. Some strange choices by certain characters wrecked all the momentum from the last episode. It was interesting that just when something exciting happened at the end of the episode, it faded to black and it's basically, "Come back next episode."

One good thing: the scenery in this episode was brilliant, especially those scenes by the water.

A Star Wars story all about twins. Just like the original trilogy. This is just a torturous bottle episode.

Osha and Mae have split off. The pull being after being taken to an unknown planet by and treated by Qimir. He is trying to entice he to the dark side.

Back at the ship. Master Sol seemingly cannot utilise the force to figure out that Mae is pretending to be her sister. At one point she even attempts to kill Sol.

Although it might also be, Sol knows that it is Mae all along.

A character based slow burn but with trite dialogue. As predicted by some, there is a potential switcheroo here. What if Osha becomes evil!

The actor playing Qimir gets to show the results of all those hours spent in the gym.