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Explain to me how a TV episode that has a budget of 22.5M, has a runtime of 26 minutes actual content (32 length, 1.5Min repetition into and a 4 Minute credits ).

So far we learn that director her wife is the strong leader (its so cringe). Why are we not surprised by a bit of nepotism.

We enjoy leisurely walks and i do not mean Alucard walks, i mean the boring kind ... from that 26 Minutes, about half is walking, and walking and walking...

A surprise plot twist that again, makes no sense (its in the trailers so its not a spoiler!). How did the baddy get there, why did the baddy perform Mai her tasks, why does it all make no sense.

When your seeing a movie like Invasion USA that is just a bad movie but made on a 6Million budget (22.5 Million today with inflation) actually has more action, actors, tons of explosions, and has a more interesting story despite it being a rubbish story/movie. And yet, that movie last almost 2 hours with shorter intro / credits! O and more famous (at the time) actors so bigger pay. Where does the money go in this series???

There is really something wrong with the whole dialog. Even 4 episodes in, the dialog is wooden.

The characters act out of sequence, like actions are taken that make no sense for any timeline. Like they needed filler material (see blaster scene), to pad the episode even more.

The plot convinces are just bad and again make no sense.

The whole episode can be characterized as: Somebody gets a asschewing from strong nepotism director wife, they traveled, walk, walk, walk, add minor BAD CGI action, "bad" person made a turn around that is again out of character from episode 3 (and 2, 1)), and they "fight" (see series trailer). Technically, see the trailer of the series and what you saw in 2 scenes is this entire episode!!!

22.5 Million??? On what, catering?

Another shrinkflation episode of barley thirty minutes. They walk around and mumble. The supposed 'clever assassin' (according to the episode description in the app) is unable to walk in the woods without looking where she is going and trips up.

Disney are taking our money and popping down the local garden centre to buy some potted ferns and passing this off as a new planet shot on a school stage. Sorry, 'new world'.

The storyline of this episode? It's a filler, laced with script and acting matching Joey smelling a fart.

I'll be there for the next episode as I smash my head at the TV. Hoping, yet again, that something will happen. But alas after doom scrolling somewhere I'll be unable to remember what happened.

I will sit and wait for Andor.

After a disastrous third episode. The fourth episode needed a lot of work to do pull the Acolyte television show out of the abyss.

Unfortunately it fails. This is simply a filler episode and not a very good one. The acting is terrible and the script is only slightly better.

Master Sol wonders which Jedi trained Mae. She has a Master who must have extraordinary powers, Mae has killed two Jedis.

Osha is asked to be of assistance for the search for her sister. They need to get to Kelnacca, the Wookiee Jedi Master who might be in danger.

The forest scenes were a tad exciting, only at the end when someone wielded a lightsaber. I just got a feeling by this point. The Acolyte should had been a television movie with better actors.

This episode can be summarised with "Jedi go to a planet to look for another Jedi".

That's it!

Throw in one cameo, a few ignitions of lightsabres, (not even fights, IGNITIONS of lightsabres), and still not finding out who the big bad is...

Then add in some very poor dialogue, the fact that a lot is filmed in darkness, some more very boring sets ($180 million and all we've seen is inside a few buildings, fields and forests???), and a misgendered fur ball, and we've summarised the episode.

... I mean, Disney very tactically throw in a line about how this thing identified... "he or they", and then go on to misgender it by calling it "she" anyway!

I'm actually buying into this money-laundering theory out there... where did all the money go?!

The Acolyte's latest episode felt like obvious filler. Despite being very short, it felt extremely slow and boring. There were too many scenes of ships taking off and landing, wasting irrelevant time that could have been better spent on advancing the plot or developing the characters. The dialogue was abundant yet contributed nothing meaningful to the story, making it feel like the writers were simply trying to fill the runtime. The episode was riddled with problems related to distance and travel times, which made the pacing feel inconsistent and disjointed.

Once again, a character's sudden change of heart came out of nowhere, feeling rushed and nonsensical. This change lacked proper buildup and context, making it hard to believe and undermining the character's development. The ending was entirely predictable, failing to deliver any real surprises or emotional impact. After all the filler, there was just one interesting minute before the episode ended, leaving viewers feeling unsatisfied and disappointed.

Overall, this episode did little to advance the overarching narrative and felt like a missed opportunity. The potential for engaging storytelling was overshadowed by poor pacing and irrelevant scenes. Hopefully, future episodes will address these issues and bring the series back on track.