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In the sense of including a lot of unnecessary words to meet the word count. The whole episode should have been the first ten minutes of the next episode.

There is no subtlety, no depth, no finesse and no style on display. Just passively following the script from A to B.

It's just so low effort. How much money went into this? It seems as though they took the first idea they thought of, wrote a script, never revised it, filmed everything in one take, edited it to the most basic level, and then released it.

If they insist on making more Star Wars content then it can be a lot better than this, and we should expect it to be.

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.

Half way into the series and there is still very little to truly grip you. While some of the performances are captivating, locales and effects sometimes inspiring and the show has its moments of brilliance, mainly in the action department, it is all drowned in slow pacing, amateurish script, baffling camera choices and unfocused dialogue. Overall I feel disappointment, mainly because it is a breath of fresh air into an old saga and some of the actors seem like they could do so much more given the chance. The show feels rushed, dull and without any tension. It is a shame, because I just feel the potential. I would love a new take on this era, with the same actors and stronger production, but unless something dramatically changes in the second half of this show, I am afraid that this is what we are going to get.

This is a spoiler-free review.

I read all the user reviews before writing this, and I'm confounded by how many people will write a review where the most complementary thing they say is, "well, at least it wasn't entirely terrible for the entire episode"... and then they'll give it an 8/10.

Some of you are being far too generous with your scores, simply because you want to believe that the show will get better and/or because this episode wasn't as terrible as the previous episode (which would be pretty hard to accomplish, honestly).

The only reason I didn't give this episode a 1/10 is because the final scene was kind of cool. Will I continue watching this show? Probably. It's like watching a car crash- you can't look away, even if you want to.

This episode spends the time to retread the exact scene the last one ended on without any real significance.

The episode continues to feel more Star Trek like based on acting and script. Trite conversations that are uncharacteristic of Star Wars. I can only think this is because the desired audience is 12-15 years old. Which then means the show is excellently made as it is on par with other Disney and Nickelodeon shows.

The real standout acting wise is the fumbling helper for Mae. Which is probably the Sith Lord in disguise...yoda style. And those two characters are the only ones that are entertaining.

The ending was pretty cool but again was a whole episode leading up to almost nothing. Then a trailer defect reel starts and then stops dead in its tracks.

28 min show, 5 min credits.....Im thinking this is another whimsical Filoni episode of "what if", but ultimately leads nowhere like ahsoka or BoBF.