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This is a very strong episode that builds on the previous the events of 'The Eye'.

For me the best parts of the story are the fallout from the heist on Adhani and all the politics involved in the development of the rebellion.

I love all the scenes involving Mon Mothma. This character is compellingly written and she is performed with class by Genevieve O'Reilly. It probably sounds childish but I feel a sense of nerdy excitement every time she is on screen as we know where her character will go but not how she got there.

The scenes at the security meeting are also great as they provide more plausible detail of the empire's response to the possible formation of an organised rebellion. It's also great to see Yularen from the original Star Wars in a prominent role.

Cassian has solid screen time, with a superb scene involving Maarva, and for me his arc gets even more intriguing until the last two scenes of the episode. Diego Luna is on good form and Fiona Shaw is excellent.

The cinematography, editing, production design and music are all top drawer and with more of that 'Bladerunner' type feel to everything. The content still feels very Star Wars with the visuals and references of familiar characters and places.

This show continues to satisfy me. It really is a shame that so many aren't watching this. In my humble opinion it is the best Star Wars Disney+ show.

Once again, the script is fantastic. Just grown ups having strict political conversations in the midst of a fascist regime. There is hardly any action in this episode and that's fine with me; I am intrigued all the same.

Also the acting!! Genevieve O'Reilly, Stellan Skarsgärd, Diego Luna and even Fiona Shaw continue to excel on this front.

Another thing that I haven't really seen mentioned: the music is amazing! In this episode specifically it was quite different than we've heard before in Star Wars.

Some may argue that that isn't Star Wars, and that it should be more tailored for kids. However, you can't tell me this show hasn't been a breath of fresh air.

This is the most well-written show out of anything that has come out of Disney+ since its inception in 2019.

I never thought I'd see a piece of media from Star Wars with such compelling characters and great writing, let alone from Disney and never mind Dsiney+!

This episode is obviously another one of the build-up and calm before the storm episodes so you don't get the "third episode big action scene" they've been doing and there's more talking than Star Wars blasters going pew pew and lightsabers touching tips, but it's my second favorite episode since the last one.

The characters of this show are so well-written and well-acted that they feel like real characters and not just some actors saying lines and waiting for the other actor to say their lines so they can go to the next line and next scene.

The scene between Maarva and Cassian is so real and well-written that it makes you emotional even though you aren't yet that much familiar with these characters, especially Maarva. That's how good the acting and especially the writing are. Definitely one of the best acted scenes in all of Star Wars.

They also find the best way of doing flashbacks and giving us more insight into Cassian's past and giving more characterization instead of just putting the character in a sleep chamber or a water healing pod so he can sleep and have half of your episode be about the flashbacks.

We finally get more Mon Mothma which is really good and her scenes are also really well-done in this episode and she's slowly becoming one of my favorite characters.

What I like about this show and that it continues to do so, is how it's keeping it real and treating the audience like adults, and keeping its character morally gray, no one is good or bad, both sides have to do what they have to do and no one is a saint. They even make you cheer for an Imperial Officer and root for "them", even though they're literally trying to catch and execute our protagonist, can you believe that?

We also get a little bit more from Syril Karn and his subplot feels like is going a little slower than others, but it makes sense since we still have 5 more episodes and the runtime isn't that long. I don't know why some people would find him and his plot unnecessary and boring. Well, I get the hate his annoying mother would get, but I think he's a really interesting character, or at least is shaping up to be. He's going from a naive and shy Imperial Police or whatever his position was, who only wanted to uphold the law, to someone who resents our protagonist, and rightfully so. So I think it's really interesting to see where they're going with him and his character arc is gonna be something special, I hope at least.

The CGI in this episode is kind of rough at times and you can tell you're watching a tv show (specifically the speeder scene), and it makes sense after the spectacle of an episode we had last week, and I get that it's easier to make ships flying through shooting stars look more real than faking an actor falling down or riding a speeder in the studio, but the episode's visuals and CGI as a whole are solid as always and that scene is just a nitpick and nothing important. The cinematography is great as always and everything about this show just feels like is made by competent professional people who actually care about making a good tv show.

And finally, we have that ending which you could say it's a cliffhanger, but it's a really big surprise and opens a whole can of worms for Cassian. And this ending might be baffling and unrealistic and perhaps too goofy to some - I don't know why it would be, have you not watched V for Vendetta? But let's assume some might find it unrealistic - but come live in the middle east and you'll see what happened at the end isn't remotely unrealistic and it's actually an understatement.

Anyway, the show is going strong, and even though every 3 or 2 episodes have different directors and writers, the quality is staying the same and the writing is getting even better, and I hope it stays the same and we get a good development throughout the show and they don't fumble the ending like many shows that start strong tend to do.

I really have been enjoying this series!

I remember way back, way back, when George Lucas mentioned how the prequels might be more Machiavellian, political, and full of plotting and intrigue. What this series is delivering is just what I was hoping to see one day when I heard that. The music, the acting, the shot design, all of it just really works for me.

I feel if I were in Star Wars episode 4, on Tatooine, in the alleyways where Luke and Ben sold the speeder, if I just turned down a different alley, I'd see things happening the way they do in this show. Really looking forward to more. Bravo!

There is no other show currently streaming that is more impressive than Andor. In seven episodes, it has kicked the doors to the SW universe wide open, not just in its mining of new stories but in both its tone, expression, and style. It's strictly for the adults and it eschews the episodic structure of the Mandalorian with gusto. That said the first six eps can be easily watched in two movie-like instalments. If the next six prove likewise, we might just have an iconic new SW quadrilogy on our hands-& my respect and admiration for this endeavour will have exploded thru whatever ceiling I've been hitherto rating modern tv shows under.