Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-29 (Thursday)

On 5/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Just 3 episodes of "Andor":
Andor (Disney+) - Ep's #2.7-2.9 (again, these were "one year later", so were up to BBY 2).
    These were quite good, esp. ep. #2.9. (Everyone on Reddit raves about the second-to-last episode of "Paradise" being so good, but I though "Andor" 2.9 was more suspenseful (even though we already know Mon Mothma's fate).)
    So, both seasons of "Andor" follow the same pattern - a slow start (arguably a *really* slow start), but then gets really good in the middle and at the end.
    The first two episodes, ep's #2.7 & 2.8, primarily are concerned with the fruition of the EVOL!1! Imperials plan to "liquidate" the population of Ghorman, which Cassian witnesses first-hand, in order to get the sacred mineral(tm!) that they need for the EVOL! (secret!!) Death Star. Somebody in this set gets righteously wasted, but another villain is given more silliness to make he seem "human" (they shouldn't have bothered...).
    Ep. #2.9 concerns the Ghorman fallout, with Mon Mothma set to give a speech to the Imperial Senate which will get her arrested, so Luthen tasks Cassian with the job of getting her off-planet afterwards, as Bail Organa's extraction crew has been infiltrated by Imperial assassin scum!! Cassian handles the task with murderous aplomb (much to Mon Mothma's shock and horror!). So we finally find out how Mothma gets to Yavin, like in the moovee!! In the end, Bix shines Cassian on, just to keep him working in the rebellion! (I wonder if we will see Bix at all in the final 3 episodes?...) Ouch! But, it's OK - at the very end, Cassian gets a new droid friend!!  :)
    Looking forward to the last 3 epies - likely won't get to them today, so I will save them for Saturday.
What did you watch?