He is putting his life in Luthen's hands. He stands in place, hands showing, in front of an armed Luthen, and tells him to either kill him, or take him on for keeps.

Also, it, um. Turns out that Luthen is also here. For some reason.

There's definitely going to be explosions, but it's also going to be a bit more sophisticated than just that.

Ironic, that all the stuff that I thought was going to happen in this episode seems to be deferred until the finale.

Luthen tells Saw that he can call it a sacrifice for the greater good, if it helps. Saw, looking absolutely miserable, says that they should just call it "war."

That's how war always is.

The Galactic Empire is really a masterclass at making friends, isn't it?

Star Wars Andor has been accurately described as a scifi spy thriller, or political thriller, or dark adventure story. Looking at the ten episodes I've reviewed so far, I'm going to propose an alternate interpretation. Not as a replacement, to be clear, more of a supplement.

Andor is a horror story in which violence itself is the monster. Like many horror stories, this one sees the monster winning.

For all that it also did right, there's also just too damned much that bothered me.

In short, and with the benefit of franchise context: they're building components for the death stars.

I'll just finish this off by repeating one more time how fucking amazing the Narkina factory interiors look.

It kinda makes her an even more pathetic figure than Cyril himself. He's able to pick up and restart his life after losing Preox-Morlana, albeit with difficulty. Without the ISB, she'd melt like the wicked witch of the west.

Seriously, the Narkina 5 rig is some of the best environment work I've ever seen.

I hate it. Thanks.

I take back what I said before. This is worse than Cyril's new job.

Does Cassa realize that this - the increased suffering of the people he knows and cares about - was an intentional part of Luthen's strategy? Probably not, I don't think. But then, as has already been discussed, this was always going to come sooner or later.