Literally the only two parts of "Andor" that I heard about before starting these reviews were the attempted rape scene, and the Mon Mothma dance scene. I never in a million years would have guessed that these two were actually the same scene.

It seems that Gul'Dan has either passed muster, or is just too savvy to kill without stuff getting out. Tae, on the other hand...honestly, Tae was pretty stupid in how he went about this.

Embracing traditional hierarchies as an attempt at rebellion against a traditional authority figure.

Priceless.

I'm starting to wonder if this entire bunch are just part of a stress hallucination Cassa is having as he languishes alone in the jungle.

Is she, like. Punishing herself for what happened on Ferrix? Is this emotional self-harm?

I guess it's either that, or she's just planning to eat him and taking her time with it.

"oh freddled gruntbuggly"

This is one of the densest hours of television I've yet to watch.

It's probably safe to assume that this particular prototype is one of the FTL-capable types, based on who the test pilot is. He wouldn't have been interested in flying this one otherwise.

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.