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Andor won't stop being amazing. This is definitely a calm before the storm episode, but it does a great job at setting up for the finale. All the different plot points that have been building up since the beginning are finally starting to converge. It seems like syril and andor are going to face off once again in the finale. I can't wait for andor to kick his butt for a second time.

The standout character in this episode was Luthen, by far. I loved his scene with saw gerrera. We see what he means when he says he had to sacrifice his humanity in last epsiode's speech. He's willing to sacrifice 30 men for the greater good. I honestly love how dark this show is. It shows the true costs of leading a rebellion. Some people are going to have to die.

The best scene was when Luthen gets stopped by an imperial ship. Oh. My. God. This scene was so intense. I kept wondering "how is he gonna get out of this?" Every time the imperial guy kept growing more and more suspicious, my heart raced faster and faster. My heart dropped when they started to pull Luthen towards their ship. Thankfully, due to the empire's cockiness, they let their guard down and Luthen is able to escape. That's what they get for underestimating him! God, he's such a badass.

Andor's scenes were also good. Him and his prisoner friend attempt to steal a ship but they get caught by these two aliens. I had always hoped there would be more aliens in this show, so seeing these two creatures was a joy to watch. At the end, cassian finds out that maarva died, and his reaction is very well-acted. Speaking of her death, can I just mention how heartbreaking the droid's reaction to her death was? "B-b-but I don't want to be alone. I want to be with m-m-maarva." I cant believe this show made me care so much about a droid.

Andor looks like it's building towards a climactic and action packed finale. My guess is Cassian will return to Ferrix and face off against Syril and/or Dedra Meero. I can't wait to be blown away. 8.5/10, but I'm gonna round up to a 9.

No other series in recent memory has made me want to pay tribute to it as much as "Andor".

Not only has it firmly cemented itself as the best Star Wars drama, now it's giving us some of the best action in Star Wars as well. Those 5 minutes of tension blew me away. It goes to show how much I've started caring for these characters. Especially Luthen. I suspect we'll have one heck of a tear-jerker in the 2nd season.

"Andor" very much embraces the "show me, don't tell me" approach. And everything feels viscerally real. The old spaceship that barely lifts up the ground, the mourning droid, the tortured prisoner, the anguish of a mother who's about to make a terrible personal sacrifice in order to save others, the son who merely wanted to see his mother again. I feel for all of them. And with them.

After the first 5 episodes I already rated this entire series as an 8, but I've since changed my rating to a stellar 9.

I mean the droid of course. Felt absolutely terrible for him in the opening scene.

The death of Maarva is felt quite a bit, even though she passed away off screen. It'll be interesting to see what the writers have done with the season finale. I can definitely see hints at who will and won't be returning. Either way, I'm very invested in this show, if you couldn't tell.

The final confrontation between Luthen and those twerps from the Empire was pretty short-loved yet enthralling. Luthen is a surprisingly entertaining, great character. That final shot of the ship's commander looking through the glass so defeated, with the reflection of the destroyed ships... one of the best "ha gotcha" moments in a good while for me.

Acting is all very solid, as is the production. VFX, make-up, direction, editing... great quality. No idea where that budget came from, but I'm glad it was put to great use.

Another slow burn episode. But that isn't a bad thing on Andor, where there is great character development when the blasters aren't firing.

Ultimately, everything is in flux and nothing is resolved in 'Daughter of Ferrix', which is absolutely fine (and to be expected) because the next episode is the final one of Andor's excellent first season, which, alongside the Rogue One movie, is probably the best piece of Star Wars storytelling since the original trilogy.

Another Saw Gerrera appearance. He is one of the Rogue One characters who I've always wanted to know more about, and we are at least getting glimpses of the grizzled Clone Wars veteran played so well by Forrest Whittaker.

The season started on Ferrix and it seems likely to end on Ferrix as well. Good full-circle storytelling. You know that Cassian will head back to his home planet now that he knows his mother has died. You know that the Imperial forces there are on the lookout for him to do just that.

It sets up a spectacular finale...

I was wondering all along what is the deal with religion in this show. For a show that tackles a lot of stuff from our world, religion was fairly absent. Until the scene with Mothma and Vel. That was plainly disgusting, sorry. The characters acted like religion is the plague. Imagine that attitude but about literally any other subject. I don't know, maybe about sexualities that aren't traditional? Can you imagine the outrage about that? We all know that wouldn't fly. But religion? For progressives religion is like a pinata, you can attack it and no one gets offended, on the contrary it shows you are "open-minded", as Mothma put it. Disgusting scene.

Luthen owning the Imperial patrol ship has got to be one of the greatest Star Wars thrills of my lifetime. He is a total badass. Know who else is? Tony Gilroy. Thank you, Sir. You found a side of Star Wars that's been missing for decades and gave it back to us.

The writing, performances, direction, everything is superb. The sets, tech -- even the hairstyles -- faithfully evoke the ANH era, as they should. Andor mountingly serves the Star Wars mythos with sophisticated, intelligent content; a welcome relief after the chintzy, awful Obi-Wan Kenobi. I can't wait to see what the finale is packing, and Season 2 should be even more incredible. Maybe we'll see the Mon Calamari join the Rebel Alliance. Exciting.

By the way, Andor goes back to the beach planet for a gun and some loose change? As in the planet with random Imperial slave labor life sentences?? You wouldn't catch me within ten systems of that place.

Petition to change this shows name as "Andor & Luthen" oh Maan , if republic had 10 Soldiers like Luthen ; Palpatine would have suffered Asthma attacks . I mean come on! The guy is the alter ego of Darth Vader , smiling , teasing Mon mothma Boom!

Blaster shot Nobody's laughing now anymore...

Plus the depth this show is carrying is impressive beyond recognition. This show is proudly saying it is made for mature audiences ; & yes ,us who are now 25 + want actually more gritty content like this. Better late than never. Only if , only if they could have made Obi wan kenobi gritty, dark like this .. Star wars show would have been the favorite series franchise across any network platforms. & I seriously mean it. Mandalorian , clone wars last season, bad batch , now this .. 9 because of the way Andor & his friend found a jump ship & escaped Narkina 5 that easily. Haha a bit of lazy writing, but i ll let it pass.

I can finally flex in front of my friends that, Star wars shows are far better than mcu shows & any other bull shows they're viewing. Last episode, papa palpi , you be there ..

Daughter of Ferrix is a sharply paced setup picking up right after the events of One Way Out. The discovery of Maarva's death launches a sequence of events into motion.

There is a couple stand out scenes all throughout. Luthen visiting Saw and discussing sacrifice at war is really poignant and makes you think. The Haulcraft scene is classic Star Wars, and Cassian learning his mother is dead was really sad and tragic. Melshi and Cassian's relationship is beautiful too.

Syril Karn is about to step back into the game and the wait couldn't be more suspenseful. Bix is still captive, and Cinta watches Maarva's house. Mon Mothma's story is still impactful and you really feel the emotion.

The music is still on point, and some of the shots in there are fantastic. Episode 11 really takes its time in preparing the field for the finale and stands on its own nonetheless. This funeral is probably going to be eventful and memorable for numerous reasons.

There is still some loose ends to tie up, but the stories are probably going to spill into Season 2. Can't wait !

This was a nice change of pace after that intense finale of the Prison Arc, and the quality doesn't drop at all and the writing and the dialogue get better and better. The only reason I'm giving this a 9 is because, well not every episode has to be a 10/10 and obviously The Eye and the Prison Arc episodes were obviously better, not to say that this wasn't.

We get another great performance from the actress of Mon Mothma and she does a great job again albeit her scenes are really short.

In fact, the whole episode was short and I wish it was longer. Because we didn't get that much from Meero and Syril, but it's understandable as they can't really do that much with them since Andor's storyline has to catch up with them so they all can collide in the finale.

This episode is emotional too but I feel like it could've been more emotional if it had a little more build-up and also if the relevant storyline wasn't from a month ago which we kinda forgot since we've been in the prison for three weeks. Emotional nonetheless and the acting all around is great.

It is no surprise that the star of the show again is Luthen. He has another great scene with Saw and then another scene with his assistant, and the dialogue for those scenes are really well-written as always. I didn't expect this episode to have action, but Luthen gets to shine once again and we get a really unique, exciting, and tense action scene with him that makes his character more of a badass than he already is and more iconic, and I enjoyed it a lot.

The only nitpick I have from this episode, but actually from the Prison Arc even though I gave all of those episodes 10/10s, is that I wish we got to know Melshi better and they established an actual friendship between him and Cassian. We got more from Kino than Melshi which I didn't even know was in Rogue One if it wasn't for people mentioning it online. This is why I wish episodes were longer and they did more with Melshi, because as of right now and while watching the episode, I don't really know him and don't really care about him. They should've absolutely had a subplot about them becoming friends, no matter how small it was, there should've been one, because it happened off-screen and they did more for Kino than they did with him. And this makes Andor running away with Melshi and only Melshi kinda forced and contrived because they're obligated for the continuity. It's not really that big of a deal and a big nitpick since he wasn't that big of a character in Rogue One either (I know he helped a lot), but I just wish they did more establishing his character in the prison, or even in this episode too.

All in all, this episode was a nice breather after that intense prison escape episode and it's a great penultimate as it sets up the finale in a really great way so all the plotlines and subplots can converge in one point and we hopefully get a well-written finale with no cliffhanger because waiting till 2024 for season 2 will be really hard!

While not as adrenaline-filled as the previous, the penultimate episode of season 1 still contains the expected ingredients of a good season about to reach its conclusion. Every character gets some screen time, things are set in motion (Saw is informed of. Luthen's plan, Syril knicks some of his mother's credits to be able to attempt an interception of Andor heading to his mother's funeral etc). It's a needed pathway to lead us into the final episode.

That's not to say that the episode didn't pack a few punches, be it emotional (B2 mourning his "mother" pulled a bit on my heartstrings atleast) or the space fight scene familiar with those who watched the trailers (how awesome isn't Luthen's ship?!)

I feel torn between two emotions going into the finale next week; excited to see how they wrap it up, but also sad that we won't get any new Andor for a while after that.

Either way, bring it on!