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Let's call it... a well-written show.

And how incredible was Diego Luna’s acting in that final scene? I have never seen a better portrayal of the realism of a moment like that- the total numbing shock of receiving incomprehensible bad news. Then he tries to be so stoical in front of Melshi… putting on that slightly aggressive resting face of his. But for a few seconds where they hug, and Melshi can’t see his face, you can see his eyes go wide with grief. And his voice cracks too when he says “Everything Ok”. I’ve watched this scene quite a few times and I bawl every single time. Nicholas Britell’s amazing music helps with that too.

The reason why Luthen never specified if it was 30 or 50 men with Kreegyr is because he doesn't want to reveal that he knows more information more than he chooses to reveal, never show all your cards

An important point about the scene where Luthen escapes from the Imperial ship is that his method of breaking free of the tractor beam is actually a metaphor for how he sees the Rebellion. He pushes harder and harder against it, forcing the Imperials to increase its strength so that when Luthen finally releases the countermeasures, they will have a more devastating effect.

That ending was so devastating. The Empire has taken everything from Cassian including his last goodbye to his mother.

So incredibly tragic that Cassian missed Maarva by… a day? I think she probably died at the same time as Cassian was orchestrating the breakout. The tragic moments in this series are so ironic. The connection to Rogue One is exceptionally poignant. Cassian is just a little bit too late to tell his mother that she would be proud of him. But he realises later that she would be. So before he dies on Scarif he tells Jyn Erso : “Your father would be proud of you”. The visual call-forward to Rogue One, with the light of a “sun” over a beach, makes the ending of this episode feel like some kind of beautiful but sad poem - the series is doing a masterful job of making connections to the final stages of Cassian‘s story.

If you didn't know, the choice around spellhause really happened. The popular legend is that during the second world war, Winston Churchill received a notice from his code breakers that a massive air raid was being planned by the Germans to attack the city of Coventry. However, Churchill feared if they evacuated the settlement, the Germans would realize that the British had cracked Enigma (the German code) and would default to a new one. With the war so uncertain, the impossible choice was made to allow the raid to hit unchallenged so that they could continue to spy on the enemies movements. 600 people died. That, however, is mostly legend, as most modern scholars accept that though the air raid did take place, that the codebreakers had simply failed to figure out where the attack was going to land. The truth is that the choice was still made, but it was in regards to a set of Royal navy ships, a hard military target, not a town full of women and children, that Churchill threw onto the pyre to hide that the Enigma was compromised. Still a horrifying thing to contemplate though

Brasso may be the most fundamentally decent person in Star Wars.

I read somewhere calling the writing in Andor it's own special effect. It doesn't rely on multimillion dollars for CGI to convey meaning. It packs it all in the words the characters say. And no better example than the finale.

Luthen and Saw's dilemma is probably based on the possibly appcryphal story about the bombing of Coventry in WW2. The UK had cracked the German Enigma code, and learned about a forthcoming bombing raid on the city of Coventry, and chose to let it go ahead, rather than reveal they'd cracked the code and intercepted the information.

Star Wars trivia: The Imperial ship that catches Luthen in a tractor beam and he then wrecks is based on early concept art for Star Destroyers before they went with the iconic design we’re all familiar with. This ship type also appears in a deleted scene in Solo A Star Wars Story

50 vs 30 men aside, Luthen repeatedly adding, "plus Kreegyr", is very powerful. It shows how he does truly value human life. 'No, its not just 30 men, its 30 plus Kreegyr'. It bothers him enough to correct Saw many times. I personally think increasing the men to 50 was strategic; Luthen had a reason to inflate the number for Lonni. I think his interaction with Saw, on the other hand, is one of the few times you see Luthen's mask come off. You finally see how the weight of the decision bewilders him.

Andor has great writing and, particularly, four outstanding speeches to its credit. Two, you have already seen (Luthen's and Kino's), the last two will leave a mark on you, I can promise you that

Luthen assistant is almost as big a mystery as Luthen himself. She is clearly almost equal to Luthen. Like a business partner. And as she tells Vel, she has ALWAYS been on the fight, not only doing something "lately"

The mirroring between Andor looking out across the ocean on Niamos towards the sunlight, and him later looking out across the ocean on Scarif towards the light of the Death Star's blast is incredible.

the aliens at the beginning are space Newfies, you can tell by how they talk.

The sunset gaze must be a homage to Rogue One, and obviously A New Hope. In Rogue One it's when Cassian tells Jyn he father would have been proud while they look out at across the water into the light of oblivion while he probably thinks about how proud his mother would be. 😢

According to some other sharp eye viewer, the fellow escapee became a sargent in the rebel Alliance and was part of the strike team in rogue One.

Andor looking at a bright light at the horizon its so bittersweet, feels like any major milestone of his life ends that way , and earlier in this episode you can see what resemblances an aztec solar calendar,Diego Luna being mexican and luther speaking of the sunrise he is never gonna see, i dont think thats a coincidence there is a theme bout the sun, like Andor is the sunset of the rebellion ,while Luke is the sunrise, both edges of the imperial night

The incompetence of the empire is so well shown lololololol. LIKE Y'ALL HAD HIM ALL THIS TIME

I'm not sure if you caught it, but Bix was definitely broken down by the torture pretty quickly. Whatever the screams of those dying people sound like, it clearly has an effect that can't be resisted, and that's why she screamed the way she did. In a later scene in that same episode, Dedra's assistant shares the information Bix did give (he shaved), so she talked to some degree, even if it wasn't just spilling everything outright.

@36:14 "You could use the practice alright." Tssssss! Ya burnt?! That was such a fun and surprising bit of space fighting.

That Cantwell-Class Arrestor Cruiser design looks pretty unique. Apparently Ralph McQuarry, who designed the artwork for the original trilogy, created the concept art when designing the Imperial Star Destroyer.

felt so jealous of Brasso the whole video

I make a joke of tracking how long until you see a lightsaber, and in Andor it’s this episode that you see Luthen’s double-bladed space ship. 😆 You are one of the few reactors I’ve seen that also say it was lightsabers on a spaceship.

It was not necessary for Luthen to tell Saw about sacrificing Kreegyr. If Luthen had not responded to Saw, Saw would have simply just missed the "party." But Luthen wanted Saw to agree with sacrificing Kreegyr. Luthen shares the burden of the decision.

Saying it's 30 men also makes the decision a little easier on Saw. What's better? Sacrifice 30 men? 50? 500? 10 thousand? Anyway, afaik, Saw didn't like Krieger very much. He even said in a previous episode Krieger is a separatist. And there story goes back to the clone wars It might be Saw thinks sacrificing 30 men is worse than sacrificing Krieger.

Luthen and Saw made the correct choice, and the one I would make

You’re going to lose it during the finale. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching this series again with you. 👍🏻

Another wonderful reaction i was waiting for you to resume play when Vel was throwing Aldahni in Kleya's face. It was a "wait for it...." moment. Thanks for making the rewatch of this S tier show so enjoyable. Brasso would be a happy man with you as his wife.

32:34 I was so looking forward to Kim's reaction. Was not disappointed.

Yes, to Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford's best character ever.

I missed the premeire again 🥺🥺I just love your love for this lovely show that I love. This is also the episode that made me completely fall in love with Brasso. Kleya is so cool and relatable to me. Great analysis of her. 💖

Cannot wait for you to see the finale. Along with episodes 6 and 10, it's tied as my favorite of the series. And the post credit scene is perfect.

I love your little intros, really set the mood!

Everytime I see the scene where Luthen escapes I feel sad for the stormtrooper squad that was riding in the TIE Boarding Craft (the bomber looking thing that gets destroyed first). Literally no chance to do anything about it, because you aren't even the pilot of that thing. And I imagine how "interesting" was their assignment prior to this situation that even the captain said they could use the practice. Some boring mission light years away from your family and then you get vaccumed into space for nothing. That craft can't even pursuit or hurt Luthen's ship.

OH! While I think of it.... this show gave me a brilliant idea for what is to be "done with me" after I become "one with The Force'. I knew a long time ago that I wanted to be cremated, but idea of "being bricked" is fantastic, and I love it! My wife is allowed to have a portion of my ashes (assuming I go first), but the rest, mix me in concrete and make a stone with my name, dates, and one of my sayings (I'll decide on that, later). Hell, if my wife wants to use me as her headstone, I'd be fine with that, too. I think it would be the perfect way to memorialize me, and if she does the headstone, it would memorialize both of us. I couldn't mention this prior to this episode, as it would have been a spoiler. But since it's mentioned in this episode, I can finally reveal that.

Got to say - I really like the idea of a Ferrix funeral

I kinda feel like I would watch you react to anything at this point

Luthen told his spy 50 men just like he told him that he had nothing to do with Aldhani - he never wants his spy to have fully correct information in case something goes wrong with him. The real number is 30 men... plus Kreegyr

I always like to think that what Luthen's haulcraft does in this episode is what the Millennium Falcon could do twice over if it wasn't a poorly-maintained piece of junk.

Ooooooo we will get to say goodbye to Marva! Just you wait! I love your Andor reactions. You and Andor are my favorite things on the internet!

Fight the Empire!!!

Another great TAKE! ✌️

As a piece of classic Star Wars - the Arrestor Cruiser scene is up there with the best scenes in Empire Strikes Back. Credit to the actor who plays the commander - he was suitably pompous and shitty! ... and lucky - such failure would have meant being force-choked by Darth Vader just a few years later

Only now i noticed the shady banker is named Davo Sculdum. The surname starting with an S makes the first name sound like DAVOS... you know, the same name as the city where the World Economic Forum, takes place annually "Davos is perhaps best known today for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual meeting of global political and corporate leaders."

thank you again for the great reaction, Kim! also thank you for making me realize what Luthen was doing with the changing, shifting numbers of Kreegyr's crew. it was probably 50 men (as stated by Lonni at the ISB), but either he told Saw 30 on purpose, or Saw thought that was how many men Kreegyr had by mistake and Luthen didn't correct him-- 30 men is a lot different than 50 and Saw might not have been so on board with standing by and letting 50 menwalk into a trap. that is wy Luthen keeps repeating 'plus Kreegyr' whenever Saw brings it up. fascinating decision on his part because a) luthen absolutely does not have to tell Saw that ISB knows about Spellhaus. that was a risky move on his part. and b) he intentionally lies in order to ensure that Saw would not go. this show is just so damn good and so interesting! i cannot wait to see what you think about the finale!!

Woohoo! Been waiting for this one! Thanks, Kim!

All intelligence operations have their Kleya's and their Vell's: the Field Handlers and the the Operations Co-ordinators. You need to keep a clear mentallity when interacting with the rest of the chain-of-command. Especially whilst under a hostile survaillance. I may not be Military-material or even Intelligence-material, for that matter, but even I know this basic knowledge!

Another loss Cassian suffers at the shore. First Martha then the end of Rogue 1...

This was another amazing analysis of the penultimate episode. I am so looking foward to the finale and all your thoughts on it.

Love the way you pronounce Cassian "Cashian" 😂

Surprised i havent seen diego luna in every hit project there is cause he's an unbelievable actor

Thank you, Kim! 🕸 One more in this season to go. Don't forget about the post credit scene in Episode 12.

Marva will get the last word.

I'd marry Brasso, and I'm a strait male. 😂

Kim did you watch the 2003 2d animated cartoon shorts, Star Wars the Clone Wars ? pts 1 and 2, it is 25, 3 minute cartoon shorts, that tell what happens in between the attack of the clones movie and the revenge of the sith movie, the 2008 series is 3d cg and takes place inside a montage sequence in the 2003 2d cartoon. , the 2003 2d cartoon is both on youtube on someone's playlist and also it is on disney plus

Thank you so much Kim✨Had a wonderful time watching as always👌💫Take care and until next week🎼Have a Nice Day🌺💝💫🚀

I’d give my life savings to hear her say “top of the morning to ya laddies”

Something to consider about Mon's marriage. Her (Mon's) family is clearly the senior to her husband's, as her husband had an aspiring military career that he was forced to shelve so that Mon could pursue her political ambitions. The trope of a man packing his wife and family up to a far flung government post for ambition and glory is commonly told and often with a great deal of sympathy to a spouse suffering along side so the husband can pursue that ambition, and it's the same here just with the genders reversed. The husband was taken away from his career, his friends, his family to serve Mon's ambition, and Mon's political career is very much a thorn in the side of many other senators no doubt making social life difficult at times. His devil may care attitude and vices to me are very understandable, and it's not like he's a horrible person, his daughter clearly loves him. He's flawed like everyone else. I feel that because of how amazing Mon's character is and that the husband character is a male, causes most people to overlook that and just assume he's an unmitigated jerk, when there are absolutely mitigating circumstances for his petulant attitude in my opinion. I'm not saying he's a morally wonderful person, just that he doesn't deserve the venom I see a lot of reactors and commentators heap on him. My 2c.

If you loose 50,000 troops 4 50 men…plus Krieger… you ain’t a good general. Unfortunately in #war ….it sadly becomes a numbers game! #Spok ….sacrifice the 1…2 save the many 😢

Part of me wants Keno to pop up again next season, but I am also okay with his story ending the way it did.