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Andor 2x02 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Thomas Corp

Cassian opening every episode, saying, “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!” does seem a recurring pattern, yes. Just a triple act of stress and anxiety in this one. Love the scene with Dedra and Partagaz, particularly how he convinces her that dropping her Axis mission from last season is going to be good for her. Nice that he has her back. Good man, old Lio is. Makes you think that he’d be an ideal boss to have, fascist regime notwithstanding. And we check back in with Ferret Face, er, uh, Karn. (Or was it “Mr. Sunshine himself”?) Cackled over his over serious pep talk to the new guy. Did NOT call him and Dedra dating, but all right, here we are, that fucking happened. Adored your own reaction to that development. The Ferrix crew is now in great danger. In the middle of that, it is sweet to see the blossoming love between Wilmon and the young lady. A pity that it can’t last. I hate to use the word “love” in this scenario, in the absence of a better way to describe it, I do so love your response to the one Imperial motherfucker who confronts Bix. Shared revulsion to that motherfucker, and the heart continues to go out to Bix. Mon’s plotline remains one of the best things. Again, we had essentially the shared response to Mon’s fierce fucking look. Keep going with the sartorial commentary, I’m here for it, Jess. Great how Kleya tells Luthen that she needs to leave if she can get anything done, and Luthen and you concur that yeah, she can leave, and it won’t look the most conspicuous thing in the world. You observe that she’ll miss out on the cocktails. I think Kleya would still imbibe the cocktails and/or have some beer or other alcohol whilst getting the work done, don’t worry. She’d probably prefer the solitude, play some music whilst getting the work done. Maybe also indulge in listening to the lovely Opera that Dedra was listening to. Or does the rebellion not share the Empire’s appreciation for Opera? Loved your reaction to what looked like Plo’s mask. Not sure if it’s literally the mask that Plo wore, but it’s certainly the same design. You summarize so well about how we get put in Mon’s shoes. Perrin gets on the nerves lightning quick. Rather sweet that you were kinder to Perrin with his speech, calling it rather nice. Me, I replied, “Yes, what a truly inspiring wedding toast from Space Jared Leto.” (I cannot claim credit for that name, by the way, as that’s my brother’s name for Perrin. Damn near pissed myself whilst devolving into a fit of giggles when he said it the first time.) The situation with Tay is becoming an impossible one. He was the friend that she had that she could vent some and be open and honest. And now he’s had the turn that he has had, throwing Mon for such a loop. Luthen of course latches onto doing what must be done. Begins to break the heart how Mon is trying to find the solution to avoid that by setting a meeting, and you will be completely unsurprised if he never makes it that far. It would be hysterical if Luthen did say “Hold my wig.” before killing Tay. Then we reach the conclusion of the morons that Cassian is with. He does offer more helpful advice than I would have, though I might if there was pragmatic self-preservation involved. You and I had practically the exact same reaction to learning what five hands was. You just outright ask is everyone in this group eleven-years-old or something. They could at least settle the matter over a few games of pazaak like civilized gentlemen, complete with simple house rules: Five-card stud. High-low. You can buy one at the end, and low hole card wild. But no. Instead we get the very stupid display. And this being before the big boys show up, loved how you got the screams there. Naturally, this childish display from the buffoons is the breaking point for you, me, Cassian, the entire fandom from the sound of it. You can just see it with Cassian who reaches his wit’s end, no doubt thinking, “I haven’t got TIME!! FOR THIS MICKEY MOUSE BULLSHIT!!” What a relief it is that Cassian did not have the change of heart, and instead, committed to the “FUCK this noise, Man!” mentality. No apologies necessary, Jess, I held the same lack of sympathy. And Cassian flies away, probably saying to himself that he never wants to go back to that planet ever again. I maintain that if we were doing this week-by-week, these episodes are perfectly fine being released one-by-one, but instead we have the three per week thing. So, you now have the third episode, no doubt you’ve already seen it. Love how you know to brace yourself. All in all, another great Andor reaction, Jess, thank you.

Ryan

One of my favorite things about this show is getting a look at Mon Mothma at this stage, when she's still deluding herself that it will be possible to be involved with the Rebellion without actually changing her life at all and she can just go right back to it once it's over. And now that's really starting to crack, and Genevieve's face as Tay lays out his problems says it all without need of a single line. And she even tries going to Luthen, as if that could ever turn out how she wants, and only gets "If my answers frighten you, you should stop asking scary questions." Perrin gives a decent speech, but you know who else gave a good wedding speech? Hank MacLean. Her cousin can't even get in touch with her girlfriend anymore (lovely lean on the word "friend" there, Mon), though her last message just said there was something behind her, I'm sure that's nothing to worry about. But where my biggest attention lay here is the return of Syril Karn, the greatest villain created in the Disney era (I said what I said). The stiff reed that you're always on the edge of your seat waiting for the inevitable moment that he finally snaps. Also lovely casting for the babyface guy who's stuck listening to a welcome speech from him, including a finger snap right after he fucking told the guy to look around. The start of him and Dedra hooking up is doubtlessly another casualty of cutting down the show's schedule, but that moment they have at the end of last season had me expecting it was coming anyway. A shared traumatic experience can do funny things to the head, and as you nicely point out, you need to grab onto anyone who shares your particular freak. I'm sure I'm far from the only one whose mind went to one very particular place regarding this meeting they're both dreading, but we'll get there next time. I didn't mention anything about Bix and co. last time since there wasn't yet much to really add, but now it really heats up, another way the humor of Cassian's situation fits perfectly because it's also keeping him from saving them. Gilroy knew exactly what he was doing putting language like "illegals" in this story, and Alex Waldmann (a classical Shakespeare actor who's mostly been on the stage before this) is marvelously slimy in a way that recalls old school Denholm Elliott. You instantly get a bad idea of exactly where this is going, and I was dreading going into the next episode despite how desperate I was to see everything else about it. Speaking of Cassian, hard as it is to believe, these assholes have gotten even worse and he's now stuck between the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front. When all these people are New Republic Senators, he can say he knew them when. And it's too bad Greef Karga isn't there; he'd let them know you can take that smelly fruit, throw in some leaves, find a bone with enough meat, and baby, you got a stew going. Thankfully, that comes to an end the only way it ever could, while everyone's distracted with rock paper scissors lizard Spock. I don't know how he resisted shouting back "I'm not much on speeches, but it's so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye." Not yet sure what to make of the final reveal that we've been on Yavin the whole time, since it doesn't seem like it really adds to anything, and this show has usually been above that kind of memberberries. But the show has so much goodwill with me that I'm definitely willing to see where it goes.

Ryan
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Partagaz definitely has a bit of a Hank Scorpio thing going on, a guy who would be a dream to work for if it wasn't for the whole supervillain thing. Gary Oldman recently gave an interview where at long last he revealed the way he screams "EVERYONE!" was actually a prank on Luc Besson, and he couldn't believe it was actually used in the movie. But it seems to have worked out since everyone loves it so much.

Thomas Corp
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The focus on Mon Mothma in this show has been one of the best things. This first arc of the final season does the great job of further showing the collapsing wall of her trying to live two lives, and how her belief that she can just go right back to the normalcy once the Empire is gone is crumbling to dust. Genevieve displays great facial acting in that scene you highlight. It is a terrifying thing when she goes to Luthen who’s first question is, “You think Tay tells his wife everything?” Perrin did have a bit of Hank energy to him. Why are there people like Hank? Probably good on Cinta to avoid Vel for a while, given the problems that are proverbially and literally at her back. The “friend” line was a good touch. Actually, kind of reminds me when my brother was dating my now sister in-law, how he took some time to outright say they were dating. Mom and Dad could tell, more so Dad. I felt like Palpatine and Obi-Wan in I knew what was up, and the thing of until he said anything, we just pretended like I didn’t know. In terms of best Star Wars villain introduced in the Disney era, there’s a few that are in consideration, Dedra and Krennic are in the mix, as is Pryce. Love the Fourth Sister. Say one counts Fennec as a villain, I’d say her. Karn is definitely one of the most fascinating villains of the Disney era. Good description that you give to him. They had great casting for the new guy that he talked to. He and Dedra dating probably is streamlined from the original plan, but the abruptness of it might actually work better, going by the reaction Jess had. I was fairly gobsmacked by it. Find someone who can match your particular freak as Jess mentioned, and like I heard that said about Kingpin and Vanessa, the statement in regard to the latter couple made me cackle and reiterate that they are couple goals. The humor of Cassian in the tight spot contrasts well with the horror of the spot of trouble that Bix is in. Old school Denholm Elliot is a really good description for the one Imperial. Gilroy is showing no mercy with using the lines like “illegals” and it is so fantastic. The whole scene makes you think of Zoller’s scenes in Inglourious Basterds magnified by about ten, and far more sleazy and unpleasant. Poor Cassian, trying to get it through to everyone that they are struggling together. (One wonders his thoughts on the crack suicide squad.) Cassian can indeed say that when they ascend to the New Republic Senate that he knew them all back in the day. Think both groups already have more than enough Arrested Development between them, though Greef could help coach them in finding their own Happy Place. Rather love how the New Republic shenanigans incite the Dr. Strangelove, Team America, and/or The Simpsons in you. Here it is fantastic seeing Jess lose all patience when they start playing rock paper scissors lizard Spock. (Or would that be Sheev in this fandom?) The final reveal could simply be just fantastic dramatic irony/symbolism, albeit not as potent as it was with the Death Star reveal last season. I’ll wait and see if there’s further payoff as well.