I call this episode the 'Mandolorian A-Team' episode. Pure A-Team formula - whilst traversing the country (or galaxy) trying to stay one step ahead of the law, our hero(s) stumble across a sleepy little town where the local townsfolk are being bullied by something-something.
Face-Man bonds with hot local single mom store-keeper lady and promises to help. Musical montage kicks in as A-Team teaches bungling locals how to defend themselves, which end of the gun the bullets come out of, etc.
Montage is interspersed with humorous snippets of BA Baracus (Baby Yoda) engaging in hijinks with locals.
Sh*t gets real when bullies return. Local townsfolk prevail. Single mom and Face share a wistful look as the A-Team loads up in the van and heads down the road....
And I loved it. Don't need every episode to advance the big picture plot. Also loved this planet, scenery, blue shrimp etc.
Did no one else catch the pointy-eared cat thing from the Rebels cartoon? We haven't seen him/her before outside of that cartoon, right??
But the biggest pleasant surprise was that Cara Dune was not only NOT an annoying liberal insert, she is actually very likable. Seems to 'know her place', not smarting off to Mando constantly and one-upping him, etc. More of a badass, but appropriately slightly subservient partner, etc.
Thumbs-up.
