Hopefully Skarsgaard and Serkis get nominated for something. I'm still bummed Bill Burr never got official notice for his return in the second season episode of Mando called "The Believer".
Like someone else said, I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the riot to start. I really got into not only how indiscriminate the live/die card was for the guys in the revolt, but the ability that Gilroy has to identify actors who can tell a whole story with their face without having to give the an intro scene so that the audience knows they are important - the older black prisoner who is lying in his cell when Kino takes the mike, is the first to test the floor, and then leads his guys out down the hallway with purposeful strides is the case in point - no dialogue, just a guy who knows how to tell a story with facial expressions and body language.
Similarly the exchange of energy based on Andor acquiring the one blaster. The total control that the guards has vanishes in one kick and trip and a guy not afraid to start shooting people. Loved the guys grabbing parts for weapons and how fast they mobilized once armed. You'd have to think a lot of those guys must have been smugglers or in a gang or in a mini-faction of the Rebellion. They were fast learners.
The mole in the ISB was well done. Reminded me of two things.The rando who ends up killing Dicaprio in The Departed that you barely even noticed on screen, and the Freys that arrange Edmure's wedding in Game of Thrones - the guy is dressed like a dope with a comb over and a dumb mustache, the kind of guy that someone like Meero sees as no competition or threat at all.
For those who have read the Heir to the Empire novels, there is a lot of Garm Bel Iblis in Luthen, no? Can be incredibly charming, running his part of the Rebellion viciously, and beneath the surface has a very jagged edge.
How much more can Mon Mothma take before she turns against her principles completely? The suggestion of the thug's son pairing with her daughter reminded me of the last season of Ozark when Javi starts somewhat flirting and offering wine to Marty's daughter in front of him. Like Marty and Wendy, Mon Mothma thinks she can handle dealing with the criminal riff-raff until her children are brought into it.
LIke someone else said, I found the last shot of just Melchi and Andor by themselves a little on the nose since they wind up on the mission to Scariff. Seems like the prisoners would have stayed together. And that planet looked like the end of the Lorax after the Onceler mows down all the trees. YIkes.
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