The episode was a bit chaotic, I didn't feel there was any progess in the plot at all. I watched the second season some time ago and it was hard to recognise some of the supporting characters like the guy Mando was meeting, I had difficulty remembering who he was. It is always nice to see Mando and the baby, but I didn't like the episode very much. The Mandalorian ceremony, sort of initiation, which was shown at the beginning, was quite an interesting look into the Mandalorian culture and it is a pity it was interrupted by the attack of the giant alligator. It is good that the smith lady is still alive and well, somehow she brings Tolkien's Eowyn to my mind maybe because of her helmet? Speaking of helmets, a young boy is given his helmet at the ceremony, I wonder what happens if he outgrows it since according to the Mandalorian creed he is not supposed to take it off? Mando really suffers by being considered the eponymous apostate, and will go to great lengths to be accepted into the fold, including going to the destroy home planet to bathe in the magical waters. I don't really get why he insists on fixing the old android first and finding the spare parts for him as this would undoubtely delay the whole trip to Mandalore and regaining his honour. Though in the last scene as he meets with Bo-Katan it looks like he intends to go to Mandalore next, so it seems that the whole android fixing thing was put aside. I'm also under the impression that he doesn't take Grogu's safety into consideration this time, as Mandalore is rumoured to be poisoned?
Review by ladysherlockianBlockedParentSpoilers2023-09-25T17:28:08Z
The episode was a bit chaotic, I didn't feel there was any progess in the plot at all. I watched the second season some time ago and it was hard to recognise some of the supporting characters like the guy Mando was meeting, I had difficulty remembering who he was. It is always nice to see Mando and the baby, but I didn't like the episode very much. The Mandalorian ceremony, sort of initiation, which was shown at the beginning, was quite an interesting look into the Mandalorian culture and it is a pity it was interrupted by the attack of the giant alligator. It is good that the smith lady is still alive and well, somehow she brings Tolkien's Eowyn to my mind maybe because of her helmet? Speaking of helmets, a young boy is given his helmet at the ceremony, I wonder what happens if he outgrows it since according to the Mandalorian creed he is not supposed to take it off? Mando really suffers by being considered the eponymous apostate, and will go to great lengths to be accepted into the fold, including going to the destroy home planet to bathe in the magical waters. I don't really get why he insists on fixing the old android first and finding the spare parts for him as this would undoubtely delay the whole trip to Mandalore and regaining his honour. Though in the last scene as he meets with Bo-Katan it looks like he intends to go to Mandalore next, so it seems that the whole android fixing thing was put aside. I'm also under the impression that he doesn't take Grogu's safety into consideration this time, as Mandalore is rumoured to be poisoned?