“This isn’t the county we committed genocide against. This the genocidal country.”

It’s a lot of fun over there today.

As devoted as I am to Andor, I’m still willing to be critical! It’s still the best, but maybe one more season could have let a few things simmer a little longer. I’m glad we got what we got though.

Worse yet, one character died in a borderline tropey way. Which was unfortunate.

A part of what made S1 so great was it had time to breathe, go to deep in character development. S2 feels rushed at times. There are a few pieces that could have been better if they had more time to develop. And, sadly, a couple of key characters have been sidelined in ways that are disappointing.

Whereas I thought S1 was utterly flawless, I do have critiques of S2. I think most of it comes down how sped up the narrative is. This was supposed to be a 5 season show but they decided to compress 4 seasons into S2, and it shows in some ways.

It’s cool to get (essentially) a great Star Wars movie once a week for a month, but yeah.

The Pitt is a recent example of a show greatly benefiting from releasing an episode at a time. By the end of the season it became one of the rare (for the 2020’s) “appointment television” shows. And due to the subject matter I’m glad I had time in between.

In S1E9 when Kino says, “Never more than twelve,” *roll credits* it really built tension to wait a week, and made E10 so much more rewarding.

I think, especially considering some of the complexity, it would have benefited from an episode a week release schedule, to process and anticipate, but I’m watching and rewatching like the little piggy I am.

Oh man, can you give me permission to leave these zoom meetings and go outside?