We're a long way from Ferrix, Kino [to paraphrase Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz]. Andor is desperate to escape - with Andy Serkis' help.

He doesn't disappoint. What we have here is a failure to communicate.

Mom Mothma, on the other hand, is communicating directly, and well. Davo Scum-something-or-the-other is the way out of her funds crisis. However, a proposal to "introduce" his son to her daughter incenses her.

Kleya (Luth(i)en's assistant) is giving off serious Leia Skywalker vibes. RIP.

After instigating a 5,000-prisoner rebellion, Kino says he can't swim. lol

Luth(i)en has a spy in the highest reaches of the ISB, the Empire's KGB.

I love abbreviations, many of which I learnt from an eponymous book. Komitet Gosudarst Bezopasnosty was KGB, if I recall correctly. Google check - I DO! YES!

He warns Luthen about Dedra Meero's meteoric rise among the ranks.

Oh right, somehow that reminds me - here are the previous episodes :

Andor Episode 1 [Kassa] and Episode 2 [That Would Be Me] Review

Episode 3 [Reckoning] and Episode 4 [Aldhani] of Andor by Star Wars

The fifth episode: The Axe Forgets, and the spectacular sixth: The Eye.

The seventh was simply titled Announcement: of the Rebellion, that is.

The eighth instalment focused on Andor's imprisonment: Nobody's Listening, shouted out by our titular hero himself in his prison cell.

"Calm. Kindness. Kinship." Luth(i)en has sacrificed very important things for the Rebellion, even if he does have to list them out himself.

And list he does, venting about all that he has thought of and feared, ending with the final verdict - he needs all the heroes he can get. Andor and another fellow escapee [Melshi, I think his name is] run on sand.

If you like what you read/watch/hear here, support me and sub my YouTube! :)

Addenda from Notes:

The kids’ Kenari (hindi kinara) is not subtitled i e translated so we only have their actions to go by to “know” them

The villains think they’re right - and in a way , cassias andor DID murder two [evil] people so they are also looking for justice

Episode 2 ends with a spiral in the making - the buyer (Stellan Skarsgård) circling above Ferrix and the seller (Andor) walking below

Episode 3 gives us the quick rundown with a pleasantly tight Previously On; great!

Chobb seems to be the prevailing deity on Ferrix, where lives Bix

I think they’re done with the kid story, going forward it’s gonna be Cassian.

Tony Gilroy reminds me of THE soprano, TONY // Andor update done