Oh my fucking GOD how good is ANDOR? I’m two episodes to the end of Season 2 and I’m sorry but I gotta gush.
ANDOR is going to be one of those shows — like THE WIRE and DEADWOOD and the BBC versions of TINKER TAILOR and SMILEY’S PEOPLE — that I’m gonna read-watch and savor over the years.
Oh wow, I just realized I gotta be careful with spoilers, so this is gonna be vague.
May 14, 2025 15:59Okay, it comes down to this — it’s stunning how every character is so nuanced, messy and complicated. “Evil” characters can get hit with pangs of sudden empathy and crippling morality…
…and “good” characters can, out of fear or expedience or just exhaustion, make cruel, cold or indifferent decisions. And it all feels so… human.
A fucking space opera full of robots and beasties speaks more to our current situation — and what it’s putting EVERYONE through — better than a thousand think pieces or op-eds.
Also, the luncheon square-off between Denise Gough and Kathryn Hunter is officially the second-greatest duel in the STAR WARS canon. Right behind the ROGUE ONE hallway scene and before Luke vs. Vader in EMPIRE.
