Summary: Gorian Shand attacks Nevarro and Greef calls for aid. Teva, a New Republic captain, sees the order and goes to the officials but they refuse to help. Teva then goes to the Mandalorian covert to let them know. Mando proposes that they help Greef, and they agree to go. The Mandalorians defeat the pirates and Gorian dies when his ship crashes. Greef gives the Mandalorians a new home on Nevarro. The Armorer speaks with Bo Katan and selects her to bring other Mandalorians to retake Mandalore. Teva finds a destroyed ship out in space and realizes that Gideon escaped imprisonment and Mandalorians helped him.
The Good: This episode was a good way to connect several of the disparate plot threads from early in the seasons. The pirates, Greef in Nevarro, and the New Republic storyline came together nicely to create the main conflict as pirates attacked Nevarro and a New Republic captain found a surprising amount of resistance when trying to help the planet. This continued the thematic exploration of the New Republic that the show has done really well so far. Clearly the new government is just as corrupt as the last, and these scenes nicely set up the New Republic as the new major villains in this universe. Teva is trying to genuinely help, and you feel for him when he has so much trouble with a simple request that is going to save lives. Much of this episode sees the Mandalorians saving Nevarro and it's decent stuff. Teva interacting with the covert is fun, and it's nice to see Paz Viszla stand up for Mando, agreeing to help Greef. The action scenes are well shot and entertaining as usual, and I had a good enough time watching them. The ending of the episode impressed me the most. This season has felt like treading water for much of its run, but the final two scenes finally injected some momentum into the plot, making it feel like we are going somewhere. Bo Katan has earned the trust of the covert and seeing the Armorer put faith in her to bring Mandalorians together is sweet. Now we have a goal and a plan for the season: retake Mandalore with the help that Bo Katan brings back. This is solid stuff and makes me excited for what's to come. Even better is the reveal that Gideon had escaped, bringing back a key antagonist to watch out for in the second half of the season. The final scene is intensely shot and great, and it offers a great new mystery as a Mandalorian seemingly helped Gideon escape. The Bad: The pirates never feel like a genuine threat, just the usual threat of the week. As a result, there's no tension here and the well-produced action scenes are wasted here without any suspense. These action scenes are technically fine, but they lack that level of investment to make me engaged with what I'm watching. It's a familiar problem for "The Mandalorian". The main characters quipping also doesn't help things at all. Mando comes into a 1:10 battle, but since he's quipping with Greef there is zero suspense whatsoever and we know Mando will be fine. Another familiar problem is how this series handles crowds. These crowds are unrealistically gullible and always seem to agree with whatever any person says at any given time. Mando and Paz Viszla addressing the crowd of Mandalorians became a weak scene because the crowd reactions were laughable as they went with the flow in literally every moment. A lot of little things bugged me about this episode. There were some clear budget problems when Nevarro completely evacuated, and the whole settlement hilariously seemed to be just a couple dozen people. They didn't even have any children for that school in the previous episode! I was also unimpressed by the lack of shields on Gorian Shand's ship. Surely a ship this big will have some sort of shields so that your average starfighter can't easily take it out. Yet there are no shields mentioned whatsoever. I'm frustrated by the turrets on the ship. They always fire and never hit anything in these fight scenes, so what's the point of having them? Lastly, how did none of the pirates in the building hear the Armorer coming? She was loudly murdering people a couple feet away from everyone else, and yet nobody reacts to her? That's impossible to believe. The Unknown: Who broke Gideon out? Was it Mandalorians, or were they framed? Why would Mandalorians help Gideon? Where is he now? What is he doing? Will we see Vane again? Will Bo Katan be able to recruit more Mandalorians? Will she take the dark saber from Mando? Best Moment: Bo Katan being chosen to retake Mandalore finally gives this season the forward momentum it desperately needed. Character of the Episode: Teva, he made an immediate impression. Conclusion: The ending of this episode provided a much-needed injection of momentum into this third season, and there was some nice integration of plot threads in this episode. But other than that, this was just another typical episode of "The Mandalorian". Score: 59
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