Summary: Mando receives a transmission from Greef who organizes a meeting with him, regarding working together to murder The Client. Mando picks up Cara and Kuiil as backup and meets with Greef. Greef reveals his plan but the group is suddenly attacked by Mynocks which almost kill Greef, but Baby Yoda heals him. Greef murders his men and reveals that the plan was to kill Mando but he has had a change of heart. Greef, Cara and Mando enter the town and meet with The Client while Kuiil takes Baby Yoda back to the ship. Mando is pretended to be captured and is secretly given a blaster to kill The Client. But The Client suddenly gets a transmission from Moff Gideon who has his men kill The Client and surround the building. Gideon arrives in person. Some scout troopers on speeders hunt down Kuiil and appear to kill him to take Baby Yoda.
The Good: This episode felt very important. After watching three stand-alone stories, it feels refreshing to return to the central plot. Many of the characters we were introduced to earlier this season made a welcome return that made all of the patient procedural-based storytelling feel like it had a purpose. Now that Mando has gone all over the galaxy on the run, he now calls in all of the friends he has made along the way to come to his aid. It's quite satisfying to see everyone return, engaging me more into the events of this episode. Baby Yoda's role in this episode was wonderful as we got to see more of his abilities than ever before. He proves to be very helpful as he saves Greef's life by healing his arm, but also proves to be dangerous as he mistakes a friendly round of arm wrestling for a threat and force chokes Cara. It's quite shocking to see cute little Baby Yoda almost attempting murder because he isn't old enough to comprehend what he's seeing. This episode does a lovely job of teasing deeper and more meaningful storylines for Baby Yoda, and it makes me want to see more. The main story ended up being exciting and dramatic. There were a lot of twists and turns that made things consistently unpredictable. But unlike many lesser stories which sacrifice logic for plot twists, the writers were able to make every twist feel organic with a lot of impressive moments. The early half of the episode rode on the suspense created by the question of if Greef will betray Mando or not. The episode manages to squeeze in a twist in a very unexpected way by having Greef actually side with Mando after realizing Baby Yoda's true worth. Moments like this work very well because the writing delivers. The climax of the episode was fantastic. The Client returned in all of his intimidating glory. His dialogue was as creepy as ever and the scene was packed in palpable tension. Then everything exploded in a very unexpected way as a huge Imperial force arrives and guns down The Client, setting the stage for Moff Gideon to make his big entrance. Gideon immediately carries authority and comes off as even more intimidating than The Client. The standoff in the building will be an exhilarating start to the next episode. Then of course there is Kuiil's dramatic death which ended the episode on a shockingly dark and dramatic note (see: Best Moment). The Bad: I'm not sure that we needed a whole 2 minutes dedicated to how Kuiil repaired IG-11 and nursed it back to health. The sequence wasn't that interesting and we didn't learn anything we couldn't have otherwise guessed. Greef's change of heart happened a bit too quickly for my liking. I can understand him making the decision, but I feel like it could have been given more time to properly develop. The Unknown: Is Kuiil dead or just hurt? I assume that he's dead. What does Gideon want with Baby Yoda? What are his plans? What does he know about the force? There was some interesting discussion about how some people prefer the rule of the Empire. Are the people of Nevarro happier under the rule of Gideon? Best Moment: Kuiil makes a mad dash for the ship as he is being chased down by speeders. The scene builds tension wonderfully and is shot brilliantly to convey how close Kuiil is despite the speeders catching up to him. Then we cut away briefly and the camera slowly pans to reveal to us that Baby Yoda has been captured and Kuiil has been taken out along with his Blurg. It's quite a shocking death that has a big impact as Kuiil was a pretty beloved character. Character of the Episode: Greef. Conclusion: This was an exciting episode that set up the finale in a big way. I'm sad that this first season is already close to over since it has been very fun, even with a couple of weaker episodes in the middle. Score: 66
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