Summary: Mando stops on Nevarro and gets help from Greef to repair his ship. He catches up with Cara and Greef and learns that they have been rebuilding Nevarro, also with the help of Mythrol from "Chapter One". But there is an inhabited imperial base that remains and they need to destroy it. Mando agrees to help and they go to the base. Once inside, they discover it's a lab where force-based research is being done for Moff Gideon. They blow up the lab and escape after a chase. Mando leaves quickly. Moff Gideon is updated that the imperials have placed a tracker on the Razor Crest.
The Good: This was another really fun episode. I thought that a lot of things about this episode were better than the previous one. For one, the story was paced better and included more world building and story progression. Last episode was good but it felt quick and had an air of unimportance to it despite the big appearance of Bo Katan. This episode felt much more significant as a piece of the story. Last episode felt as if it was structured around Bo Katan telling Mando to go find Ahsoka. This one felt like it had a worthy story to explore. The second big reason I liked this more was that the characters were more enjoyable. Bo Katan's crew were new characters and were honestly a little boring in the prior episode. Returning to familiar characters like Cara, Greef and Mythrol worked really well here and made the mission to destroy the lab much more exciting than the mission to steal the weapons from the last episode. Overall, I thought that this episode was executed better despite feeling similar to the last one. The assault on the imperial lab was a lot of fun too. This is classic "Star Wars" with a group of characters going on a mission into enemy territory together and having it result in some wild fun, which is exactly what happened here. Even though the logistics weren't all there (see: The Bad), I greatly enjoyed the chase that served as the episode's climax and I thought it was very impressive to see this whole sequence in a TV show. The worldbuilding on Nevarro was much more satisfying than the worldbuilding on Trask. We already know this planet, so it was wonderful to come back later to see how much it had changed. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the quality of life improvements on the planet and I thought it was a nice bit of worldbuilding. Thankfully this episode had lots of elements related to the overarching plot and I really enjoyed that. The mysterious message in the lab was very interesting and raised tons of questions (see: The Unknown) while the ending scenes did a magnificent job connecting the events of this episode to other aspects of the story like the New Republic and Moff Gideon. The Bad: I've compared this episode a lot to "The Heiress" and for good reason. This episode felt extremely similar in structure to that one and it felt like I was watching a very familiar episode this time around. Sure it was a better structured episode, but this one had the misfortune of coming afterwards so a lot of what happened here didn't feel as original or impressive as the content from "The Heiress". Some of what happened at the imperial compound didn't make sense. First of all, how many imperials were on Nevarro to begin with? Didn't Gideon bring his full force in "The Reckoning' last season? It doesn't make sense that there are more troops that were just hanging out and not helping with the capture of Baby Yoda. Furthermore, the design of this lab was perplexing. There are speeders intended to protect the lab, but they are almost useless because half of them crashed and burned just trying to get out of the lab because of the cliffside location. Why would they not bring more ships instead of speeders that would be useless? Finally, how did the speeders even catch up to the vehicle that Cara, Greef and Mythrol hijacked? They had such a big head start that somehow completely vanished in between shots. Lastly, the heat shaft was unrealistically dangerous to be around. Are there no health and safety regulations in this universe? It's difficult to buy into the self destruct button to be so easily accessible, and it's difficult to buy into it being so easy to fall to your death into the heat shaft. The jokes with Mythrol's cowardice got old fast and were constantly repeated to the point of annoyance. This season's jokes haven't been very good so far. The Unknown: How much time has passed between season 1 and 2? Nevarro has been drastically improved and Greef's facial hair has gone completely white. Surely it has been a while, but how long? What is being studied at the lab? Will "The Mandalorian" tie into the sequel trilogy? Are we seeing the story of how Palpatine was brought back from the dead? It seems like a plausible end goal for these research projects. Did the people say that they have another child used in experimenting? How many others are there? Who deployed the tracking beacon on the Razor Crest? Was it a character we know? Did Greef or Mythrol betray Mando? Best Moment: The mysterious lab footage. It was very intriguing stuff that built the mystery of the show tremendously well. Character of the Episode: Cara. Conclusion: This was another pretty good episode. It had ups and downs, but overall it was an effective piece of entertainment that really got this season moving. Score: 64
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