REJECT RECAP: ANDOR Episode 11 - "Daughter of Ferrix" REVIEW!!
00:00How's it going, Citizens of the Reject Nation, John, here to introduce you.It's 11 episodes, and we don't need to be so official.Hi, guys.Greg and I are going to talk about and or season one, episode 11, daughter of pharynx.It is the penultimate episode.It's that time again.The second or last episode comes out, and we all put on our big spectacles and go,it's the penultimate episode, because it's such a great word.
00:26But anyhow, man, this has been a fascinating.and exhilarating and very rousing series.And I hope you guys have been enjoying it as much as we have.If you want to see us enjoy it in real time,you can come on over to the YouTube channel,YouTube.com slash the Rio Rejects.That's where all the Andor highlights reels can be found along withthe video version of the review you're about to hear.
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01:28what he left withmarvaalways comes back to herohboyishreallyjusthow much
01:40Tony Gilroy hatesStar Warsjust really leaksthrough every timeso slowall rightokay let's talk about itbecause there's a lot to talk
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05:11knows the value of a good VPN.The death of...That was really sad, man.Yes. That was a verysomber episode.That was very, really sad.everyone's broken it's the dark night of the soul uh before we get to the finale is whatit felt like to me next week's the finale yeah yeah normally it's like an all is lost
05:38there's a all's lost moment the death of marva yeah yeah and just them being entirelyostensibly alone the two of them for now man even with bix she's like so brokenthey've done a number on her man holy shit yeah that was to the point where i was like is she ever gonnalike is her is her braingonna be scrambled just from here on outlike is she gonna have to like have someonetake care of her for the rest of her life due to thisshe's like that horror movie character you visit
06:05an insane asylum when you're looking foranswers and she hasn't been able totalk clearly in years you won't pay anything out of herand she just like rips your handjust as you're about to leavewait eyedthe rebellionempire is real
06:18remember this codeyeah yeah totallyyeah she's really morphedyeah and i mean it's funny how like one you only see her for like one brief sequence but it'samong every like everything no matter how brief it is always seems to come with like a lastingpunch and impact like no matter how i like it it's it's interesting to see a show where yeah it's likeyou have a lot of characters and a character that could feel small just showing up for one moment in anepisode rarely ever gets lost in the shuffle like they're really good at making everyone's
06:55time important true whether that be through yeah you know direct advancement of the plot or just heartbreaking circumstancewell what's her name clear yes the the sona sona yeah yeah i'm waiting for clea to i like the presence of cleastill waiting to latch on to her more as a character though she's kind of just there to whip some things in the shapeshe i think she rides the line well because she is the sort of likeexecutive assistant who you can tell probably does a lot of badass and difficultshit behind the scenes but mostly we just see her be it very direct and this episode inparticular i was like okay this is like the most we've sort of seen you in action and i want toknow more about you now yeah yeah but to me i think like vell and and and genevieve o're
07:44riley mon mothma it's cool this is the first time i felt like they're really cousinsyeah there is a real history with them and i i i think just theslowly broken soul of Mon Mothma and the sacrifice that she really had to make becauseyou know it's sometimes in this act of rebellion it's more like yeah you got political figureswith money who are secretly helping out um and then here with mon mothma you you really see thatshe wasn't just secretly helping out that she was truly instrumental but she also had to makesome of the toughest choices of her personal life and sacrificed so muchmuch and how much sacrifice can she keep enduring until enough is enough like how far can't she go
08:35is she willing to give up her family in like the most literal ways it's really painful to seewhat she goes through and like i feel like even when like last episode you know like the highlightswhere the monologues of like andy circus and stirl and scars guard uh but mom mothma did have a reallypowerful scene she's been so consistentand then her scenehere with Vell when they're sitting on the couchtogether you know braiding each other'shair and shit
09:02painting and nails having a pillowtalking about guys because they can't pass theBechel testthat's right mando you think Luther is cuteI think Luther is cute no you don'tshow them I want Luther no youwhen they are
09:17when they are talking with each otherit just keeps getting worse andworse for her and my notionof what herhow pivotal she would be would be morethat hopefulspiritof the of the rebel
09:33to the rebel risingare you gawning in the middle of my rebellionyeah I'm sorrybut did it turn into that at allit'sit is crazy just howrelatable of a figurethey have made her
09:49and not just one of the nice peoplefrom ChorusonyeahWell, because she suffers, this makes it clear how much she suffers in silence.And, like, she's already got Perrin, who's a real winner.But, you know, even with her daughter, it seems like, you know, her family can't really know her.She can't really be, like, emotionally close to the people who do know her because of what they have to work on.So it seems like a very, it really clues you into how harsh her position is.
10:15And I did love getting a moment between Vell and Clea and that whole, you know, like Vell,I like the way they draw the fact that, yeah, you have their familial tie,but you also have both of their ties to the rebellion and how different those things areand how in one doing their job that can step on the other's toesor make the other's life that much more difficult.And it's just like a really fascinating nuance that they don't really even necessarily have to speak all the time.But yeah, especially here, it felt like they were, even in the emotional beats, like, actually.Yeah, it's funny you should say that because, yeah, they do feel.
10:53like actually relatedI can see the sisterlykind of rapport between themand it's funny because this is an episode that hasso much humanitydespite all the you knowvicious circumstance and I love that they choseto make be like
11:09the most vulnerably emotionalcharacter even going so far as tostart like insideof his vision insideof his eye just inside of likehis perspective when somuch of the rest of the episode is shotin ways that are very illustrative of isolation you know when vell and clear are talking they're
11:28both talking to negative space essentially uh and all these like when marva's being carted outit's all in these wide like there's so much uh of the sterility and of the distance createdi thought it was an interesting way to to pull everything together yeah well i think would be toohe's a lot of times are droids they they one thing i've always liked about star wars when hecame to the artificial intelligence if you will is that they've never sometimes they'rethose bits of like shut the ripio off just turn him off he's being annoying you know yeah but more oftenthan not they treat droids like they actually have souls yeah and that they're they are a livingbeing and i love that this show really leans into that would be too the same people would create
12:18k2s oh yeah like the tony go roy andSo it would be, too, he is like a child, lonely pet,and I just feel so much compassion for him of this joy, learning humanity.And it makes me worried for him.I wonder what life, B2, ultimately has, because he's not a Rogue 1.So what journey does he go on?You know, mates with other droids and have baby droids?There are two possible outcomes, either.
12:46He does a daring sacrifice the last minute that allows the rebels to get away one more time,or there will be one that was like Cassie again like go on boy get out of here yeah go oni don't need you anymore go it's for your own good you know or would he go he'swho's created and apparently there's only one charge of the city and it's just in marvis houseuh yeah there are some things that i wish we would get a little bit more flushing out onlike and or melchie that moment would hit a little bit harder for meother than thepoignant themes of rise
13:26of rebellion and suchlike I don't really knowwho this guy is like I wish we hadgotten a little bit more timeto seelive with their survivalbecause I was enjoying the survivaltone of
13:42of just being like something that waslike borderline you know like those survivalmovies and nature of like the edge orrevenant or some shitbecause you know like they're they're barefootand barren cold harsh wastelands and it's it's so it's so isolated and and such a vulnerablesituation to be in the most physical way and to me i'm like i wish we got to see was somefriendship bond with them so we could hear like that way you feel a little bit more of a
14:14emotional impact when they are like we have to tell everyone or feel like what they've overcometogether to get there that part i feel was a little bit glossed over like it was good what we got i didfeel we needed more of what of that though well yeah you could fill a like a webisode or for my moneyyou could fill a whole episode yeah them to having to stick it out and then finally get off worldand then they you know go back to the beach and find his case and all that stuff there's a lot of emphasisonLida,Lida, the daughter
14:50of Mama.There's a lot of emphasison herand I guesskind of feel likewhenever we see hershe's in a moodand the horse
14:59she just happenedto be in a good moodtodayVita Chandrellian girlI want toI want moreis that or nearthe end
15:07I'm likethere's emphasisput hereand you're kind ofjust likemoody kidyeahand then this episode
15:14with them being likeoh she she's reallyinto you know this you know this this spirit you know the the is it they're studying the customsof like the arranged marriage and stuff like that is that what she's studying at the table therewith her friend do whatever they're getting into chondreli and chandrillion customs or whatever yeahlike the the old ways they barely talk about they just barely focus a spotlight on themin ways that feel nuanced that that is the one way in which it does feel like the show is likeyeah, we're not really that concerned with her
15:47and I think it could saysomething and add more to bothMon Mothma's character but also Lada's characterif we did maybe drip into herperspective for a second and see whatshe likes about these customs that Mon Mothmaisn't necessarily trying to thrust upon heror whatever. Yeah. Because that's all
16:03part of the conversation as welland especially because it seems like Litaskews more towards Perrin is probablylike I doubt thatMon Mothma could full on justreliably say I could trust Litaif she were to find out all the extent of what I've been doing here.So, like, yeah, I feel like you could explore an interesting realm of indoctrination through
16:23that, which, yeah, is pretty glossed over here.And in glossing over it, it does feel like, you know, moody teenagers is still over there,just not connected with me, you know.And I think this is one I'd probably get the most push back on.Whenever you say something you got an issue with, there's always someone who comes into tell you why, actually, and I'm open to it with it, you know, I respect that.tell me the more positive perspective of this you know um you hope cyril wins uh yeahcyril needs to win they can be like here's my certificate of approval mama i got a job in the
16:59actual empire no more private security for me show but i'm married didra here's my wife now she tells mewhat to do it gets my cereal um she emasculates me on the daily not i love that didger's morphed intooh you're that one who appears in the monitors looking evil nowThe I knows who needs it done and done now.The Krieger, I wish we see him instead of just hearing about himbecause I get the choice because no one's really spending time with himso it could just feel kind of random to just cut to him.Like, I don't even Luton knows him.
17:38Like Lutthin knows him, but Kregor doesn't know that Luton is Luton.and so i like i i can see that the reasoning to not cut to him but there's so much talk about himand there's so much of a debate about what to do with the creaker situation should they justsacrifice him or should they help him but by helping him that takes care of the isb officer thatyou know like there's there's the dangers him so i i love the debate and i love the scene with saarabecause you know saw is like the ultimate case of a paranoid junkie sure and and as i love saw a sceneand like i think that's all great and it's wonderful debate like it does not eliminate at allum how how wonderfully fleshed out these these uh scenes of dialogue are and to be it's it's more
18:31of like i guess it makes the debate what i like about it is it it makes the debate what i like about it is it it makes thedebate strictly about the morality choice and the and the choice of sacrifice even if you don'tknow who they are which is much like war you're like we got to go save this these people or thesepeople are in danger but they don't know them people I know where my allies are about to besacrificed to one degree or another yeah so like ending on that note of I call it war call it warI am the perfect person to go to battlesLet me cut my breathBefore we rise
19:13I wonder if we wouldBut I'm saying I wouldI wouldFind it just moreI guessIt makes sense to not show himBecause it just puts you in the positionTherein where you're kind of choosing as an audience member
19:35Whereas if you're hanging out with KriegerYou might just be likeWell go save ithim, he's Krieger.Yeah, we like Krieger.But removing that for the audience makes us just think about the debate itself.That's why I see the strength in it.And I just kind of want the emotional conflict more.
19:58And I would be more conflicted if I knew Krieger, just a little bit.Yeah, that's a good point.And it makes me wonder if we will see that happen in some way next step is.or he gets his own Disney Plus seriesafter he dies.That'll be the new trendof how to do good Star Wars seriesis get characters we know are going to die
20:19at the end or will die. We'veseen them die already or somethingand then yeah, we can tell a story andleave nothing on thethe credits don't even say who playsthat out of his face and it'snot the guy from Borat.It's not Ken Devidian
20:35that would be awesome.Yeah, I wonder if we will see it in some way.I mean, again, judging by how certain things were handled,especially in this episode, but have been handled throughout,I wonder if whatever glimpse we do get will still be removed somehow.Sure, yeah, but I could also imagine doing some kind of thingwhere you have the echoes of this debate or something that isn't that battle,maybe intercutting with that operation going sour or something like that.
21:08It just seems likebecause they establishedthat this thing's likehappening tomorrowand we can move immediatelyyou knowand we've had this as a threadand like they've talked enough
21:19it would also just help to see Kriegerso that you know it's among many namesand places thrown out therethat are in conversationthat aren't always on screenso it would just make it easier to keep track of anywaybut also yeah I feel like they've done enoughbuilding on this
21:34the same way they kind of did with Aldaniwhere it's like they canThey laced that in and built it up,and I feel like it would factor in.But if it doesn't, I think.I agree with you in the context of this episode.I'll be more maybe vexed about itif we just never see it before the season's done.
21:53It'll be interesting.Cyril Rising, he had the funniest sceneof the whole episode.There was,what we got? We got two tubes credited here.I read that wrong the first time.I know who that is.like two tubes
22:10pit one and pit twoyeahwoothe son oneandyeahlieutenantkeysacks
22:19my dudedudeand I feel likethere'soh yesthen dudeluthin's fight scenethat was a great fight
22:27yeahthat was a great fighthe pulled some shit out of his asshe didhe turned on his VPNlike John Wickthe Empire if he wanted todude he
22:38He seems like you really could.He just took out like five tie fighters.What just happened here?In a ship that's probably not designed to take down five time fighters.Because they underestimated him.That's true.He took them all out.And it was like one of those spy cars where you're like, look at this piece of shit.
22:57And you find out to equip with all like all kinds of spikes strips, grenades, toothpaste launcher, whatever you need, oils lick.Yeah, this is so cool.and he justwhooped their asses.It was like so fast.Yeah, that dude just stand there and watch.Did he get out of,what are those called?
23:15The magnet puller thing is.Oh, the tractor beams.Yes, yeah.Tractor beam.Release the tractor beam.One millioncredits.He really,
23:35he gets out atNot only is he break out of the tractor beam, he also whips a bunch of tie fighter asses.I was like, God damn, how'd this guy not make it to Rogue 1?Well, he's going to, I bet he's going to die terribly.I feel like he has to make it through this season 2, but he's going to, they're going to make an example of him, I'm sure.Cardiac arrest, do you think?Yes, he's going to die completely unrelated.He's just going to slip and fall down a big flight of stairs, break his neck.
24:04They're going to be like, shit.a lot of stress that guy has there's so many plans he didn't tell us about what do we do yeahi just love how things ramp up the colder he gets like the further they get in this fight thecolder he has to become and and like the more his struggle to maintain his morality is like alogical endeavor yeah you know the whole thing about it like i love partly that scene betweenhim and saw because it is like i'm giving you the choice you clearly seem to have likelike less dirt on your metaphorical hands.Right, right.
24:39Like, also, I'm leveraging you.Also, I'm trying to make you see what I see.But also, also, I think I need this, like, clash of vitalities just to make sure that I'm still here as a moral being because of how much I have to operate in the tools and means that, you know, my enemy does.So true.Good, good shit.Hey, what are you going to do, right?What are you going to do?What are you going to do?
25:03What are you going to do?What are you going to do?What are you going to do?sometimes your mom diesbut and we're finding out that is really sad manand if bick'sthat bix doesn't probably get to attend the funeralno I'm sure she doesn't
25:18and I don't like part of me wonders if she will everrecover and part of me thinks she won'tand part of me thinks that's cold but also boldwhen she has makeup on that means she's recoveredthat's the sign of female characterrecover your lips are all pale and your eyessunken in your whole soul has been destroyed but you clean up nice no i respect them for putting her outof makeup sure it bothers me in shows when they're like too afraid to put their actor i mean she's
25:48obviously wearing makeup she did lip wearing for torture film makeup to enhance the physical distressturmoil she's in the no makeup makeup makeup but they didn't yeah make her like her likelet's pretty her up despite this terrible situation she's in yeah because obviously she isjust we can't tell if she's beautiful otherwise without being like geez her natural looks are just sonot doing it for me to be fair it doesn't matter really if she's wearing makeup or notyeah just oh my god like horrendous looking woman what she really got to be worried aboutThe guy who sees this episode and goes,that's your best look, baby.
26:38Be wary of that guy.Yeah, no.Adria Arona is a gorgeous woman.And a talent to behold as well.True that.To turn tables and the microphone.Yeah, guys.What did you think about this episode?
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