Star Wars: Andor

This show hasn't been my cup of tea. It seems like they could have compressed nine episodes into three. Not a whole lot of action, and the dialogue has been meh. The characters just seem dull.

And the way they are showing the Empire is kinda, I dunno, weird, and just doesn't jive with anything we've experienced before. Yeah, I guess that not everyone in imperial service is some ruthless Sith, and that they are trying to show a kinder, gentler more bureaucratic face and how/why your average, non-evil human might follow, but it just seems like an almost totally different universe.

Maybe I should rewatch.
I think not trying to compress the show has been one of its biggest strengths.

We can step away from Cassian a bit more and learn more about the other characters and motivations, as well as see how other characters are experiencing the results of certain actions.

I also really dig the little 2-3 episode arcs they’ve been doing.

I was really invested in the Aldhani heist because we had already spent 2 (or so) episodes with the characters as they put everything together and established stakes (both personal & for the rebellion). I feel the same way now with the prison arc.