Andor 1x10 Reaction
Added 2025-11-26 00:24:30 +0000 UTC
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They miss a lot. I wonder if it's because they are reacting.
Nalier
2025-12-15 11:57:11 +0000 UTCIt looks like perhaps you missed the line in 1x08 ("Narkina 5") during the party at Mon Mothma's residence. When she joined her husband Perrin's small-talk conversation with a guest couple by one of their many gigantic windows, and it was revealed that she became a Senator at only 16 years of age. In that same conversation, they also said they had already been married for a year when she took office. Therefore she was only around 15 years old at their wedding, and were likely much younger when the engagement was actually even agreed upon.
X Yuan
2025-12-02 06:41:42 +0000 UTCSeeing a lot of comments [here on Patreon and on Youtube] that cite Tony Gilroy as the writer of Kino's and Luthen's monologues, but this is slightly inaccurate. Gilroy was the showrunner and "writer" of the series AS A WHOLE, and NOT necessarily the writer of the exact lines for EACH screenplay of EACH episode/story arc. The specific screenwriter credited to "One Way Out" [and the entire Narkina story arc] is Beau Willimon, who was previously most known for the 2013-2018 US adaptation of "House of Cards" [on Netflix], and prior to that had established a career as a playwright for theater production along with some writing credits for films such as 2011's "Ides of March" (itself an adaptation of his own play) and 2018's "Mary Queen of Scots". Willimon also happens to be an executive producer [but not writer] for "Severance" season 2 and onward. Other comments are also attributing "Rogue One" entirely to Tony Gilroy, but this is also inaccurate. Gilroy was brought on late in the project, allegedly to "rescue" the film from storytelling incoherence and poor planning, arguably "saving" it from disaster, according to several sources.
X Yuan
2025-12-02 01:03:36 +0000 UTCI have deep admiration for the producer of this absolute masterpiece of a show, Tony Gilroy — not just for his effort, but also for his intellect. You can just feel the effort and emotion put into this, that’s why it’s so good. In an interview, he talked about how much he sacrificed while making these two seasons. He was working EVERY DAY for four years straight, constantly thinking about the story and the plot, and how to make everything perfect. I guess you can draw parallels from Luthen’s speech to his four whole years of making this show.
allain222 .
2025-11-29 15:02:59 +0000 UTCTwo of the best written characters ever
petitcorbeau
2025-11-28 10:45:12 +0000 UTCLM, DON’T FORGET THE POST CREDIT SCENE AT THE END OF THE FINAL EPISODE .
big lu
2025-11-28 06:13:36 +0000 UTCFun fact: now that it's been revealed that Lonni is an undercover agent for the rebellion (or at least Luthen's network), there was a scene earlier where Partagaz scolds Lonni for why his detention numbers were below neighboring sectors and that's probably because Lonni was intentionally trying to reduce his numbers. Another interesting undercover Lonni moment was when he gave suggestions on how to improve incarceration numbers, he gave fairly tame suggestions like increasing troop presence on beaches, which unfortunately and ironically was how Cassian got arrested. One of the things I like about Andor is how they show you the decisions/discussions in that ISB supervisor room (even if it's just discussions in the background) then few episodes later (or maybe even same episode) they show you the direct impact of that at ground level (ie. Lonni suggest increasing troop presence on beaches, later you see shore troopers patrolling the beaches).
JustAMeloPancake
2025-11-27 01:10:27 +0000 UTCButch Cassidy: "What's the matter with you?" Sundance Kid: "I can't swim!" Butch Cassidy: [pauses, then laughs] ... "Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya." Starbuck to Helo: "You know, everybody I know is fighting to get back what they had. I'm fighting because I can't do anything else."
Thomas Fahey
2025-11-26 23:01:03 +0000 UTCI prefer Aldhani as well, mainly because that mission contained more moving parts and involved a higher number of characters that we'd grown to care about. Plus the visuals with the eye are unmatched.
Father of the Year
2025-11-26 18:41:14 +0000 UTCI was thinking about that. Ships must be coming in regularly, since they replace dead people immediately the next day. Maybe they could take out the guards (or take some hostages) and somehow get hold of a ship?
Biberius Caldius Mero
2025-11-26 18:00:01 +0000 UTCWeesa freeeeee!
Mark M
2025-11-26 16:32:22 +0000 UTCI slightly prefer Aldhani but this is a banger. Lonnie (ISB double agent) is a really interesting under-looked character I think. Luthen can talk a big game (and has the stones and clout to back it up) but ultimately he goes back to his little shop with Kleya, where he can be vulnerable and honest. Mon Mothma is in a wildly dangerous situation, but can still confide in Vel and lean on Tay Kolma. To our knowledge Lonnie is genuinely and completely alone. He has no-one. He's been working alone for 6 years (same as Cass's prison sentence btw) being friends with horrible ISB workers, directly causing the death/suffering of millions. When he wakes up in the night to feed his baby girl he does so knowing that any day, Dedra or whoever could walk into his office with security and it'd be over. He'd be tortured and his family too probably 🤷 It's easy to write off because Lonnie is just 'an office worker' ("your career has benefited greatly", as if he gives a shit) and not getting shot at in a heist etc but Luthen is right: Lonnie is "a hero". No wonder he feels his sacrifice is unnoticed, the only person he has to talk to is habitual liar, "whatever it takes" Luthen... Lonnie: "I risk my life every day and you never say thank you" Luthen: "THAT'S WHAT THE REBELLION IS FOR!"
Kara
2025-11-26 16:00:17 +0000 UTCI suspect that like for a lot of, the show was an outlet for things we'd already been feeling. Usually the themes of shows are more abstract but this is textually a show about building a coalition to fight fascism.
Kara
2025-11-26 15:40:37 +0000 UTCYou will never catch me hating Kathleen Kennedy because she pushed for a "cassian andor prequel show" (what a wild idea lmao) and when it wasn't working out asked her mate Tony to come help fix it like Rogue One, then championed his pitch and commissioned 2 seasons off the jump. What a decision.
Kara
2025-11-26 15:39:17 +0000 UTCBe careful not to spoil anything
My Toasty Toast
2025-11-26 11:42:46 +0000 UTCCan't wait for them to find out more about Kleya. Her backstory makes her so cool. Luthen and Kleya are both my favorite characters!
Jameson
2025-11-26 11:25:19 +0000 UTCEPISODE 12 END CREDITS SCENE
E
2025-11-26 10:41:27 +0000 UTCThis show is too fucking good man. Like it's absurd that this shit exists. Tony Gilroy my GOAT
Sverrir_Thor
2025-11-26 10:16:43 +0000 UTCWatching your emotions for both those epic speeches gives me soooo much happiness cause that’s exactly the emotions I was going thru watching this for the first time
Wakandan King D
2025-11-26 10:08:07 +0000 UTCI love how impressed Lola is by Skarsgard's speech. One of our best living actors.
DAVID COSTELLO
2025-11-26 07:01:23 +0000 UTCIt's funny to me how this show has been radicalizing Lola more and more with each passing episode
Alex Aguilera
2025-11-26 06:17:10 +0000 UTCMake sure not to skip the credits after the final episode of season 1.
Saifu
2025-11-26 05:47:48 +0000 UTCTwo amazing speeches in one episode. Unreal television. 20/10
Hollow
2025-11-26 04:41:58 +0000 UTCThe creators have also been pretty candid that it took so much out of them to make each season that they’d never have been able to make anything like the originally planned 5 without dying first (from exhaustion or old age)
Chris
2025-11-26 04:24:08 +0000 UTCEdit: y’all I was wrong thank you to the people commenting below 😂 52:00 the show was originally supposed to be five seasons, but there’s a lot of reasons it got turned into two. Biggest amongst them was it’s the most expensive tv show Disney ever made and their streaming service has lost them so much money that there was never a chance Disney would greenlight more seasons. There are other reasons too but this was the biggest one. To be clear going in the writers knew season 2 was the last one so it’s not as if the story finished inconclusively
My Toasty Toast
2025-11-26 03:58:04 +0000 UTCI cannot WAIT to see your reactions to the last two episodes of the season.
ks93
2025-11-26 03:30:10 +0000 UTCI don't know what's the best episode of Andor, but I do think One Way Out is my favorite. It's such a great build up of energy and momentum and huge emotional payoffs. There are the obvious standouts of the prison break and Luthen and Lonni's conversation, but also Davo Sculden and Mon's conversation is great. Sculden's rebuttals for everything Mon says is so engaging and shows he's more than just some thug. And throughout the episode the score is buzzing along elevating everything. And finally, Luthen earnestly says to Lonni "I need all the heroes I can get" and then we cut to Cassian and Melshi running to freedom against the triple-moon lit night as the track "Heroes" plays. For me its the most euphoric, jubilant, triumphant ending. Perfect end to a perfect episode.
JC
2025-11-26 03:25:18 +0000 UTCAmazing Episode and great reaction as always! This ep is so good that it is hard to believe that the show still keeps getting even better later
Vitor
2025-11-26 02:54:20 +0000 UTCS tier episode!
Oscar Menendez
2025-11-26 02:52:11 +0000 UTCAs I was watching this live, I'm like "Is Kino's monologue the best in all of Sci-Fi?" Turns out it wasn't even the best of this episode.
Michael M
2025-11-26 02:49:30 +0000 UTCNot to get lost in the hype of the episode but THERE IS A POST CREDIT SCENE AFTER THE LAST EP OF SEASON 1‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ (Since y’all are filming the last 2 soon just an fyi!)
Daniel Molina
2025-11-26 02:48:36 +0000 UTCIt feels criminal to pick a favourite moment in this incredible episode, but Luthen's speech is a HOF television moment for me. We seen him make hard choices in previous episodes -- including condemning 50 men to death here -- and this is a look at how much he resents being forced to make those choices and how well he understands that they are necessary. Condemned to use the tools of his enemy to defeat them. "I've made my mind a sunless space." Wow. That's why you put Stellan Skarsgård in your show. Spoilers: Vg'f xvaq bs snfpvangvat gb pbzcner uvf nofbyhgr erfvtangvba urer, ba bar unaq, gb jung jvyy riraghnyyl orpbzr n xvaq bs n onggyrpel sbe gur eroryyvba vagb Ebthr Bar: "Eroryyvbaf ner ohvyg ba ubcr." V guvax Yhgura jbhyq pnyy gung vaperqvoyl anvir. Vg'f n grfgnzrag gb gur fubj gung gurl pna gnxr gurfr gjb vqrbybtvpny bccbfvgrf naq fdhner gurz vagb gur frevrf svanyr gung jr trg. Edit: I said it in a previous episode, but it is a bit funny to think about the larger ramifications of the prison break. Obviously we know that Cassian was wrongly imprisoned, and that the Empire is a totalitarian regime, but there were probably some hardcore murderers and villains imprisoned there before it became a forced labour camp, right?
Mike
2025-11-26 02:46:47 +0000 UTCLuthen’s speech could make Captain James Flint blush
My Toasty Toast
2025-11-26 02:32:48 +0000 UTC“I was just following orders” was not considered a valid excuse during the Nuremberg Trials. People should remind themselves of that from time to time.
Michael Rashid
2025-11-26 02:32:16 +0000 UTCExcept completely opposite lol
Brakthir
2025-11-26 02:01:06 +0000 UTCOne of the best episodes of TV that I've ever watched. The speeches gave me chills. It makes me want to take to the streets and fight the injustices that are happening all around me. Just..no words.
Brakthir
2025-11-26 02:00:34 +0000 UTCThere is a great video on YouTube with Jon Stewart, Tony Gilroy, and Mike Duncan discussing this topic and going into a lot of details and real world parallels. Highly recommended once you're done with the show.
NJ
2025-11-26 01:56:45 +0000 UTCKino knew that they were surrounded by water but i dont think he knew that swimming was the only option. There could have been ships docked at the prison. But i also think it wouldn’t have made a difference. I suspect he took his own life once everybody left and found some solace in knowing that some prisoners would make it ashore and would tell the world what happened in that prison.
Mahad Ali
2025-11-26 01:52:59 +0000 UTCAs much as I love this entire show, this remains the best episode in my opinion. And it solidifies Luthen as one of the best characters in fiction. Make sure yall stay for after credits in ep 12
Sam
2025-11-26 01:50:58 +0000 UTCStellan Skaarsgard on that amazing monologue: “I was very scared to do that monologue because it was so good. I didn't want to f*** it up!“
Mahad Ali
2025-11-26 01:46:59 +0000 UTCTony Gilroy has spent decades studying resistance fighters. It’s a passion of his. And that lifetime of preparation is apparent in every episode of Andor. He knows an inordinate amount about this topic and has thought deeply about what successful resistance efforts have in common. It’s really quite remarkable.
Mahad Ali
2025-11-26 01:37:26 +0000 UTCFWIW, I think that Kino did make it. The whole point of his speech was for the prisoners to help each other to achieve something they couldn't do alone, and it's not that hard to help someone swim.
Scarmath
2025-11-26 01:32:34 +0000 UTCThat's how season 2 hit here in the US. It's so good because it's truly universal stuff.
Chris
2025-11-26 01:32:21 +0000 UTCThey’ll go straight into it, as always with finished shows
Darrach
2025-11-26 01:32:05 +0000 UTCWatching your reaction made me even more emotional during Kino's and Luthen's speeches. It felt like hearing them again for the first time. Can't believe we got both in the same episode, insane
HenryM
2025-11-26 01:31:34 +0000 UTCThis is my favourite episode (with a close second on season 2) litterally cannot think of a better one of all the series I've seen (maybe some counted on one hand are on the same level). Can't swim always devastates me but also envigorates me even more. Kino chose to rebel even if there wasn't any benefit for him. His win was an existential one against a system that exploited him for nothing. And absoloutely agree with Lola this speech perfectly distills the character of Luthen to the point where you understand each choice he is going to make in the coming episodes. I would say though that he also has the romantic idealist in him,otherwise he wouldn't make that speech, a very Byronic one. Mothma having to sucrifice her only child shows how she has to become more ruthless, a quality associated with Luthen for her to be a leading figure in the Rebellion.
broken king
2025-11-26 01:31:22 +0000 UTCThis is such an amazing episode, I really enjoyed experiencing it again with both of these ladies. Has there been confirmation as to whether season 2 will be watched shortly after season 1? I loved season 1, but I think season 2 ends up beating it for me. Can't wait to watch those reactions as well.
Cole Deucalion
2025-11-26 01:30:43 +0000 UTCThat was the first draft, but Disney had some notes.
Chris
2025-11-26 01:25:49 +0000 UTCThe prisons on Narkina 5 bear a striking resemblance to the Empires logo when looked at from above, so during that overhead shot of the prison with the prisoners swimming out, they are quite literally breaking free from the Imperial machine.
Darrach
2025-11-26 01:22:15 +0000 UTCLuthen’s monologue here is honestly one of the best speeches in the entire Star Wars franchise. It captures his whole character in a few minutes — a man who has no illusions about what he’s doing or what he’s become. Whether people think he goes ‘too far’ or not, he’s one of the most morally consistent and self-aware characters in the show. I can totally respect and admire morally questionable characters if theyre atleast not selfdeluded. Luthen is basically the anti-Walter White.
Julmor
2025-11-26 01:21:47 +0000 UTCFinally catching your breath after the escape only to get absolutely sucker punched by Luthen's speech was when I knew this show was going to be goated forever.
Jamie
2025-11-26 01:21:31 +0000 UTCOne way out for Cassian, Kino and all the prisoners. One way out for Mon to get out of trouble. One way out for Luthen, One way out for Lonni. This episode is crazy, everyone has to follow through with what they’ve started no matter how it ends. Also yes Luthen’s speech is legendary and this episode is one of the best episode of television ever.
BigJo H
2025-11-26 01:14:46 +0000 UTCLuthen's monologue in this episode is one of my all time favorites. It was amazing to see you guys look it up and reread it. Love your reactions!!
Jacob Ramirez
2025-11-26 01:14:26 +0000 UTCI swear my little nephew plays Luthen's monologue in his head whenever he plays Fortnite.
Father of the Year
2025-11-26 01:12:26 +0000 UTCOne of the best episodes of TV with so many great lines.
Eric
2025-11-26 01:06:00 +0000 UTC“And what do YOU sacrifice?” “Listen here, you little shit-”
Joshua Something
2025-11-26 01:05:42 +0000 UTCThis was one of the most emotionally impactful episodes I've ever watched...... and it gets topped by some other episodes later one, so we've got that to look foward to aswell :D
Milen Karabadzhakov
2025-11-26 01:00:03 +0000 UTCReminder that EP12 the finale has an end credit, a lot of people miss it.
Ridley
2025-11-26 00:59:43 +0000 UTCThe tragedy of Luthen's character reminds me a lot of Eren Jaeger from season 4 of AoT. The rebel/devil archetype.
Dan Badour
2025-11-26 00:57:03 +0000 UTCThe prisoners are so lucky that they were in the middle of a lake and not an ocean. I don’t know what I’d do if it was just an endless horizon of water 😅
James Anthony
2025-11-26 00:57:01 +0000 UTCChrist, even having watched the show through 3 times now I still can't believe it's this good lol. How is a prequel TV show to a Star Wars spinoff movie one of the best stories about the workings of fascism and revolution to come out in the 21st century. Also based on clothing I figure you watched this and The Suitcase on the same day lol? Can't even imagine how hard that combo hits
Hugo Sinclair
2025-11-26 00:36:07 +0000 UTCEasily a top 5, maybe top 3 episodes for me
Raphgod7
2025-11-26 00:33:49 +0000 UTCThe weekly episodes of the first season of Andor were released right around the same time as the presidential election period in my country in 2022, and we were living through absolute chaos at that time. The feeling of suffocation while watching Andor for the first time was completely insane, but at the same time it also gave me a lot of hope and as Lola already mentioned, it feels more like a documentary and that makes it even more devastating
Bernardo
2025-11-26 00:32:23 +0000 UTCI can only speculate but I wonder if Kino knew from the beginning that he was never going to escape. I can totally understand that being inside for years one might not remember that you’re surrounded by water. His delivery “I can’t swim” with a breath of a laugh makes me think he completely forgot he was trapped more than most. Andy Serkis absolutely killed it in his role
My Toasty Toast
2025-11-26 00:30:43 +0000 UTC“I can’t swim” 🥲🥲🥲
Darrach
2025-11-26 00:30:14 +0000 UTCpeak television
Bernardo
2025-11-26 00:30:10 +0000 UTCONE WAY OUT 😤😤 “I cant swim” 😭😭😭 What do I sacrifice? EVERYTHING 😮💨🔥👏🏽 PEAK TELEVISION
Daniel Molina
2025-11-26 00:29:24 +0000 UTC"I can't swim." "I burn my life for a sunrise I know I'll never see." Two different ways of expressing the same sentiment, really.
Nubile Reptile
2025-11-26 00:29:22 +0000 UTCwow, so many people so early!
Komikall
2025-11-26 00:28:38 +0000 UTCTwo great speeches/monologues in one episode? Andor is absolutely goated😮💨
Raphgod7
2025-11-26 00:28:32 +0000 UTCI'm not ashamed to say that the Patreon was already open, just waiting for this moment.
Bernardo
2025-11-26 00:28:25 +0000 UTCRefreshing the page paid off!
Vidolin
2025-11-26 00:27:30 +0000 UTCThis episode has TWO of the best monologues not just in Star Wars, but in tv history
KittensandMotorcycles
2025-11-26 00:27:18 +0000 UTCONE WAY OUT!!! Kino Loy my fucking goat
KittensandMotorcycles
2025-11-26 00:26:58 +0000 UTCMasterpiece
BigJo H
2025-11-26 00:26:47 +0000 UTCI have been waiting for this episode ever since you started the show
My Toasty Toast
2025-11-26 00:26:37 +0000 UTCtotally haven't been refreshing the page for this one. this is the Big One guys. lets fucking go
Myeh
2025-11-26 00:25:46 +0000 UTC
