What I’m Watching: Andor

Andor: Season 1, Episode 11 “Daughter of Ferrix” (B+)

It’s interesting to see that the penultimate episode of this season barely featured its title character. He did make contact back with his old life now that he was able to escape his imprisonment, but all that did was to tell him that his mother had died. The manner of relaying the message was far from smooth, but it’s almost certain that Syril will do whatever he can to try to ensnare Andor, hoping that he’ll take the bait and show up to pay tribute to his late mother. Bix can be tortured as much as her captors want, but she doesn’t have the pertinent information that would really put Andor in danger since no one has heard from him aside from that one contact since the start of his many shifts. Mon confided in Vel about what she’s been doing and how she’s now very nervous about getting caught, hoping there might be some way out but aware of the tremendously high stakes. Saw was all ready to go in and help Luthen but he was not at all on board with his plan to sacrifice Kreegyr so that the Empire would be distracted and vulnerable to attack. Though he wasn’t actually under serious suspicion, Luthen chose to respond to an Empire survey of his ship with hostility and a surprising show of force. That’s going to put him on their radar, and it also shows that he’s ready to fight back, even if it’s going to be a losing battle.