Mike Masnick ✅Made it through episode 4 of Andor, and I don't get why people said it was slow. I mean, sure episode 2 was kinda setting things up for episode 3, but I'm fully invested...
Morgan Collins@mmasnick andor is amazing. It’s like 3 movies in one show.
Paisley P. Peinforte 🪬@mmasnick You're in for a hell of a ride. I wasn't interested in the premise at first ("Who needs another prequel", I foolishly said) and it became one of the pre-eminent pieces of Star Wars media for me in no time at all.
Jesse@mmasnick I'd say it's slow in a good way, in that it trusts the audience to be patient with the major plot progression.
It knows what story it wants to tell and how fast it wants to tell it, and I found that super refreshing for a Star Wars thing
anachronym@mmasnick It sticks the landing at the end, too.
Tom@mmasnick It gets much better, that's why. The final trilogy or so of episodes is profoundly well written and compelling for something that in the end's, well, a STAR WARS knockoff … rarely has a show promised so little and delivered so much.
Stpaulhawk@attentive @mmasnick I almost didn't watch it because it sounded so derivative. What a mistake that would have been.
AJ ButterwickIt's a set of four 3-episode arcs. Once you see this, you realize it's about how the rebellion started.
Adam Fields@mmasnick it’s not slow, it just takes (actually relatively little and very efficient) time to set up the story and give you context to care about the characters.
micah@mmasnick In one of the later episodes there was scene of just dialog (between senator and banker) that was so good I rewound and pause-played through it again while typing most of it into Notes app so I could analyze and absorb how the tit-for-tat build up was so highly crafted.
Like, what?—this is not something I ever do.
Like, what?—this is not something I ever do.
Steve Hill 🇺🇦@mmasnick I loved Fiona Shaw so much.
Joé McKen@mmasnick I originally quit after the first episode, which I found kinda boring. But then the show took off with everyone calling it brilliant, so I gave it another shot. Second episode was a bit better, but ep. 3 is where I got hooked. And it only enthralled me even more as it went from there on.
I’ve never been gladder to have given something a second chance. You’re in for a helluva ride.
Kevin Whalen 
@mmasnick Oh, you’re in for a ride.
maegul@mmasnick “hashtag” kids and their short attention spans these days! In all seriousness though, it’s mostly good television and story telling.
If, like me, you liked what they did with rogue one and the focus on the realities of the rebellion, then #andor was compelling from the first episode IMO. But yea, it truly takes off with the third.
RumDood@mmasnick
I felt this way after episode 1. I have considered that maybe I don't feel it's slow because I have been told so many times that it is worth the watch and that the beginning is slow so expectations and all that.
But it hasn't seemed slow to me.
Joe Seatter@mmasnick Compared to RoS it's glacial, but that's a good thing. There's nothing wrong with actually taking the time to develop the story.
jturk125@mmasnick don’t get your hopes up. No Ewoks in any episode. #spoileralert
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Nothing slow about andor. Andor is one of my favorite 4 TV series of all time, it's just too damn good.
Nothing slow about andor. Andor is one of my favorite 4 TV series of all time, it's just too damn good.
kingdom krumb@mmasnick Well, you might need to watch the entire season to determine if it’s slow. I’ve watched it and I totally get why people say that.
The Magic Lemur (Eat The Rich)@mmasnick I felt it was a little slow at first, but by the third episode I was ending every viewing with "Dammit, I want another episode!" and eagerly anticipating the next week's drop.
DoctorBob@mmasnick it kind of works in 3 episode arcs