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No love for Archer? Witty, profane, great animation/artwork, one writer/creator carrying the whole show, and eponymous lead voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. What am I missing?
Not nearly enough love for Andor? Season 2, episodes 7, 8, and 9 showcase some of the most compelling sequences on TV. Diego Luna, a man under enormous pressure ready to come apart at the seams, run by master manipulator Stella Skarsgård. Andy Serkis. Forrest Whittaker. Empire baddies Denise Gough and Ben Mendelssohn. Best Star Wars offerings outside the original trilogy screenplays hands down. Fight me.
Nor for my most embarrassing and guiltiest pleasure Downton Abbey? Plus two full length feature sequels? Come now.
It's hard to believe Andor S2 could be better than S1 but they actually pulled it off!
The kids who loved the original trilogy in theaters grew up to be adults with more sophisticated tastes. Andor is for them. Other Star Wars media is for new generations of kids.
There was very little room left in the storyline chronology for a third season, and I suppose I could just watch Rogue One yet again, but knowing that doesn’t ameliorate my disappointment that we don’t get any more Andor.
Related: I can’t believe I forgot to make special mention of Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma, who gives a masterful portrayal of brittle grace over a thinly-veiled nervous breakdown.
And what you posit is true: Andor certainly stayed true to the original Star Wars ethos. Rogue One as well, aspects of Solo, and some elements of the Mandalorian, but otherwise, agreed; the rest is kid stuff.
Archer was great until the South Pacific season (S9). It's like they fired all their writers and hired new ones off temu. I stopped watching there; does it get better after that?
Yes. The final season is worth watching. They go back to original Archer jokes and throwbacks and tie the series up in a neat bow. Don't want to oversell but definitely watch it.
I'd recommend giving Sealab 2021 and Home Movies a try if you like Archer
Sealab is a hoot, a testbed for the hilarity that would ensue with writer and voice pro Adam Reed’s Archer.
Unfamiliar with Home Movies; suppose that’ll need to change. I see it also features H. Jon Benjamin, which is really all I need to know.
Andor was so goooooooooooooood.
I think season 2 was an improvement on season one, and the ending hit pretty hard. But I think Narkina 5 was the most powerfully arc.
So many killer lines.
“One way out”
“I can’t swim”
So powerful. One way out for Kino Loy.
Also “how nice for you” … fuckin DEVESTATING.
All great picks.
Andor is so amazing, I don't know how Lucasfilm / Disney allowed it to get made. It makes every other Star Wars show look like kids playing with action figures.