Heh, I would actually disagree with the others and say not to skip episodes 1 & 2 of The Mandalorian, because I thought they were the best ones ;)
But to summarise S2 quickly, 1 & 2 are pretty much complete stand-alones without much relevance to the general plot (but as I said, I enjoyed them a lot), 3 introduces characters that are relevant to the finale, 4 is probably foreshadowing some future plotline, but I found it boring and too action heavy (and is the one I'd skip if I were to skip anything), 5 is where the arc plot really takes off (even if it feels almost like a backdoor pilot to another SW show), 6 sets up the finale, 7 is an arc-filler that basically just gets characters from place A to place B but has some important character moments, and 8 is obviously the finale.
And RE: too dark TV shows, I had that problem with Stephen King's The Outsider. I really liked it, but it was so dark I kept missing important plot points. I watched it with my sister and we kept trying to fix the settings on the TV because at times it was literally just a black screen.
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But to summarise S2 quickly, 1 & 2 are pretty much complete stand-alones without much relevance to the general plot (but as I said, I enjoyed them a lot), 3 introduces characters that are relevant to the finale, 4 is probably foreshadowing some future plotline, but I found it boring and too action heavy (and is the one I'd skip if I were to skip anything), 5 is where the arc plot really takes off (even if it feels almost like a backdoor pilot to another SW show), 6 sets up the finale, 7 is an arc-filler that basically just gets characters from place A to place B but has some important character moments, and 8 is obviously the finale.
And RE: too dark TV shows, I had that problem with Stephen King's The Outsider. I really liked it, but it was so dark I kept missing important plot points. I watched it with my sister and we kept trying to fix the settings on the TV because at times it was literally just a black screen.