Andor, episodes 8-10

[rose_griffes]

The rewatch continues - through episode 10 now.

• Thinking again of Kenari and how there are no subtitles when the children speak to each other. It seems fitting, given that Cassian may be the only living person who knows that language - assuming he remembers it. And how ironic that he speaks Galactic Basic with an accent for a language that may not exist anywhere other than his own mind. (Even if Cassian’s sister is alive, she could have forgotten their language. And him.)
• Having clawed her way up just a little bit, Deedra’s position already feels unstable- even before the catastrophic (for her) finale. Her assistant may want to be genuinely helpful, but he’s the one who gets the nodding approval when making suggestions related to her ideas. And then there’s Syril, whose fanaticism edges into menace toward her, but she apparently doesn’t do anything about that - probably because to do so might make her appear weak.
• Shortly after we first meet Melshi on Narkina 5, he makes some mostly-innocuous negative comments... and Kino Loy shoves him against a wall for it. Some bad history there? Kino’s disdain for Melshi continues throughout the Narkina arc. Melshi’s bunk is directly over Kino’s. Is proximity why he annoys Kino, or is Melshi there because of some earlier problem?
• I’ve heard several people mention that they expected the escaping prisoners to put on the guards’ shock-proof shoes, but that never seemed like a feasible plan. One or two prisoners escaping, sure - but there aren’t enough shoes for 50 men, much less 5000. Picking up the literal tools offered by the prison facilities makes sense; trying to grab shoes when they can go for the power source instead is pointless.
• another google doc with notes about 8-10