re: Andor (Disney+) Season Thread

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I believe she set up her husband and now the ISB thinks the money he is taking money

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If so, she can give Luthen a run for his money in using cynical tactics to aid the rebellion.

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I believe she set up her husband and now the ISB thinks the money he is taking money

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If so, she can give Luthen a run for his money in using cynical tactics to aid the rebellion.

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That's exactly what she did.

Did you notice, she tells her husband to lower his voice, and he says the driver can't hear anything?
And that is presented from the driver's side of the window?

She absolutely used her husband to cover for her finances.
And what's likely going to happen is, the Empire will lean on him some, try to flip him. And because he's actually innocent, it will open his eyes (maybe just a bit, but it will), and he will be more opposed to the Empire.
So she actually flipped him, because he was just living the good life as a senator's spouse.
This child marriage custom, it was clear there was no real love between them. Just convenience and custom.

And the planning of the show overall... most people felt the first two episodes were too slow, not enough actual story. But the funeral scene wouldn't have worked without those two episodes. We saw how Maarva was important to Cassian, and that community, and that she had a practical 'frick the Republic/Empire' outlook in her life.

Curious, was the black dude really selling Cassian out, or was he playing a part to empty the garrison? I think the latter.

Gotta wonder about Luthen's thoughts as it all went down. He went to clean up a loose end, and ended up at Ground Zero for the actual Rebellion. That wasn't a terrorist cell, it was a populist uprising.

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Why would Mon Motha talk about those things in the car when she said her driver was an ISB plant? Poor writing in a great show.

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You just don’t understand what you are watching.

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Why would Mon Motha talk about those things in the car when she said her driver was an ISB plant? Poor writing in a great show.

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How was this not obvious? She knew the empire was on to her for moving money around. She knew her driver was ISB and listening. So she concocted the gambling story as a cover for money moving around.

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How was this not obvious? She knew the empire was on to her for moving money around. She knew her driver was ISB and listening. So she concocted the gambling story as a cover for money moving around.

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Question now, is she doubling down on cover, setting up her hubby AND selling her kid? Or is she setting up an alternative?

Personally, realistically, she's now locked into the gangster deal, simply by the fact he has some knowledge of her problem. If she doesn't sell her daughter's rights to him, he's still going to know she has some shady financial deals that she is DESPARATE to cover, and I think he could extort even more out of her down the road. He's got to have some idea of the amount of money, or it wouldn't be a given he could do it. And he'd have time to speculate on WHY she'd be so nervous about it, do some digging etc. If he's a gangster worth his title, he should be able to uncover some stuff, maybe even tie it to Luthen.

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Question now, is she doubling down on cover, setting up her hubby AND selling her kid? Or is she setting up an alternative?

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My opinion based purely on speculation:

I think the gambling story is her cover for the money she’s already moved, while the marriage arrangement is setting up her cover for future withdrawals.

In other words she’s doubling down on the rebellion. Perrin’s alleged gambling might give the ISB a reason for the issues with her accounts so far, but at some point she’ll have to come up with something better if she wants to keep financing the good fight.

Something else this episode that was such great payoff. Syril and his former sergeant descending on the planet in silence and mutual respect, as opposed to last time when Syril gave an embarrassing speech, while the troops clearly did not respect the young officer as they suppressed laughter.

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And what's likely going to happen is, the Empire will lean on him some, try to flip him

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I think the ISB will ignore that money thing if they think it's a gambling issue as opposed to aiding a rebellion.

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Curious, was the black dude really selling Cassian out, or was he playing a part to empty the garrison? I think the latter.

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I think he was a turncoat, him and Cassian obviously had a bristly working relationship. Maarva's speech at the end caused him to reflect on what he was doing and probably have second thoughts, but he got caught in that blast and it was too late.

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Curious, was the black dude really selling Cassian out, or was he playing a part to empty the garrison? I think the latter.

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I agree with Sicboy because he was doing everything he could to get info at the bar from the one guy.

I started watching Rogue One again. I had forgotten how different Andor was in that one.

In the beginning, he is faced with a situation similar to the one at the beginning of Andor - confronted by two troopers in an alley. But in Rogue One, he does not hesitate to quickly kill them both. Then he coldly kills the informant when there is danger of capture, something he stopped in Andor season finale. He truly does become Luthen’s weapon. Looking forward to seeing ruthless Andor in season 2.