Advanced note : Another late one. I watched the episode during the early hours of Thursday morning after i got back from watching The Rise Of Skywalker but i've been distracted pretty much consistently since then, save for taking an hour or so out to write up my spoiler free review yesterday.
The Review
After several episodes of filler and minimal story progression, Chapter 7 of The Mandalorian finally sets into motion the events leading into the season finale and brings everything to its head. Gina Carano returns as Cara Dune along with Nick Nolte as Kuill, Carl Weathers as Greef Karga, Werner Herzog as The Client and Taika Waititi as a reprogrammed IG-11. On top of this, we're introduced to Giancarlo Esposito's mysterious character 'Moff Gideon' at long last in a cliffhanger that is sure to raise the stakes going into Chapter 8. During the episode, there's some interesting development for 'Baby Yoda' that sees him/her using the force on several occasions but the first being to force choke Cara onboard the Razor Crest. This may or may not have been a misdirection however and could have been a simple accident on Baby's part because of Cara still being unfamiliar to him/her but it could also be a direct answer as to why The Client has relentlessly pursued Mando across the galaxy by sending bounty hunter after bounty hunter to retrieve the baby, the creature has the potential to be a strong dark side user if trained and raised in the shadow of the empire. More so since Baby was captured by Stormtroopers in the closing moments of the episode. Also, RIP Kuill.
Overall
Finally the cogs are very much in motion for an explosive season finale now and with 'Baby Yoda' in the hands of 'Moff Gideon' the stage seems to be set for the biggest, baddest and highest staked chapter in this story so far. Chapter 7 wasn't the most visually satisfying episode and certainly not as big and flashy as Deborah Chow's previous contribution with Chapter 3 but much needed plot progression and set up took the forefront of this episode and its served all the better for it. It'll be interesting to see exactly how this will all come to a relative conclusion in next week's season finale and the faith that i'll admit to losing in the last few episodes has definitely been restored.
Season finale review
coming next Friday!
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