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ANDOR Arcs Ranking (Tier List) - Season 1 & 2
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With Andor Season 2 now complete, we're looking back at the full series and ranking each arc from worst to best in a definitive Andor tier list. From the gritty rebellion beginnings on Ferrix, to the heartbreak of Narkina 5, the haunting brutality of the Ghormon Massacre, and the political tension of Mon Mothma’s Chandrila scenes, we’re breaking down the highs and lows of one of the best Star Wars stories ever told.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Goals
00:00:00
Speaker
we can immediately rule out c tier d tier f tier i don't know how i feel about that i try to be fair fair because i have favorites
00:00:14
Speaker
welcome back to this is the way seekers a podcast for star wars fans by star wars fans and i know what you're thinking oh my god these guys are still talking about and or way to milk the fuck out of the series Okay, but the official Star Wars accounts are still talking about it, so why can't we? Exactly, exactly. And might I add that a good Star Wars series is a rarity around these parts.
Meet the Co-hosts and Discussion Dynamics
00:00:37
Speaker
God forbid we bask in the glory of Andor, not just season two, but also taking a look back at season one today.
00:00:44
Speaker
But as always, I'm here with my co-host Scotty Holiday to discuss Andor. I'm super excited. Scotty, I always love doing these tier lists together because you know I love to argue with you. You know I love to compare yeah our
Ranking 'Andor' Episodes and Mon Mothma Preference
00:00:56
Speaker
opinions. I wonder how different our opinions of Andor will be though.
00:01:00
Speaker
I feel like when I was coming up with my stuff, I tried to be very, I tried to be fair. Fair. Because I have favorites. Anybody who's been watching us knows I love an episode where Mon Mothma shines. um But I tried to be very fair with my rankings. So I feel like maybe we'll be more on the same page. Yeah.
00:01:19
Speaker
Because I'm trying not to be biased. We'll see. Yeah, 100%. It is very difficult to rank this show. I think we should just
Importance of the 'Farrick's Arc'
00:01:26
Speaker
get started. i think off the bat, we can immediately rule out C tier, D tier, F tier.
00:01:31
Speaker
No, I'm just kidding. But like, it's quality is consistent throughout the entire thing. But like you said, i definitely have favorites. There's definitely bigger things that happen in each of these episodes. So there's definitely ones that are better than the others.
00:01:45
Speaker
Well, with that, let's get right into it and start off with the first ever arc, season one episodes, one through three, the Farrick's arc, if you will. And i think this was a great opener for the series. It really set the tone right away.
00:01:59
Speaker
um And for me, it's not one of my favorite arcs, but it's still a good arc. So I immediately put it in A tier because i was like, it's not it's not at the height of Andor, but like, this is a good arc. It really sets the tone right up from the jump.
00:02:15
Speaker
I don't disagree with you that it sets the tone, but I will say that I think compared to some of the other episodes, it's very slow, a little boring at times, um if I must say.
00:02:28
Speaker
i do really enjoy the arc, and I think that once you watch all three episodes together, it pays off. But I think there's a reason that when they first released that arc, they released all three episodes at once because... oh yeah Some of those episodes alone, especially like the second one, could have been really boring, but there's so much to enjoy in it.
00:02:46
Speaker
I have it in B tier though, because in my opinion, it's one of the lowest arcs for me. I didn't even put anything in B tier. So that is, no.
00:02:58
Speaker
wow i will i mean this is like i like this arc a lot and it's specifically the finale the finale of this arc where luthan comes into town um the morlana security force and cyril comes into town such a great ending yeah but it is kind of slow at the beginning but that's all the world building that we get so i mean i don't mind putting it in b tier but i still think it's a good arc Oh, it's a fantastic arc. It's a fantastic arc, but you know, there has to be a lowest rated one. Actually, I don't even think this is my lowest rated, but we'll get there when we get there. no. Okay.
00:03:37
Speaker
Well, already starting off shaky, already disagreeing. So let's get into the Aldani
The 'Aldani Arc' and the Rebellion
00:03:43
Speaker
arc. Now, the Aldani arc of Andor is probably the most underrated arc of the entire show for me.
00:03:50
Speaker
It just never gets enough appreciation. But to be fair, when you have Andy Serkis escaping prison and... the Gorman citizens being massacred. Who the fuck cares about this ragtag group of rebels? But I think that's what makes the arc so great.
00:04:05
Speaker
It shows on a smaller scale where the rebellion started. These random acts that Nemec even mentions in his manifesto where it's just these small acts of rebellion that all add up over time and eventually break the camel's back.
00:04:20
Speaker
So I really liked seeing that. It's like the start of the rebellion to me with this Aldani arc. I have it yeah in S tier. I also have it in S tier. um What I like about this arc is the time we get to spend with our characters and get to know them because they're all brand new and it's a more intimate story. yeah Kind of like you always talk about rebels following a family. You could kind of say that the Aldani rebels are kind of like a little family in a sense. A dysfunctional family.
00:04:47
Speaker
well, I feel like every family is a little dysfunctional. Um, on top of that, we lose a lot of them after spending all this time with them too, and really getting to know them, which makes it all the more tragic and hit more hard.
00:04:59
Speaker
Plus we get the introduction of Mon Mothma, the Mon Mothma in this arc, which I feel like people forget because we're so like lasered in on the Aldani heist, but the intro to Genevieve O'Reilly's Mon Mothma is like her true form on Mothma.
00:05:17
Speaker
Yeah, so good. I like I said, I had in an S tier too. It's a really great arc. And I do think it's a bit underrated as well, because well, i was gonna say maybe it's not as flashy, but the eye of Aldani is like, very, very visually cinematic and flashy. So it's Yeah, it's a great arc.
00:05:34
Speaker
Yeah, 100%. I think S tier is the best option. Also, not only the introduction of Mon Mothma, but the introduction of Dedra and the entire ISB. That entire thing kicks off here in this arc.
00:05:47
Speaker
it It's a great arc. We get the ISB and learn. We see Dedra girl bossing. is where we start rooting for her. And we see Mon's horrible family as well, which we had no idea existed.
00:05:58
Speaker
Exactly. This arc does a lot in three episodes. Yeah, it it is sad that under you know all the different things that come from Andor, the absolute greatness, this one does seem to get a little buried underneath.
00:06:10
Speaker
But then again, the Eye of Aldani, everyone everyone loves the Eye of Aldani. I have the desk mat of it. like it's a great It's a great part of Andor. But let's move on from there and get to are only standalone episode.
Post-Aldani Episode and Mon Mothma Scenes
00:06:27
Speaker
um This one is kind of... andt want to call it the stepchild, but it's basically the fallout of Aldani. And, you know, we get Cassian kind of going back to Ferrix, trying to leave. we He eventually ends up on Niamh deciding, like, I did my thing for the rebellion.
00:06:45
Speaker
I'm done. And um the thing I love about this episode is we get the introduction of take home and the amazing underrated Mothma monologue.
00:06:57
Speaker
yeah A monologue, if you will. Yeah. um Where do you have this at? Because this was the only one that I wasn't really sure where to put because it's just so different because just one episode.
00:07:09
Speaker
right yeah it does almost feel a little unfair to compare it to like three arc um or three episode arcs but i have it in a tier i think the episode is actually very beautiful down to even some of the editing choices that they make with like showing the flashbacks of you know cassian losing his his father um clan yeah the very very heartbreaking stuff and all of that like the music the editing the way that they basically execute the entire thing It's really good.
00:07:39
Speaker
But the thing is that, like you mentioned, it's kind of a transitional episode between the Aldani arc and the Narkina 5 arc. And so because of that, it's not, you know, as glorious as some of the other arcs in Andor.
00:07:54
Speaker
But yeah like you mentioned, Mon Mothma and Te Koma, I mean, that scene is genuinely so impressive from an acting perspective. Genevieve O'Reilly constantly in my mind, I think about Smile, smile, just like trying to trick these guests into thinking they're just having a fun conversation reminiscing on the old days. yeah In reality, Mon Mothma is asking for help for rebellion.
00:08:18
Speaker
And yeah when watching that scene, you actually realize how little she reveals to Te Koma in the beginning. Like he has no idea. And ah she kind of gives him this no, this non answer of what's actually going on.
00:08:30
Speaker
So I think I love it. It, it's so good. Like, and this is where we really get into the political thriller, I would say of and or, which is one of, I think both of our favorite parts about it. So tier great spot. I like that.
00:08:46
Speaker
Yeah. Shout out star Wars that talks about mass incarceration and ah police brutality.
Praising the 'Narkina 5 Arc'
00:08:52
Speaker
Yeah. Well, speaking of mass incarceration and horrible prison systems, the Narkina 5 arc.
00:09:00
Speaker
I have this in S tier. I think it's obvious. I have it above the Aldani arc. It's like genuinely probably the best arc of the show. There's one other arc that I think...
00:09:11
Speaker
competes with it. I mean, who doesn't love seeing Kino Loy slowly be radicalized into leading this entire revolt of the entire prison system leaving and being able to flee and escape. It's so beautiful um watching Kino Loy go from this leader that's like so by the book. He thinks that if he follows every single rule to a T that he will somehow get out of there and then slowly realizing nobody's getting out of this prison. There's only one way out.
00:09:40
Speaker
I love it. I love this arc so much that, I mean, what other place than S tier? Yeah, it's a great arc. And i one of my favorite parts about it is just kind of like you mentioned, but ah with the overall theme with all the characters in the prison is that we all kind of watch them slowly realize that they have no way out.
00:09:59
Speaker
Like they're they're never getting out. We see the political side with Mon Mothma talking about the P.O.R.D. initiative and how it all just kind of weaves together, even though they're so far removed from one another. Plus, um we get the introduction of Davos Golden, who becomes a big thing for season two.
00:10:15
Speaker
yeah And we get Luthen's monologue yeah that I feel like is one of the one of the best moments talked about in this series when it comes to the monologues. It's Luthen's monologue from the Narcena 5 arc.
00:10:27
Speaker
Some might even say that arc is everything. Literally, because it is. Yes. So Narkeena 5 S tier at the very front, beating out Aldani. Sorry, Aldani.
00:10:38
Speaker
Did I even say I agreed? But yes, I completely agree. S tier at the top right now. um And with this, this brings us to the final arc of season one, which is the second Feryx arc where we take everything back to where it all
The Second Feryx Arc: Themes and Uprising
00:10:54
Speaker
started. yes And this is a really heartbreaking arc because...
00:10:59
Speaker
we also right before this this is where cassian learns that marva has passed and the entire arc is kind of seeing the radicalization of ferrix standing up finally and coming together we've always seen them as this family community but really seeing them stand together and it's just like eclipsed with marva's hologram and her amazing monologue like Literally telling everyone to fight the Empire stand up for what you believe in stand up for ferricks like yeah, it's such a great arc and I don't know if you will agree with me but I actually have it in s tier.
00:11:33
Speaker
I do too. I have it at the the end of tier. It is absolutely beautiful. It's a great culmination of all of the themes of season one. um I really love that season one got to focus on a full year rather than season two having to focus on four years because everything seems to come together in that finale thematically just you know different characters finally getting to see where they end up it's it's such a beautiful finale and you can tell how much work went into that I mean think of the entire ending of the revolt against the Empire and and the the the giant riots and everything that
00:12:15
Speaker
The amount of people that must have been involved, not just like think of the extras that had to be on set that day, yeah but like all of the behind the scenes, you know, just it's it's so beautiful. It's crafted so well.
00:12:28
Speaker
So I actually have it above Aldani. And i think the reason why is because Like I said, it's the culmination. It's literally the climax and it gets all of our main characters together, which we saw happen with season two, but I feel like they did it better in season one. um And I feel like, I guess it also helps that all these characters we've seen throughout the show, whereas the Aldani rebels, a lot of them, we meet them and then they die.
00:12:55
Speaker
But Mon Moth is not there. So, and she is in the Aldani arc. So I think we can put it at the end of S tier. The end of S tier. That's funny. I was actually, i was, I was willing to maybe put it ahead of Aldani, but no, you, you, you make a good point. And,
00:13:11
Speaker
you know the finales of andor have this like weird relationship with them where they're pretty much perfect but i maybe it's because andor is so good that once you get to the finale your expectations are just so through the roof that it just falls the tiniest bit flat but you know it's still at the end of s tier so it's it's definitely still great at least we At least we get finales because not all Star Wars shows got official finales. so Very true.
00:13:40
Speaker
Very true. All right. Now, moving into the second season of Andor, the season that we actually got to cover on this podcast, we have the premiere arc, the Mina Rao arc, or as Scotty may want to say, the Chandrilla arc.
Debating the 'Mina Rao Arc'
00:13:56
Speaker
The Chandrilla arc.
00:13:58
Speaker
Yeah, I think Mina Rao is an interesting way to put it, but it definitely was a planet there. I loved seeing the Mina Rao stuff. I loved seeing Bix and Brasso. um I loved the stuff with Leta's wedding on Chandrila, like you said.
00:14:11
Speaker
But I think back to the Cassian arc, and it's just not my favorite. Listen, I love seeing the infighting of these rebels because obviously that's a big part of revolution.
00:14:22
Speaker
um Leftists are fighting each other all the time, and it gets no progress done. It's definitely a real thing, but I don't think season two had enough time to actually let that go where it needed to go.
00:14:34
Speaker
Because by the time we see Yavin again, it's pretty much fully formed. People are living there. People are, you know, working out of there. It's pretty much all together. And so there doesn't it doesn't feel like there was a good follow up to that to actually include it as part of season two. And because of that,
00:14:53
Speaker
I have this arc in B tier at the beginning of tier, but still in B tier. I don't know how I feel about that because i do. I honestly agree with the majority of what you've said. Like I love, it's no secret that I love Lita's wedding, that whole arc and kind of getting like what we did with the the second Ferex arc in season one, the finale, where we kind of get all our characters together and it's also like a great catch up.
00:15:21
Speaker
Right. For all of us right after, you know, this is the beginning of the season. So it's great to catch up with everybody. And Cassian starts off great. Yeah, he does. He starts off great when he steals his High Avenger. Yeah. He's, you know, showing that girl like you're you're joining a rebellion, like you're answering the call.
00:15:38
Speaker
And we see, I think the point of him being on Yavin with the other rebels is that like, we're supposed to see how much he has grown, but they're just so annoying.
00:15:54
Speaker
i drew I dreaded every time we went back to them and I was like, Oh, they're so annoying. They're so goofy. It was just not my favorite. Yeah. And that's where the slow burn of Andor becomes not a bad thing, but I guess like a little bit of a negative because we spend so much time with every single thing that happens that it's like even the stuff that we don't like, like these annoying Yavin rebels, we still have to spend so much time with them. We probably spent like half an hour in total following these characters. I know.
00:16:25
Speaker
With like most of the time Cassidy and just sitting there and watching them fight and play rock, paper, scissors. Yeah. I would have just watched more wedding preparation bullshit. You know what? Why didn't we get and Tay on a date?
00:16:37
Speaker
Why don't we get that? He had to be killed. So they had to put a wedge between them. RIP. RIP Tay. I mean, i guess, I guess it can be in B tier and talking about it with you. And I was fair about this on mine. I did not have it S here. I did.
00:16:55
Speaker
I had it in tier, but it was not the first one. And I do think that the standalone Niamh episode is a better episode overall. all um So I guess we can put it at the front of B tier.
00:17:08
Speaker
It just makes me so sad because i think of I think of the wedding and Mon dancing and it's so good. And that right remix of Niamh is so good.
00:17:19
Speaker
yeah it's just so intense. Yeah, and quite honestly, i think they're thinking about it now. Once you say all that stuff. to Yeah, I think end of a tier, actually. I think you might have accidentally convinced me to put it in A tier because at the same time, I think there is another arc that is lesser than the Mina Rao arc.
00:17:43
Speaker
Thinking about it now. o When I made this tier list, I did not think that. but So Mina Rao at the end of tier. Sounds good. Sounds great. Sounds good. So sorry, Ferex won the premiere arc, but I think think it might get a little lonely in B tier. Yeah.
The First Gorman Arc: Setup and Placement
00:18:00
Speaker
Well, let's see, actually, this brings us to the kind of what I would call one of the main settings of season two. yeah It's the Gorman arc and it's the first Gorman arc.
00:18:12
Speaker
And with this arc, this kind of really ties us into what's going to happen later. It's a great precursor. exactly um We get to learn about the Gorman front. We to learn about the first Tarkin massacre.
00:18:23
Speaker
We get that amazing reunion of Vell and Sinta, which I think was great. I wish we got more time with them. um and we get some great stuff on coruscant is it my favorite arc no is it the inferior gorman arc 100 100 but i still had it an a tier uh and i actually had it before the mineral arc really So see, when I made my tier list first, I had it like that.
00:18:51
Speaker
But thinking about it now, i think it's lesser than the Mina Rao arc because like you said, it is just kind of set up for what's to come. We have Cassian going undercover on Gorman and things like that. and ah we We start to see like Dedra and Cyril's relationship, that's where their relationship starts to really blossom. Oh, and his and his undercover work on Gorman, which was great until we learned he was lying the whole time.
00:19:18
Speaker
Right. um But I think it's the it's the calm before the storm, you know? It's it's the precursor to the Gorman massacre. And so because of that, it's like automatically inferior to the rest of the season.
00:19:31
Speaker
So, in my opinion, my changed opinion, I'm a changed man, I think that this should be the beginning of B-tier.
00:19:43
Speaker
When trying to think of like moments that stick out to me from this arc, there's not many. um The thing that sticks out to me is Saw Gerrera at the end. You're here, and you're here now!
00:19:57
Speaker
right jo i love you um but it was my sister and she loves me yeah um this arc i think this this arc is the one that suffers the most i feel like well no that's not true i feel like this arc and another one suffer for the same reason because there's so much going on and it would have been better if we spent more time i love that we get to meet the gorman front everything on gorman with kind of the world building and lore there is really what kind of what saves this for me. And also of course, um, Davos party.
00:20:33
Speaker
Yeah. But with the diva off between Mon and Krennic, but it's just, I wanted more time yeah with, with all of the little pieces in here. So,
00:20:44
Speaker
I think that beats here, which is funny because it's completely different than why like the first Farrick's arc is in B tier, but B tier. I think that's a good, I think it's a good one because like, like Farrick's one is the precursor to the Farrick's two finale.
00:21:00
Speaker
Gorman one is a precursor to the Gorman finale. You could call it And can I just say, I do love the Gorman front, but at times it felt like Diet Aldani, like a lesser version of what we saw on Aldani with like a small group.
00:21:14
Speaker
And I understand they're trying to do different things here. The Gorman was a front. too It was not ever meant to be an actual group that was rebelling. um It was put on by the Empire.
00:21:26
Speaker
So I don't know. It just at times felt like a lesser version. Well, and they, yeah, they literally talk about it. They're like, these people are unprepared. That's why Cassian doesn't stay with them. And why Vel and Cinta have to go there yeah and Cinta dies kind of unceremoniously in my opinion. So yeah.
00:21:43
Speaker
Yeah, Gorman 1 may not be the best arc, but you know what was the best arc?
Gorman 2: Impact and Mon Mothma's Speech
00:21:48
Speaker
Gorman 2. Gorman 2, the Gorman Massacre. I feel like everything was leading to this moment.
00:21:55
Speaker
Everything! Everything! In some ways, I feel like this is more of a culmination of the entirety of Andor than the actual finale of Andor. And I think I said that on the podcast. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes.
00:22:08
Speaker
We definitely talked about similar themes. Yeah. So I think Gorman too number one, number one arc in the entirety of the show above Narcina five, which is really hard. And I struggled with this so much, but like I said, it's really, it's the culmination of everything.
00:22:28
Speaker
Yeah. Because I mean, Narcina five is like, so like brilliantly made it's, it's absolutely beautiful and gorgeous. Yeah. You could honestly say and they're like the kind of the parallels to one another. one we're seeing this glorious uprising of the people really taking back the power. And then the other is the empire shoving the people down further under their control. And it's literally a massacre. They're almost...
00:22:57
Speaker
I don't want to say there are two different sides of the same coin, but there's definitely similarities and one is more positive, one is more negative. But the thing that i feel like we need to bring up also, which I think lifts this above Narkeen of five is Mon Mothma speech to the Senate.
00:23:12
Speaker
Yeah. her escape and what I'll say Bix's goodbye. Yeah. These all also happened in this arc. This arc was jam packed, but I feel like it had the time to slow down. And we really sat in these moments, which made them so much more impactful, which is where Gorman one, I feel like suffered a bit because there was so much going on. And like since his death, I said it was so unceremonious.
00:23:37
Speaker
whereas we're walking around with cyril we're walking around with cassie and in the crowd before anything happens yeah mon speech need i say more yeah no it was it was brilliant yeah this arc definitely does the best with like invoking emotions i just remember going from and you like acting like i was watching a fucking football game being like oh my what what is going on what do we doing here and then ah we get some on mothma's speech and even that feels so exhilarating when she's leaving uh the the senate building and escaping with cassian yeah this one kid you not i'm getting goosebumps just like thinking about it and like replaying it in my head like yeah this arc just hits and i i talked about this in our episode but
00:24:26
Speaker
after everything was done on Gorman, I had to keep myself from ugly, like crying and like vocally like going like, yeah, like, yeah. Oh yeah. So real.
00:24:38
Speaker
So yeah, as fucked up as it is to say that the best arc is the one where innocent civilians were genocided.
00:24:47
Speaker
I don't feel bad.
00:24:50
Speaker
Let's say it the most impactful arc. No, let's say it's the best. It's it's the best. I mean, it's the it's it's the best and the most impactful, I think, for sure. Which then brings us to...
00:25:03
Speaker
the final arc, the end of the end, what they're calling the Coruscant arc, what I feel like is more of like the Yavin arc. Or just the finale arc, you know?
Final Arc: An Epilogue to the Series
00:25:14
Speaker
i I struggle with this arc a lot. me too. And one of the things we said in our episode, and I don't know if you agreed with me or not, but I remember saying it felt like an epilogue almost.
00:25:26
Speaker
Like this felt like the Rebel Season 4 epilogue of Andor, the series. because it got everybody where we needed them to be. i think one of the standout parts is obviously Luthan sacrifice and also seeing him and clay as relationship and the sacrifices that they have pulled off to get where they are.
00:25:46
Speaker
um But i don't know. i struggle with it a lot. I think it starts off good, but I don't think it ends super great.
00:25:56
Speaker
Yeah, I feel weird about it too, because on one end, it feels like they really had to rush to get to Rogue One. And then on the other end, it almost feels like they didn't have enough to actually show. to fill.
00:26:09
Speaker
Right. Like they had everything happen in this Gorman arc. And now it's like, okay, we know we need to get to Rogue One, but how we going to get there? And maybe it's just because the true finale of Andor is Rogue One. But like you mentioned,
00:26:23
Speaker
This doesn't feel like a finale. The Gorman arc feels like the finale of Andor and this feels like the prologue. So yeah, I have it in A tier but above the Mina Rao arc.
00:26:39
Speaker
I don't think that makes any sense. I mean, I still think that there's a lot to love in here that's a lot better than the Mina Rao arc. I mean, the action with everything with K2SO, that was so interesting. Like you said, with Cleia, I will say, honestly, the flashbacks really dragged down that arc for me. I don't know why. i just don't connect with the Cleia and Luthen flashbacks, whether it's because it just felt like it was...
00:27:03
Speaker
too late to try to get me to like care about this these characters relationship or what um but when we were focusing on that stuff i'm like oh my god we need to focus on getting to the rogue one part of things we need to focus on this arc being a finale and then the last two episodes it's like okay we're We're going to get to the finale to the point where the ending is just a montage of all the characters that they couldn't write into the arc because there was no yeah proper place for them.
00:27:34
Speaker
So... Yeah. And that's another thing i i feel so bad. I've never connected with Clea and I loved her a lot. I liked her a lot more in season two and it did make me grow to enjoy the character more.
00:27:49
Speaker
I think she got more time to stand out and it's no issue to the actress behind her or anything. oh yeah I just never connected with her really. And I feel like that's because she always had a wall up. um And Luthan's kind of the same way, which makes it hard to connect with him.
00:28:02
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He's given great monologues. He's instrumental in the rebellion and he makes the ultimate sacrifice for it in the end, which is unexpected, but expected at the same time.
00:28:14
Speaker
i just, I don't know. Whereas the Mina Rao arc has the moments on Yavin that I don't love I feel like the other main parts of the arc are really great.
00:28:25
Speaker
Whereas in this arc, I feel like it has a great first half. And then the second a half is just kind of meh. Yeah. So that's why and I say it's above Mina Rao. um I actually had it as the, I had it in last place on my ranking. Oh, wow.
00:28:44
Speaker
Oh, wow. but in talking about it now i do feel like the first ferrix arc is a little bit better um i would still put gorman one above it though interesting interesting so i think from the sounds of it because you didn't like it that much i think that drags it down to b tier in our tier list but does it go before ferrix or after
00:29:12
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<unk>s Let's scroll back up in the notes. Let's check and see what points we can make here. i o but the Farrick's one.
00:29:24
Speaker
oh that ending episode where it all explodes is so good. But then we take in consideration the beginning of this final arc of season two has that same explosive energy.
00:29:37
Speaker
i will say i feel like we put it before first one. Yeah, I think I think that makes sense because I have it in A tier. So I definitely don't think it should be the last.
00:29:49
Speaker
So with that being said, this is our official and or arc tier list of everything coming all together. um It's funny because this really does not differentiate much from my own tier list.
00:30:05
Speaker
Obviously, if you all want more of our thoughts, we've got four episodes out covering each arc so you can hear us go into them more in depth. Yeah, 100%. And sadly, I think this concludes our and or era of the Wayseekers podcast. I mean, I'm sure we're going to talk about it more, but we can't keep focusing on it. We have to move on at some point.
00:30:27
Speaker
And it's very bittersweet. I feel like I'm reliving finale night all over again. I know, I know. So, so bittersweet. I'm so thankful that we had a show like Andor. It's truly, truly a miracle um in terms of Star Wars, in terms of storytelling in general. So shout out Tony Gilroy. But Scotty, if there's nothing else left, why don't you send us out of here?
00:30:50
Speaker
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