The little things are just a part of what's making this series so good! That attention to detail really makes this show work. And seeing how this episode brought back Mayfeld, I was glad to see that Rick Famuyiwa was the director. Because he was also the director for "The Prisoner" in season 1 where we first met Mayfeld.
The New Republic prison scrapyard alone was impressive - scrapping old Imperial vehicles and weapons, plus the New Republic security droid that we also saw in "The Prisoner" just built on the continuity. And I thought Mayfeld's reaction upon seeing Boba Fett and then Mando was well played. Bill Burr is an amazing comedian, but I wasn't sure about how he would approach acting in this series. And he's impressed me with his range. Especially his response when he learned that Grogu had been taken. And then to see how he played things in the remnant base? He played the panic, reminiscence and anger really well.
It was great to see Slave I in a functional way - how Boba Fett sat in the cockpit, the passenger module that would adjust according to the flight profile of the ship, and of course the sonic mine!
And then there was the moment at the terminal! It seemed like a big deal for Mando to get in disguise in the tank crew armor to begin with. It clearly threw him off, because he was fighting the pirates as if he had his Beskar on and got a rude awakening. When Din and Mayfeld were at the remnant base and he took off his helmet? That was a HUGE moment for this character. He let Mayfeld see his face, along with the Imperials and the terminal which probably recorded it and sent it to the Imperial network. He definitely seemed out of sorts having done that. But it just shows you what Grogu means to him that he would do that. And I really wonder where that might lead him.
I've also realized that watching the recap at the beginning of the show is a good thing. Previously I regarded stuff like that as redundant. But then you watch the recap for this episode which opened with Moff Gideon's speech on Nevarro. Because Din Djarin copied it almost exactly in the holo message that he sent to Gideon. And it seemed to have the desired effect, because Gideon seemed unnerved by it.
I'm looking forward to this Friday, but then it's bittersweet, too. Because it's going to be another year before we see this show return to Disney+ again. I think we'll have the Disney Gallery show return to go behind the scenes. I'm just curious how they're going to produce that in light of the pandemic.
And count me in for wanting to see Bo-Katan return with her cruiser! Because I think Mando and his team are going to need the firepower. And there's still the matter of who answered Grogu's call through the Force.
