Andor 2x08 Reaction
Added 2026-02-06 00:23:49 +0000 UTC
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I joined your patreon today to see these. Thanks to both of you! Also- I love how the Ghorman kid gets redemption here, and what that will lead to. It's nice to see how the story as a whole allows for one to atone, at least a little, for their mistakes. We're all only human.
James Van Dyke
2026-02-27 08:49:00 +0000 UTCAnd his last scene during Dreena's call for help. No words. Just a grief-stricken man who just lost everything. That was a great performance by Richard Sammel.
Mark Walston
2026-02-22 21:13:51 +0000 UTCThe death of Enza really wiped me out. Then Dreena's final call. Then the music at the end. What an amazing episode of television!
Mark Walston
2026-02-19 07:12:34 +0000 UTCYeah. Syril is a Trump voter who is very much regretting it once he sees what Trump is doing in power.
Paul Hsieh
2026-02-13 23:27:53 +0000 UTCApparently it was inspired by a radio broadcast by Hungarians soon after the Soviets invaded and took over.
Paul Hsieh
2026-02-13 23:26:50 +0000 UTCI hope that after you have finished Andor you will immediately watch Rogue One. In some ways it is like the finale episode to the series.
David Seeholzer
2026-02-12 23:44:34 +0000 UTCMost important, most impacful episode of television I have ever witnessed.
Mark Walston
2026-02-10 04:07:36 +0000 UTCI like that Syril started lowering his gun after Cass asked "Who are you?" You see the change in Syril's face like he's having a realization. I think had Syril survived that, there would've been a good chance he joins the rebellion Another symbolism I liked was when Dedra was holding back tears in that room she tried to loosen up her uniform collar to breathe but couldn't. The uniform is a part of her. And even in the end she tried to straighten up her uniform to make it presentable.
JustAMeloPancake
2026-02-10 03:31:00 +0000 UTCI just love Syril’s story so much. He’s so interesting because he is a villain and a victim. Seeing his relationship with his mother and understanding how much love and praise and validation she withheld from him it’s easy to understand why he seeks it from anyone else he considers an authority figure. He’s so desperate for it he will do almost anything, but at the same time he has a very strong sense of right and wrong. I’m not sure if that’s just a core part of who he is, or if that came from his belief that following the rules would get him the validation that he seeks. I think him dying here is a tragedy because we’ll never see what he could have become. Maybe he would have joined the rebellion, but then he’d be trying to seek validation from the rebel leaders. Would he ever have overcome his need for validation, or was he always doomed no matter what life choices he made because of what his mom did to him. And what does that mean for all human beings? Are we all the product of how we were raised, for better and worse? Do we really make our own choices or are we just trying to fix something that happened to us in childhood? And what about our enemies? People like Trump and all of his followers? Are they this way because of things that happened to them in their childhoods? Did they ever really have a choice?
mrchill_77
2026-02-08 06:18:56 +0000 UTCI can actually see him joining the rebels at some point if he didn't die but sadly, it was already too late for him.
Lalisa Truong
2026-02-07 23:08:33 +0000 UTCSorry, but isn't that a spoiler? Don't tell what'll happen in stuff they haven't seen yet.
Biberius Caldius Mero
2026-02-07 08:33:48 +0000 UTCSome of the consequences for those higher up can be found in the films, particularly the finality of this story line in Rogue One. Too little too late for many that suffered, but you will see some of it.
David Holmes
2026-02-07 03:02:09 +0000 UTCLola wanted to know when the Battle of Yavin was and I realized everyone in the comments was rightfully too preoccupied/traumatized to remember to answer (including me) but it is in Ep 4 (the original movie). Andor/Rogue One is leading up to it.
Jamie
2026-02-06 20:22:20 +0000 UTCShoutout to Caro Rylanz, whose performance is sometimes too easily overshadowed. His lines to Syril cut straight to the core and perfectly communicate his anguish and desperation. “Are you mad? That I’d believe that? That it’s worth saying? How do you speak the words?” And of course, “What kind of a being are you?” Cyril’s deflections mean nothing to him (just as Dedra’s will mean nothing to Cyril), and the idea that someone so instrumental could use ignorance as a shield now is more infuriating to him than anything.
SwampFox95
2026-02-06 17:12:43 +0000 UTCthe ending where the ghormans are begging for help on the radio immediately reminded me of the video from 2023, where a palestinian imam used the speaker in the mosque to beg the muslim world (and the world at large) to help them. it's devastating. and in that case people were listening, they did get the message, but two years later and things are only worse.
jweher
2026-02-06 16:42:50 +0000 UTCThat guy's whole channel is gold. He's made such well-edited and well-crafted video essays.
Cole Deucalion
2026-02-06 16:41:23 +0000 UTCi love syril as a character but i had absolutely no sympathy for him lol i'm also not sure why anyone was convinced he was ever gonna join the rebels leading up this episode. his ending was so fitting tho.
jweher
2026-02-06 16:07:43 +0000 UTCSyril is very realistic imo. He’s really an idealist who wants to belong to something great, and will seek that validation anywhere. He had the potential to be a great rebel warrior but was too easily corruptible
Jeet
2026-02-06 15:08:50 +0000 UTCI think he joined the rebellion for about 2 seconds.
Michael M
2026-02-06 14:37:15 +0000 UTCThis episode cements Andor as one of the most important pieces of television ever released. It's such a horrifying depiction of fascism and genocide. Coming out only a few years after the genocide in Gaza got even worse is just such a powerful statement by Gilroy and co. It's so important to showcase just how horrific something like this is through art, to spread it to as many people as possible.
Sverrir_Thor
2026-02-06 13:53:02 +0000 UTCWhen I watched this I had convinced myself Syril was going to join the rebellion. So when he died I was shocked and sad, and at the same time thought 'yeah that makes more sense'.
Mark M
2026-02-06 12:34:57 +0000 UTCBinge watched Andor S1 and S2 within a week lol. And LM's reactions for S1 as well. Cant wait to get to this reaction.
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Biberius Caldius Mero
2026-02-06 11:55:15 +0000 UTCThere is so many Syrils walking among us. Theyre much more common type of a person than sociopaths like high ranking imperials.
Mate
2026-02-06 10:20:50 +0000 UTCI’ve only seen this episode once the weekly schedule has helped prepare for it!
Patrick
2026-02-06 10:18:23 +0000 UTCThe question has been a reoccuring theme as well, Cassian asks the same to Luthen in S1.
Christian
2026-02-06 10:06:45 +0000 UTCThis episode made my mind a sunless space.
Jesse
2026-02-06 08:51:52 +0000 UTCExcellent reaction girls, to a brilliant but horrific episode. As you approach the ending i believe that there are a couple of points that you need to be aware of in order for the ending to make sense, and also for Rogue one (that i imagine you will watch afterwards) to make sense. Don't worry, no spoilers. There are many main characters in Andor that were created specifically for Andor. So their story culminates in Andor. Also Rogue one picks up literally hours after Andor ends. So don't expect a conclusive ending here. The ending works mostly as a bridge to Rogue One. Finally the only thing i will say about Star wars is that although i have seen everything and i enjoy it, i still can say that it's stories are more simplistic in order for them to also be appealing to children (at least the movies and tv shows). Andor is the main exception with Rogue one closely following. So you should definitely watch Rogue one, if nothing else to get the whole arc of the character. However A New hope (episode iV), which based on the timeline follows Rogue one, is jarringly different in tone than Andor and Rogue one. If you watch it afterwards, you will get a culmination narratively, but in terms of tone, i don't think you will be able to make a connection that it's even in the same world...
AlexBoss
2026-02-06 08:27:44 +0000 UTCyeah, this one was always going to hurt. Fantastic television.
Ged_UK
2026-02-06 06:22:25 +0000 UTCExcited you finally got to this, one of the best episodes of tv. Also I have to request that you watch Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope after you watch Rogue One. It just makes so much sense to. And its the hope you'll need after all this
Kenny Lam
2026-02-06 05:56:17 +0000 UTCI was both looking forward to and dreading this episode. I've got nothing smart to add but I'll say this: "what kind of a being are you?" is a question that has firmly stayed by my side.
Berezant
2026-02-06 05:54:04 +0000 UTC[Only seeing this comment after replying to a more recent one above.] I would advise that you reconsider the supposed height of your moral standing, simply because you voted Dem. That party's leadership and establishment machinery in particular left the door wide open for the MAGAt swindlers and open fascists to pose themselves as arbiters of "change". The DP bankrolled a gen*cide in G_za and provoked a proxy war with with a nuclear power, with no regard for how many Russians OR Ukranians have to die to prop up NATO and the military-industrial-complex. They persisted with a senile old man to go up against the other senile old man, until it was too late. And all while trying to sound "more tough" than the MAGAts about immigration and border control. Dems seem to conveniently forget that the ogre known as Tom Homan was working for DHS under OBAMA and awarded a medal by Pres OBAMA for being such a cruelly efficient enforcer of deportations. Meanwhile Harris proudly touted her support for ICE and wanted the US military to remain the "most lethal" death machine in the world, all while simultaneously funding humanity's first livestreamed genoc*de. The ICE/CBP thugs who executed Keith Porter, Renee Good and Alex Pretti weren't "lacking sufficient training" - they've been working for these goon squads SINCE BIDEN or even under OBAMA. The continuity between the Dems and Repugs is actually quite strong, particularly on foreign policy and immigration. All Schumer and Jeffries dare to call for is bodycams and strongly worded letters for the death squads to pretty-pretty-please maybe stop covering their faces and get ever more "training" and funding. Bodycams - even though they already used their very own cellphones to record their murders and atrocities, in broad daylight. The Dems and Murican liberalism are in effect, if not always in intent, the enablers and collaborators of the very same MAGAt Notsees they claim to oppose. Imagine campaigning with DICK CHENEY's DAUGHTER in the midst of all that gen*cidal slaughter, all while food and living costs were soaring, and telling the average Murican that they never had it so good and that the country is "already great". Trump voters were not the only deluded ones.
X Yuan
2026-02-06 05:52:38 +0000 UTCI read a couple of the comments and got the chills just thinking about this episode. When i watched it i felt so alone crying from the first couple minutes to the end because i felt so alone and helpless thinking of the real world and the stories my grandparents and parents told me, i cry everytime a watch a reaction too but everytime i fell a little less alone and a little less helpless.
PudelNudel
2026-02-06 05:48:44 +0000 UTC"Who are you?" This question for Syril is more of a subtext towards his own identity, after seeing the true face of the Empire. Which is why he lowers the gun as he begins to understand that Cassian isn't the enemy. The fight made sense. He had known and hated Cassian for years. And all that emotion wasn't going to just disappear all of a sudden. That doesn't go with the hyper-realistic nature of the show. Syril's death is a tragedy because he is just now learning the truth and realising his part in the events that occurred, and in a parallel universe, this could have been a great inflection point for his character, and he could restart from scratch and decide who he wants to be; he could probably be a rebel just like Cassian. But Andor shows us that in real life, we sometimes don't get second chances.
darthvader17
2026-02-06 05:45:07 +0000 UTCABSOLUTELY!
Mark Walston
2026-02-06 04:19:10 +0000 UTCI remember that! So glad no one blabbed.
Mark Walston
2026-02-06 04:13:42 +0000 UTCYou aren't the only one who needed a full day or two to record the full review. The crazy part is that this episode WASN'T the episode that won them an Oscar Award. The reason why this episode hit so hard is because the director used real-life massacres in human history. The entire series was a dramatization of human revolutions over the course of world history. Someone put together a BRILLIANT and WELL MADE documentary on world history being the inspiration for Tony Gilroy in making Andor. It's WELL WORTH watching. https://youtu.be/6HLS_SQbWR4
Diabetic Raider
2026-02-06 03:52:21 +0000 UTCThe worst part about Andor Day is that now we have to wait 7 days again.
Jamie
2026-02-06 03:50:34 +0000 UTCThe amount of anger and sadness is so repetitively felt too much throughout history 😭
Ozzy
2026-02-06 02:59:55 +0000 UTC"People have to know what's going on" - Melshi "Tell people what happened here" - Wilmon The messenger keeps gathering as he goes
HenryM
2026-02-06 02:52:04 +0000 UTCIt is amazing how Andor gives so much more gravitas to the events of the original Star Wars trilogy as we understand the rebellion so much more.
FatPaddySlim
2026-02-06 02:49:12 +0000 UTCAndor is great in part because it respects the Star Wars universe. The sound of the sniper rifle shooting into the crowd is the same sound the sniper rifle made in a Star Wars video game 30 years ago. The sound triggers old memories for me. And as it's soon time to move to Rogue One, and then the rest of SW, its good to remember that these are all different windows into the same story. Each window will look a little different, but the inside of the house is still the same. ... at least until the sequel trilogy.
Andrew G Walton
2026-02-06 02:48:49 +0000 UTCThis was very hard to watch 😢
Jesse S
2026-02-06 02:39:07 +0000 UTCI watched season 2 in one go over 2 days when it was all out…I was NOT okay 😭😂
Jesse S
2026-02-06 02:36:55 +0000 UTCSo much of Star Wars is hope. This episode is before the hope. I specifically want to shout out Syril. I give him a standing ovation. Truly one of the best characters I have ever seen on screen. The acting. The meticulous details that go into his character. Everything. His performance, and this episode overall, is sacred television in my eyes. PS: About 5 or 6 episodes ago Lola said if Cassian and Syril were to ever meet, Cassian would be like "who are you?" Thank you to the entire community here for collectively biting your tongues :)
Michael M
2026-02-06 02:26:58 +0000 UTCI agree with you (though I don't know the political affiliation of the BBC, I am certainly familiar with Fox News...and just so you Republicans (real Republicans, not MAGA fanatics) don't get bent of shape, I'm also familiar with the political allegiance of MSNBC). However, please refrain from telling them what to expect in the next episode. Remember, they haven't seen it, and should be allowed to find out for themselves. Edit: The potential spoiler has been removed. I thank Robthefunkyhomosapien for that.
Joseph Olson
2026-02-06 02:26:45 +0000 UTCMy favorite aspect of Syril’s character is the fact that in another life, he is prob a devoted rebel soldier. Ive never seen such a perfect representation in media how the facist machine just takes these ignorant naive individuals like Syril, gives them a “purpose” to follow in life, squeezes them dry till they are no longer useful then tosses them away like trash. Its the terrifying reality that a lot of “normal” people are heavily involved in the atrocities we see happen in our world without even knowing it. Kyle Soler deserves all the credit for the acting on display in this episode, when he finally realizes what he has done and there isnt a fucking thing he can do to stop it. Nothing more poetic for him to die alone with the last words he hears being “who are you” from the guy he spent the last 3 years chasing. With different interactions and upbringing he is prob just as devoted to the cause as Cassian….hell had he lived he might have actually joined, he was lowering his gun…..FUCK MAN I LOVE THIS SHOW 😭
Daniel Molina
2026-02-06 02:19:52 +0000 UTCWelcome to the rebelion
Felipe Battisti
2026-02-06 02:11:07 +0000 UTCDamn, Lola was dying throughout this episode. I've never seen her in so much distress.
Alex Aguilera
2026-02-06 02:10:20 +0000 UTC“The last thing he hears is an affirmation of his own insignificance” .. beautifully said, wow.
Robthefunkyhomosapien
2026-02-06 02:04:18 +0000 UTCLola mentioned it in the review, in my country (México) happened twice 1968 & 1971. In 1968, Tlatelolco massacre where "Special forces" with presidential endorsement committed a massacre against students when they shot at the military and the cross fire reach inocent people (families with children were in the plaza). If you want satisfaction and justice for the story, please keep forward with the movies: after Andor S2 + Rogue One (Andor S3) + Star Wars Original Trilogy Love your reactions & analysis girls, been following since Attack on Titan
Alan Romo
2026-02-06 02:02:13 +0000 UTCThe subtlety in the writing for this masterpiece of an episode is amazing. The secondary meaning of ‘who are you?’, Dedra pulling down her uniform and feeling now choked by the collar of imperialism, it’s all so good. I’d also like to add my own understanding of the ‘reporters’ on scene at the plaza. These are ofcourse British actors but there is a very defined nuance and exact tone that each news broadcaster has in England. Each channel whether it be Channel 4, ITV, Sky or the BBC has their reporters talk in a specific tone. It’s unmistakable if you’ve been brought up here and the tone these reporters have is very much akin to BBC reporters. I only mention this because, like these reporters are to the empire, the BBC is not some independent entity it tries to portray itself to be. It is a direct mouthpiece of conservative governments to a greater degree even than we see with Fox News and the Republican Party in America. They will spin a story exactly how conservatives want them to.
Robthefunkyhomosapien
2026-02-06 02:00:02 +0000 UTCIt was difficult watching you Lola, in tears throughout the entire episode even before the massacre began, because you knew what was coming. It was a great episode, but very difficult to watch. The sense of impending doom builds until the first shot is fired. After that it's just non-stop killing. Watching Captain Kaido (the trigger) smirk watching the massacre, seeing his plan succeed brilliantly, was infuriating. I wanted him to be killed by the end of this episode even more than Dedra. I found it interesting that Syril lowered his weapon shortly before being killed. In his last moment, he realized Cassian wasn't to blame for everything that happened to him. I wonder if Syril would have wound up joining the Rebellion if he had survived. He saw first hand the affects of his loyalty to the Empire. I think the show needed to kill him. The moment of redemption could only last those few seconds. He had helped facilitate a massacre, even though he was lied to about what he was doing there. At the end the Empire propaganda machine stayed in full throttle forward, talking about Imperial martyrs and questioning the price that will need to be paid for our safety. They planned the slaughter years ago, they started it, and then they blame it on Ghorman insurgents and talk about martyrs of the Empire. How many of all the nameless people watching those reports actually believed them? Too many, but not all, and so the Rebel army grows. The only way they can continue to maintain their grip on power is to close their fist even more tightly. Totalitarian regimes always sow the seeds of their own destruction, but along the way thousands or millions die. Edit: For the record, I voted against Trump all three times he was on the ballot. Like you, I don't understand how the people who voted for him can claim to be surprised by what he's doing. He told us what he was going to do all along. So now I've revealed my political allegiance. Come at me MAGA, if you want.
Joseph Olson
2026-02-06 01:56:37 +0000 UTCKeep in mind, for those of us who saw this when it premiered, we got 7, 8, & 9 on the same DAY. So psychos like me went from this, balled for a few minutes, then played episode 9 😅
Daniel Molina
2026-02-06 01:54:09 +0000 UTCok I try not to spam comments on things but just adding one last thing: as upsetting as this clearly was to watch for you, watching you guys respond so deeply to this show and open up about how it feels to be alive rn is really special and honestly about as impactful as reaction videos are ever gonna get, thanks
Hugo Sinclair
2026-02-06 01:51:46 +0000 UTCRebellions are built on hope.
SwampFox95
2026-02-06 01:43:44 +0000 UTCI’d like to add that Ghorman is very important because it’s a planet of wealth. However this has been happening to so many planets and cultures (Kenari being one of them) before and they didn’t get the same attention, they just got slaughtered with no recognition. Even when the Republic was around. Ghorman just showed us what happened to countless planets or even worse because the empire wouldn’t need to fight as hard to justify their extinction.
BigJo H
2026-02-06 01:42:54 +0000 UTCwow, this reaction was actually really hard to watch because you were struggling through it. like, in years wathing you i've seen you SOB many times like with black sails or FMAB finale or any hill house episode, but i don't think i've ever see you (specially lola) being unable to keep watching to the point of avoiding staring at the screen 😢 this is a fantastic episode and probably one of the best tv episodes i've ever watched and the next one and the rest of the episodes are some of the best television i've seen in my life. i would not consider myself a big fan of the star war universe, watched the movies for the first time when i was 18yo or so and watched all the new ones on the theatre and rogue one was probably one of my favourites but god, this show really took it to the next level and will always have a special place i my heart.
sand_fl
2026-02-06 01:41:36 +0000 UTCoh my, the day has arrived...
X Yuan
2026-02-06 01:29:09 +0000 UTCAs usual, your commentary on this was great. I would only add that “who are you?” is also what Syril is asking himself after seeing the horrors he participated in. All that on top of being a blow to his self esteem by realizing that Cassian doesn’t remember him and that he is irrelevant wich is everything he wanted to avoid. The same type of question is asked of him earlier in the episode: “What kind of a being are you?” The type of question that I ask everyday when I see what certain people do all around the world. As you’ve said many times now, this show is a documentary. Anyway Syril is such a great character.
BigJo H
2026-02-06 01:26:21 +0000 UTCThis episode solidified you two are THE BEST reactors for Andor. I know it was hell for you but I really appreciated the commentary at the end
Sam
2026-02-06 01:24:50 +0000 UTCalso: Jfc Kyle Soller and Denise Gough are *incredible* here
Hugo Sinclair
2026-02-06 01:20:28 +0000 UTCThis episode was a masterpiece... and yet so sooo heartbreaking to watch...
Lalisa Truong
2026-02-06 01:16:54 +0000 UTCReally like Dedra's scene after the massacre. Something very visceral about her yanking down and trying to straighten her uniform. Like she's trying to get the genocide wrinkles out of it.
JC
2026-02-06 01:14:40 +0000 UTCthe point of syril is that he IS the everyday person. people think theyd be like andor or kleya or some rebel when most likely theyd just be syril. someone who just does what they think is right.
toxichawk
2026-02-06 01:12:05 +0000 UTCFinally! My favorite episode of the entire show. I’m probably in the minority, but Syril is one of the most tragic characters in the show He’s a perfect example of what happens when someone grows up without unconditional parental love. He’s deeply insecure and desperate for validation, so he retreats into fantasies about purpose, recognition, and meaning. Because he never develops a stable sense of self, he’s perfectly conditioned to follow orders — to be loyal, obedient, and devoted to the Empire. His fate is the real warning of the show: no matter how loyal you are to fascism, you’re ultimately insignificant — just another replaceable cog in the machine.
Julmor
2026-02-06 01:09:04 +0000 UTCVALLEY! HIGHLAND! LET ME SPEND MY EVERY DAY THERE! o7
Milen Karabadzhakov
2026-02-06 01:05:58 +0000 UTCone of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen. one of the things Tony Gilroy said about this episode that stuck with me was that he drew from the real life truth that "fascism eats its young". Syril is fucking awful, but he believed so deeply in the empire not out of a desire to see worlds massacred but out of this completely ignorant belief in its ability to bring law and justice, to bring control to his life. Then he ends up just another completely irrelevant number among the dead once they got everything they needed from him. I love that last shot of Eedy too- again a fucking awful person- but still ultimately a mother. Absolutely no one wins from this, even the true believers. It destroys every soul.
Hugo Sinclair
2026-02-06 01:05:29 +0000 UTCEverything about this episode just breaks my heart. How the old man sees the trap, tries to keep people away, but can't because no matter what, they're all going to die. How the bearded man sees violence about to happen and starts singing the Ghorman anthem to show a display of unity. How Cassian tries to stay on mission the whole time but can't help but cry at the end. How the imperials used green recruits as meat puppets, how the sergeant tried to protest only to be threatened with imprisonment. How they shot their own soldier to start the riots. How we see the sniper's POV as they shoot fleeing civilians. How we see Dedra rationalizing every last bit of it in real time but still buckles under what she's done, to Syril specifically. And god, Syril. One of the most tragic characters because he was almost certainly on the cusp of change, but it was already too late. He sees Cassian and sees red, and the last thing he hears is an affirmation of his own insignificance.
Myeh
2026-02-06 00:54:48 +0000 UTCThese are the moments we live for, as LM reaction fans.
T T T
2026-02-06 00:45:32 +0000 UTCWe are The Ghor
Michael Rashid
2026-02-06 00:36:36 +0000 UTC🎶Valeine 🎵Mèjegah Dibe mo laï moune laï sol lège naaaa
Joshua Something
2026-02-06 00:34:49 +0000 UTCOne of the most brilliant parts of this episode is how it plays with its Title “who are you?”. In the script, it’s what Cassian says to Syrill, before he gets killed. In there it stands for his insignificance. He is no one, a redshirt, a patsy not even important enough to be an antagonist one would argue. He chose cheap validation and submission to power instead of a moral foundation. His death, as his life will be used to steer forward the imperial machine. But this question I think is asked for Everyone in this episode. Dedra is a yes man, a careerist that will sacrifice everything and everyone else for her advancement and the empire even though she’s clearly distraught and even disgusted by what was done here. She would do it again. As for the empire, even their soldiers are disposable assets. Cassian is a messenger of the pain as the other episode said. He is for yet another time in his life the devastation the imperial machine brings. He is not sure how much suffering he can take anymore. But in my opinion the main recipients of the question are the Ghor, the people that will now lose everything that they have. And they answer emphatically and movingly, a ray of sunlight in the darkness, WE ARE THE GHOR. Ghorman never had a chance, their fate was decided in that conference in episode one. What they controlled is the way they go out. And they choose to go out by throwing their identities, their unique culture and language in the face of the empire. Those things will stand the test of time and will be remembered long after the empire is gone. And then the show as us Who are you today with tomorrow shrinking? Everyone should answer for themselves...
broken king
2026-02-06 00:31:01 +0000 UTCAlso cant help but think that based on the few seconds before his death, that the “who are you?” may have been the thing he needed to hear to finally realize he was on the side that stood against everything he ignorantly wanted. What a show 😭
Daniel Molina
2026-02-06 00:29:06 +0000 UTCSyril's death was one of the most brutal I've ever seen, not physically but morally. "Who are you?" He realized the insignificance of his existence, the insignificance of his work, and everything he had done. After everything crumbled, finding Cassian and killing him was all that was left for him at that moment, and it was clearly exposed that the person he was obsessed with didn't even remember he existed. It's sad because he could have had a different life and worldview, but things are as they are, and in this world people like Syril can't perpetuate themselves.
Bernardo
2026-02-06 00:27:33 +0000 UTCWelcome to the Rebellion!
Valnas
2026-02-06 00:26:46 +0000 UTCBeen waiting for this one
sand_fl
2026-02-06 00:26:24 +0000 UTCOne of the greatest episodes of television i have ever had the pleasure of watching. PERFECTION. Guess im crying again with you both tonight
Daniel Molina
2026-02-06 00:26:11 +0000 UTCWho are you? This is how you make a line iconic, everything about Syril’s character is in this simple question
BigJo H
2026-02-06 00:26:11 +0000 UTCThis is the one I've been waiting for!
Mark Walston
2026-02-06 00:25:51 +0000 UTCIt feels wrong to say I was looking forward to this episode. One of the standouts to me was Kyle Soller (Syril Karn) managing to give a four page monologue play in Syril’s eyes during the four seconds after Cassian asks him that question.
My Toasty Toast
2026-02-06 00:25:38 +0000 UTCHANDS SWEATING AND I HAVENT HIT PLAY YET I NEED WATER
Scared Cannon
2026-02-06 00:25:27 +0000 UTCWhat an episode. Dark. Bleak. Painful. Perfect. I always tear up when the Ghor are singing their anthem, a moment of solidarity and light in the face of the abyss that’s about to eat them. It reminds me of the people of Paris singing “do you hear the people sing?” in Les Misérables. The radio broadcasted voice of desperate pleading rips my heart out every time. Reminds me of the recording we have of the students here in Greece, in the 70s moments before they were runed over and gunned down by the tanks and weapons of the military junta.
broken king
2026-02-06 00:25:24 +0000 UTCI don't think I'm emotionally ready for this episode 😔
Raphgod7
2026-02-06 00:25:19 +0000 UTC💔💔💔💔💔
Jamie
2026-02-06 00:25:11 +0000 UTCOh god here we go
Myeh
2026-02-06 00:24:36 +0000 UTC
