#the apostate

[azertyrobaz]

His name is Grogu.

[grogudjarinn]

gonna scream and cry over din being father of the year again for the next week he is SO DONE. why is his son the biggest menace in the universe. they are my everything

[almondcroissantsandink]

the way Din had zero time for those losers

[gameraboy2]

The Mandalorian (2019), "The Apostate"

[mayhaps-a-blog]

Personally I think the Mandalorians knew perfectly well that there was a giant crocodile monster in their ritual lake and, in fact, probably chose that lake because there was a giant crocodile monster.

I mean, is it even a real Mandalorian ritual if it doesn’t come with the threat of an epic battle and heroic death?

A normal lake would just be boring.

[spockvarietyhour]

Terminate asset. Terminate asset.

[brody75]

The Mandalorian -  The Apostate

[asexualdindjarin]

Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze in The Mandalorian

[the-irreverend]

Is it just me or did anyone else find this scene of a near-indestructible murder robot crawling on the floor like something out of a horror movie yelling "TERMINATE ASSET" to be slightly terrifying?

[adventurelandia]

The Mandalorian (2019), "The Apostate"

[wallacepolsom]

Wallace Polsom, Life During Wartime: The Apostate (05 Feb 2024), paper collage, 22.3 x 33.2 cm.

[azertyrobaz]

[grogudjarinn]

AIN’T NO FUCKING WAY. WHAT THE FUCK. HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE LAST THING I EXPECTED. PURRGIL MY BELOVEDDDDDDDDD MY BEAUTIFUL SPACE WHALES

[may8chan]

The Mandalorian - Rick Famuyiwa 2023

[gameraboy2]

The Mandalorian (2019), "The Apostate"

[fanfoolishness]

Random spoilery thoughts for The Apostate based on my deliriously watching it way after my bedtime last night, but before rewatching it tonight with the husband:

Was very excited to see Bo-Katan’s helmet in the credits. She’s really going places this season, huh?

Loved seeing glimpses of the helmet ritual. I was worried that the kid was going to be baby Din, even though he looked absolutely nothing like him; I was relieved to see it was present day, but I still would’ve liked another flashback to kid!Din. Also, does Din just not have flashbacks anymore? I kind of miss them.

A little salty we didn’t see any Mando’a in this whole ritual. But, I loved seeing the Armorer more. She’s always an intense, mesmerizing presence and even though I now distrust her (is she Force-sensitive? the way she somehow realized that croc-monster was coming… not to mention some of her other appearances where she seems to know more than people are telling her) I always love seeing her do her thing.

I want to try and write something about Din wishing he was welcome for Grogu’s sake (so he can be around other Mandalorians besides Din and discover the community for himself) but can’t seem to figure it out.

Wish we saw some more non-human Mandalorians though :(

SPACE WHALES! Purrgil, yes? Man I still need to watch Rebels. But I obstinately want to watch all of Clone Wars first (we made it to season 5! We’re so close!)

I love that Grogu was both entranced by them but also a little scared because they were just so vast. Hence the need for a cuddle, which Din did not object to.

HIGH MAGISTRATE GREEF KARGA, please, if we have to spin off more characters from The Mandalorian to get to their own TV shows, we need to see Greef just Carl Weathersing around. Everything with him is just delightful! Let his cloak get longer every episode, please please please.

Not sure at all about this harebrained IG-11 idea, Din, but I loved that we could hear some of the music that used to play for Kuiil in the theme there, and that Din straight-up called IG his friend.

DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN WHAT WAS THAT I did not expect DROID HORROR here!!!

Love to see Nevarro all grown up! Greef may still be a little shady and obviously self-serving but I love that he wants to bring other people along with him too. The more wealth around in general the more for him too, right? So of course Nevarro needs to get respectable and dank farrik, he’s just the man to do it.

I’m glad Cara Dune didn’t die on the way back to her home planet. I’ll miss her presence as a friend and comrade to Din but I won’t miss Gina Carano’s bullshittery. Maybe we can meet a buff female Mando this season to add to the roster if we have to be adding new characters.

Big man in tiny room 😍

GROGU NO omg I love that he is just as awful as real toddlers sometimes 😂

…and yet Din thinks it’s time for him to learn about hyperspace navigation what even is this parenting technique

I still miss the Razor Crest, but I like that the Naboo thing (what is it called again?) makes Din even more menacing as a pilot

Dad Is My Seatbelt ❤️

I enjoy the mossy pirate. He is rather disgusting but I’ve never seen a design quite like that before.

Bo-Katan really has nothing better to do these days than lecture Din, does she? I love how disillusioned she’s become with the Darksaber. “Just wave that thing around and they’ll do whatever you say.” I also love that she calls out Din’s tribe for being superstitious and weird again. Like we all know Din is gonna ride a mythosaur by the end of this season or next and he’ll find the mines and they better be super cool, but I’m still feeling solidarity with Bo-Katan, resident skeptic

I just need Din to really sit down and think, “Do I regret taking my helmet off? It was always to help Grogu. To try and keep him alive, to try and find him, to say goodbye to him. Don’t I owe loyalty to him, too? Do I feel like an apostate?” Figure your shit out, sir!

But in the meantime, keep proudly telling everyone you meet your son’s horrible name. I made myself laugh for a minute straight when I realized Greef is over here thinking Din named Grogu that on purpose

Plotwise, definitely the most scattered premiere of the show, and because of it, not the most effective episode. I’d give it a B - perfectly enjoyable and some really fun, surprising moments, but it’s not asking the big questions that it keeps hinting at just yet. I hope they get there.