Let's Discuss: The Mandalorian S3 episode 3 (reaction + theories) 

I was stunned by how they really went all in with giving the A plot the uninterrupted time to do it justice. But in retrospect, I feel like the two plots are more connected than most people seem to realize. Yes, the A plot introduced us to this utterly twisted evil villain Elia Kane - someone who we didn't really have a proper name for until just before the betrayal. HOWEVER ... the B plot ... We don't really have a proper name for The Armorer. And even though Bo-Katan is not even looking to join this cult, The Armorer insists. And Bo-Katan reads the room and silently goes along with it (after she first tried to rules lawyer out of it). I think that The Armorer plans to trap and backstab Bo-Katan the way Kane planned to trap and backstab Dr. Pershing. There's just too many parallels, and the same Twilight Zone/Outer Limits vibe. What's the motive? I think that Kane's motive was revenge against Dr. Pershing for switching sides, out of fanatical loyalty to Moff Gideon. The Armorer? I think she's had it in for Bo-Katan ever since she switched sides on Darth Maul. The Maul loyalist helmet horns were always suspicious from the start. It's interesting ... in RU-vid comments, folks are like, "Wow, Bo-Katan has found a new group that accepts her!" ... but in Tumblr, there's folks who are like, "Umm ... as a former Jehovah's Witness, THIS IS A CULT. Get away, Bo!" Seriously, the whole "love bombing" thing is cult 101. The "you can leave any time" thing? IT'S A CULT! HOWEVER, I kinda feel like Bo-Katan isn't going to fall for it. She's been in a cult before. She managed to get out of it, and went through all sorts of hell getting over it. And like ... as soon as she saw The Armorer's Maul horn helmet, she's got to have been on high alert. I feel like she may try to stick around for a while though, because ... Din. Bo-Katan really cares about Din and Grogu at this point. It's like ... when she saw Din trapped in a cage, she rescued him. When she saw Din at the bottom of the lake, she rescued him. Well, Din's trapped in this cult ... he's figuratively at the bottom of this lake. Only this time, he doesn't know that he's drowning. This time, he doesn't know that he needs rescuing. But Bo-Katan can see it. And this is going to be a lot tougher than physically pulling him up. I feel like this is going to be Bo-Katan's character journey. If I'm right about where this is going, her redemption for her past is through saving just one person. Conversely, though, maybe Bo-Katan will not realize the level of threat she's in, or maybe she does but she accepts the risk anyway. But Din will then need to make a difficult choice in order to save Bo-Katan. I don't think it will be a one way thing. Even in this episode, Din saved Bo-Katan from an Imperial trap. She took the bait, filled with an uncontrollable need to get back at those imperial bombers. Din had to knock some sense into her.

Ngl, I actually liked this episode, sorry not sorry😅