SOS Bros React - Andor Season 1 Episode 10 - One Way Out! 

Kino not being able to swim mirrors Luthen's "I burn my life for a sunrise I'll never see". Kino KNEW the entire time he couldn't swim, yet he chose to help free as many of those imprisoned as he could, because those people and their freedom meant more to him than his life.

"Monologue HARDER, Andy Serkis!" -Cassian Andor

“ONE WAY OUT.” “EVERYTHING!” Two of the greatest monologues that I ever heard in Star Wars. This show has set the bar so goddamn high for writing in Star Wars.

The one that escaped with Cassian is actually Melshi. He’s a Rebel Leader in rogue one. You see him in the movie rescuing Jyn at the beginning and the one who’s tasked on finding the master switch on Scariff.

What I love about Andor is that he never tries to be the leader, he’s the experienced soldier guiding the leader. He’s not inspiring the troops, but inspiring the leader.

"I can't swim" allways hits me so hard. He knew he had no chance but still helped the others. 10/10 storywriting.

The best evidence for Kino knowing that he was going to die no matter what, as pointed out in ladyknightthebrave's essay on Andor, is that he himself didn't get onto a table when they were about to spark the floor.

Somehow Mon Mothma’s performance was only the third best in the episode. Sticking Kino and Luthen’s monologues in the same episode is an absolute flex. This might be the best episode of Star Wars ever We really see Cassian realizing his value - he couldn’t deliver the speech bc the inmates wouldn’t respond. It had to be Kino, so Cassian pushed him to do it, just like he would with Jyn in Rogue One

"I've made my mind a sunless space" Is such a raw line, it really says how far he's isolated himself from everything that would give him joy that doesn't involve conflict. His one and only purpose is making the rebellion happen, but even has to play his own side, have them make sacrifices they may be unaware of. Slowly tho he is starting to crack now that it's no longer a subtle battle but is becoming a full scale war. He's no hero... But he made Heroes happen.

One of the best episodes of anything ever, not just Star Wars. And Serkis and Skarsgaard both deserve Emmies for this.

The ending scene, with the cut from Luthen saying “ I need all the heroes I can get” to Cassian and Melshi (who will fight and die together on the sands of Scariff in five years) running across the sands of Narkina 5 is just … wonderful. Prepare for emotional devastation with the next episode, and an incredible finale.

"We took a vow" was also noted when Luthen is talking to Mon Mothma after the Aldani heist. Mothma is the money person, Lonnie is the inside man and Luthen is the man behind the curtain. Everyone in this show has "one way out." Luthen knows he's gonna die as a result of what he's doing and while Lonnie wants to escape but he can't -- his life is also forfeit. Keno knew he could not swim and was probably not going to get out alive. Marva could have left and gone with Cassian to Niamos, but stayed and is obviously sprial down healthwise -- one way out.

This is the Star Wars I've dreamed about since I was a kid. This was almost my dream show.

This show is the best Star Wars content of the last 30 years. The characters, the themes, the worldbuilding, the action, the music and performances - it manages to give us everything we could want from a Star Wars story - except the Force and lightsabers, ironically!

This is my favorite Star Wars for a good fuckin reason

It's not "anti-star wars" it's filmmaking evolving the same way that special effects and cameras evolve. There's no reason you can't have fully realized characters and fantasy fulfillment. Beau Willimon, the writer for this episode, has signed on to co-write the Jedi origin movie and I can not be more excited.

i love how the pay off episodes has more to offer than only the main event. In the heist episode we had Skeen's death. In this episode they couldve ended it on 'cant swim" but we get the EVERYTHING monolog right after.

The vow he mentioned to Lonni is something the group did. He and Mon Mothma talk about taking a vow, and Vel reminds Mon Monthma that they both took a vow. I can't remember for sure, but Cinta and Vel may have talked about it too.

As Jyn Erso later quotes "Saw Guerra says a fighter with a stick and nothing to lose can take the day"

Everything that went down between all of our stories are coming to fruition. Kino's monolog was awesome but then Luthen's monologue was off the charts. Then Mon Mothma's decsion to meet Davo's conditions... oof... Great that Cassian has become the sort of Luthen character and putting together a plan and inspiring someone else to be the "hero" in Kino Loy. A great spy is one that doesn't get noticed and he's on his way! I didn't see Lonny being an inside man, but that was chilling as well and Luthen's reasoning to sacrifice 50 men to work for the greater plan. OOOH SO GOOD! THIS IS THE STAR WARS THAT WE DESERVE. I think Luthen's speech kinda makes me think he's a hidden Jedi. He's turned his back on everything that he believed in and now he's just doing what it takes to beat the Empire and Emperor.

One thing I think you guys are missing about Mon's daughter is that she's fallen into a tradcath-like cult, an arranged marriage to a wealthy boy she's never met is exactly the kind of thing she'd be into right now. Early on in the show Mon talked about how her marriage with her husband was arranged and how they're both happy to get away from traditions like that, but their daughter is shown attending gatherings where they praise the 'old ways' and yearn to return to them.

We've been told that Andy Sirkis _will_ be in season 2, but being Andy Serkis, that could be as anyone or any _thing._ Kino knew they were surrounded by water; he knew he couldn't swim. He burned his life to make a sunrise he knew he'd never see. I liked the body language of Mon Mothma's scene. Mon and Tay were sitting tightly upright. Davo crossed his legs, lounged, spread himself expansively...because he was in control of the conversation and situation, and he knew it. Although it appears that Luthen is threatening Lonni's family, he's actually more directly threatening Lonni personally. The threat is that Lonni's daughter would grow up without a father, because Lonni is personally a threat not only to the rebellion but also to Luthen...it would be Lonni that Luthen must kill immediately. Luthen cannot kill Lonni's daughter and leave Lonni alive, but rather the opposite. Each of these arcs is really like a movie of a series. This series, which we know is limited, is an excellent use of the long-format story that streaming makes possible. This is done so very seldom, even though it ought to be obvious. Mon Mothma has plenty of money, she can spare the money...she's being forced to consider giving up her daughter. We know precisely that this story begins 5 years before the battle of Yavin; it said so in the first episode. At this point, nearly another year has passed. Who is this story is really about? It's been noted that Maava is also named "Andor," but I'd still say the story is about what is essentially Cassian's hero journey. I think that's part of what we see in Lonni...that there are many people who are "heroes" that would not be be represented as such in their own stories.

I always watch Kino loy's "One Way Out," monologue right before I start work. You know why.

By episode 10 I remember being blown away by how this show managed to become better and better by the episode. And yet the two best episodes are still ahead of you. It doesn't really matter that this is Star Wars - it's some of the best drama I've seen in many, many years.

Luthen and Kino are the GOAT

From "ONE WAY OUT!" to "I can't swim", this episode was a rollercoaster

4:27 Leida is the same age as Cassian when he went to prison!

I’ve watched the whole season at least 5-6 times, and it just gets better. The nuance and skill in the writing and acting becomes even more apparent on every viewing

Not just two of the greatest monologues in Star Wars, but also in all of TV.

This is the episode that made Andor the best Star Wars ever. 🎉

Favorite episode of television I've seen in a long time. Absolutely love this show.

This episode is so damn good. The performances from Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgard are just fantastic, and the writing is just as top-notch as ever. Andor has been the best live action starwars story since 1983.

I remember thinking when I watched Andor, that they couldn't do a meaningful arc in 2 episodes at the end. I was wrong. xD

Fighting against colonialism, imperialism, oppression, injustice, and inequality it is a universal theme through out humanity (or non human) history. It's happening now and most likely will happen again in the future.

When Andy Serkis yells ATTAAAACK! if you don’t instantly feel like dropping everything and storming the halls of Valhalla, idk what to tell you 😂

One way out! One way out! One way out!

episode 10, 11 and 12 are so satisfying, makes everything that came before it mean something and even better.

There's more to come guys. The next episode is transitionary, but still has some incredible moments. The final episode, though... Honestly, I can't decide if this episode or the final episode is my favorite. They're both incredible.

This is the best episode out of all the star wars shows in my opinion. It fkn rocks

One way out!

One way out!

What is Star Wars?? About people fighting imperialism, fascism... Andor is the quintessential Star Wars show.

But we do have a Time Line for Andor - The first episode states that the date is 5 BBY. 15 Yrs means Luthen started taking action shortly after Palpatine declares the Republic is now the Empire. For 2nd Season it is reported that it will fill the remaining 5 yrs til Rogue One and then the Battle of Yavin by having the episode arcs skip years. And I can't wait.

my favorite episode of the series, so far. With my second favorite being the season finale. There's not a bad one in the bunch, but in a season of bangers, this is my tippy top S tier. Luthen's speech is one of the most amazing monologues I've ever heard. And being in the same ep as Kino's speech. These two sort of mirror images of selflessness, in a way. Kino, knowing he can't swim, broadcasting this speech across the whole prison to lead and inspire the escape, juxtaposed against this private confession of what Luthen is sacrificing for others that they will never know. It's so incredible. Excited to see your reaction to final 2. And so ready for season 2...

been a long week waiting for this one :D

The key theme of this episode is sacrifice, and not in the sense of someone dying for the cause. To rise up against the evil authority and fascism of the Empire means to lose your own morals, decency, peace of mind, personal hope, and livelihood, and to do it quietly without reward. You must be so selfless that you can't be a good parent, you can't enrich yourself, you can't escape to the "wilderness" and recuse yourself, you can't protect yourself from stress, you can't live a life of ease. If you choose those kinds of love or greed or peace you obstruct yourself from the fight. The Empire, and any society good or bad, requires people just trying to live their life simply within the means that society has granted to them. Kino's the perfect example since his only self-interested option in his mind was serving his sentence. He valued adherence to the "program" and the rules not just because it was simple and safe but because he himself couldn't have escaped even if he tried. Escape was never an option for him, he can't swim. Yet it is his knowledge, gravitas, and position that were essential in making the riot happen. He then disappears into the crowd thanklessly with the people he saved clambering around him, unlikely to be saved himself. Love this show, and wish some of the other star wars media had that level of thought put into it.

This is the best Star Wars has peaked, as much as i love the traditional stuff, this I loved, and I'm one of the fans that wants SW to do more of this, it baffles me that other fans just wants to stick to the usual stuff, SW could be so much more.

On one hand, I also adore the show's focused minimalism, not showing the outcome of people like Kino once they are outside of the picture; but on the other, I suspect that him being alive along with the prison administrators might end up biting Cassian in the backside in the upcoming Season 2 when the connections reach its way up to Dedra, possibly even leading Cassian to develop the cold detachment that he has in Rogue One. And as for the concept of Andor being different from Star Wars' themes, I think this is a movement in the right direction. The grand movie might be the great fantasy of heroism, but these side stories can be more than that. In the EU, this was done in the books, and this was done to some extent in Canon too. Rogue One was a war movie, The Mandalorian started as a space western, and now Andor as a thriller. I can only hope they would continue to do this instead of falling into the status quo. Oh, and for timeframe, remember that this is 5 BBY as mentioned during Morlana One's title card at the very beginning. Luthen's 15 years ago could reference to 20 BBY, a year before the end of the Clone Wars. He could very much be a Separatist! (Which would be cool since the Empire's development is precisely what ideologically driven Seppies think Republic overreach would look like) Also, I'm quite glad that you mentioned that people generally are glad at Palpatine's declaration of the Empire. People nowadays just seem content that the moment the Empire name change happened, everything should went evil and not realize the gradual change that would come ("they are choking us so slowly we are beginning to not notice") or really, change that already occurred during the Clone Wars.

I just got my Andor steel box today and I'm gunna fry the fuck out of that bad boy for the next months

thing is mandalorian is a good star wars show. andor is a good show period

The person who escaped with him, Melshi, is in Rouge One and dies with him on Scarif

The prison riot and outbreak is, indeed, connected to the rebellion. Every where that people stand up against the Empire, small way or great way, is the rock of a rebel thrown at the Empire, a stress fracture in the framework of oppression, which is actually more brittle than it looks.

what an incredible show. not just the best star wars thing imo but one of the finest TV shows of all time

regarding the timeline, remember in episode 1 it said 5 bby, season 2 will cover the next 5 years per 3 episode arc i believe. so I'm assuming luthen has been discontent with the republic/empire since during the late stages of the clone wars, palpatine didn't just become emperor over night, as we see in clonewars, he slowly eroded and seized control of institutions, the courts, banks etc. the typical fascist playbook. Anyone paying attention knew what was going on, i really wish George kept those deleted scenes from ROS where padme and a group of senators confront palps about his growing unchecked power.

Something tells me he created the Rebelion !

not sure if it has been point out for you but both the rebellion in SW and the prisoners' color scheme is white and orange, this implies that it is prison escape that built the back bone and the first fighting force of the rebellion

In the long, sad history of Disney-StarWars, this is the only success and almost nobody watched it. Time will likely bring this series back around to prominence.

This episode is peak writing. It all delivers so hard on all the setup. Its like payoff bukake. I can only pray season 2 delivers this level of greatness.

The promised monologue cometh :)

This episode has become part of my personal philosophical/religious canon

I disagree about Luthen: Of course he has morals, he's sacrificing his life to fight fascism. You don't do that if you have no morals and don't care. However, he has come to realize that he has to make some very difficult decisions and do some rather bad things if he is to stand a chance against the Empire. ("I'm doomed to use the tools of my enemy"). That's a calculation of ends justifying the means, not a psychopathic lack of morals.

Here we gooo, boyyyyyyyz! Speechify!

ONE WAY OUT

45:26 - there is a famous Indian freedom fighter who said "who decides who is the terrorist and the freedom fighter looks at the colour of a man's skin". One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. The vietcong cannot be called terrorists, even as the Indian freedom fighters (many of whom were arrested and hung for "acts of terrorism" in kangaroo courts), can't be called terrorists. Violently opposing the infringement of rights and liberties is not terrorism - the occupation is terrorism.

Isn’t it just the best

It’s heeeeere….

Out!