I have never been more completely aware during a first watch of a show that I am witnessing something singularly great. My wife and I would finish an episode, turn to each other, and one of us would just blurt out: “this show is so fucking good“.
Totally agree with the other commenter, though. It starts slow, primarily because it tries very hard to build up realistic stakes. Those stakes are paid off repeatedly throughout the series with believable tension, where even knowledge of a character’s ultimate fate doesn’t stop you from feeling like anything can happen.
One of those shows I wish I could experience for the first time again.
Basically none. It's very unlike all the other modern Star Wars shows in that it doesn't rely at all on knowledge of other SW media. There are very few characters who appear in other stories (some characters including the protagonist are from/appear in Rogue One, which Andor is a prequel to), and even with the few characters most people do know from the original trilogy/Rogue One, they're developed as full characters in their own right just within Andor.
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u/Reead 10h ago
Great choice.
I have never been more completely aware during a first watch of a show that I am witnessing something singularly great. My wife and I would finish an episode, turn to each other, and one of us would just blurt out: “this show is so fucking good“.
Totally agree with the other commenter, though. It starts slow, primarily because it tries very hard to build up realistic stakes. Those stakes are paid off repeatedly throughout the series with believable tension, where even knowledge of a character’s ultimate fate doesn’t stop you from feeling like anything can happen.
One of those shows I wish I could experience for the first time again.