Leading off the season with such a dud was difficult, especially with all the confusion and annoyance over how the Book of Boba Fett played out. The plot lines and characters set up nearly every following episode of the season, but in a way that felt heavy-handed (and not all that exciting). The first episode of season three of The Mandalorian felt more like table setting than any episode of the show so far. The side story of the New Republic quickly grew into one of my favorite side stories of the series - with hopefully much more to come. The saving grace of The Prisoner is that it marks the first appearance of the New Republic X-Wings. Even stranger, much of Din Djarin’s backstory that’s mentioned in this episode is never brought up again, making this one feel even more out of place in the series. Worst of all, it doesn’t have nearly enough fun with the prison break premise (see: Andor). The almost entirely Grogu-less episode had some cheap-looking production and some overly cartoony characters. In the episode, Din shows up in a random space station to pull off a prison break with a few Star Wars weirdos. This is the first episode of The Mandalorian that made me wonder if this show really wasn’t for me.
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