I really loved this episode, and I'm excited for how the switched twins is going to turn out. Although I'm a bit surprised Force users can't easily detect that. (Or maybe they will, but it'll be more interesting if they don't.)
I'm going to miss Dafne Keen as Jecki, but her death fit what I think is one of the show's themes so well. The Stranger uses guilt for her death to goad Sol, but first implied that she was just a weapon. This show seems to have a bit to say about children.
@SJohnRoss Digressing to The Clone Wars series, there are some moments where Shaak Ti is trying to do "the right thing" but in order to do so she has to exercise the Republic's ownership of the clones. The Sith plan made the Jedi slave owners. The series doesn't use the word slavery with the clones, but there were three other episodes explicitly about slavery.
@SJohnRoss I was very much not expecting the events of ep 5, and it has me really curious if the series is really going to fully lean into its “The Jedi are Cops, and you know what ACAB means, right?” vibe. I did call The Master reveal, but that felt pretty telegraphed.
I’m currently suspicious that Sol might end up being the Acolyte of the title. I should have expected the Patty Duke bit, but I really didn’t.
@SJohnRoss That would make a lot of sense. Mae’s weird intensity/motivation swings, and our unreliable/incomplete view of the events on the night of the fire, means anything could happen.
I hope to see more of the moms before the end, though, even if it’s just in flashback. We have not yet been shown key bits of the puzzle.