"The Mandalorian" staunchly refuses to tell an overarching story and none of its characters are interesting enough to make an episodic format work.
“The Mandalorian” is a $100 million show about nothing.
“Chapter 6: The Prisoner” opens with the Mandalorian, AKA Mando, (Pedro Pascal, probably?)
meeting up with an old contact who will pay the Mandalorian to help break a prisoner out of a New Republic ship.
It’s a fairly promising concept, even if there’s infuriatingly no context for the Mandalorian accepting this latest one-off quest.
Burr’s a funny guy and a talented actor, but the episode’s writing unfortunately gives him little to work with.
It’s not that “The Mandalorian” is playing it safe; the show is barely playing anything at all. »