Andor: Season 1 Finale Review - IGN

This review contains full spoilers for episode twelve of Andor, now available to view on Disney+.

The closing chapter of Andor’s first season is thrilling from its first moment to last, never pulling any punches when delivering heavy hits of both action and emotional weight.

It's the creation of a bomb that has not only been threatening to explode since the start of the episode but whose ticking could be heard echoing from its very first; the sound of a reckoning that is ready to explode from the shadows.

With Cassian caught in the sights of both, it makes for a thrilling 45 minutes that packs in more high-stakes tension than most feature-length thrillers.

It's once again a shining example of Gilroy's masterful control of the plot combined with the vision of director Benjamin Caron to pull it off, and as layered a thriller you could dream of watching since he steered his eyes away from the original Bourne trilogy.

It's a standout moment in a series that has already given us so many, and it couldn't help but elicit an emotional response as her words and the strong-as-ever score washed over me.

It's not only what a reckoning sounds like, but what it looks like too, and it's absolutely glorious.