Last week’s episode of The Mandalorian was the longest in the series at just under an hour, and this week’s is barely half that. Despite its short length, this episode covers plenty of ground, telling the story of how Bo-Katan and the titular Mandalorian Din Djarin are able to deeply ingratiate themselves with the Mandalorian cult Djarin grew up in, and the powers-that-be have also deigned to give us a rare glimpse at Grogu’s past.
Warning: There are copious spoilers ahead for The Mandalorian Chapter 20: The Foundling.
This episode of The Mandalorian picks up pretty much where last week’s left off, with Din Djarin being accepted back into the Tribe and Bo-Katan being accepted for the first time after their adventure to Mandalore. The episode begins with the pair observing the various Mandalorians spar against each other, and Djarin thinks the time has come to get Grogu’s Foundling training started with a duel against one of the other kids.
The practice duel goes well for Grogu, but moments later his foe is dramatically abducted by a gigantic lizard bird–one of the Mandalorians refers to it as a “raptor,” but it’s a new creature we’ve never seen elsewhere. And thus begins another Mando adventure as Djarin and Bo-Katan head off to rescue the kid, while Grogu stays home and has a flashback to a particularly stressful moment in his life: the night of Order 66.
Despite the short length, we’ve got a pretty solid selection of Easter eggs here, including one of the biggest and most surprising cameos we’ve seen so far on The Mandalorian.
