It was not a strong start. The first three episodes left me disappointed with how uninteresting each story was. The wedding took 3 episodes to develop an boring conflict around a character we don't care about (character name). The farm arc was generic, we've seen this visa-check and rapey inspection officer play out so many times before. The Jungle scenes, whilst more interesting in concept, were built on the back of annoying, poorly acted rebels, whose unrealistic stupidity creates an escalation that should never have happened. We also get Deedras and Cyrils relationship, which although had some humurous and well acted moments, is the last thing we really care about in this story.

None of these stories offered any real contribution or clear picture of what the core plot for season 2 would be, and why we should care. Andor, the greatest character in the show, doesn't appear much across the three episodes, and I've no real idea what he's been doing the last year and what he's up to now. There's no set-up, there's no clear picture and the quality of editing and acting felt off.