While I think some of the criticisms are a bit much I can understand why people seem to be way harsher on this season than in seasons one and 2 and I think it’s because this season is the weakest one by far, the tone has shifted, and Andor has come out and raised everyone’s standards again. About the tone, it went from a somewhat dark and gritty western with a really dry sense of humor to a more lighthearted series, that still has dark and gritty moments but is less focused on Din and Grogu against the world, and more focused on Din and Bo joining the Mandalorians to take back Mandalore. Personally, I think this is actually a natural shift and tone for the character and the series, but I can totally understand being disappointed that the reason why you enjoyed the show in the first place got stripped away as it went on. The reason why this season doesn’t completely work is that this season other than Din and Bo, all of the other characters aren’t all that complex, aren’t that well developed, and are pretty much stereotypes with little to no depth. OK maybe not completely Paz Visla does develop some and his death is handled really well, but I think the point still stands. This would be fine if it was episodic and we only saw these characters once or twice this season but they spend a lot of the season together. Now that the series is over, the episode with the Dr. Pershing stuff, the episode with the monsters stealing children, and the Jack Black episode don’t really feel like plot episodes but episodic ones. Also, the Pershing episode is pretty good even if it doesn’t lead to anything. So that’s still 6 out of 8 episodes that are pretty good if you’re ok with the tone change that the series has gone through. Most of the episodes this season were pretty good, even if none of them were able to reach the heights that episodes in the first 2 seasons did. I think the real disconnect isn’t that this season is a step down from the first 2, most everyone agrees with that, but the extent to which it is worse than the other 2. Other than episodes 4 and 6, I’m not seeing this huge drop in quality that others are seeing. It’s got more problems with stuff not being properly set up, and some setups getting abandoned in the final episode, the fleet, and the dark saber are the big ones. But I think the episode is still pretty good and does a decent job of wrapping up the story. If I was to compare this season to the previous ones. Season’s 1 and 2 would probably get an A, and this season would probably get a B.