I am so jazzed for the finale, you don't even know. :D No spoilers, but good stuff coming up, and you know, I can see the novel comparison. Also, it reminds me more of older mini-series, where it was expected to be self-contained for a large handful of episodes, but had mini-arcs within it. I can't explain why it seems like that better -- maybe just the scale of it? So many subplots? Which I love, seriously.

>>That scene in ep 7, where cassian goes back to ferrix intending to get Maarva and she refuses to go with him: “that’s just love. There’s no helping that.” So so good.

Man, Fiona Shaw just broke me with that. Diego Luna is doing a good job, but some of the other actors are just-- wow. Amazing. He's the through-line, the touchstone back to what we know is going to happen; but everyone else, anything could happen, just about.

Can't wait 'til you've seen the whole thing so I can babble freely!