History Recap / AndorS1E12RixRoad

* OnlySaneEmployee: Meero is the only one to point out that it would have been useful to take captives from Anto Kreegyr's group rather than massacring them to the last one. Partagaz, however, is more concerned with "wiping the taste of Aldhani out of [[GreaterScopeVillain the Emperor's]] mouth" than taking captives for interrogation.

* {{Homage}}: The funeral march's confrontation against the Imperial troops leading to a street battle, invokes the demonstrators march also accompanied with musicians from ''Film/DoctorZhivago''; but {{Inverted}}, in that the Czar's cossacks were expecting and ready for the demonstrators which results in a massacre, while the Imperials on Ferrix are caught off-guard and underprepared against all the locals seething and ready to erupt and brawl. Also, just as the film's atrocity was prelude to war that would destroy the Czar/Emperor and Imperial Russia, events in ''Andor'' are prelude to war that will [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi destroy]] the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine (albeit [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker temporarily]]).
* HomeFieldAdvantage: In the end, both the rebels and the imperials are at a huge disadvantage in Ferrix, not knowing the terrain and not having the allegiance of the locals. Cassian has their affection and knows the city's secrets and can move through the city with ease.

* CantStopTheSignal: The Imperial forces at Ferrix were hoping to catch Cassian attending the funeral, and Luthen was hoping to find Cassian himself to kill him and maintain his own anonymity. No one expected Maarva to have recorded a speech inciting the attendees to rise against the Imperial garrison, and open fighting breaks out. The Empire sees first hand what an angry population is capable of and Luthen sees the Rebellion he was hoping to form has gone way out of his control.

** Nurchi, the local to whom Cassian owes money, is killed by shrapnel from Wilmon's IED.

* DirtyCoward: Captain Tigo orders the stormtroopers to open fire only after he's safe behind the line, away from the Ferrix civilians.

* FeedTheMole: Knowing that the Imperial authorities have her under suspicion, and aware that her driver is likely TheMole for those same authorities, Mon Mothma deliberately raises her husband's [[TheGamblingAddict gambling problems]] in conversation within earshot of her driver. This information being passed along has the (intended) result of her recent large banking transactions being attributed to covering her husband's debts, rather than their actual use of funding the nascent Rebel Alliance.

* {{Homage}}: The funeral march's confrontation against the Imperial troops leading to a street battle, invokes the demonstrators march also accompanied with musicians from ''Film/DoctorZhivago''; but {{Inverted}}, in that the Czar's cossacks were expecting and ready for the demonstrators which results in a massacre, while the Imperials on Ferrix are caught off-guard and underprepared against all the locals seething and ready to erupt and brawl. Also, just as the film's atrocity was prelude to war that would destroy the Czar/Emperor and Imperial Russia, events in ''Andor'' are prelude to war that will destroy the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine (albeit temporarily).

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Perrin has a gambling problem and a history of indiscretions that had to be covered up. Mon Mothma makes it look like he is gambling again and the missing money was used to cover his debts.
* GambitPileup: The finale on Ferrix has no fewer than ''five'' factions in play at Maarva's funeral. The Empire, under Dedra Meero's supervision, wants to use the funeral as bait to trap Cassian when he comes back. Then there's Luthen and his operatives who want to kill Cassian once the Empire catches him but before they can interrogate him. Then there's Syril Karn and Sergeant Mosk, who are ''still'' trying to bring Cassian to justice. Cassian, the ultimate target of everybody else, just wants to get his friends out of the planet. Finally, ''Maarva'' herself posthumously rallies the people of Ferrix to rise up against the Empire in her farewell holo, causing a city-wide riot that throws a wrench into everybody's plan ''except'' Cassian's, who wisely takes advantage of the chaos to get Bix, [=B2EMO=], and his friends off of the planet safely, presumably with some of the funds from the Aldhani heist.

* KilledOffscreen: A scene at the ISB headquarters on Coruscant moves from Supervisor Blevin's office back to the main meeting room, where the various supervisors and Major Partagaz are celebrating the complete wipeout of Anto Kreegyr's much-mentioned raid.

* NeutralNoLonger: Having spent most of season 1 pingponging back and forth on his views of the Rebellion, Cassian is finally swayed by Nemik's manifesto, his own time on Narkina 5, and Maarva's speech, and offers his services to the Rebellion without any hesitation.

* RightUnderTheirNoses: The whole reason Dedra wants to capture Cassian alive is to use him to find "Axis," but she is completely unaware that Luthen AKA "Axis" is also in town.
* RousingSpeech: Maarva's holographic VideoWill reminds the people of Ferrix that they have each other, as her speech transforms into a rally to fight the Empire.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Empire, Luthen and his agents, Syril and Mosk all have their own plans to use Maarva's funeral to trap Cassian. All of their plans are foiled by none other than Maarva herself, whose last message rallies the people of Ferrix into causing a city-wide riot that allows Cassian to escape with his friends while everybody else gains nothing.

* SpyVersusSpy: Cinta and Corv start catching on that each of them is TheMole for opposing sides, and Cinta ends up stabbing Corv to death the moment he finally has her within reach.

** Captain Tigo nearly loses his life before he can scramble out of the rioting, brawling crowd and get back behind the Imperial lines to order a counterattack.

* {{Homage}}: The funeral march's confrontation against the Imperial troops leading to a street battle, invokes the demonstrators march, also accompanied with musicians, from ''Film/DoctorZhivago''; but {{Inverted}}, in that the Czar's cossacks were expecting and ready for the demonstrators which results in a massacre, while the Imperials on Ferrix are caught off-guard and underprepared against all the locals seething and ready to erupt and brawl. Also, just as the film's atrocity was prelude to war that would destroy the Czar/Emperor and Imperial Russia, events in ''Andor'' are prelude to war that will destroy the Galactic Empire and Emperor Palpatine (albeit temporarily).

* {{Homage}}: The funeral march's confrontation against the Imperial troops leading to a street battle, invokes the demonstrators march, also accompanied with musicians, from ''Film/DoctorZhivago''; but {{Inverted}}, in that the Czar's cossacks were expecting and ready for the demonstrators which results in a massacre, while the Imperials on Ferrix are caught off-guard and underprepared against all the locals seething and ready to erupt and brawl.

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: having deduced Luthen came to Ferrix to kill him, Cassian finds Luthen's ship and gets there before Luthen himself at the end of the episode.

* PrecisionFStrike: Near the end of Maarva's speech, she's puts particular emotion and emphasis into calling the Empire "bastards".

* {{Irony}}: The Empire pulls most of their forces on Ferrix to oversee the funeral procession, believing Andor is bound to show up. This causes their hotel base to be relatively abandoned save for a skeleton crew, which was Andor's real target and he is able to easily rescue Bix and escort her out.

* RightUnderTheirNoses: The whole reason Dedra wants to capture Cassian alive is to use him to find "Axis", but she is completely unaware that Luthen AKA "Axis" is also in town.

* AllForNothing: The various traps and machinations to try and grab Andor by all the various factions fail utterly. The funeral descends into complete and total chaos, leaving many dead. Andor didn't even bother showing up to the procession, as he used the event to go and save Bix from capture. The only faction that actually walks away with anything is Luthen's, as it's implied at the end of the episode that he recruits Andor after being given a KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand ultimatum.

* CallForward:

* DramaticIrony:

** When Cassian and Brasso reunite in the secret tunnels, Cassian tells him that he's going to rescue Bix. Brasso asks Cassian in disbelief if he's going to take on a whole garrison and Cassian just gives him a look, because Brasso doesn't know that he has, in fact, taken on a garrison.

* RightUnderTheirNoses: The whole reason Dedra wants to capture Cassian alive is to use him to find "Axis," but she is completely unaware that Luthen AKA "Axis" is also in town.

* ThrowTheDogABone:

* VillainousBreakdown:

** Dedra Meero follows suit by getting too close to the melee, knocked to the ground with her gun tumbling out of her reach. She only escapes death because Syril Karn dashes in and drags her to safety, and even ''then'' she's still in a state of near panic until it dawns on her that she's safe again.

* PetTheDog
** Despite having been on Ferrix to [[HeKnowsTooMuch kill Cassian]], Luthen simply smiles when Cassian shows up at the ''Fondor'' to offer him the choice, with the implication that he'll take Cassian up in the offer to take him in.
** In a mirror of the above moment, Meero expresses genuine gratitude through her panic after Syril manages to rescue her from the riot, despite her having warned him off involving himself in ISB affairs multiple times.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain:

* PetTheDog:

** When Cassian and Brasso reunite in the secret tunnels, Cassian tells him that he's going to rescue Bix. Brasso asks Cassian in disbelief if he's going to take on a whole garrison, Cassian just gives him a look, because Brasso doesn't know that he has, in fact, taken on a garrison.

* HeroicBSOD: To a degree; Luthen experiencing up close and personal Maarva's posthumous defiant speech and the actions of Ferrix's common civilians erupting in full defiance against the Empire, and then witnessing them suffering the consequences for their acts of rebellion, seems to have an effect on him.