History Recap / AndorS1E8Narkina5

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: One night, a man in Cassian's cellblock commits suicide after lights-out by stepping onto the electrified floor. The other prisoners have become so complacent with their situations that they mostly complain about having to smell his corpse for the rest of the night, and one even comments that he has no sympathy for anyone who resorts to that method of suicide.

* DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: Narkina 5 has this twofold- the prison buildings themselves are artificial islands suspended in the middle of an ocean in such a way that anyone who manages to jump overboard will probably get sucked down and drown, and all of the floors in the prison are electrified, with prisoners kept barefoot while guards wear thick-soled boots. The prisoners' cells also don't even have doors on them, because the electrified corridor floor will kill anyone who touches it.

* FoodAsBribe: The workers are fed a flavorless sludge from hoses in their cells. The best workers are rewarded with flavor.

* QueerEstablishingMoment: After the previous episode's heavy hints, it's now made explicit that Cinta and Vel are lovers. They refer to "us" and love for each other in a clear romantic way.

* MythologyGag: Belsavis is mentioned as one of the planets that prisoners of the Empire are assigned to. According to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the entire planet is one big prison colony built by the Rakatan Empire. The Old Republic later come to possess it and use it to hold dangerous and political prisoners, and those who are born on the planet are pretty much prisoners from birth. Its location is so secretive that only a few people in the galaxy know about its existence since it means the Republic will catch a lot of fire for what they used Belsavis for if the truth is revealed to the public at large. The Empire, of course, has no such reservation.

On Ferrix, Andor and Brasso visit Maarva, who has become more openly rebellious. Continuing their search for Cassian, Cinta volunteers to stay on Ferrix, which dismays Vel. Bix tries to contact Luthen for a lead on Cassian, but is detained by the ISB force led by Dedra.

Dedra continues investigating the theft of Imperial equipment. She interrogates Syril Karn, who has spent his time at the Bureau of Standards filing various false reports in attempts to get information on Cassian. Dedra deduces that Cassian is working a central figure to the suspected rebellion whom she calls "Axis".

Cassian is sent to an sterile, labor-intensive factory prison on Narkina 5 and is assigned to work under a menacing floor manager, Kino Loy. Resentful and tense at first, he begins to adjust to the harsh shifts.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The giant decontamination chamber Cassian and 49 other men are shoved into strongly resembles a futuristic version of a gas chamber at a Nazi concentration camp.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Searching for Cassian, Bix attempts to reach Luthen using the communication device behind Paak's shop. Luthen and Kleya decide not to take the call and shut down Ferrix operations immediately, while Bix's transmission is intercepted, bringing more Imperials to the neighborhood and leading to Paak and Bix getting arrested and tortured.

* ClearMyName: Karn continues trying to do so with what little influence he can muster from within the Bureau of Standards. His repeated fraudulent reports eventually garner the attention of the ISB, in particular Dedra Mero, who ''also'' wants to find Cassian... and after a brief interview, she decides Karn's a waste of her time and lets him go.
* ColdbloodedTorture: The ISB has tortured Paak into giving up Bix and likely going to do the same to her in order to find Cassian and/or by extension Luthen. For added effort Meero keeps Paak in the room long enough for Bix to see him telling her just what she is in store for.

* YouAllMeetInACell: Ruescott Melshi, a prisoner who would go on to become a rebel sergeant leading the ''Rogue One'' team alongside Cassian and Jyn, meets Cassian for the first time when they're assigned in the same group on Nakina 5.

Cassian is sent to an sterile, labor-intensive factory prison on Narkina 5 and is assigned to work under a menacing floor manager, Kino Loy. He resentfully begins to adjust to the harsh shifts.

On Ferrix, Andor and Brasso visit Maarva, who has become more openly rebellious. Continuing their search for Cassian, Cinta volunteers to stay on Ferrix, which dismays Vel.

Dedra continues investigating the theft of Imperial equipment. She interrogates Syril Karn, who has spent his time at the Bureau of Standards filing various false reports in attempts to get information on Cassian. Dedra deduces that Cassian is working with Luthen, whom she refers to as "Axis" for his centrality to her suspicions of a rebel uprising.

Cassian is sent to a prison on Narkina 5.

Dedra continues investigating the theft of Imperial equipment, where she crosses paths with Syril Karn and heads to Ferrix.

Vel and Cinta continue their search for Cassian. Luthen tries and fails to get Saw Gerrera to work with other Rebel factions.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Once again, [[BenevolentBoss Partagaz]] proves very accommodating and supportive, backing up Dedra's reports to Yularen without undermining her and endorsing the cause she brings.
** A very dark version appears on Narkina 5, despite the incredibly harsh conditions, prisoners can eat as much of the nutrient sludge as they'd like, since even the Empire knows there's no point in starving your labour force.

* RuleOfSeven: Everything in the Narkina 5 prison is in sevens- prisoners work in teams of seven, there are seven teams to a floor, there are seven floors to a section, and when Cassian is first arriving, the audience can see seven heptagon-shaped (seven-sided) prison-islands.

* TroubledFetalPosition: After his first day of prison and the reality of his new situation sinks in, Cassian wedges himself into the small gap between his bunk and the cell wall and tucks himself into a ball, looking utterly despondent.

* MythologyGag: Belsavis is mentioned as one of the planets that prisoners of the Empire are assigned to. According to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the entire planet is one big prison colony built by the Rakatan Empire. The Old Republic later come to possess it and use it to hold dangerous and political prisoners, and those who are born on the planet are pretty much prisoners from birth. Its location is so secretive that only a few people in the galaxy know about its existence, since it means the Republic will catch a lot of fire for what they used Belsavis for. The Empire, of course, has no such reservation.

* MythologyGag: Belsavis is mentioned as one of the planets that prisoners of the Empire are assigned to. According to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the entire planet is one big prison colony built by the Rakatan Empire. The Old Republic later come to possess it and use it to hold dangerous and political prisoners, and those who are born on the planet are pretty much prisoners from birth. Its location is so secretive that only a few people in the galaxy knows about its existence, since it means the Republic will catch a lot of fire for what they used Belsavis for. The Empire, of course, has no such reservation.

* TheAlcatraz: The factory prison complex on Narkina 5 that Cassian is sent to. Prisoners are worked to the bone and pitted against each other to stay on top of the productivity food chain, and conductive floors are used to keep the population in line. It's set on a floating complex in the middle of a large lake or inland sea, with several others like this also nearby.\

* TheAlcatraz: The factory prison complex on Narkina 5 that Cassian is sent to. Prisoners are worked to the bone and pitted against each other to stay on top of the productivity food chain, and conductive floors are used to keep the population in line. It's set on a floating complex in the middle of a large lake or inland sea, with several others like this also nearby.
** Very early into the episode, Belsavis is also mentioned. If it's anything like [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic its source material]], then it also qualifies as this as well, perhaps even more so than Narkina 5.

* DramaticIrony: The episode sees Dedra and the ISB step up their manhunt for Cassian big-time, but they have no idea Cassian's ''already'' detained on Narkina 5 for a completely different reason than what they're hunting him for.

* QueerEstablishingMoment: After the previous episode's heavy hints, it's now made explicit that Cinta is lovers with Vel. They refer to "us" and love for each other in a clear romantic way.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Dedra summons Syril Karn to explain his mess-up at Ferrix and his obssession with Cassian Andor. Although he did provide her some info about Cassian himself and the contact he was meeting with (Luthen), he failed to provide Dedra with any more useful intel. Despite his declaration of loyalty to the Empire and his pleas that he's a good officer who's only ruined because of his superiors' corruption, the fact is he's still responsible for a big mess-up that resulted in many needless deaths with nothing concrete to show for it, so Dedra decides to cut him loose and warns him against pursuing the subject again.

** Of course, one more reason that Saw doesn't want to go along with Luthen's plan to form up a major rebel force is because he'd be forced to team up with remnants of the Separatists, [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars who are responsible for his sister's death during the Clone Wars.]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: Ruescott Melshi, a prisoner who would go on to become a rebel sergeant leading the ''Rogue One'' team alongside Cassian and Jyn, met Cassian for the first time when they're assigned in the same group on Nakina 5.

* MythologyGag: Belsavis is mentioned as one of the planets that prisoners of the Empire are assigned to. According to ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the entire planet is one big prison colony built by the Rakatan Empire. The Old Republic later come to possess it and use it to hold dangerous and political prisoners, and those who are born on the planet are pretty much prisoners from birth. Its location is so secretive that only a few people in the galaxy knows about its existence, since it means the Republic will catch a lot of fire for what they used Belsavis for.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Dedra summons Syril Karn to explain his mess-up at Ferrix and his obssession with Cassian Andor. Although he did provide her some info about Cassian himself and the contact he was meeting with (Luthen), he failed to provide Dedra with any more useful intel. Despite his declaration of loyalty to the Empire and his pleas that he's a good officer who's only ruined because of his superiors' corruption, the fact is he's still responsible for a big mess-up that resulted in many needless deaths with nothing concrete to show for it, so Dedra decides to cut him loose and wanrs him against pursuing the subject again.