History Recap / TheMandalorianS1E6Chapter6ThePrisoner

** TheChick: Xi'an, the resident KnifeNut DarkActionGirl with the most salient relationships (implicitly a NewOldFlame of Mando, and the mission is the rescue her brother who ends up being the SixthRanger).

* KnifeNut: Xi'an loves her vibroknives, and has excellent aim when throwing them.

* ObviouslyEvil: A KnifeNut with FangsAreEvil, a BloodKnight with HornsOfVillainy, a ColdSniper with BaldOfEvil, and a SmugSnake SmartGuy, all overseen by a FatBastard with MessyHair... Yeah. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal indeed.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When taking out the team, the Mandalorian noticeably avoids several obvious lethal options, choosing to leave his blaster holstered and close to melee range instead. It makes more sense following the reveal at the end that he was planning on locking them in a cell alive.

** Played with regarding Mando's "old friend" Ran, who was apparently in on the plan to double-cross the Mandalorian from the start, but pays him the agreed amount when he brings Qin back to the station as promised. However, as soon as the ''Razor Crest'' departs his space station, Ran orders a gunship to follow and blow Mando out of space.

* GunsAkimbo: Mayfield, plus ''another'' pistol fired with a robotic arm.

* CorrelationCausationGag: When Zero prepares to shoot the Child, the Child holds up a hand in defense. When the unseen Mando shoots Zero dead from behind, the Child looks at said hand in wonder.

* MechaMooks: The New Republic has taken to using battle droids to guard their prisoner transports, if of a higher quality than those used by the Trade Federation and Separatists several decades earlier.

* NoodleIncident: The job that Xi'an and Mando pulled on Alzoc III. Mando implies he doesn't want to talk about it and only comments that he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he did what he had to do]] to get out alive. However, Xi'an [[IShallTauntYou taunts him]] that he [[BloodKnight enjoyed what he did]] and, because of it, "knows who he really is."

* RewatchBonus: One might think that Xi'an's grins, giggling, and significant glances with Burg and Mayfeld as they're preparing to board the prison ship are jumpiness to get into action. But once you've seen the episode, it's clear that her eagerness is twofold: first because she's about to see her brother again after a very long time, and second because she can barely contain her glee over their secret plan to betray Mando (who is responsible for Qin being in prison).

* BigRedDevil: Burg, right down to being [[ImmuneToBullets immune]] to fire.

* BullyingADragon: The other members of the heist crew antagonize the Mandalorian while they're en route to the prison ship, going so far as to try and take his helmet off. They drop the attitude after the Mandalorian singlehandedly dismantles a group of MechaMooks.
** Prior to the heist itself, Mando does a more subtle version of this by pointing out that they're attempting to take on ''the New Republic'', which is a galactic power with a standing military, which is a much bigger opponent to contend with than a rival gang or a crime syndicate. The other heist crew claim that they'll be gone before the New Republic notices...and sure enough, the end of the episode, the New Republic has taken notice and an X-Wing squadron comes in and easily tears apart Ran's crime hideout.
* CallBack: It's not the first time we've seen a Mandalorian involved with a Twi'lek. Boba Fett can be seen flirting with a couple of dancing girls in Jabba's palace, one of whom is a Twi'lek. The ExpandedUniverse later turned her into the character of Lyn Me.

** Mando agrees to take Qin back alive as his honor dictates, but no one ever said that he must protect him once the mission is done.

** TheSmartGuy: Q9-0 AKA Zero, the droid member of the team who stays aboard the ''Razor Crest'' and guides the others through the prison ship.

** TheChick: Xi'an, the resident KnifeNut DarkActionGirl with the most salient relationships (implicitly a NewOldFlame of Mando, and the mission is the rescue her brother who ends up being the SixthRanger.)

* OldFlame: Xi'an usually addresses the Mandalorian in a sultry tone while he has a [[OhCrap noticeably uncomfortable expression]] upon seeing her that indicates a history. Her sensual tone and remark on how she "missed" him implies there was something between them in the past. Ran even mentions that she was "heartbroken" after the Mandalorian left their group. Mando [[AbhorrentAdmirer doesn't seem to share]] the sentiment.
** Given how much the crew enjoys harassing the Mandalorian, and that he is implied to have something to do with her brother being imprisoned, she may simply be needling him for fun, or referring to being 'heartbroken' at the loss of her sibling.

* ThePsychoRangers: The FiveManBand the Mandalorian joins for the mission turns out to be this kind of team instead, to wit:
** BigBad: Ran sets up the whole thing to betray Mando, and when that doesn't work out, he orders his death.
** TheDragon: Mayfeld is Ran's field commander. "If he says it, it's like it came from me."
** EvilGenius: Zero, who stays on the Razor Crest and runs mission control.
** TheBrute: Burg.
** DarkChick: Resident KnifeNut Xi'an.
** SixthRanger: Qin.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After their betrayal, Mando quickly turns the tables on the rest of the crew, first by locking down the ship to separate them and then by defeating each of them.

* SmugSuper: His body language implies that the Mandalorian is ecstatic in leaving his former partners and their cohorts in the gutter.

* RealityEnsues:
** The last time the Mandalorian used his whistling birds, he was in a fairly spacious room that gave them space to fly around and track their targets. When he tries them again on Burg in the tiny control room, they impact on the walls before they can change course.
** Ran's crew may be very well equipped for a criminal outfit, but it is no match for actual New Republic military forces. Three X-Wings are more than enough to [[CurbStompBattle deal with anything Ran has available.]]

* CaptainObvious: Zero. "It seems comms are no longer functioning, therefore you cannot hear me."

** TheLeader: Mayfeld.

* GetARoom: Xi'an compliments the Mandalorian's new armor, saying he wears it well.

** The heist team rescue Qin, and it turns out he was originally captured by Mando, whom they immediately throw in Qin's cell as payback.

* MasterOfUnlocking: Mando's first demonstration of his skills is cracking the lock on the prison's barge's docking hatch. He later breaks off an security droid's arm and uses it to open the lock on his cell.

* NoodleIncident: The job that Xi'an and Mando pulled on Alzoc III. All Mando will say about it is that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he did what he had to do]] to get out alive.

* OlderIsBetter: The job needs the ''Razor Crest'' because it's old enough that neither Imperial or New Republic registries have it on file.
* OldFlame: Xi'an usually addresses the Mandalorian in a sultry tone, and implies there was something between them in the past. Ran even mentions that she was "heartbroken" after the Mandalorian left their group. Mando [[AbhorrentAdmirer doesn't seem to share]] the sentiment.

** When his comms are shut down, Zero decides quite logically that as he can't help them any more, he's taking off and leaving them to their fate. Fortunately he's distracted by the Child, whose value he knows from Greef Karga's message.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The crew double cross the Mandalorian and lock him in a cell once Qin is rescued. When Mando leaves the crew in a cell and returns with only Qin, Ran tries to have his ship shot down. The Mandalorian anticipated this second betrayal, however, and led the New Republic to the station to take Ran out.

* DoubleSubversion: The pilot showed how {{Badass}} the Mandalorian is by having him cut a dude in half with a mechanical door. Here he fights a Devaronian and shuts a door on the dude's head, only for the Devaronian to stand up, laughing, with the door on his shoulders. Then the Mandalorian nonchalantly shuts the ''other'' door.

** Played with regarding Mando's "old friend" Ran, who was apparently in on the plan to double-cross the Mandalorian from the start, but pays him the agreed amount when he brings Qin back to the station as promised. However, as soon as the ''Razor Crest'' departs his space station, Ran orders a gunship to follow and blow the Mando out of space.

* RewatchBonus: One might think that Xi'an's grins, giggling, and significant glances with Berg and Mayfeld as they're preparing to board the prison ship are jumpiness to get into action. But once you've seen the episode, it's clear that her eagerness is twofold: first because she's about to see her brother again after a very long time, and second because she can barely contain her glee over their secret plan to betray Mando (who is responsible for Qin being in prison).

* RewatchBonus: One might think that Xi'an's grins, giggling, and significant glances with Berg and Mayfeld as they're preparing to board the prison ship are jumpiness to get into action. But once you've seen the episode, it's clear that her eagerness is because she can barely contain her glee over their secret plan to betray Mando.

** Burg has the honor of managing to neutralize a lot of the weapons in the Mandalorian's arsenal. He is fast and strong enough that a) he can surprise and manhandle two big security droids; b) he can endure being strangled by Mando's grappler; c) he can avoid the whistling birds in a confined space and d) when Mando tries his flamethrower on Burg, he isn't even singed by the flame. He needed to trap him in two automatic doors just to disable him.