History Recap / TheMandalorianS1E7Chapter7TheReckoning

The Mandalorian [[GoBackToTheSource returns to Nevarro]] at the behest of his former Guildmaster, Greef Karga, who offers to help him kill [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E1Chapter1 The Client]], who had been sending hunters after The Child, in addition to putting Nevarro under Remnant occupation. Having [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E3Chapter3TheSin good reason not to trust Greef]], Mando quickly puts a team together, hiring [[Recap/TheMandalorianS1E4Chapter4Sanctuary Cara Dune]] and Kuiil.

"Chapter 7: The Reckoning" is the seventh episode of ''The Mandalorian'' Season 1. It is directed by Deborah Chow and written by Creator/JonFavreau, and released on December 18, 2019.

* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: As the Child is just an infant, he has no concept of right and wrong yet, only that the Mandalorian is his father figure whom he has grown to love. This leads to him choking Cara Dune when she was about to win an arm-wrestling match with the Mandalorian, thinking she was an enemy and hurting him.

* JumpScare: The pterosaur attack is very sudden and comes out of nowhere, as they appear out of the shadows while the group is calmly bivouacking. With high-pitched shrieks for additional shock value.

* RunningGag: Cara keeps complaining to Greef about there being more than four stormtroopers as he initially claimed every time more turn up. It culminates with an entire ''army'' of stormtroopers deploying outside the building. With [[FromBadToWorse Death Troopers]]. And [[air support]]!

* DwindlingParty: They lose one of Greef's hunters and two of their blerggs, and almost lose Greef himself, when they are attacked by flying pterosaur-like creatures. Things get worse later when two Scout Troopers on speeders take out Kuiil himself and steal the Child.

* TemptingFate: As they're camping for the night, Greef assures the Mandalorian that nothing will go wrong. Not only does everything go wrong with their plan, but pterosaur creatures attack the party the moment he speaks those words.

* RunningGag: Cara keeps complaining to Greef about there being more than four stormtroopers as he initially claimed every time more turn up. It culminates with an entire ''army'' of stormtroopers deploying outside the building. With [[FromBadToWorse Death Troopers]]. And [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe air support]].

* {{Bathos}}: When Greef Karga is wounded and poisoned by the flying creature, Baby Yoda reaches out to force heal him and Greef cries out, "He's trying to eat me!"

!!Tropes in this episode include:

* AnswerCut: When Mando decides that he needs someone to watch the Child, Cara asks him if he knows someone he can trust. Cut to the ''Razor Crest'' landing near Kuiil's camp.

* DecapitatedArmy: Invoked; both Cara and Greef think that if Mando kills the Client, his ragtag bunch of stormtroopers will decide ScrewThisImOuttaHere. Mando doesn't think it will be this easy.
** Ultimately inverted. It turns out the reason the Imperials have ramped up their presence is because Moff Gideon has arrived and taken control of the operation. In the end, Gideon kills the Client himself, turning that portion of the plan into a ShaggyDogStory.

* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: As the Child just an infant, he has no concept of right and wrong yet, only that the Mandalorian is his father figure whom he has grown to love. This leads to him choking Cara Dune when she was about to win an arm-wrestling match with the Mandalorian, thinking she was an enemy and hurting him.

* HollywoodCB: {{Subverted}} with the comlink: when Mando calls Kuiil on it, the scout troopers are able to pick up the broadcast. Note that due to the futuristic setting (and no real official word on how Star Wars communication tech works), it might have been plausible for some kind of handheld communication device to have some encryption or privacy that would prevent or hinder third parties from intercepting the signal, but here the comlink is treated as a conventional radio, where anyone can listen in.

* MythologyGag: The Imperial transport briefly seen dropping off Gideon's troops is based on a classic Kenner Star Wars toy, the [[https://swmerchandise.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Troop_Transporter_(39290) Imperial Troop Transporter.]]

** Gideon’s statement that “You may think you have some idea what you are in possession of...” is a wink at the viewers, who (unlike the Mandalorian) know the significance of the Child’s species but not much else about it.

* PsychicStrangle: The Child does this to Cara, thinking she's the Mandalorian's enemy when the two are arm-wrestling. The Mandalorian quickly talks him down.

* HollywoodCB: {{Subverted}} with the comlink: when Mando calls Kuill on it, the scout troopers are able to pick up the broadcast. Note that due to the futuristic setting (and no real official word on how Star Wars communication tech works), it might have been plausible for some kind of handheld communication device to have some encryption or privacy that would prevent or hinder third parties from intercepting the signal, but here the comlink is treated as a conventional radio, where anyone can listen in.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Cara is not happy at working with Kuill, since he once served the Empire. Kuiil is equally unhappy with Cara treating him like the Imps who enslaved him.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Mando tries this by bringing in the hover pram with its cover closed for the meeting with the Client, while Kuill takes the Child to safety in the ''Razor Crest''.

* RealityEnsues: As the Child just an infant, he has no concept of right and wrong yet, only that the Mandalorian is his father figure whom he has grown to love. This leads to him choking Cara Dune when she was about to win an arm-wrestling match with the Mandalorian, thinking she was an enemy and hurting him.

** Ultimately inverted. It turns out the reason the Imperials have ramped up their presence is because a BiggerBad, Moff Gideon, has arrived and taken control of the operation. In the end, Gideon kills the Client himself, turning that portion of the plan into a ShaggyDogStory.