History Recap / AndorS1E5TheAxeForgets

* DressCodedForYourConvenience: Nemik was introduced wearing a thin, red, fur-lined cap with optional earflaps that recall the heavier ushanka of the USSR while also evoking the pointed red phrygian caps of the French Revolution, showing him to be a true devotee of the Rebellion, with his manifesto and all. Meanwhile, Cassian is outfitted with a much heavier hat, also with earflaps, to indicate that he's more like a soldier of the USSR, less a true believer and more someone whose been pushed into it.[[note]]This is in the context of the US, where people are less inclined to believe a soldier of the USSR could have actually believed, and were all only cheating roid monsters like [[Film/RockyII Ivan Drago]].[[/note]]

* BlingBlingBang: Downplayed, Skeen checks out Andor's gear and notices that his blaster has a corporate tag on it, giving him a slight clue as to who "Clem" really is.

* TattooedCrook: Skeen's tattoos indicate that he served time in an Imperial prison and was part of a gang.

* BriarPatching: Gorn orders his men to carry out extra work during the opening of the Eye. The men ask if he could postpone the work a bit so they could go see the spectacle. He generously relents and gives them the time off. This guarantees that all his men will be away from the vault during the heist. Even those not interested in the Eye will go because no soldier would give up their time off to do extra work on their own.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Mon Mothma's daughter berates her for focusing more on her job than her family.

** Gorn joined the Rebels after his lover, an Aldhani local, died. It's not confirmed ''how'' she died but we know the Aldhani people were forcibly displaced by the Empire.
** Skeen joined the Rebels after the Empire took the family farm and flooded it, driving his brother to suicide.

* BriarPatching: Gorn orders his men extra work to be done during the opening of the Eye. The men asks him if he could postpone the work a bit so they could go see the spectacle. He generously relents and gives them the time off. This guarantees that all his men will be away from the vault during the heist. Even those not interested in the Eye will go because no soldier will give up their time off to do extra work on their own.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The source of the episode's title is Skeen saying "The axe forgets but the tree remembers", referring to how the Empire hurts so many people it forgets about them.

* InternalReveal: The rest of the team finds out that 'Clem' is being paid to participate in the heist rather than being a committed rebel, which the audience had known since Cassian escaped. Nemik, who genuinely believed from the start that "Clem" was a true-hearted rebel, looks crestfallen.

* MistakenForGay: Inverted with Cassian and Cinta. Cassian attempts to flirt with Cinta by complimenting her medic skills, not knowing that she's already in a relationship with Vel. If you look carefully, she is seen trying to hold back a laugh when he tell her "you're a healer".

* SpannerInTheWorks: An imperial lieutenant is a little too competent at recognizing the oddity with the comms and patching it up, showing up partway through the heist and blowing their plans to hell.

* InternalReveal: The rest of the team finds out that 'Clem' is being paid to participate in the heist rather than being a committed rebel, which the audience had known since Cassian escaped. Nemik, who genuinely believed from the start that 'Clem' was a true-hearted rebel, looks crestfallen.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Skeen mentions that 'Clem' having a kyber crystal worth 30,000 credits is hint a to his true personality during the heist in "[[Recap/AndorS1E6TheEye The Eye]]".