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The Acolyte

  1. Episode 8 Episode 8
    The Acolyte Season-Finale Recap: Original Sins An ending that’s light on surprises saves its boldest move for the epilogue.
  2. Episode 7 Choice
    The Acolyte Recap: The Seizin’ of the Witch Getting the Jedi perspective on the Mae-Osha origin story fills in some gaps but also opens some new ones.
  3. Episode 6 Teach/Corrupt
    The Acolyte Recap: Inapt Pupils It’s corruptin’ time!
  4. Episode 5 Night
    The Acolyte Recap: The Dark Side What a… surprise?
  5. Episode 4 Day
    The Acolyte Recap: All For the Wookiee A simple quest and lack of weighty backstory make for an enjoyably low-key, if incomplete-feeling, episode.
  6. Episode 3 Destiny
    The Acolyte Recap: Toil and Trouble What if no one in the Star Wars universe has a true understanding of the Force?
  7. Episode 2 Revenge / Justice
    The Acolyte Recap: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic? Shouldn’t Jedi Knights be harder to kill?
  8. Episode 1 Lost / Found
    The Acolyte Series-Premiere Recap: A Long Time Ago The premiere could be a lot snappier, but it’s a promising start to the Japanese- and Hong Kong–cinema-inspired series.

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