As per usual, the best episodes of The Bad Batch are the ones without The Bad Batch! I’m glad it’s continuing the bleak and depressing tone of the previous Crosshair episodes instead of the bubbly and light nature of the Cid side quests; it’s akin to something like Andor. This is really good so far, although I’m not entirely captivated by Omega’s character since I never found her that interesting or complex. I want more Crosshair, Emperor, politics, etc, more of ALL that stuff. It’s also been a while since I’ve seen season two so I’m assuming the whole cloning storyline is leading up to Palpatine’s return in Episode IX? If so I find it funny how hard they’re trying to connect the two eras (seeing with how shit the latter one is). And I might be getting too ahead of myself, but letting that animal die in the wild would’ve done a lot for the morality of the Empire and their argument—making Omega start to question whether what she did was right (kind of hope that’s what happens later down the line, instead of the animal helping her out whenever she does escape). Animation is breathtaking as always though.