The Mandalorian 2.7 Review - 6 Ups And 1 Down From Chapter 15
5. The Redemption Of Migs Mayfeld
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Bill Burr's Migs was a fun enough character in Season 1, but I don't think anyone was begging for him to come back.
But, lo and behold, that's where this episode really managed to surprise.
Burr turns in a great performance and we get to see more of Migs' backstory. We learn more about his time as an agent of the Empire, his general apathy towards the wider galactic struggle between the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic, and then an incredible moment of redemption where he finally takes revenge on an officer who treated Migs and his fellow troops like Bantha fodder during Operation Cinder. (Think Schultz's outburst in Django Unchained, only the results are less dire.)
Migs is released at the end, thanks to some "creative accounting" from Cara and Din, but I hope this isn't the last we've seen of him. He had a great arc in this one episode, and he'd be an interesting presence to have in the upcoming Rangers of the New Republic spin-off.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
