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"I Have Friends Everywhere"
Andor episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 5
Directed byAriel Kleiman
Written byBeau Willimon
Featured musicNicholas Britell
Cinematography byChristophe Nuyens
Editing byJohn Gilroy
Original release dateApril 29, 2025 (2025-04-29)
Running time54 minutes
Guest appearances
Episode chronology
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"I Have Friends Everywhere" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American science fiction political spy thriller drama television series Andor. It is the seventeenth episode of the series overall; it was written by Beau Willimon and directed by Ariel Kleiman.

The episode primarily features four storylines: Kleya's discovery that a bug of hers planted in Davo Sculdun's office may be found; Cassian's departure from Coruscant and contact with the Ghorman Front on Luthen's behalf; Syril's departure from Ghorman and contact with the ISB and his mother on Coruscant, and Wilmon's mission with Saw Gerrera's Partisans for Luthen. Other storylines include Bix grappling with her drug use in the safehouse following Cassian's departure, and the Ghorman Front's discovery of Syril's past on Morlana One[a].

"I Have Friends Everywhere" was released on Disney+ on April 29, 2025 as part of a three-episode block also including "Ever Been to Ghorman?" and "What a Festive Evening", and received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

Plot

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Kleya learns that Sculdun intends to audit his antiquity collection having discovered a forgery, thus threatening to expose a bug she has planted in his gallery and forcing her to extract it during his upcoming Investiture party. Cassian connects with the Ghorman rebels and learns that they plan to intercept a weapons shipment, but he judges them to be too inexperienced and shoots down the plan, much to their frustration. Syril reports back to Coruscant with news of this heist, with Partagaz and Dedra agreeing to allow it to pan out to stir up the rebels. Saw kills Pluti after learning that he is a traitor, and has Wilmon work the extractor on the heist in his place.

Production

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Writing

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The episode was written by Beau Willimon, in his fifth writing credit for the show, and directed by Ariel Kleiman, after he directed the previous four episodes of the series.[1][2][3] The episodes of Andor's second season, like those of its first, are split up into blocks, or story arcs, of three episodes; however, unlike in season one, each arc begins with a time skip of one year from the previous episode.[4] Series showrunner Tony Gilroy decided to structure the season this way after concluding that the original five-season plan for the show was unfeasible, and needing some way to bridge the four years between season 1 and Rogue One (2016) in a single season. As proof of concept, he wrote the first and last episodes of each would-be arc, and eventually decided on this structure for the season.[5]

Casting

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In "I Have Friends Everywhere", marking his second appearance on the second season of Andor, Forest Whitaker reprises his role as Saw Gerrera from previous Star Wars media, including Rogue One.[6]

Music

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The original score for "I Have Friends Everywhere" was composed by Nicholas Britell, the composer for the show's first season.[7]

The soundtrack for the episode was released alongside that of the other two episodes in its block on May 2, 2025 via Walt Disney Records as part of the second of four volumes of the second season's original score.[8]

Andor Season 2: Episode 5 (Original Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Andor (Main Title Theme) – Episode 5 – Brandon Roberts"0:37
2."Ghorman Intel"1:06
3."Spider for Mom"1:02
4."I Was There"1:53
5."Varian Skye"1:33
6."Turn Out the Lights"0:41
7."Kafhaus Number 1"2:54
8."House of Rylanz"1:59
9."Palmo Recon"1:11
10."Let It Run Wild"2:03
Total length:14:59

Release

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"I Have Friends Everywhere" was released on Disney+ on April 29, 2025 as part of a three-episode block, alongside "Ever Been to Ghorman?" and "What a Festive Evening".[6]

Reception

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Critical response

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William Hughes of The A.V. Club gave a positive review, writing "the fifth episode of Andor's second season spends the majority of its runtime in the sci-fi version of a highly reserved spy thriller, but it gives Saw the final word."[6] Mike Redmond of Pajiba also gave a positive review, summarizing that "We should have had an entire glorious week of Saw Gerrara discourse based on Episode 5 alone!"[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ As depicted in the early episodes of season 1

References

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  1. ^ Lovitt, Maggie (April 8, 2023). "Tony Gilroy on the Race to Finish His Final 'Andor' Season 2 Script". Collider. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Andor (2021–2024)". Writers Guild of America West. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  3. ^ Lovitt, Maggie (November 3, 2022). "'Andor's Season 2 Directors Revealed by Series Creator Tony Gilroy [Exclusive]". Collider. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  4. ^ Travis, Ben (May 4, 2023). "Andor Season 2's Final Three Episodes Cover The Three Days Before Rogue One – Exclusive". Empire. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  5. ^ Hadadi, Roxana (May 16, 2025). ""Before Anyone Else Defines It, I'm Going to Define It": Tony Gilroy on 'Andor', 'Rogue One', the Star Wars Universe". Vulture. Vox Media, LLC. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Hughes, William (April 30, 2025). "Andor finally primes itself to explode". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  7. ^ "Brandon Roberts Scoring Disney+'s 'Andor' Season 2". Film Music Reporter. April 11, 2025. Archived from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  8. ^ "'Andor' Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) Soundtrack Album Details". Film Music Reporter. May 1, 2025. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  9. ^ Redmond, Mike (May 2, 2025). "'Andor' Season 2 Recap: Space Drugs the Movie". Pajiba. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
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