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"Jedha, Kyber, Erso," the last ever episode of “Andor,” forgoes conventional finality to bridge the series with the movie that inspired it, 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

She forgoes chemotherapy, emails her resignation letter and hits the road.

But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.

In the finale of Season 2, we see Leighton rekindle things with love interest Alicia, and she forgoes moving into her sorority house after hearing some alumni make transphobic remarks.

Movies and TV are dominated by genre storytelling held together by formulaic writing that forgoes character development, mood setting and creative plotting.