Episode Report Card Jacob: A | 366 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT A Human Reaction
By Jacob | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 1999.08.20
John questions his father outside. Like it or not, these are Jack's people doing this and Jack's been pulling this crap since John was little, and even if you know better, as an adult, there's still the feeling that your dad is still somehow picking them over his son. "What's going on?" John demands. "What's takin' so long?" Jack begs John to relax, but John's getting tired of all this mumbo-jumbo: "And do what, Dad? Read a magazine? They're all seven months old, Dad! They don't want me to have any idea what's going on." John stares at the table as Jack speaks: "If what you say about those aliens is true, they can help us unlock the universe. You're positive they're not here to harm us?" John almost rolls his eyes at the idea that any person on Moya could possibly have it that together. "They came looking for me," he says. "They were worried." And if the accent always comes back when John's with Jack, is that because it's hard, or because he still idolizes him? Was it a trout, or a bass? "You trust them?" asks Jack. John's like, "A fucking bomb more than Wilson, duh." "I like them," he tells his father. "They're my friends." There's a bit of an edge here, like when your work friends meet your regular friends or whatever: "I know they have a bunch of tattoos and tend to talk about Star Wars more than normal people, but come on, they're nice."