Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Pray For Osteoporosis
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 01.20.2000
Aeryn's bustling around mini-Command prepping this and that, and then she successfully activates the cannon. She tells Pilot that she and the child seem inexplicably to have reached an understanding. Pilot says he's encouraged, and that the kid's communication with Moya is improving. Aeryn muses that she feels quite at home with all the ship's Peacekeeper technology, prompting Rygel to suggest she stay over there. Aeryn, however, tartly says that she'll be returning to Moya shortly, and when she does, perhaps she and Rygel should have a little chat. Rygel starts with another retort, but Chiana shoves him with an admonition to keep his foot out of his mouth. Actually, he might want to keep it there -- better his than Aeryn's, don't you think? Anyway, Chiana attempts to play diplomat, pointing out that if they get attacked, the child is their only weapon at the moment. Aeryn doesn't want to drag the ship into a conflict it had nothing to do with starting, but Rygel wonders whether they'll have a choice.
D'Argo is complimenting Br'nee, as Br'nee's medicines have completely healed him. Just then, however, Crichton shows up and grabs Br'nee while blurting out the whole M'Lee story. D'Argo's ready to sign up for the execution party, but Zhaan tries to take a more moderate position, saying that what Br'nee did might not be entirely unreasonable. Crichton: "To murder sentient beings in order to save a few stinking plants?" Zhaan: "How animal-centric of you, John." Heh. Crichton apologizes, and Br'nee realizes that Zhaan is a Delvian, and therefore a plant. Crichton and D'Argo are ready to toss Br'nee out the door and take off, but Br'nee tempts them with charts with which to navigate the asteroid field, so Zhaan, citing the need for a cooler head for this mission, leaves with Br'nee.
Crais is digging into a bowl of stew or something when Scorpius tosses a chip into it, which he says contains his report to High Command. With more emotion than we've seen from him, he tells Crais that he's unfit for duty at any level, and he personally intends to see him stripped of rank and office. Crais goes ballistic, grabbing Scorpius and throwing him against several walls in an extended sequence, but suddenly, after Crais has been throttling him for a moment, Scorpius grabs his wrists and twists them away like he's Shaquille O'Neal playing Mercy with Nate Corddry. He tosses Crais away, steps one boot onto his chest, and then, in a vicious, electronic growl that's very different from his usual urbane mellifluousness, asks why Crais must force him to demonstrate his physical superiority to "[his] kind" as well. I'll take a guess -- good measure? He then pulls back, seeming to have a moment of chagrin at losing control like that, and, back to his usual voice, tells Crais that if he wants violence, he should attack his executioner.