Episode Report Card Strega: B+ | 173 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Escape From Wedded Bliss
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2000.07.22
D'Argo sits back down and thoughtfully munches on some alien appetizers. A pleather corset appears behind him, and we hear Scorpius's dulcet voice say, "Ka D'Argo is it? I don't believe we've had the pleasure." D'Argo doesn't recognize the voice, so he looks over his shoulder. Upon spotting Scorpius, he whips his head around and there's a "whop!" sound effect which I find hilarious. D'Argo jumps up and over the table, grabbing a bottle along the way. He holds it up like a club and faces Scorpius. Scorpius calmly assures D'Argo that he's unarmed and a total pussycat if you get to know him. He sits down on the couch and snaps his finger for a waiter, suggesting that they "reorder and share a repast." D'Argo gives Scorpius a skeptical look, but then we cut to a wide shot as D'Argo moves to sit down again. Because if he's learned one thing in his travels, it's this: never turn down a free meal.
Further off, Cargn hisses, "I knew there was more to it. Scorrrpiusssssuh." Clavor says that Scorpius doesn't look like a Peacekeeper, and I'm terribly disappointed that he doesn't mimic Cargn's pronunciation. Cargn confides that Scorpius is a Scarran/Sebacean scion, and I'm a fan of alliteration but this show almost makes it too easy. I say "almost" because I have to give props to Connie Neil for coming up with "scion." Clavor says, "[Scorpius] knows these companions of Crichton." See what I mean? Cargn suspects that Crichton is working for Scorpius, and wants to align the colony with the Peacekeepers. Which is funny on several levels. Clavor whines, "Oh, forgive my ignorance, sagacious teacher. I trusted you to make this work! Was that unwise of me?" This is where Clavor learns that it never pays to get pissy with a Scarran. Cargn uses his bad breath to make the air get shimmery, and Cargn recoils.
The palace. Rygel is smiling at a platter of food. In the background, D'Argo has apparently told Crichton that Scorpius is lurking about. Crichton, rather remarkably, is focused on other things: "The Princess is nice. She's sweet. And it might be kinda fun to go shopping for the rest of my life, but I am not getting married!" He asks if they've found Moya, and D'Argo guesses that the ship hightailed it when Scorpius turned up. Hey, good thinkin'. Rygel tells Crichton that, in his position, he'd marry Katralla. Crichton snaps, "You're a polygamist!" D'Argo mentions that Scorpius offered him a deal: "He's gonna leave the rest of us alone, and he promises not to destroy your brain as long as you give him access to the wormhole technology in your brain." Crichton tensely asks what D'Argo's reply was. D'Argo duhs, "That I'd talk to you about it." Crichton doesn't care for that, but D'Argo sighs that he was stalling. I like that they don't even try to make us think that D'Argo might be in cahoots with Scorpius. If we were supposed to worry about it, Scorpius would have chatted with Rygel, you know? Rygel suggests that Crichton play along with the marriage until they can come up with a plan. Which sounds reasonable, but given how their plans usually go, I can see why that doesn't soothe Crichton. He rants, "I am the reverse King Arthur. I am the one who can put the sword into the stone." When that doesn't get any reaction beyond befuddlement, he adds that he's going to tell Katralla that there's not going to be a wedding.