Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Do Not Go Gentle
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 01.06.2000
... and then Heskon is showing them to their quarters. They reach a security checkpoint, and Heskon takes Crichton's ident chip again. He swipes it, but then asks Crichton to place his hand in a spot in the machine. Crichton resists at first, but the Peace-troopers snap to attention, and Heskon explains that access to everything past where they are requires genetic verification. Chiana tries to smooth-talk Heskon, but he isn't having it, and he announces that as a Chief Security Officer, he can give Crichton orders in this situation. Crichton seethes, but removes his gloves, and after another withering glare, sticks his hands into the openings on the console. The computer announces, "Analyzing." Is it me, or are the act breaks getting easier to see coming?
The machine does its thing -- and confirms "Larraq's" identity. Chiana can barely believe their luck, but she and Crichton both hold it together and stay in character. Heskon offers to show them the rest of the way to their quarters, but Crichton declines, and he and Chiana are out of there.
Cut to the two of them pede-wondering how the hell they got away with that when a woman whispers, "Larraq!" They turn, and we see that it's Gilina, of the eponymous "PK Tech Girl." Ooh, nice. I certainly did not expect that at all when I first watched it. Not being familiar with the hit parade of Australian actors on this show does wonders for my ability to be surprised. He doesn't seem to recognize her at first, but she stealthily beckons him to follow her. She enters a room, and hides until they too are inside, at which point she shuts the door and reveals herself. She almost gets shot for her efforts, and Crichton tightly asks what she's doing on the base, and if Crais is there. She informs him that she's been assigned to a new development project, and she doesn't know the specifics, but she assumes it involves producing new weaponry. Crichton seems overly wary of Gilina, given that they totally kissed last time, but maybe it's because she's staring at him rather hungrily, if you know what I mean. Gilina, haven't you heard about the five-to-one ratio? Crichton makes an unnecessary comment about the evils weapons in Peacekeeper hands, like, we know it's been a while but we're still pretty clear on that concept, and then tells Chiana, who wasn't around for "PK Tech Girl," that Gilina's a friend. Gilina gives a good, reasonably subtle glance at Chiana, trying to size up her relationship with Crichton. I don't blame you, girl, but that one will take a while, and we haven't got all day here. Crichton asks how Gilina knew he was there, and she admits she saw him in the officers' lounge. She knew he'd never pass a genetic scan, so she overwrote the security program. Chiana, both duly impressed and already thinking about what else they can use her for, asks if Gilina did all that by herself and from their current location, and Gilina affirms that. Chiana, apparently having more knowledge of how impressive that feat was than Crichton, tells him, "This is a very good friend."