Episode Report Card Keckler: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The One Where Talyn And Crais Elope
By Keckler | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 03.16.2000
Pilot tells Crichton that Moya doesn't want to let Talyn get any further from her. Crichton finally backs down saying, "Maybe Mom really does know best."
Aeryn visits Moody Blues, who is now making things chime by waving crystals around. Next she'll be playing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Boudong" on wineglass rims. Zhaan tells Aeryn that she's pursuing some phase or another of the Seek and adds, "I love you." Aeryn: "What?" "I love you," Zhaan repeats. Aeryn jumps up half-groaning, "Ooh, yes, I did hear it the first time." Aeryn stutters a bit, but Zhaan interrupts her with, "I love all living beings. The Seek has reopened my eyes to the wonder of the spirit. I am now going to redevote my life to it." I ran into someone at the Berkeley farmers' market who said the exact same thing! I wonder if Zhaan also smells like an exotic mixture of patchouli and tofu and screams when people buy white bread instead of sprouted wheat. Aeryn nods, "Well, I think that's...really selfish, actually." Her voice shaking with suppressed emotion, Aeryn tells Zhaan to look around her big blue ass because Moya and Talyn are freaking out and are in danger. Zhaan pauses in her chiming and says that worldly things don't interest her any more. Aeryn shoots back if that's the case, Zhaan needs to shut the fuck up about how she loves Aeryn. Zhaan's face contorts slightly but she visibly regains control and starts to explain, "Love in its most rarified sense --" "Too rarified for me," Aeryn snaps, "I'm just an ignorant warrior who believes that love means you're willing to fight and die for your fellow living beings." Zhaan watches Aeryn storm off. She tries to go back to chiming, but the crystal just sounds out crashes and disharmony, showing her shattered peace of mind.
From inside his cell, Crais taunts D'Argo for being an atypical Luxan, "You left your military service to raise a family upon a rural planet." D'Argo growls at Crais to spare him his disapproval. Crais doesn't disapprove, however, he himself grew up in a farming community until the Peacekeepers dragged him into service. "My wife was a Sebacean, tell me you approve of that," D'Argo challenges him. Tell me why D'Argo's even bothering to visit Crais. Crais agrees that he doesn't approve because all Sebaceans abhor interspecies mingling, however he blames that abhorrence on Peacekeeper training. "As such, it needs to be questioned, re-examined," Crais notes. D'Argo sourly observes that a containment cell is a good place for reflection. Enthused, Crais agrees, citing Zhaan's initial pursuit of the Delvian Seek during her incarceration aboard Moya, "But I cannot stay here. Talyn needs me." "Too frelling bad," D'Argo retorts and adds that he's going to have to get used to the idea that he's never getting aboard Talyn again, regardless of his promises to keep the shipling out of Peacekeeper hands. Crais asks if D'Argo was happy before he was imprisoned. "Happier than you can ever imagine," D'Argo says. "Then I envy you," Crais says. Huh?