Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 162 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Do Not Go Gentle
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 2000.01.07
We come back to a shot of a large multicolored light that looks sort of like an oversized dentist's lamp. Fitting, too, because Crichton is strapped into a chair, and while it's normal to feel apprehension in this general set-up, his dread looks oversized as well. I'll answer the question on your mind, Crichton: It is not by any means safe. As we get a full look at the room, we see that Crichton's chair is actually rotating in some sort of gyroscopic frame, and the woman from earlier is nearby operating a large control panel. Scorpius is standing in the entryway regarding Crichton, who asserts that he's Larraq, Peacekeeper Special Ops. Scorpius isn't so much buying that, and gestures to the woman, who pushes a button, causing the mechanism right in front of Crichton's eyes to emit something seemingly very painful. Scorpius signals the woman (oh, okay, she's going to be around for a while: it's Niem) to cut it off after a few seconds, and then introduces himself. Crichton notes that Scorpius doesn't look Sebacean. He's keeping up the accent even now, which isn't exactly going to make me stop associating it with extreme pain. Scorpius in turn notes that Crichton does look Sebacean, yet his "energy signature" is quite dissimilar. He asks what species Crichton is, and who he's working for. Crichton tells him to get stuffed, resulting in another dose of pain.
Scorpius muses that perhaps Crichton is trying to provoke him into killing him before he extracts any useful information. "I long ago learned the advantages of patience." I'd think so, because getting into that outfit every morning must be a right bitch. Niem slides a handle on the panel, causing more pain, but also a look into Crichton's mind. We see a jumble of images -- several of Farscape One and of the loathed Maldis among them -- before Scorpius calls a break. A quivering Crichton asks what the hell that was. Scorpius: "A memory. Random and indistinct at the moment. It will take some time to map your neural patterns." I was going to say "clip show," but we'll go with Scorpius's answer. More pain yields D'Argo tongue-lashing Crichton, among other images from the pilot. Scorpius notes that they saw a Leviathan ship, and recalls that there was a report of an escaped Leviathan prison transport. He orders the silent Niem to have Javio check the data files, and then tells Crichton, "You are a most interesting spy." More pain and screaming...