Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT NOOOOO!
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 09.16.1999
The Peacekeeper ship comes in for a landing, opening-credits-style, but before it touches down, its occupants jump out and land on the floor with weapons at the ready. I'm not doing it justice, but it's a rather fake effect that still manages to look very cool. The hangar doors open, and Aeryn, enormous gun leveled, calls for them to identify themselves. A good-looking male Peacekeeper, pulse pistol trained on her, asks for her ID. The conversation does not continue, "I asked you first." "I asked you second! Two is more than one!" Of course, that's probably only because we haven't seen Crichton yet. Aeryn verbally gives her ID, and the guy says his name is "Larraq," and his assignment's none of her business. He's feeling confident since he's got several backup Peacekeepers around him. I'd still bet on Aeryn, though, and even without The Gun That Saved Tokyo. Larraq explains that his Marauder has a fuel leak, and it's lucky they found her. Aeryn's sardonic smile is priceless: "You think?" Seriously, dude, you have no idea. Larraq skeevily says it's a big ship for one little girl, and Aeryn's smile goes even harder: "I can handle big." And given that the show typically takes every possible opportunity to increase our love and lust for Crichton, who do you think would be good to cut to off that line?
Well, regardless of what you think, he's coming in, dressed in the same scorching leather outfit as Aeryn. He tells Aeryn to put down her weapon, and when she hesitates, stresses, "That is an order." Only he says so in the most atrocious English accent I have EVER heard. I know Browder lived in London for a while, so I can only imagine he's doing this to be funny. Because if this is the best he can do, I... well, let's just say I might even start to be unimpressed by Crichton in leather, because the accent is THAT BAD. I may have to take back my statement from the last paragraph. Anyway, Larraq, not cowed by Crichton's ersatz captaincy, says that he and his team are on a "Priority Red" mission, and shows them a tag that looks like the one I use to get into the gym, only instead of a bar code, it's got a Pac-Man on it. Well, it's probably the Peacekeeper insignia, but take a look if you don't believe me. Larraq's point is, that under some provision of the Peacekeeper code, he's taking command over Moya, its crew, and -- he levels his pistol at Crichton -- "you." Yes, please take command of that accent and whip it into shape. Credits.