Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Right Now I'm A Race Car
By Jacob Clifton | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 04.08.1999
Aeryn stands outside Rygel's quarters, listening to him shit. Now, I cannot believe that I have to tell you about a scene where this beautiful lady had to listen to a Muppet take a dump, and I am relatively removed from the scene as it takes place. I'm not even watching it, I'm writing this recap from my notes while listening to some bullshitty Strokes demo, and I still can't believe it. So I want you to imagine being that lady, because I cannot. D'Argo arrives and they yell at him, and then there's a joke that I won't recap, except to say that Aeryn does a great inner shudder move at the end of the joke I won't recap.
In command, Zhaan answers a transmission from Kyr, honestly curious about how he's doing. "Much better," he says, "now." And he holds up the gauntlet, of course, because this is the lesson she's got to learn, and we'll keep telling her until she arrives at the truth. There's a real grace in the way she calmly looks on him; a beauty that contains all the love in the world, unshakeable, caring and remote as the ocean. "My choice," he says, not exactly begging her to understand where he's coming from. She does. Not as much as she knows, but enough that her love outweighs the disappointment. They look at each other for some time, and he finally nods, and hangs up, and it's the only time I ever really love her, the way she deserves to be loved, at least: "No sermons," she says softly, and sadly, to herself.
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