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
Back in the Center Chamber, Larraq asks Aeryn if she's ever flown anything "sexier" than a Leviathan. Aeryn does not say, "This one time? At flight camp?" She does, however, list her early flying history, ending at flight school at sixteen cycles. Larraq asks why she waited so long, and Aeryn smiles as she confesses that until then, her feet wouldn't reach the pedals. Heh. And normally, I'd be a little annoyed at Aeryn paying attention to this interloper, but I can't really blame her, given that (a) this guy is hot, and (b) Crichton is running around talking like the Queen's retarded cousin's retarded cousin. Aeryn asks about the thing in the crate, and they flirt a bit more, but Larraq gets serious as he tells her to stay away from it. Aeryn takes in the fairly obvious fact that he's primarily saying that for her protection, not the cargo's, and then shifts gears as she notes that he's got a stasis gun, which is for "capture, not killing." At Larraq's silence, she notes that a Gammak base is "science-military," and wonders if it's wise to take the thing there. Larraq opines that science-military is perfect. "Let them deal with it."
Speaking of "it," we get a glimpse of the sarcophagus-like crate...
... and then Chiana, with the help of a DRD, is fashioning a key from the impression she took...
... and then Rygel's examining the crate when Chiana enters. Rygel's startled, and snarks that he should have her wear a bell around her neck. Chiana: "Keep your fantasies to yourself." Rygel gags at the idea of having a fantasy about Chiana, but Chiana calls him out as the puppet that doth protest too much. And somewhere, William Shakespeare has just about had it.
Thorrn tells Larraq he's going to check out the cargo bay. Personally, I think Larraq should take what he can get if he's going to ogle Aeryn rather than help in the search. Not, as usual, that I necessarily blame him.
Rygel babbles some more, and Chiana, not having it, tells him he's there for the same reason she is -- to see if there's anything worth "snurching." Write your own joke about Chiana's snurch here. Rygel: "I don't snurch. I... procure." Hee. Chiana suggests they split whatever's inside, to which Rygel objects, since he was there first. Chiana's possession of the key, however, causes him to agree to the even split. I think these two really do like each other, because otherwise I don't know what's keeping Chiana from using Rygel to practice her kickball skills. Chiana inserts the key, and a smaller container slides out of the first one. Rygel totally wusses out, so Chiana opens it, noting that it's hot. Inside is a really ugly rubber alien that looks like a cross between E.T. and a battery chicken. Now I just made myself want to go vegetarian. If history is any indication, though, that urge will pass.