Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Reality Bites
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 07.22.1999
... of when he was a little boy and he used to look at water snakes. His mother yells at him to come away before he falls in...
... and back in the present, Crichton looks out of it as Tahleen takes Zhaan's hand, apparently sharing the vision with her...
... and young Crichton does indeed fall into the water, where he thrashes about and calls for his mother...
... until back in the present, Crichton snaps out of the vision with a start, followed by Zhaan doing the same. Aeryn somewhat hilariously draws her weapon as Zhaan realizes that Tahleen altered Crichton's memory, and orders her to put Crichton back the way he was. Sure, okay.
Nearby, Crichton is trying to shake off the memory tampering when Aeryn finds him and announces, "You are the most bizarre creature I have ever met." My guess is that she doesn't watch dailies.
On Moya, D'Argo tells Rygel that he's worried there's some Delvian trickery going on, what with them all having the same dream, and they should leave. Rygel instructs him to get the food first, as he's only crapped out an eighth of his body weight so far today.
In the temple, Crichton is looking at an enormous twisting object when the male Delvian from outside startles him. "Do not touch the Sanctity Root." ["Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of 'the Honesty Stone' and started snickering just now." -- Sars] Considering how often Crichton acts like a twelve-year-old, I'm amazed he refrained from giggling, especially as the guy goes on that it's "poison to [his] hand." He introduces himself as "Tuzak: Teacher-Leader-Holy Reaper-Seeker of the Flame." Well, he may not be beyond redemption, but if that's how he introduces himself, he's certainly beyond boring. He goes on that he's insane because of Crichton. "Because I touched inside what I needed to touch you outside." I think he means that the power he tapped into to invade the minds of the Moya crew caused his madness, but I'll admit that his way of saying it, while more vague, certainly sounds hotter. Anyway, Crichton looks mildly uncomfortable, as he's only got the no-doubt-familiar idea that someone's hitting on him, but then Tuzak tells him Zhaan is in peril. Unfortunately, he leaves with only this reminder: "Do not touch the Root." Fine, if no one's going to giggle, I won't hee hee hee.
Aeryn's lurking somewhere when a younger male Delvian, "Hasko," gives her shit about her weapon. Aeryn's not fazed, and I'm not surprised, especially given that the guy looks and sounds like he'll be hopping on with Cirque Du Soleil as soon as they make it to his corner of the galaxy. Anyway, the guy mentioning that Peacekeepers drove him from Delvia is enough to get Aeryn to leave, and when she's gone, he tells the aforementioned Lorana that they're far outside their vows. Jeez, something's rotten in the New Moon of Delvia. We get it. Anyway, Lorana says that she and Tahleen share Unity now, and she won't beard for him any more -- I mean, "listen to his jealousy."