Episode Report Card Jacob: A | 366 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT A Human Reaction
By Jacob | Season 1 | Episode 16 | Aired on 1999.08.20
Yes. In the condo's living room, Aeryn's fretting over her new clothes, as we focus on her in the mirror being weirded out. John's almost smiling, because it's as weird for him as it is for us to see her in what she's wearing. Which is a strapless sun dress, with a light green sweater, and the dress is intensely flowery...but maybe only five years out of date, if it's 1999. For such an intensely beautiful and feminine woman, she gives good drag queen. It's weird to even look at, and Aeryn knows it: "Are you sure about this?" And: really? Is the point that she shouldn't be leaving the house in anything but a dress? Because it's not 1955. I mean, it's funny as hell and I love it when she wears "Earth clothes" for just this reason, but...whatever. I'm sure I'm missing something. Maybe it's a size issue and the only clothes they could find were the ones left behind by the previous renters, who just happened to be the entire Ashley family. If that's the case, you'd think the furnishings would be uglier. John cuts himself off, comforting her, at a knock at the door. They rush forward, Aeryn of course pulling her gigantic gun, and Jack calls to his son from outside. "It's my father," says John in a library whisper, and Aeryn's vindicated and pretty scary, given the outfit: "I knew it! He's betrayed us! There'll be soldiers outside!" John's like, "Dude." He opens the door, and Jack steps inside just enough for John to close the door.
"Are you okay, son?" John says he's okay, and archly indicates the woman with the dress and the gun. "Remember Aeryn Sun?" They stare. "We actually never met," says Jack. Aeryn orders John to search Jack, again in her alien language from our perspective, and John refuses her once, then again. Aeryn gets huffy and keeps her gun leveled at Jack. "Is she ever gonna put that down?" asks Jack. But remember, she can understand what he's saying -- the only one without translator microbes, including us, is Jack. That's important. She shakes her head, grinning like steel. John's like, "Uh, doubt it." Jack assures them, still staring at Aeryn, that Wilson has no idea any of them is there: "It's not gonna take them long to start searching places we've been before." John asks if Jack talked to any of his contacts, and Jack goes quiet: "Everybody. No one's gonna help us, son. It's too dangerous." John asks if Jack will help, himself, and Jack shrugs: "I don't matter in this. Official word is that these aliens never existed. D'Argo's on his way to a military base in Utah, and the warehouse has been swept clean." Aeryn advances, speaking angrily, and John grabs her wrist: "Aeryn! Back off. Please."