Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Do Not Go Gentle
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 01.06.2000
Beauty shot of Moya in front of a large reddish-orange planet. Pilot tells the crew that it's an uninhabitable gas giant, but there's a moon on the other side large enough to have an atmosphere. I'd guess it's Yavin, but while we're certainly in a galaxy far, far away, I don't think seven years is "a long time ago" on quite the scale they mean. Anyway, the mass of the planet will shield Moya from the moon base completely.
Crichton is checking on what must be Aeryn's Prowler, since Larraq went and got his ship blown up and all. Chiana appears, wearing a traveling cloak complete with shawl over her head. I wonder if the action figure for Chiana comes with accessories, and if so, if they have age ratings on them. Crichton isn't amenable to the idea of Chiana coming with him, but she informs him that what he needs on this mission is a talented burglar. Crichton asks what her angle is, and she tells him she wants to earn her keep. He doesn't believe her, probably still slightly miffed over the role she played in freeing the virus last episode, but as proof of both her intentions and her usefulness, she forks over the identification chip she lifted from Larraq. She adds that it will provide maximum-security clearance, and that's all the convincing Crichton needs, as he could use the help. He dangerously, and rather sexily, swings her around and adds, "If you're gonna help." I know you didn't ask, but if she won't, I will.
Another beauty shot of the Prowler leaving Moya and heading for the moon. Crichton tells Chiana they'll pull the same routine they did on the Marauder commandos, and they quickly get within visual range of the desolate-looking base, which is perched on a huge outcropping, and which Chiana notes resembles a mining complex or possibly a refinery. Crichton observes that it looks like it's been "nuked," and wonders if it's camouflaged or simply dead. Chiana smiles that it's not dead, and reports that eight targeting systems have locked onto them. Crichton opens a channel and asks what's up with the weapons locks. "Can't you tell a friend from a foe?" Given that you just unleashed THE ACCENT on them, I think they've actually got things exactly right. The base attendant tells him to identify himself, and after some bickering about whether the channel is secure, Crichton intimidates the guy enough to secure a landing vector, much to Chiana's glee. And here I thought her ears were supposed to be highly sensitive.