Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 155 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT A Kiss Before Dying
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 2000.01.14
Moya. As the ship shakes, Rygel and Chiana are trying to research something, presumably pregnancy procedures, as Pilot tells them Moya thinks getting the offspring out as quickly as possible would be advisable. I keep saying this, but: If she only knew. Pilot suggests some technobabbly solution, and Rygel co-signs it, and then exposits that while he's conceived hundreds of progeny both official and illegitimate, he wasn't present at any of the births. He does note that their current situation is a little bit different: "My progeny were tiny. Tiny and handsome. Like their father." Moya's rumblings intensify, and if she heard that little speech from Rygel, I can hardly blame her.
A bunch of techs are working on the Aurora Chair as Niem snaps that Scorpius wants maximum power, now. I don't know if this little maintenance session is serendipitous or if Gilina did something to create the illusion that it was necessary, but either way, here she is, crawling into a little area underneath the chair and offering to give a male tech, already working away, a hand. She suggests he take care of something outside the tight space, and he agrees, as she's got the superior knowledge. Not that he should feel bad about that, considering she's turning out to be the interstellar version of MacGyver. Once the male tech is gone and she's judged that the coast is clear, she removes one of many cylindrical cartridges embedded in the ceiling of the small space and switches it out for one she brought with her. She hides the original one in her jumpsuit as the lead technician calls that the calibration is complete, just as Scorpius and Crais enter the room. Gilina emerges from underneath the chair at that moment, and for a second I was worried that Crais would recognize her, but I suppose it's in character that he wouldn't. Scorpius and Crais lead a party to go retrieve Crichton, and Gilina takes the opportunity to get the hell out of there...
...but her chores aren't done, as we cut to her back in the alcove from which she's been doing most of her work. Breathless, she patches back in and calls to Crichton. He tells her there's company at the door, and the scene becomes nail-biting as she instructs him, when he gets into the chair, not to block the memory of their kiss on the Zelbinion. Crichton recoils, as that's the one thing he's been hiding, but she urgently tells him to trust her. Stark runs interference at the door, buying them a couple more seconds for her to reiterate her command, but then Crais gut-punches him a couple of times and tosses him aside like a rag doll. Officially? Reprehensible. Unofficially? Re-wind. Scorpius enters and, deliciously deliberately, asks Crais, "Have you finished?" The answer is yes, and Scorpius conversationally tells Crichton, "This is what I'm trying to keep you from!" Hee. Two Peace-troopers haul Crichton to his feet, and Scorpius tells him that if he stops blocking the chair, he won't torture him anymore. Crichton denies blocking anything, though, so after some conversation that feels slightly like rather tasty filler, Scorpius instructs his minions to bring Crichton.