Episode Report Card Couch Baron: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT He Said, She Said
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 07.15.1999
Crichton is starting to talk about how it'll be like a wind tunnel when they depressurize, like I'm sure Aeryn needs your simplistic metaphors, especially when she's just discovered that one of the helmets is broken, so they only have one working space suit. Crichton: "So one of us gets to die." It's so easy to be negative, isn't it, Crichton? No, really, I'm asking.
Pod of DOOOOOOM. Aeryn and Crichton are both suited up, and Crichton is saying there's no way to test the welder before the depressurization, since cabin go boom and everything. Aeryn hands Crichton a nasty-looking needle gun that makes any hypodermic you've ever seen have some degree of, um, envy. She explains that it's loaded up with a "kill shot" that will stop her brain and heart functions, and then hands him another vial with a "nerve shot" that will bring her back. Crichton stammers a protest, but Aeryn isn't brooking any dissent, for three reasons: one, the kill and nerve shots were designed for Sebaceans; two, Crichton knows how to weld; and three, if she's unconscious she won't have to feel any emotions. As is often the case, the unstated reason is the strongest. However, in this case, it's quickly made irrelevant, as Crichton realizes the broken helmet is his, and the intact one won't fit him. That big skull really has never done anything for him. After a long moment of consideration, Aeryn asks what exactly she has to do and how much time she has. Crichton thinks his brain can last four minutes without oxygen, or five or six depending on body temperature. Aeryn suggests that sticking with an actual number might be a good idea in this particular case. Crichton is getting emotional, which he displays by handing Aeryn the torch. As you do.
Moya. Kcrackic appears to be winning, and the henchZenetan earns his SAG card in the most sycophantic way possible, but when he's gone, Rygel makes a "very unusual move," according to Kcrackic, so we're to think that "three squares ahead" job is Staanz's signature move. Rygel gives nothing away, even in the face of Kcrackic squintingly sizing him up. And that's always an amusing expression to pair with Rygel.
Pod. Crichton is all nervous about the nerve shot, and Aeryn tells him they can't be sure it's going to work until he's dead. On the plus side, you probably don't have to spend a lot on her for Valentine's Day. She "encouragingly" tells him that Sebacean and human physiology seems similar enough, because warm- and cold-blooded creatures often have a lot in common biologically. This doesn't reassure Crichton, who decides to teach her CPR. She lies down, but we cut out before he fluffs up a pillow or two for her.