Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Last Tanga In The Paris Commune
By Jacob Clifton | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 04.22.1999
I don't agree with their stupid hair care, I don't agree with their stupid lifestyle, and I really don't agree with their stupid, awful dancing. However, I cannot say that I disagree entirely with their stupid hippie clothing, provided that it is John Crichton wearing the hippie clothing. He's wearing a red quilted vest over a sleeveless russet tunic, and some drawstring pants. I guess this is when wardrobe finally decided on the arms for good, and we thank them for it. And in this outfit he is walking, with drums almost too loud for conversation -- like these freaks have those -- through the bar again. The aggressive revolutionary chick, Tanga, once more grabs him from behind and pokes him with something sharp as she's saying a pleasant hello. "Come, join us for a drink!"
Tanga and John join her dad, Hybin, and another dude at the bar, where she begs her slumping father to sit up straight. John starts yelling about the worm, and Hybin patiently explains that it's the worm keeping him safe. "Without it, you would already be like them." John asks for some exposition, which is considerate of him, and Hybin obliges: the worm thrives on the toxin in the tannot. John finally figures out that the people are all wacky and stupid because of the food that they've been plainly handing out and ordering everybody to eat the entire time. Tanga tells him to pass and act like an idiot. Which...it's the low-key part that he'll be finding difficult. He's kind of jumpy, John Crichton. "If they discover you are immune, they will execute you." Wow. John asks if they've all been wormed, and Hybin says that they're just naturally immune to the tannot drug for whatever reason -- like, he doesn't even try to explain that part -- and again tells John they need his specific help, for some reason. They did not do their homework!
Hybin and the guy take off, and Tanga bounces after hissing again about how he's going to die if he doesn't act stoned all the time. The reason for their hasty retreat is Volmae, turns out, who admires his clothes while talking like a freak. He's like, "Thank you...these clothes are wonderful. They're just...wonderful." Hey, man: nice shot. Volmae asks if he's enjoying his drugged food and he continues to do a poor job acting stoned, and she asks about Rygel and Aeryn. John's like, "I will totally make them come back down here because they deserve bean bag chair time too and I feel great and really content and not at all alert. They should totally drop acting of their own volition like immediately, dude." She says that D told her about Moya being a cargo vessel, and acts very sketchy about that, and then together they intone once more that tomorrow is a rest day. John's grossed out as he says it with her.