Episode Report Card Strega: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Bank Shot
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 19 | Aired on 01.04.2001
Stark verbally leads Pirate Zhaan & Co. out of the depository. From his crate, Rygel gripes, "Ten percent of this plan is lunacy! Fifty percent of these riches is not enough! One hundred percent of dead is dead!" These are all valid points. Stark starts to get flustered, but D'Argo sorts him out by threatening to kill him if the others are captured. D'Argo's helpful that way.
Crichton insists, "This'll work, trust me." Aeryn's a tad skeptical. They've undressed the guards and are eyeing the pleather outfits dubiously. Like their clothes aren't peculiar. Crichton's in the middle of saying something about how they have to get their clothes off. I don't think this is the first time he's tried that line. The fashion discussion is interrupted when another pair of guards rush into the corridor. Crichton shouts, "They went thattaway!" and ducks around a corner with Aeryn. It also makes me happy that they start to disguise themselves as guards, but then they get interrupted and don't do it. It adds to the feeling that they're flailing about at random.
Observation room. The cameras come back online. Scorpius tells Akkor to keep him updated, and heads out. Natira doesn't want Scorpius wandering around without an escort. Scorpius starts to say, "Natira," but suddenly clutches his head. After collecting himself, he turns to her and asks, "How much do you owe me? In every way?" Natira smiles, " Too much, that I can not repay." Are they speaking in rhyming couplets now? Cool! Scorpius tells her that if he catches Crichton, all of Natira's debts will be forgiven.
Zhaan tells Crichton that they're almost out. D'Argo encourages Stark. Chiana waits for a door to open. Stark panics, and starts slamming his control panel uselessly. D'Argo tongue-zaps Stark and takes over the console. Oh, good.
Crichton suddenly stops and pulls Aeryn toward him. He gasps, "If Scorpius gets me..." Aeryn frowns, "I know: shoot you." Crichton duhs, "No -- shoot him." Sometimes I forget why I love them, but this scene reminds me. Crichton says that they need to talk, but Aeryn thinks that maybe there are other things to do at the moment. She starts to rush on, but Crichton grabs her arm and insists, "I have to tell you how I feel, I have to tell you..." Aeryn says he doesn't. He tries again, and she repeats, "No, you don't," because she knows, and...aw, man. Crichton, to his credit, gets it, and docilely lets Aeryn lead him away.
Scorpius, with Braca and glow-stick girl in tow, asks Natira what's going on. Natira says that Scorpius is headed for Crichton. Akkor notes that Pirate Zhaan is making a getaway with Scorpius's dough, but Natira sighs, "Least of our worries."