Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Enemy Of My Enemy Is...
By Couch Baron | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 08.12.1999
Denouement. Rygel asks Aeryn if Moya is mad at him for throwing the bomb. Aeryn pointedly says that Moya understands, and Rygel tries to answer the obvious implication by pointing out that Crichton threw a bomb too. Aeryn in turn points out that Crichton's bomb caused Moya to expel Durka's ship, and I might point out that the difference is sort of like the one between a knife attack and life-saving surgery. Of course, if I did, I'd do so about a hundred times faster than Durka. Aeryn exposits that Moya is still in a lot of pain from the damage she took protecting her child, and then returns Rygel's knife by plunging it into the food cubes he's eating. She starts in on a more conciliatory tack, but Rygel snaps, "Don't you dare thank me for saving your life!" Well, I guess that's my cue to shut up. Aeryn says she wasn't going to, and Rygel's all, "Why not?" Hee. Aeryn astutely points out that with all the heavy baggage between him and Durka, she doesn't think she entered into the interaction at all. She does add, though, that she thinks Rygel handled himself well, an assessment with which Rygel agrees, not that he's not entitled to that. When Rygel brags that he beat Durka at his own game, however, Aeryn smirks and leans in: "You just compared yourself to a Peacekeeper." Rygel considers that, and the moments when the characters on Moya realize, deep down, just how similar they all are are really the ones to savor.
Crichton amusedly walks in on Zhaan's attempts to treat a fussy Chiana's wound. Crichton asks how the patient is, and Zhaan sniffs that she's a brat. Crichton playfully asks if they should kick her off the ship. Zhaan: "Ask me tomorrow." Hee. She leaves, and Crichton more seriously tells Chiana that Moya is gathering her strength for starburst, so they should be safe from the Nebari. I'm kind of curious how the Nebari are so effective in battle, since they seem to get to their destination at about the same relative speed as Durka talks. Chiana's relieved, but Crichton tells her they have rules on the ship. Chiana smiles: "Yeah? Well, when I see any of you following them, so will I." I now see that, among her many traits that were regarded as liabilities on her homeworld, we can now add perceptiveness. Crichton says he's easy, and I think even this far out in the galaxy, you'd have to search long and hard to find anyone who thinks that's bad news. His point is, though, that the others on the ship won't be so forgiving. Chiana says maybe she'll just get off at the next planet, and Crichton tells her she's welcome to do whatever she wants, but asks her where she was when Salis was killed. Chiana smiles, but once Crichton's gone, her expression grows serious as she considers what she did. And that's a pretty solid way to introduce a new character.