Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Live Through This With Me
By Jacob Clifton | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 04.15.1999
John completes the triangle and sides with Aeryn -- who's right now the attacking one, just like before when it was John attacking the PK way of life -- and tells Gilina evenly, "She's not a traitor, not by a long shot. Crais never gave her a chance. Not like the chance we're giving you." There's kind of a subtle "Acting like a jerk is going to get us both killed by crazy Aeryn" in there somewhere. Whatever, it chills Gilina out considerably, and she tells the obvious truth that she just hid while the Sheyangs were looting. "They said they were gonna come back for the DS." And John speaks Tech: "Defense Shield?" Gilina explains that it's not exactly operational, but it's less damaged than everything else. God forbid John have a conversation with a Tech, of course, so Aeryn grabs Gilina by like the face and shoves her down the corridor: "Move! Go!" She's probably just worried about the Sheyangs. I'm sure that's it.
D'Argo enters Moya's Command, where Zhaan is reading screens. "Their plasma conductor is targeted on us," she says, and then suggests that they signal their intent to leave, and then "depart without incident." D'Argo explains that this is asking for deadness, because the Sheyang are that kind of alien that attacks weakness and flees from strength. Like most other kinds of aliens on this show except for the really cool ones. (Oh, MAN! I gotta write about the effin' dog people later! Tsk. This show.) Zhaan offers a plan B: "We get the others on board, we decouple, and then attempt to starburst." D'Argo says that the Sheyang will be blowing them up well before that, and Zhaan whines that Moya has "no offensive capabilities -- nothing to signal strength." (Wishing you and your little flying girlfriend had some guns, are ya? Hmm. That's not very "Zhaan," is it? I guess sometimes choosing the self-importantly pacifist option just doesn't cut it, does it?) D'Argo's like, "I know! I hate how Moya has no guns! Finally we understand each other!"
Gilina says the DS is fucked...but then figures out that it's not, if she just blah blah blah, and Aeryn tells her to shut up and do it. "Officer Sun, I know you're not a tech, but..." and it's neat, because she's following protocol -- if you're talking to infantry, kiss ass, because they're the ones in charge, because they're the ones with guns -- and Aeryn's just like, "Eh, just tell me." Gilina says it all depends on the power reserves, but they're looking at eight hours, minimum. And the Sheyang are totally vulturing around above their head trying to figure out Moya, which is not going to take eight hours, so Aeryn prepares to go off yet again, but John jumps in with some 'babble, which to Gilina is like the sweetest music plus a Belgian waffle amount of hot Crichton lovin'. Yeah. That'll take the itch off Aeryn's trigger finger like friggin' Gold Bond.