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Ben Browder
Claudia Black Anthony Simcoe Gigi Edgley Paul Goddard Lani Tupu Wayne Pygram |
Commander John Crichton Officer Aeryn Sun Ka D'Argo Chiana Stark Crais Scorpius | |
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Tammy MacIntosh David Franklin Evan Sheaves Johanna Kerrigan Danny Adcock Amy Salas Stephanie Jacobson Dave Shedlowich Thomas Holesgrove Sam Healy Nicholas Bishop William Zappa |
Jool Lt. Braca Young Scorpius Linfer Co-Kura Strappa Tauza (Scorpy's 'surrogate' mom) Nurse Froy Plint (Braca's PK Henchman) Wolish (Scorpy's Dad) Rylani Jeema Dellos (Scorpy's Mom) Ghebb Dellos (Rylani's husband) Captain Molayne | |
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Guest Stars Reappearing: David Franklin: David returns as Lt. Braca, that pinnacle of PK Officer-dom, and Scorpius's constant companion since Bone To Be Wild, well, except for LATP1. Danny Adcock: Reappearing as the fishy alien member of Scorpius's Wormhole Research Team from "Losing Time", Strappa. Also previously played the wonderfully wacky alien T'raltixx, from Season 2's, "Cracker's Don't Matter". Johanna Kerrigan: Also reappearing as the lovely bluish talking mime alien member of Scorpius's research team from "Losing Time", Linfer. Jo previously appeared in Farscape as Rorf's mate, Rorg from "Till The Blood Runs Clear" from Season 1, and "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These", from the 'final four' story arc of Season 2. Thomas Holesgrove: Thomas, having the distinction of being the 'most killed' character on Farscape ( You ROCK, Tommy! ), returns inside the skin of the his fourth Scarran, in a brief cameo as Scorpy's 'dad'. Thomas previously appeared on Farscape as the late Halosian, Tak ( Out Of Their Minds ), the late Scarran, Cargn ( Look At The Princess Trilogy ), the late Scarran, Gahv ( Won't Get Fooled Again ), the late Sheyang, Teurac ( Liars, Guns & Money, Parts 2 & 3: With Friends Like These & Plan B ), the late Diagnosian, Tocot ( Season Of Death ), as well as the late Scarran, Erathran Plonek ( Season Of Death), the late Moordil ( Suns & Lovers), annnnnd the late Colartas Tracker, Vek ( Relativity ). Writer: Richard Manning Who also wrote: Director: Ian Watson Who also directed: | ||
| PRODUCTION CREDITS: | |
| Created by: | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| Directed by: | Ian Watson |
| Written by: | Richard Manning |
| Consulting Producer: | Sue Milliken |
| Co-Producer: | Andrew Prowse |
| Line Producer: | Lesley Parker |
| Supervising Producer: | Justin Monjo |
| Executive Producer: | Richard Manning |
| Produced by: | Anthony Winley |
| Executive Producer: | David Kemper |
| Executive Producers: |
Juliet Blake Robert Halmi, Jr. Brian Henson |
| Executive Consultant: | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| Executive Consultant: | Carleton Eastlake |
| Director of Photography: | Russell Bacon |
| Production Designer: | Tim Ferrier |
| Music by: | Guy Gross |
| Editor: | Neil Thumpston |
| Costume Designer: | Terry Ryan |
| Second Unit DOP: | Danny Batterham |
| Makeup/Hair Supervisor: | Jen Lamphee |
| Story Editor: | Lily Taylor |
| Script Editor: | Matt Ford |
| Production Executive: | Robert E. Wozniak |
| Voice of Pilot: | Lani Tupu |
| Creature Shop Creative Supervisor: | Dave Elsey |
| Supervising Art Director: | Scott Bird |
| Visual Effects: | Animal Logic |
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TRANSCRIPT BEGINS Cut to Research Lab-- a Prowler is being brought in as the research teams stands anxiously about, Braca and Linfer visible through the windows between the main lab and the hangar.
Inside the hangar portion of the lab, the two man retrieval team places a ladder against the side of the prowler and pops the canopy. A hot red slime oozes over the edge of the canopy and down the side of the prowler. As an added bonus, one of the retrieval team gets splashed with red ooze as it bubbles violently inside the cockpit.
Linfer plucks the tiny blinking neuro-chip from a nearby table, examining it closely.
Strappa runs a holo-display-- a spiraling 'flower-like' stream of indecipherable white symbols.
Linfer exits looking quite confident for someone who just had a pilot soupified.
Scorpius leans forward against the table, closely eying the holo-display of the encryted data.
Turning his head slightly, making a swift decision.
Strappa scurries away, fetching the neuro-chip.
Cut to Scorpius's Quarters-- Scorpius sits on his cot while a lovely female alien with neon blue hair and eyes works on the open cooling chamber on his head. Braca paces relentlessly behind them.
Froy carefully places the small blinking chip inside the cooling chamber and cycles it closed. Scorpy relaxes on his bed.
Cut to "Theater of the Mind"; Scorpius-- set in perfect blackness with an obscuring fog all around, illumination is indirect and from above.
Turning to locate his expected companion, Scorpy spies him walking slowly out of the darkness and fog.
Wearing the familar black pk garb and long coat, John walks into the open to stand warily across the empty stage from Scorpius. Camera transitions from John to Scorpius as lovely slow fades, each face transposed over the other.
END COLD OPENROLL OPENING CREDITS
"My name is John Crichton... I'm lost... an astronaut... shot through a wormhole.... In some distant part of the universe.... I'm trying to stay alive... Aboard this ship-- this living ship... of escaped prisoners-- my friends. If you can hear me... beware... if I make it back... will they follow? If I open the door... are you ready? Earth is unprepared, helpless... for the nightmares I've seen. Or should I stay, protect my home, yot show them you exist. But then you'll never know the wonders I've seen."
ACT ITheater of the mind; Scorpius
John turns and marches away, to be almost immediately confronted by Scorpius again.
John turns around and walks back the way he came, coming almost immediately upon Scorpius... again. They both sigh disgustedly, John flinging up his hands to push Scorpy away, only to have the apparition dematerialize beneath his hands. With a mildly surprised, slightly frustrated look, John turns around to hear Scorpy's 'explanation.'
Memories of an entrance to life that must be none too sweet as the visions are all tinged by red. A baby wails, a glimpse at a table cluttered with 'medical equipment', a glimpse of a strange alien face as well as another, mostly humanoid but warped face pressed against a hard surface. Less than hapy memories unreel becoming cluttered with other screams and ungentle treatment. Ending on a close of the mostly 'humanlike' face. John and Scorpy become visible 'through' the memory.
The memory fades away, leaving John and Scorpius alone in the darkness again.
Cut to memory flashback of the past-- A Scarran female enters a pristinely sterile room. The only occupant of said room, the young tortured lad who was Scorpius, lying on a table, the boy is curled in a slight foetal position, whimpering quietly.
The female watches impatiently as the boy struggles to rise.
On achieving her goal, he sits looking up to her and she pushes him roughly back.
The boy struggles again to rise.
Manipulating a control the female increases the temperature of the room. The walls glow a deep red.
INTERCUT Stellar shot of Moya traversing space, she arcs overhead and moves on. Cut to INT. Moya -- John works controls at a console in front of the forward portal. Shuffling to the second forward console, tossing and catching a makeshift ball, he manipulates a few controls at that console.
D'Argo enters, John tosses him the ball.
D'Argo tosses the ball back to John.
Pausing only slightly to ensure he's seeing real acquiescence, D'Argo nods dourly and walks past John toward the forward control console.
D'Argo checks some settings on the console.
John walks off command to a long delayed nap.
Cut to "Theater of the Mind; Scorpius" -- John and Scorpius stand side-by-side in the darkened space, watching Scorpy's memory unfold.
Memory Flashback -- to Scorpius's 'incubator'. The young boy sits sprawled on a low table which serves as his bed, the female Scarran, Tauza, 'briefs' him on his existence.
The boy's head lowers in despair, likely from knowing what part of the 'briefing' comes next. Cut to John and Scorpius --
Cut to Memory Flashback -- the young boy crawls across the floor toward Tauza, who holds a small cup toward him.
As the boy crawls nearer, Tauza rises from a crouch and backs away slightly, teasing the boy with the contents of the cup.
Tauza upends the cup, pouring the liquid onto the floor. They boy crawls forward, trying to lap up the liquid from the floor. Tauza grabs the back of his skull in one large clawed hand, lifting his head toward her face.
Tauza slams the boys face into the floor. Cut to John and Scorpius -- John watches the image of the boys face, his own inscrutable but hardened. Scorpius looks away from the memory image, then looks up toward John. Seeing none of the human's inherent compassion on that face he sighs heavily, moving to stand behind John. [ He either places a hand on John back, or John is still flinching at close proximity with Scorpius. ]
[ And there it is, one of those slight changes; chin lowering fractionally, eyes slightly less hard... exquisite! Perhaps relaxing slightly anticipating the respite. ] Scorpius looks over John's shoulder at the memory image once more, then glancing back to the human. John's expression remains immutable. [ Scorpy has to be recalling that this is a tough nut to crack. ] Cut to EXT. Space -- A Prowler drifting in the blackness. Cut to EXT. Space -- Moya Cut to INT. Moya -- Command. D'Argo and Chiana rush in, heading to the control consoles. D'Argo on the left console, Chiana on the right console, both viewing the Prowler outside the forward portal.
A visual comms image flashes up on the forward Portal [ There's good trivia nobody's used! ]. It's the bluish mime talking alien.
D'Argo snorts in discontent and stalks off the Command, Chiana following. Cut to Docking Bay -- The Prowler glides slowing through the docking bay tunnel, the docking web anchor gliding just ahead of it. Cut to Maintance Bay -- D'Argo, Jool and Chiana all stalk in, each armed.
The trio stop just before the closed Hangar doors, D'Argo readying his multi-cannon, glances to Chi on his left, then Jool on his right. Cut to Hangar -- The Prowler, stopped just outside the Hangar doors, a DRD perched just outside the Pilot's canopy, a second glides toward it from the nose of the Prowler. The Pilot canopy pops open, a burst of vapor obscuring the interior for a moment. The DRD raises it's tiny laser; eyestalks curving forward for a better 'view'. The vapor clears, revealing Linfer sitting in the Pilot's chair.
Cut to Maintenance Bay --
Cut to Hangar -- Linfer climbs out of the pilot's chair. Cut to Maintenance Bay -- The Hangar doors open slowly, revealing the parked Prowler, the Pilot climbing down a short ladder to the Hangar floor. D'Argo takes a cautious inhalation, scenting for anything unseen. Linfer ducks under the Prowler wing, one hand holding onto the wing [ bad move, cause it 'wobbles' a bit-- but maybe it's frailer than it looks. ], a triumphant smile on her face.
Linfer takes a few steps toward the trio, still smiling.
D'Argo smiles indulgently, pointedly not lowering his cannon.
END ACT IACT IIINT. Command Carrier -- Scorpius's Quarters On the far wall of Scorpius's Quarters, up inside the alcove which contains Scorpy's bed and breakfast, Braca stands facing outward, pacing slightly, on guard, while Nurse Froy attends to the 'sleeping' Scorpius.
Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- John's a little bored and restless with the 'respite'.
Scorpius strolls out of the blackness, appearing just beyond John's left shoulder.
Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpy's incubator. The young boy sits at the table, Tauza places a tray before him and walks away.
The boy looks toward his keeper, her image and his surroundings presented in an infra-red type view of white light deepening to black. An interesting 'gray scale' view.
A new memory unfolds. It's 'lesson time' in the incubator. The boy sits on a low chair beside the table which also serves as his bed. Tauza stands across the room before the 'blackboard', a vid-screen' displaying an image of 'Sebacean physiology'.
Close on the glazed expression of the young boy, his eyes widening slightly at the last words of the Scarran female.
Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- Scorpius, having circled around behind John, stands facing him, glancing aside at the image of his memories. John 'almost' glances toward Scorpius, before returning his gaze to the memory being replayed.
John turns toward Scorpius, eye-to-eye for a moment as Scorpius expands on his thoughts.
John looks away, slightly pissed [ maybe for allowing himself to be drawn in, even momentarily ].
Cut to memory flashback -- Tauza enters the incubator, crossing the room to pick up his food tray. The boy, feigning sleep, rises as the doors close behind her. Using hidden food implements to crack the lock on his cell.
The boy opens the doors cautiously, peering out into a large empty control room [ the basic design throughout the environment is large scale 'scales', tinged red with black and white highlights ]. Scurrying out of his cell, the boy manipulates controls at an overlarge console, the image of a large vessel appearing on a wide viewscreen.
Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- as the final bits of the memory unfold, the all pervasive reddish tinge of the memory shifting to a blue tinge [ geez, wonder if this is significant? ] as it fades slowly away.
INTERCUT EXT. Space -- Moya cruises by.
Cut to INT. Pilot's Den --
Cut to wide shot -- Linfer and John stand before Pilot's console.
John climbs up onto Pilot's console, to sit at Pilot's right hands.
John unholsters his weapon, dead aim on Linfer.
John gives Pilot a brief, tired, 'not this again' glance.
Pilot and John exchange a sad but knowing look.
Another silent look between John and Pilot, but John's gettin' uncomfortable holding his weapon on the girl, lowering it slightly.
John returns Linfer's smile with a slight one of his own, along with a slight shake of his head.
Linfer steps closer to Pilot, John sits on the console, his gun held laxly across his knees.
John gestures with the gun, casually, pointing out his confusion.
Pilot doesn't answer, looking away he clearly ponders the choice. Linfer smiles slightly and John glances back toward her with uncertainty and concern. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- The 'screen of memory' still a bluish tinged fog. A Command Carrier cruises by as Scorpius continues his relation of his history to John.
Cut to Memory Flashback -- INT. Command Carrier. Scorpius, decked out in a more 'primitive version' of his containment suit, hands cuffed at his waist, stands before the desk of a PK Officer of some rank. Ranking designations having changed since the time of this memory. This man wears the familiar red/black leather uniform, a black designator patch on his left upper arm, and only three silver bars on the left sleeve, designating the rank he claims.
Scorpius stands quietly, briefly contemplating that.
Scorpy checks Molayne out with his 'scorpy-vision'... apparently Sebacean energy signatures vary through a white to red scale.
Molayne removes the cuffs.
Molayne's energy signature does not vary with that last statement, Scorpy closes his eyes, relief apparent on his face. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- Scorpy continues his tale as the blue tinged memory of his meeting with Molayne fades slowly away.
Cut to Data Reconstruction Memory -- Gorgeous CGI of planetary surface.
The planet surface is very earthlike, in an unearthly beautiful way. Rolling grassy hills rising to several peaks and a lake plateau in the distance. Overlying all is blue sky with puffy white clouds, a small flock of white birds over a distant waterfall. The gorgeous lake plateau spills into lower elevations, forming another, greater waterfall in the distance. Panning right, a golden transport pod has set down on a hilltop. Standing at the base of the steps, a blonde Sebacean male stands surveying his surroundings, a pulse pistol in his hand. Turning he mounts the steps. Cut to INT. Transport Pod -- A blonde Sebacean female [ Rylani ], stands at a console recording a log as the male [ Ghebb ] enters. [ And... too bad, they are both wearing a similar loose garb-- of a pale green shade. ]
[ Oh, god ] Ghebb puts the pulse pistol down in the Pilot's seat, walking across the cabin to a forward control console.
Seeing her frightened face, Ghebb sighs and reaches out to her, drawing her into his arms. Cradling her protectively, resting his chin on her shoulder.
Cut to some later time -- Ghebb and Rylani asleep on the Transport Pod floor. In the silence the Pod door opens. Ghebb starts awake, hearing the door open and 'someone' entering. Raising his head, he see's a large Scarran [ Wolish ] ducking slightly to enter the cabin. Grabbing the pulse pistol he shouts a warning.
They both leap to their feel, Rylani cowering behind Ghebb. Ghebb fires six shots, all hitting home, but ineffectively. Roaring in displeasure, the Scarran lifts his right claw, unleashing the 'mind-melter'. Rylani dives aside, but Ghebb screams as he is burned alive, Rylani shrieks in terror.
Screaming in anger, she leaps up, attacking the creature viciously, but it grabs her slim throat, holding her off effortlessly. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- The story is definately getting to John [ and I'm gettin' a little squirmy as well ] as the final moments of the data reconstruction memory unfold.
Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpius, slogs through the tall grasses of the planet's rolling hills, toward the transport pod.
Scorpius stops outside the steps of the pod, panting heavily, his breath steaming in the air. His gloved hand gently cupping a strange red flower growing beside the open craft.
Cut to INT. Transport Pod --
Scorpy's hand cruises gently over the cobweb covered controls of the craft, here and there, touching where his mother's hands may have touched.
His touch triggering an obvious trap, the pod door swings shut sealing him inside, a recording playing.
Scorpius slowly loses conciousness, his enraged growl fills the cabin. END ACT IIACT IIITheater of the Mind; Scorpius --
Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpius returned to his incubator, lies prostrate on the table, the large coolant pack by his head. Tauza pulls the really long cooling tube from the pack, then gives him an injection in the neck. He wakes gasping.
Tauza tosses the red tube into a trash receptacle on the floor.
Tauza increases the heat in the chamber, the red glow intensifying over Scorpy's cowled face.
Scorpy struggles with the pain of the increased heat, but says nothing. Flicking the control, Tauza engages a beam of intense white light over Scorpius, he screams in agony in the microts until she shuts the light off, then falls back, panting, on the table.
He says nothing, bracing himself for what is to come. She flicks the light on again-- another agonized scream. Cut to INT. Command Carrier -- Scorpius's Quarters. On the bed, Scorpius struggles weakly in his dream, the memory causing him some discomfort. Nurse Froy scans him with her instrument.
Scorpius pants and grimaces in pain on the bed. Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpius slumps back on the table, gasping in pain.
Without waiting for him to even attempt to tell her squat, she turns up the lamp again. He howls in agony. Cut to Theater of the Mind --
The memory fades abruptly, Scorpius is having trouble separating himself from his memories. He grunts and pants in remembered pain.
Cut to INT. Command Carrier -- Scorpius's Quarters. Scorpius has quieted on the bed, Froy's instrument is less 'excited' as well.
Braca comes to instant attention at the sound of Scorpius's voice. Scorpy sits up on the bed, Braca and Froy lending some assistance.
Cut INT. Command Carrier -- Research Lab 1. Strappa, in something of a state, surrounded by two members of his Research Team.
Strappa looks up, very startled, Scorpius has returned, flanked by Braca, and backed by Braca's flunky, Plint; your basic, big, dark eyed, square jawed, muscle. [ Plus... he's a cutie! ]
Strappa nods nervously. Scorpius gives him one of his best growls, eyeing him coldly before leaving. Braca and Plint have a few words while Strappa watches nervously.
Braca departs while Plint takes a few menancing steps toward poor 'ol Strappa. [ and man, he's a menacing lookin' dude! ] Strappa whirls about, urging his staff to greater efforts.
INTERCUT INT. Moya -- Command All four of the mobile crew are on the Command deck. It's options discussion time.
[ Ouch, everyone felt that. ]
D'Argo leaves, and Crichton's pissed now, also shouting.
John stalks out. Chi watches him go, scowling angrily [ but it's fairly funny. ] Cut to INT. Moya -- Guest Quarters. Outside the closed cell door, Jool appears. Engaging the controls she enters as the doors hum open, holding a tray. She walks across the room, placing the tray on the table. Linfer's back is to her, sitting in front of the large, oddly shaped mirror. [ the reflective surface of these mirrors is 'not' as good as it used to be. ]
Jool turns toward her, starting badly, a whimpering moan escapes her as she spies Linfer's reflection in the mirror. Mime makeup seems to be melting down the right side of her face. Turning toward Jool, we see that indeed her face 'is' melting.
Cut to EXT. Space -- The Prowler departs Moya's hangar bay, driving hard into space. Cut to INT. Moya -- Command. John bolts in, Jool stands quietly at one of the forward control consoles.
Cut to INT. Prowler --
Linfer engages a few controls, an alarm sounding abruptly. Cut to EXT. Space -- The Prowler fragments on a powerful internal explosion. Cut to INT. Moya -- The blast illuminates the interior of Command briefly.
John turns to leave, but Jool has had it with his attitude.
John turns and walks out. Cut to INT. Command Carrier -- Scorpius's Quarters. Scorpius enters, accompanied by Braca, Froy already there to do her business.
Scorpius sits on the edge of the bed.
Scorpius sighs heavily, closing his eyes, slipping into 'sleep', he slumps to his side on the bed. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- John Crichton sits in the darkened space, low lying mist all around, as Scorpius slowly approaches.
Scorpy walks into the blackness behind John. With nothing better to do, John rises and follows him, mist swirling in their wake. Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpius struggles weakly on the table.
Scorpius struggles onto his elbows, glowering up at Tauza.
Tauza slams a clawed hand down on a control, playing a data recording for Scorpius. Cut to the past as the recording plays [ I'm guessing, directly into the poor guys brain ]. The incubator doors slide open, and Wolish enters. This time the prisoner held inside is Scorpius's mother, Rylani. She's terrified... crying and whimpering pitiably.
The doors slide closed behind the Scarran.
Everyone gets the creepy crawlies as the Scarran only moves closer, uh, stroking her hair with one claw. Scorpius howls as Rylani screams.
Cut to Tauza and Scorpius -- released suddenly as the data recording ends, Scorpius drops back and rolls onto the floor. He lies on the floor, prone, gasping and [ something we never dreamed we'd see ] begins weeping as Tauza watches. END ACT IIIACT IVTheater of the Mind; Scorpius John stands silently, watching the stilled image of the screaming Rylani. Scorpius steps close behind his left shoulder. Scorpius turns his eyes from the stilled image of the woman was was his mother, to John. Watching him closely, looking like he actually comprehends what john might be feeling at that moment.
Cut to Memory Flashback -- Scorpius struggles to one elbow, gasping heavily as Tauza approaches.
Scorpius reaches up, releasing himself from the cooling pack on the table by pulling the tubing from the connection at the side of his head [ accompanied by a comical, cartoon-like, 'popping' noise... what the heck was that about? ].
Struggling to contain himself, and failing, Scorpius scurries on hands and knees to the trash receptacle in the floor. Hanging his head over the opening he vomits into it.
Unnoted by Tauza, Scorpius retrieves the long cooling rod tube from the trash bin, sitting up, his back to her.
Scorpius snaps the cooling rod in half, concealing it from her as she continues her egotistical rant.
Scorpius pants heavily, feigning great weakness.
Tauza turns her back on him, going to fetch ... what, a cuppa water? Scorpy takes the advantage, and leaping up, jumps on her back and drives the two pieces of cooling rod into her eyes. Tauza growls in pain, falling to her knees, Scopius landing on his backside. Rolling onto her back, she kicks Scorpy across the room. In a total Exorcist moment, she rises from her back, to stand upright before him, cooling rod shards still protruding from her eyesockets [ what? and this was rated PG for what? ], unleasing her mind-melter blindly. Scorpy ducks and grabs her arm, deflecting the beam across the room. Givin' her a good 'chop' on the back of the neck, she falls forward onto his bed. Taking the opportunity, he wisely retreats, engaging the controls to open the doors. Alerted by the sound she turns, but he knocks her back against the table. Retreating into the main room, Scorpy engages a control, converting the interior lighting of the incubator from red to blue [ cold I'm guessing ], as abruptly her 'mind-melter' ceases to work. The doors slide closed between them. Scorpius watches through a window as the temperatures inside the chamber drop, and Tauza collapses. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius --
Cut to Memory Flashback -- Aboard the Command Carrier, Scorpius meets with Captain Molayne again.
Molayne offers Scorpius his hand, and they shake hands briskly. [ What's that John said in TTBRC? ] Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- as the memory fades away.
[ Say, isn't that sorta what John did? ] Scorpius places one hand on John's shoulder, turning him about to face him.
Sighing, Scorpius gather's John to him. With one arm slung across John's shoulders, Scorpius walks them out of the darkness, back into the open expanse of mist.
John stops, facing Scorpius [ a lovely close two-shot ], closer than he'd ever willingly born.
[ uh oh, he may be getting to him. It's a scary moment. But, man it's really hard to tell for certain what's he's feeling... dang it! And in this lighting, let there be no further doubt. Wayne's eyes are a pale color. Hazel or blue. ] Scorpius turns from John, the spiraling flower of the encrypted data blooming before them.
John steps slowly toward the spiraling data, standing in front of Scorpius.
John reaches out with his left hand... index finger reaching toward the centerpoint of the spiral. [ It's that 'creation' gesture we saw him do before in LT. Cool! ]
John's hand, at the center of the spiral, closes in a fist. The data exploding and evaporating before Scorpius's eyes. Scopius gasps as the data slips away. Cut to Scorpius's Quarters -- on the bed, Scorpius pants wildly.
Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius --
John turns and walks casually away. Scorpius is still in wide eyed shock, his head whipping about as he notes John's 'departure'. As John walks away, he's confronted by a very peeved Scorpius.
John turns about and walks away again. Shortly confronted by an even angrier Scorpius. The darkness is backlit by two frelling huge red lights.
John turns and walks away, yet again.
Cut to Scorpy's quarters -- on the bed Scorpius pants heavily, in serious distress.
Grabbing her arm, Braca prevents Froy from giving Scorpy some kind of injection.
Cut to Theater of the Mind -- Scorpius howls as he snags John by the throat, hauling him onto his toes. John wobbles slightly, his voice choked and strained. Scorpius, by his visage, is enormously pissed!
Cut to Scorpy's Quarters -- Scorpy pants rapidly, while Froy and Braca argue about how to proceed.
Froy moves between Braca and Scorpius, Braca yanks her roughly away, pushing her aside.
Braca knocks her out with a single back hand fist to that lovely little beauty mark above her lip. She drops to the floor in a swirl of blue hair.
Cut to Theater of the Mind --
John executes a 'very' smooth pantak jab, knocking Scorpy onto his backside. Looking up from the ground, Scorpy watches as John dissolves... vanishing in a swirling mass of pixels. Cut to Scorpy's Quarters -- screaming in frustration and pain, Scorpius sits abruptly facing a very startled Braca. Scorpius continues panting rapidly, the cooling rod chamber on the side of his head spiraling open. Braca is terrified almost to inaction as red ooze dribbles from the open chamber. Sparks flying from the chamber startle Braca to action. Reaching out cautiously, Braca grabs hold of the red tube. He screams in pain as his burned fingers yank the tube out, throwing it down violently [ it bounces back into view in a 'most' comical fashion ]. Scorpius screams incoherent directions, and Braca reaches into the chamber-- pulling out the neuro-chip. Braca takes a moment to examine it closely, but it is dark, no longer flashing. With an angry look, Braca throws it down. Braca presses a button on the cooling rod container, a blue rod pops out and he catches it mid-air [ tense but movingly funny moments! ], and then struggles to quickly place the blue rod. He engages a control and the chamber spirals closed. Scorpius, feeling some relief, ceases panting, his eyes almost closing. Cut to Theater of the Mind; Scorpius -- Still on his back in the mist, the red glow slowly pales to blue. Looking around carefully, Scorpius calls out.
END ACT IVEPILOGUEINT. Moya -- The Center Chamber. John sits having a solo cuppa. Bottle cuppa came from looks suspiciously like the one that D'Argo got so wasted on in Suns & Lovers. Cripes, John's in a hideous mood-- drinkin' alone. D'Argo makes a timely arrival. [ The scene is like dueling deep voices... how do they 'keep' them voices?! ]
Picking up the bottle, D'Argo takes a seat beside John.
D'Argo pours himself a cup. Taking the cup in both hands he slams it's base against the tabletop, spilling an appropriate amount, before taking a nice noisy drink.
Taking his cup in one hand, John slams it's base against the tabletop before drinking the remaining contents.
Cut to EXT. Space -- The Command Carrier cruises by in the blackness of space, accompanied by the requisite Maurauders and Prowlers. Cut to INT. Command Carrier -- Captain's Quarters. Sitting in his big chair, Scorpius dictates remembered portions of the data to Strappa, who takes the data down in what's been referred to as a PK Palm Pilot. [ gotta love it. ]
Strappa grins in his toady fashion, closes the 'palm pilot' and leaves. Braca entering on his wake.
Braca stands erect before Scorpius who toys with that pebbled sphere that seems to make it's way around quite a bit. One of the odd flowers from Scorpius's memory of the planet where his mother was captured, rotates in a display in the left foreground.
Braca turns about to leave. Scorpius calls him back.
Braca turns and steps back to stand in front of Scorpius.
Braca looks down briefly, practically blushing like a school boy... allowing himself a small smile.
Braca turns and makes a clean departure. Scorpius sighs slightly, his eyes closed. When they open, they settle on the flower. Standing, he crosses the room, stopping to watch the flower closely [ and OMG children, is that an actual 'smile'? ], reaching out, he strokes the petals gently. FADE TO BLACKROLL ENDING CREDITS |