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The moment everyone else has been waiting for...
Aeryn's back, just a tad under the weather, and she brought a friend.
Scorpius rises from the grave and Harvey shuffles off the mortal coil, or at least, outta John's head. Now where will John go to get some sun?
Aeryn proves she can make enemies just as effectively as John, as a Hokothian hit squad arrives on the tail of John, D'Argo, Chiana and Rygel's return to Moya.
Exactly what happened when Moya got sucked down the wormhole is put on hold yet again while the crew deals with amiably hostile Hokothians, who only want to rip the truth out of Aeryn or let her die from a bad case of the Living Deathtm.
Naturally. John isn't gonna let that happen, to the point of forging brand new and frightening alliances.
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Aliens & Critters
- Hokothians. Spelling taken from closed captioning and the 'official' farscape website. Although the literalist in me would like to point out that it sounded like everyone was saying 'Lo-kay-thian'. Hope this isn't gonna turn into another Interon/Interion debacle. *smirk* Oh god, I'm such a smart ass about this ep. Somebody smack me.
Words
- PRANG. Chiana whips out another 'hell' word, as in, "Where the prang have you been?"
- FLOT. Chianism for a fractional distance, as in, "Scorpius hasn't moved one flot."
Big Deals, Nicknames and Crichtonisms
- PK LEVIATHAN KILLER MISSLE. Long range weapon designed specifically to destroy Leviathan biologics, killing it, but leaving everything else intact. Sounds familiar. This is the first effective 'long range' weapon we've seen from the Peacekeepers, although we should perhaps 'assume' they have others. It makes sense the Peacekeepers would want a more effective long range weapon. After all, we know from Premiere, that a Command Carrier has to be within practical spitting distance for its frag cannons to be effective. 45 metras my ass! What do they do before that? Use sheer mass as an 'intimidation' factor? Hope the enemy wets themselves and runs for the hills? But obviously they've never heard of the 'size and how you use it' thing. PK Command Carrier, much like US aircraft carriers; depend on short and long range ancillary craft to carry out the mission, but they also have big frelling missles! Just makes sense to have long range weapons as well. Then again, these people are not overburdened with intelligence.
- PRIME HOKOTHIAN Head honcho or chief govenor of the Hokothian race. One of the casualties of the raid pulled off by Aeryn and a couple of unknown associates on the Hokothian homeworld sometime between the events of DWTB and PROMISES. The 'target', according to this weeks foil, Ullom. A death that may have 'serious' future repercussions.
- Kryptonite. Silver Bullet. Buffy? John mentions a number of potential methods for the Scorpy killin'. Silver Bullets and Buffy, I get; Werewolves and Vampires... but Kryptonite...? Uh, that's a Superman thing. That so would 'not' work on Scorpy. Oh, and uh, I don't think it's every actually 'killed' Superman... let's ask Te!
- Reservoir Dogs Great film reference from John, and the setting for the final discussions/confrontations between John and Harvey. Given plot and the resolution in the film; the setting is 'perfect'.
- John's Brain on Scorpius Conjuring up an Aeryn/Scorpius clone to play with in his head. Ugh! Shivers.
- Knock, knock, knock. Candygram. I got images of that very funny series of skits from Saturday Night Live, with the landsharks. Considering the look of the Hokothian... pretty relevant.
- Both Sikozu and Scorpius, ironically, speak Pilot.
- Crichton gains a 'new' watchdog in Scorpius, who claims to be keeping an eye out for him until he comes to his senses as 'chooses' to use the wormhole tech to prevent the inevitable Scarran bloodbath he believes is coming.
- Moya can fake it too! able to fake death with a full biologic shutdown, which can last no more than 800 microts, or; one presumes, she stops faking.
- Nicknames John calls Ullom 'Mr. Simple Proposal' and later, 'Holly'. The former is understandable, the latter... uh? What...? [This in from unohoo, the reference to 'Holly' may either be a simple and direct: Holly-the-Hologram (in the spirit of Robby-the-Robot); or a much more oblique reference to the name of the hologram of the ship computer in the beeb series entitled 'Red Dwarf'. Never having seen the latter, I'd say it's too indirect for my taste, however would definitely not be the 'first' Red Dwarf reference ever used on the show. Thanks, unohoo-- think you got it nailed one way or the other.
Another vote for the Red Dwarf reference to 'Holly'. Katya chimes in with a helpful link to learn more about it, for those obsessed enough with 'scape references. [How'd Kat know that about the BBQ?] After reading it, the BBQ is 'sold!'
Self-Referencing's a Bitch!:
- Durka gets a mention from D'Argo. 'Durka Returns' and 'Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These'.
- Arnessk is mentioned not once but FOUR times. 'What Was Lost, Parts 1 & 2'
- Neeyala's people, the Pathfinders, get a mention. 'Self-Inflicted Wounds', Parts 1 & 2.'
Casualties and 'Frell! That's gonna leave a mark!':
- Harvey. R.I.P. Or, at the very least, inside that little neural spike.
- Hokothians. et al. Everyone. And their little ship too!
- John gets a spike to the neck... again.
- Aeryn got a bad dose of Hokothian contagion, bringing on heat delirium.
- Aeryn brings Scorpius aboard as brand new refugee. Okay; uh, doesn't this girl 'know' what he did to John. Me? I'd say, thankee very much. And kill him.
Very Fine Lines
- What is it... with Peacekeepers. First they hunt us- then they want to move in? W-what, what are we, a bed and breakfast? We have a sign outside that says, 'Free HBO'?
- Kryptonite. Silver Bullet. Buffy? What's it gonna take, to keep you in the grave?
- No smokin' in my head!
- It's just fate... as usual, keeping its bargain and... screwing us in the fine print.
- So, how did you catch this cold? Dancing... barefoot in the rain?
- So, tell me about it. Tell me the Prime Hokothian is the devil incarnate. Tell me you did the universe a favor. Tell me why the-- saints you're protecting need anonymity. Tell me... it's worth you dying.
- How could I leave your mind? It's full of so many... wonderous memories: cool jazz piano, chocolate ice cream, women's perfume... women!
- Here's your rematch, Crichton.
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