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Farscape Rewatch: Through the Looking Glass (1.17)
Wiki summary: Moya performs an emergency starburst that fragments her into four different dimensions. As John attempts to find crewmembers missing in each dimension, an energy creature appears to add more danger to their predicament.
Second bottle show of the season, where all events take place on the ship. Would be worth rewatching for the two group meal scenes alone that open and close the episode, but there are other things I like about it, too. Seriously, though, I'm ridiculously charmed by the two meals. The opening one might be when everyone is contemplating - or in the case of John and Aeryn, rejecting - the idea of leaving Moya because they're afraid her now very limited ability to starburst will get them captured. But consider: this group of beings who at first had no connections beyond their escape situation and in some cases serious dislike involved is now comfortable sharing meals together. ( And Rygel is sharing food. Rygel!) They haven't gone any more prickly (see also the way new arrival Chiana is ignored), but they have bonded, and just know each other. And speaking of Chiana, while the set up for the punch line that she actually has something important to observe was obvious, I stll found it gratifying. In this episode, I think the writer have settled on her being considerably younger than the rest of the cast (which wasn't apparant in Durka Returns, given the gang treats her like an irritating teenager, and Crichton starts with the big brother attitude (here more admonishing and educating than protecting, but there). We also get the debut of his nickname "Pip" for her. Which causes this German to ask: what pop culture allusion is this? Because the only Pip I could recall is the one from Great Expectations, who doesn't really work as a Chiana analogue.
Aeryn in the blue dimension coming up with a solution to the ringing sounds by using the headsets from her prowler was a great way to showcase her practical intelligence, and of course the episode gives us more continuity in terms of her sharing Pilot's knowledge. However, the crew member who does some bonding with Pilot here is John, not just because he's the one moving through all the dimensions but because he provides some comfort to the anxious Pilot (and Moya) in their fear that they'll be left behind. It's one of those things I love the show for, that it never forgets Pilot and Moya are living beings, not a bord computer and a mechanical ship respectively, and have thoughts and feelings about any given situation, and the scene where John talks to Pilot in person (not via view screen) is quite tender.
Another thing: D'Argo and Zhaan rejecting the possibility that Moya could terminate her pregnancy in order to starburst provides a strong contrast to both their willingness to hack Pilot's arm off earlier this season. I don't think it's about less or more selfishness but the way they now see Moya, Pilot and Moya's unborn child as one of theirs.
I don't think we see the starburst dimension alien again, but it's worth pointing out this encounter is the second time in a row Crichton has had with a very powerful alien being connected to space travel. (And go him for figuring out it was trying to communicate, not menace the crew. Very Star Trek of him, if you'll allow me the heresy. :) )
Chiana remaining unaffected in the red dimension is an early hint that Nebari eyes work somewhat differently, yes?
Lastly: as the world's lone John/Rygel shipper I am gratified to hear Rygel in the dimension of yellow laughter considers Crichton "cute".
The other days
Second bottle show of the season, where all events take place on the ship. Would be worth rewatching for the two group meal scenes alone that open and close the episode, but there are other things I like about it, too. Seriously, though, I'm ridiculously charmed by the two meals. The opening one might be when everyone is contemplating - or in the case of John and Aeryn, rejecting - the idea of leaving Moya because they're afraid her now very limited ability to starburst will get them captured. But consider: this group of beings who at first had no connections beyond their escape situation and in some cases serious dislike involved is now comfortable sharing meals together. ( And Rygel is sharing food. Rygel!) They haven't gone any more prickly (see also the way new arrival Chiana is ignored), but they have bonded, and just know each other. And speaking of Chiana, while the set up for the punch line that she actually has something important to observe was obvious, I stll found it gratifying. In this episode, I think the writer have settled on her being considerably younger than the rest of the cast (which wasn't apparant in Durka Returns, given the gang treats her like an irritating teenager, and Crichton starts with the big brother attitude (here more admonishing and educating than protecting, but there). We also get the debut of his nickname "Pip" for her. Which causes this German to ask: what pop culture allusion is this? Because the only Pip I could recall is the one from Great Expectations, who doesn't really work as a Chiana analogue.
Aeryn in the blue dimension coming up with a solution to the ringing sounds by using the headsets from her prowler was a great way to showcase her practical intelligence, and of course the episode gives us more continuity in terms of her sharing Pilot's knowledge. However, the crew member who does some bonding with Pilot here is John, not just because he's the one moving through all the dimensions but because he provides some comfort to the anxious Pilot (and Moya) in their fear that they'll be left behind. It's one of those things I love the show for, that it never forgets Pilot and Moya are living beings, not a bord computer and a mechanical ship respectively, and have thoughts and feelings about any given situation, and the scene where John talks to Pilot in person (not via view screen) is quite tender.
Another thing: D'Argo and Zhaan rejecting the possibility that Moya could terminate her pregnancy in order to starburst provides a strong contrast to both their willingness to hack Pilot's arm off earlier this season. I don't think it's about less or more selfishness but the way they now see Moya, Pilot and Moya's unborn child as one of theirs.
I don't think we see the starburst dimension alien again, but it's worth pointing out this encounter is the second time in a row Crichton has had with a very powerful alien being connected to space travel. (And go him for figuring out it was trying to communicate, not menace the crew. Very Star Trek of him, if you'll allow me the heresy. :) )
Chiana remaining unaffected in the red dimension is an early hint that Nebari eyes work somewhat differently, yes?
Lastly: as the world's lone John/Rygel shipper I am gratified to hear Rygel in the dimension of yellow laughter considers Crichton "cute".
The other days
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Also, God, Crais was hot.