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Posted By: Bmat Apr 13, 2001 - 06:17 pm

aired April 13, 2001

Posted By: Bmat Apr 13, 2001 - 06:25 pm

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The episode views the changes to the future caused by people changing the past, always an interesting subject.

I wanted to comment that the episode was very depressing. I'm glad I had my box of tissues nearby.

John finds that nothing he does seems to be right- from encouraging Stark to use the viewer, to helping the General, to increasing the suffering of the nurses.

Especially poignant is D'argo finding the marks left by the child.

Jool provided comic relief. Her interaction with Chiana was fun.

I was glad to see Stark do something constructive instead of just sitting around moaning.

Posted By: The Master Apr 13, 2001 - 09:17 pm

I'm totally into Jool. She's turning into a real bundle of fun ("You made me drink piss?" and "bull frell" being my favorite lines). Did I not foretell that her and Chiana were going to have a fun relationship to watch? I was rolling when Chiana punched Jool's wound, then told her to stop screaming.

One nice thing about this ep...a more focused storyline. We've been inundated with complex shows with multiple story threads. This one was much more structured.

Interesting take on the time travel gig. I liked the way we saw the consequences of everything they did, and even in the end the outcome wasn't exactly the same. We get a lesson in what the "greater good" means. Billions of lives...a whole planet...saved, yet not without a cost that wasn't there before.

This sideline with D'Argo and the girl was very good. Touching, and it helped break D'Argo out of "oh whoa is me" mope mode. Her mother's scene with Stark was good too. Short, but poignant. Ah Stark...I still hate him, but he was less annoying than usual in this one.

Pseudo-Scorpy as advisor. ~shudder~ He seems to have been tamed pretty much completely at this point. Now John wants his counsel--neat little twist. Gotta love them boots...

Posted By: Bmat Apr 14, 2001 - 08:05 am

What was on the other boot? Was it "Andy" on his left foot?

Posted By: Crowe Apr 14, 2001 - 11:22 am

What was on his boots? I must have missed that!


Another fanstasitco ep! Plenty of fun, lots of pain. Just please someone release John from Hell! How much pain are they going to put him through. I know, I know, they have to build it up to make it seem worth the climax when he finally gets relieved of some of this pain and guilt. What a journey he's been on.

The time theme in this ep was well played out. Man did they frell things up. Again, because of Stark. I'm finding a trend here. John has a simple idea, Stark gets involved and everything gets frelled. Could it be that the two of them are the key, rather than Stark being all to blame?

I am liking stark more. When he quoted Zhaan, I nearly wet myself laughing. ROFLMAO .. It was classic.

Jool. Like her more AND less than before. She is annoying, she is obnoxious, but she is funny. It's nice to see a spoiled "high class" brat running around with them. Sheesh. I like how the FarScape universe has interesting characteristics for some of their beings. Rigel farts helium, among other stuff, and now Jool has this sonic thing going ( anyone wanna bet she ends up able to sing, or even more? Hypnotic voice etc? ).. pretty funny the way she bubbled while drinking that piss

Fun ep, very touching at spots. And quite a releif from the pace and tension we've been put through by the show so far.

Looks like the season of death continues next ep though. Man did those things look like zombies or what. And in the preview, it looked like Moya got chopped in half. Lets hope not eh?

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Posted By: Azziz Apr 14, 2001 - 11:43 am

This episode is one of the things that makes Farscape great.

They didn't take the easy way out. And sometimes you just can't fix things when they become frelled up.

We got to see the humanity in several of the characters in this ep. D'Argo with the girl. Crigton several instances. And Aeryn with that cook. Very touching.

Posted By: Bmat Apr 14, 2001 - 01:33 pm

The more I think about the episode the more I appreciate it. If only the dead were not so appealing- we got to like the young cook, the child, the nurses... - not that liking them makes it a bad episode by any means- good writing. I just don't like adding tragedy in what I watch on tv to my life.

Posted By: The Master Apr 14, 2001 - 09:43 pm

Bottom of Scorpy's boots, Crowe. Saw it while he had his feet on John's lap. Can't believe you didn't notice...my eye picked up up fast prompting a "what the frell is that?" response in my head.

The other boot was a little hard to read (not as clear of a shot), but I think it was howdy. If so, it was "Howdy Andy". Of course, my brain may have made that up so it would make some kind of sense

Posted By: MerleZ Apr 17, 2001 - 08:33 am

"Andy" on the boot comes from Toy Story. The child Andy put his name on his toys, Buzz Lightyear and Woody the pull string cowboy. His name is written on their shoes. Pretty funny touch, I'd say!

Posted By: The Master Apr 17, 2001 - 02:40 pm

Merle! Woosh...right over my head. Does make sense though. They love to fill John with pop references.