First post, cool!

1812 lives!! WOO-HOO!

Loved D'Argo's scream! I enjoy the humor of this show.

Someone please refresh my memory - when and where did D'Argo get his ship?

The next episode should be interesting....

I pity the First Post Fanatics.

My Nits:

1. Chrichton's magma trick. When he was testing, I counted to five from when his shield powered down to when he burned himself. When he was fighting with the Tarkan traitor, I counted to 11 from when his shield powered down to when Chiana shot him. Also, shouldn't be be covered in sweat since his shield wasn't active the whole time and he was in a magma chamber for an extended amount of time.

2. Shouldn't the-new-redhead's DNA have mixed with Dargo's since she lacked proper glove apparel like Chiana? I remember an episode where Crichton has to pull the same trick and he wore gloves. I'd think it'd have to be pure Dargo DNA for it to work, else his shed skin cells all over the controls could be used by anyone and thus undermind the security measures.

3. Rigel's "amber casing" left me confused. If it could resist the heat of molten magma, how hot would the gun that melts it produce? While it may not be heat, it sure gave that impression so if it is heat-based and not based on something else, why didn't it melt Rigel when it purged him of the stuff?

"D*mn! This has got to be bad for the sperm count."
-- Crichton

>> Lava is really REALLY hot, yet Crichton isn't even breaking a sweat when wandering through the lava-filled caves.

>> Sikozu snaps "Dammit!" a few times. Picked up swear word from Crichton or bad placement of Earth slang from a character who shouldn’t be using it?

>> Crichton announces that the melting gun is "out of juice" but you can clearly see in the storage container on the gun quite a bit of green fluid.

>> Do they ever say why these freedom fighters have such a large supply of treasure? And is it really safe to keep it in such an unstable cave?

>> In several shots, they show spurts of lava just shooting up out of the ground. I'm no geologist, but I don't think that's possible.

>> Noranti's purpose on this show seems to be as a bizarre plot device. I'm not sure I like it.

>> This was such a fun little romp. I liked it. It reminds me of some of my other favorite funny ones.

>> I liked Crichton's reference to the nameless thug being a redshirt. ROFL

All in all, a fun romp.

NEXT WEEK: 24/7 Week long marithon of The Twilight Zone.

WEEK AFTER THAT: The return to Moya and the return of Aeryn.

See ya later
TUE

"You burn your elders?" John
"No... just a suggestion." D'Argo, concerning the fate of "Granny," who decided to fall asleep in the middle of a fight

Very nice to see my question from last week answered (re: can a DRD outlive its Leviathan host? the answer: yes).

As TUE wrote, a fun little romp. Nothing terribly serious or angst-filled, which is good considering what seems to be coming in the next episode. Too bad we have to wait TWO WEEKS for the next one (really, 24 hours of "The Twilight Zone" is a little too much for me).

Did the crew ever get something to eat? And did Chiana REALLY put some of D'Argo's, uh, deposit in her mouth? (I watched it twice and it sure looks like that's what she does!) Nice to see the girls doing a little bonding in this ep.

Concerning the next ep: is it just me or did it look like Aeryn got a serious make-over while she was away?

NITS>

Chiana did indeed eat some of D'Argo's "deposit." Yet later in the episode, she was grossed out that Sikozu was about to get some on her.

When granny gassed the thugs and they saw her as a dancing girl, presumably borne of their own inner desires, why wouldn't they have seen her as one of their own species, rather than some bug-eyed alien?

RESPONSE TO EARLIER QUESTION> I got the impression the de-amber-izer emitted some kind of gas for a chemical reaction, not heat.

FAVE QUOTES>

"Old bats can fly!"

"I am zee woman, you are zee mennn!!"

Oh yes, I forgot to add, another case of AAA (Aliens with Australian Accents!).

Yes...I'm really begining to like "Granny".

I do have to say that I wonder about how quickly she actually "went to sleep". Would seem to me like a bit of a species fault. I mean, imagine your repairing something delicate and/or something that'll fry you if you touch it. You feel slightly sleepy, then...*ZAAPPP!!*
I can't help but think she was somehow getting her own back on C and D for all their digs at her.

Harvey:

D'Argo got his ship in "Suns and Lovers" (S3E2). It was floating in some of the debris after the station got hit, and he decided to keep it.

I thought Rygel's flatulence was supposed to be odorless. In the first episode, Zhann and D'Argo argue while Crichton, Aeryn, and Rygel eat. During the meal/arguement, Rygel breaks wind and D'Argo and Zhann start arguing in high, squeaky voices. Just then, everyone looks at Rygel who says "What? It's a perfectly normal bodily function...and odorless." Here, everybody reacts like it's really noxious.

BTW, I loved D'Argo's toungue trick where he winches up "granny".

Wasn't that comment followed by Crichton saying, "So your loyal subjects told you" in a very sarcastic way?

Did this episode really clock in at only 33 minutes?! Thats how long my copy is, and it seems like everything is there, but that is about 10 minutes shorter than usual. Anyone know for sure?

This was much more like the Farscape I know and love! The previous three episodes had got me worried that it was losing its edge.

Whoever subtitled this episode for the BBC either didn’t do last week’s ep or has a short memory: in the ‘Previously’ bit at the beginning, the subtitles had Jool telling D’Argo, “You’re better than a dozen fellows,” rather than “You’re better than a dozen Vellas”!

How did John get from Farscape 1 to Lo’La? I don’t recall there being a spacesuit in Farscape 1, and can’t imagine there’s a docking port on Lo’La wide enough to cover the whole top of the module. Or has he got so blasé about wandering around in space with no spacesuit on after the events of Look at the Princess that he just popped the hatch open and strolled across to Lo’La?!

Rygel’s helium affected the Tarkan bad guys very quickly – they didn’t even seem to take breath before speaking high-pitched.

I too cheered on seeing 1812!

When Rygel gets completely encased, John reassuringly tells Harvey that he’s amphibious. Someone remind me: did we know this before?

Raa-keel describes Winona as a “pathetic little weapon” and John tells him, “You do not ...” at which point the British version cuts away. Was the rest of the line cut for bad language?

When the ‘good’ Tarkan arrived, why didn’t he initially speak helium? Everyone else in the area was.

Hearing Pilot’s voice at the end was almost as much a joy for me as it was for the crew.

Merat – considering that the British version was almost inevitably edited, it still ran pretty much for its full 45 minute slot.

Rygel was refered to as amphibious WAY back in the second episode, "I ET" when Rygel informed him that he did not like being under that much mud.

By "him" I meant John.

cstadulis: Oh yes, I forgot to add, another case of AAA (Aliens with Australian Accents!).

As opposed to aliens with American accents?

Being an American myself, I expect every alien to speak with an American accent (just like Americans expect everyone around the world to speak English so we can understand what they're saying!). Australian accents on aliens is just wrong! (wink, wink, wink) (and just in case you missed it, I'm kidding!)