Farscape Episode 2.01: “Mind the Baby”

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Hello, and welcome to a quicker, less rambly, easier-to-follow season of recaps, or so I hope. :P I plan to break things down into episode summary, thoughts and favorite quotes, Crichtonisms and otherwise. Starting with a brief teaser over the cut!

So this episode starts season two on sort of a downer note—I mean that instead of seeing any of the action that would propel us from the stellar season one finale of John and D’argo out in space with no way for Aeryn to reach them, we jump right to the somewhat lacklastuer aftermath. To be fair, shooting a rescue mission would probably cost more of the budget than “Farscape” could afford to part with.

The crew on Moya—particularly Zhaan—seem a bit weird as well, partially for reasons that will be explained later in the season. Zhaan comes off as a little inconsistent to me, though. Yes, we’ve established that she’s a deeply introspective being connected deeply to her faith, but it seems odd that the mother of the crew, basically, would distance herself from her loved ones for the sake of esoteric enlightenment. Believing John, Aeryn and D’argo are dead is one thing, but passively dismissing Moya, Pilot, Chiana and Rygel during their time of need? I call foul! :P

The strongest part in the episode, I think, is Crais. Not to give too much away, but season two launches him in a much more interesting direction than his one-dimensional vengeance cycle against John. Speaking of the next baddie who wants John, we also touch in briefly with Scorpius and Braca who’ve remained near the asteroid field after the destruction of the gammack base, hoping to give our crew a what for.

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