Farscape Episode 2.06: “Picture If You Will”

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The more I think about this episode, the less I like it, “Dorian Gray” or not. I think that when I saw it back when it first aired as a teenager, the shiny space station screamed “cool scifi” to me—all futuristic and mercenary at the same time. No more basement sets for “Farscape,” at least for the time being. :P Much of the first half was largely Chiana-centric, and I love me some Chiana.

That being said, this week featured the return of one of the worst villains of all time, Maldis. UGH. I mean, even the showrunners must’ve realized how pathetic he was, given John’s villain-twirls-mustache line. :P Fortunately (spoilers!) this is the last time we will ever see him, unless I’ve blocked out some future show event just to save my sanity.

This hour was also disjointed in who the main protagonist was meant to be, but I’m assuming, given Maldis’s directed vengeance, that it’s Zhaan. It didn’t really work for me. There was absolutely no arc for our favorite Delvian—she was scared, she hatched a plan, the end. It didn’t move her along as a character at all. In fact, this episode did pretty much nothing for any of the characters, save for making D’argo’s growing attraction to Chi a bit more noticeable. :P Mostly, the hour felt like a series of hammed-in flashbacks; “remember the defense screen?” “remember Delvian unity?” mixed with a plot that feels like some of my iffier tries at Space Cases fanfic when I was 14. :P Interestingly enough, elements of Maldis’s fate at the end will be repeated with another character in an upcoming episode…nah, it’s not interesting enough to merit the entire story here.

Don’t hate it; just kinda MEEEEEEH.

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