Farscape Episode 3.16: “Revenging Angel”
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scifi_rewatchThis won’t go down as the funniest “Farscape” episode of all time, but it sure does beat the last Moya-centric one. But more importantly, it was a very needed reprieve after the seriousness and impending depression of the last two in the lineup. Most viewers would probably give this little number a bit of leeway, so long as it could provide some light-heartedness. And man oh man, it did provide plenty of that.
Of course it’s not an entirely light episode. We are also dealing with the implications of D’argo’s rage, and the girls struggling with just who they are on this boat. John’s parts are the funniest, but more than anyone else this hour he has to dig deep in order to find a reason to live. As usual, there are significant parallels between what is going on with Moya John and what is going on with Talyn John, but there’s no way not to be spoilery about it! I’ll leave it for under the cut.
And in that vein, I don’t exactly want to spoil the type of humor that this episode entails, but suffice to say…things get animated. :P I can’t claim credit for that pun; you’ll find it on the site listed below. But this, to me, is classic “Farscape,” the creativity, the charm. And hey, the CGI isn’t too dated either! Booyah!
Episode summary is here, courtesy of the John and Aeryn Fansite.
So D’argo and John are playing around in the Luxan’s new ship when things suddenly go haywire. The boys exit quickly, D ranting the whole way about how John must have touched something bad and John trying to defend himself. But the Luxan goes on a bit of a bender about how pissed he is—no wife, no son; now John is messing with the only thing he still has?? Ignoring John’s protestations of a green light emitting form the ship behind him, D’argo pushes the human into some crates and out go his lights. Then the ship disables Moya’s hangar doors and goes on the self-destruct route! In a fit of frustration and argument with Chiana, D’argo throws his qualta blade down the shaft in Pilot’s den! Pilot devises a way for the crew to find limited safety before he and Moya go down, but of course no one is having any of that. John’s in a coma and the rest of the crew are scrambling to care for him, fix DRDs and figure out what the frell is going on. At one point D’argo gets pissed at Chiana’s pestering and says a phrase in Ancient Luxan which, shockingly, makes the ship respond! Poor Pilot has to cobble together some random data from Moya’s library so he can compile the proper translator microbes for D. Meanwhile, Jool confesses to Chiana that she was alone in D’argo’s ship, before the John thing ever happened, and is likely responsible for their predicament. A long, comedic argument of speaking over each other ensues, leading to poor John, whose gurney they’re moving, falling to the floor undetected. After they sort that mess out, Chiana firmly tells Jool that she can never let D’argo know about what she did. But Jool ignores this advice and goes to confront D in the ship…turns out it’s good she’s not in a denial mode because the Luxan has already found her hair inside! He gets mad—though he verbally reigns it in before he hurts someone else—and demands to know what the frell she was doing in there. Jool goes into a bit of a tearful admission that she’s lonely, and knows that D has had a hard time of things since Chiana’s and Jothee’s betrayal, and she hoped that she might reach out to him by learning about something he likes. This actually seems to soften D’argo a bit. But back on plot, the DRDs inject him with the ancient Luxan translator microbes, and of course, one of the only ways to shut down the ship is to insert a qualta blade. So the waking crew goes back to Pilot’s den to root around on the lower levels where the qualta blade might have landed. Poor Jool is wading through the bat droppings on the bottom! Ultimately she’s the one who victoriously pulls out the blade, and then D’argo and Chiana get to do a slow-mo run to the ship, tossing the blade between them as they go. We endure a little bit of building tension…then finally the ship shuts down, asks for D’argo’s name, and, presumably in something translatable for all of us, puts itself under D’s command. D and Chiana are celebrating, then a newly awakened and wandering John blearily asks what’s going on before he collapses again. The coda involves the girls cleaning and Jool gleefully telling Chiana that she and D’argo have mended things. Now D’argo has to do that with John, who is floating around in space. The boys agree that D’argo needs to work on his anger, but John promises that he’d never seek revenge on his friend.
But in case THAT isn’t enough action for you, we also have what’s going on in John’s head! :P Despite what he tells D’argo in person, John actually takes a fair bit of revenge on the Luxan …through Looney Tunes. :P That’s right; we go all into an animated, space-like Wile E. Coyote chase (that’s D’argo, of course…John is the Road Runner.) There’s a bunch of silly moments that spoof Saturday morning cartoons. E.G. Coyote-D’argo is constantly trying to blow Runner-John up, but ends up in smithereens himself. Others put a “Farscape” twist on things, where D’argo paints a wormhole on the side of a rock, which John can always travel through and D cannot. Or how D’argo tries to entice John with an “astro-nuts” sign advertising free pizza and “bier.” :P John is also in a realist dreamscape; that’s where Harvey, staying true to his creator, Scorpius’s driving forces, suggests that he enact a more true revenge. The other members of the crew also have their own suggestions on how to deal with things. Obviously they are just John’s own thoughts personified, but still. :P Pilot suggests running away, Jool suggests talking things out (side note: the ScapeCast crew mocked Jool for this, but despite her other flaws, this is the actual idea that works in real life!) Then Aeryn comes along in sexy cartoon form, but since she’s not there to protect him in reality, all she can say is “Run, Forest, run!” Finally, Chiana suggests what John had basically been doing throughout the episode—to outsmart D’argo. I feel like this speaks to the similarities between their characters. Looney Tunes is like a version of Chiana’s natural scrappiness. But none of these solutions end up lasting, and in one case where realist D’argo puts the cabash on John, our human’s vitals seem to be failing. Harvey appears with an enlarged tombstone that reads “John Chricton: Human. Astronaut. Natural born loser.” :P
Things seem a little more serious now, and John agrees to some realist, yet Looney Tunes-esque type revenge. He’s not Captain Kirk after all; “Farscape” is dark “Star Trek,” according to the Scapecast. :P But at the end of the skit, he chastises Harvey for distracting him from his true ambition to live—that he loves Aeryn. This is when he starts to wake in reality (because science isn’t so much a thing in this episode. :P His only true care has been to have electrodes monitoring his brain waves.) But in terms of parallels with Talyn John, Karen from the ScapeCast had an interesting theory—TJ died for the love of Aeryn and MJ lived for it. D’aaw. But I think I’ll close with some technical notes, courtesy of the wikia and the Starburst edition DVDs! The animation, which looked so true to the real cartoons, was done by “Farscape” composer, Guy Gross’s, father! Gross himself took inspiration from Looney Tunes composer, Carl Stalling, for this episode. Aeryn’s lead animator was Japanese, which influenced her appearance. Claudia was actually on set in a sexy outfit so Ben could react realistically. :P Some of the storyboards were created by people who’d worked on “Tiny Tunes,” “Animaniacs,” and “Pinky and the Brain”! And finally, each of the actors who was made animate received a frame cel of his or her character with “Ozme Tunes” at the top. Great pun, which also appeared in the episode proper.
I guess I could go into a whole lot more depth about John’s wackiness, (really it’s something that must be watched) but one of the things that I like about “Farscape” is that he doesn’t always have to be the center of attention. :P Even when there’s two of him! Sure, a lot of this episode was given over to the Looney Tunes, but the other characters had stuff going on as well. Let’s start with the perennially disliked one, Jool. :P This is probably her most humanizing episode to date. Sure, she gets in a few judgmental jibes about how Luxans are too warrior-like and probably not cultured enough. That’s just defensive posturing because she’s stressed. But when she was alone with D’argo in the cockpit, we got to see a much more vulnerable side to her. She doesn’t just see herself as above everyone; she’s so interested in making a friend that she tries to take an active interest in his stuff. That’s the opposite of self-absorbed. Well, insofar as Jool understands that if she wants a relationship, then it can’t just be about her. (Small tangent—we can see how she did the right thing by not taking Chiana’s advice, and by coming clean to D. Not just because he already knew, but because she proves herself as genuine in wanting to be a trustworthy person. Something that Chiana—and Looney Tunes John—could learn from.) Maybe we as the audience can even extend her the grace of believing that Jool feels bad for everything that D’argo has gone through recently. He certainly seems to take it at face value. So, a lot of more complicated stuff for Jool this episode. Then they plunk her in a lot of bat dren and let her scream about it. :P
Chiana is also in an interesting place this episode, something that I didn’t remember as much from the last time I viewed it. She is, at least a little bit, cast into a sort of “mothering” role. John’s out cold, D’argo and Jool, at least to start with, are freaking out a bit. (And Pilot is the father, of course. :P) And that’s not to say that Chi is the face of calm and rationality; for example, let’s hearken back to that “conversation” with Jool where they let John drop on his head. But she does seem to be pulling people by their mivonks in order to get stuff done. In a deleted scene, while she’s fixing DRDs, she’s muttering about how, as a young gal, she’s “supposed to be doing things, doing men” :P but instead she’s corralling grown children. Then she freaks out because she thinks she’s turning into her own mother, lol. (Side note: I’ve been imagining Chiana’s mother the way that I see Simon and River’s mother from Firefly: someone who is so brainwashed by a philosophy of “the greater good” that she unquestioningly hands over her own children. Though I assume that, in this episode, the mother line was just supposed to be funny and throwaway, hee.) Many people also seem to assume that Chi told Jool to keep her secret because she didn’t want D’argo to have to deal with anything else. I still like my own theory that, going back to her own immaturity, Chiana likes to keep secrets rather than face things head on. Maybe it’s a bit of both. The babbling argument with Jool is certainly very funny, but it’s also quite juvenile. (Catty gals kinda make me sad, especially in this episode where John and D’argo mend their differences.) She also gets a jibe in at D’argo that she doesn’t really mean to be productive, but it ends up being the thing that reveals that the ship is Luxan. Man, Chi’s just on fire in this one! Maybe it’s premonition! :P Because speaking of which, “Farscape” continues to subtly tease that storyline, as Chiana warns Jool to watch out for flying metal, just before D’argo accidentally drops something on her. Sounds like the crew had best start listening to Mama Chi. :P
And finally, we have D’argo. What’s he up to in the real world? Well, kind of like in Looney Tunes as Wile E. Coyote, he’s falling on his face a lot. :P He gets so mad at John that not only does he put the dude in a coma, but he also doesn’t notice what his ship is up to until it’s too late. Then, in a toddler-like temper tantrum, he throws his qualta blade down the shaft. The ScapeCast was of a mixed opinion about whether this was believable or not, but suffice to say that it definitely worked to create rising tension in the plot later on. :P There is also the whole issue of just why D’argo is so keyed up anyhow, when he was just supposed to have returned from a pleasure planet. I’ll just chalk that up to the weakness and unevenness of “Scratch ‘N Sniff.” Suffice it to say that D’argo truly hasn’t been in a great place since Jothee and Chiana’s betrayal. Without the prospect of marriage to Chi and renewing his relationship with his son, he’s really at a bit of loose ends. The Jool bit was sweet because it teases the prospect of a new relationship. Then he mends his stuff with John and he even, at least in part, is getting along with Chiana. He does have more going for him than he realizes. But figuring out and “conquering” the ship is truly his biggest achievement unlocked of late. He’s a bit of a simple guy, in that he understands success as obtaining goals, and what better one than this? Again, I love that the show gives D’argo, who is ostensibly a secondary character, something so thorough in his character arc. Now the only thing that remains is ensuring that he’s not a one dimensional rage machine. But we already have past proof that this is not the case. So I have a bit of faith that he will continue to move forward here. Plus, I’ve seen the rest of the series, so. :P I’m not Chiana and I can’t really claim premonition, hee. All I can really say for now is, “that’s all, folks!” :P
Favorite Chrichtonism: Eeehh - what's up D'Argo?
Favorite Quotes:
*D’argo’s hyper-rage takes control*
D’argo: HOW MANY TIMES DID I ASK YOU? I SAID, “DO NOT GO INSIDE THE SHIP!”
John: I need - to press - to calibrate-
D’argo: I WAS USING IT!
John: Quit actin' like Yosemite Sam!
D’argo: *growing more physically aggressive* I ASKED YOU JUST TO STOP!
John: Whoa! Hey! Yo-yo-yo! Easy man! Remember what the doctors say about hyper-rage!
D’argo: John I have nothing - NOTHING! I have NO wife. NO son. NO home. NOTHING! I have been forced to manufacture distractions in order to live!
John: *noticing an external problem* D'Argo - D'Argo your ship-
D’argo: THAT SHIP IS ALL I HAVE!
John: Look! No! It's your ship!
D’argo: YOU SABOTAGED MY FRELLING SHIP! *down John goes!*
*Chiana starts lecturing D’argo*
D’argo: Which part of “I don't know” has you baffled?
Chiana: Can't flush the ship out.
D’argo: THE HANGAR DOORS WON'T OPEN!
Chiana: Can't escape in a transport pod.
D’argo: THE HANGAR - DOORS - WON'T - OPEN!
Chiana: Fix the hangar doors!
D’argo: Pilot has NO control!
Chiana: You've really frelled us this time.
D’argo: ME? It wasn't ME! It was CRICHTON!
Chiana: Oh. So you tried to kill him?
D’argo: I didn't try and kill him! He SLIPPED!
Chiana: You're pathetic! You really are! We're all gonna die because- *interrupted by D’argo throwing a tantrum—and his qualta blade*
Pilot: Ka D'Argo! Your Qualta blade!
Chiana: That was mature.
*John’s Lettermen list for survival*
Harvey: Do you know what's happening?
John: Yeah. (he pulls the sheet up over his face) I'm dying.
Harvey: Let's see what's left in the fuel tank.
John: Go away and let me do what I gotta do.
Harvey: Oh what? Find a reason to live?
John: I got plenty of reasons.
Harvey: Then give me-- the Letterman List!
John: Earth. Dad. Pizza. Sex. Cold beer. Fast cars. Sex. Aeryn. Love.
*John seeks advice from “Pilot”*
John: What's up dude? How you doin'?
Pilot: You're dying.
John: Yeahyeah. D'Argo tried to kill me.
Pilot: Perhaps an overstatement.
John: Well - same net result.
Pilot: Is he an enemy you wish to harm?
John: Aw man - I don't even know why we're fightin'.
Pilot: Then rise above his behavior. Moya and I find it advantageous to avoid confrontation by aggression.
John: Run away?
Pilot: Aggression feeds on opportunity. Remove yourself as a target and the pursuer will eventually tire.
John: You're very wise.
Pilot: I don't get out much - so I read.
*even Jool now has feelings about abandoning Moya and Pilot*
Pilot: Chiana’s efforts with the DRDs have restored minimal functioning. We now have a presence in the maintenance bay and - our analysis of that ships energy signature indicates it - will explode in just under an arn.
Jool: Under an arn?
Pilot: An - estimate - only.
Jool: Can you do something?
Pilot: We will - not be able to expel that ship.
Jool: So we're all gonna die?
Pilot: Moya and myself, certainly. However - I may have a way to save you. Take food, liquids and a long-range frequency modulator to tier 16s' treblin side pressure hatchway. You- should be able to survive a few solar days prior to hypothermia -- if I jettison it.
Jool: Oh... Pilot!
Pilot: Go.
Jool: We can't just leave you!
*Chiana’s really taking to this mothering thing, and D’argo’s frustration leads to something good*
Chiana: Children!
D’argo: Nothing works. I've failed.
Chiana: Move D'Argo. Let Mommy shoot it.
D’argo: Nonononono - it won't let you.
Chiana: Well let's get outta here.
D’argo: I don't like to lose.
Chiana: Well then why'd you let go of me?
D’argo: OH BE- *speaks ancient Luxan; ship responds!*
Chiana: What'd you say?
D’argo: Just something Luxan. My Grandfather used to say it all the time.
*a rather dramatically heightened librarian/patron exchange :P*
Pilot: KA D'ARGO! MOYAS DEAD LANGUAGE LIBRARY IS INCOMPLETE!
D’argo: What about ancient war declarations?
Pilot: MY ACCESS TO IT AT THIS TIME EVEN MORE SO!
D’argo: There's even some historical transcriptions of SPEECHES!
Pilot: At BEST I can find words!
D’argo: You can even try some anti-Luxan propaganda!
Pilot: Fragments of words!
D’argo: Pilot! That ship is trying to kill us! I need to know why it speaks Luxan!
Pilot: DRDs can prepare a supplemental translator microbe-
D’argo: Good! Good! Do it! JUST DO IT!
Pilot: - injection with any data I a- Aahh!
*best transcription of the Jool/Chiana fight*
Chiana: You go.
Jool: All right. I've given it a lot of thought-
Chiana: Okay.
Jool: - and I think actually-
Chiana: I think the best thing to do right now is just to calm down and figure this out.
Jool: - maybe it was something Crichton did. And while things are still bad-
Chiana: There's nothing we can DO about it right now so-
Jool: - there's no reason D'Argo should be mad at me is there? … just don't know how I can make my point when you will not-
Chiana: Skelnick! Would you just-
Jool and Chiana: - stop talking!
*John seeks advice from “Jool”*
John: D'Argo and I aren't gettin' along too good these days either.
Jool: Ye-ah! He put you in a coma!
John: I gotta figure out what to do about that.
Jool: How hard's that? You're gonna die.
John: Well - Scorpy thinks I should get revenge. Pilot wanted me to run - but that didn't work. You got any ideas?
Jool: You once said to me that our species might be related. If that's true - you have to have a measure of intelligence about you. Which means you can reason. Be honest. Talk to him. Work out the problem. Conflict's for barbarians.
*Jool comes clean to D’argo, with surprising results*
Jool: D'Argo? I think it may have been me. I was in here earlier. I didn't touch anything - I was just here.
D’argo: I found THIS in the control! Your HAIR!
Jool: Are you going to kill me?
D’argo: I've already hurt Crichton today. That's enough.
Jool: I didn't mean to cause any of this-
D’argo: WELL WHAT DID YOU MEAN?! I MEAN - WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN HERE?
Jool: I know - that I can be -difficult. That no one wants to spend time with me. You're someone who - I like. And I know that since the problems with your son and Chiana - that you've preferred to be alone. In here - I just thought - if this is so important to you - that maybe... Maybe if I learned a little about it - we might have something to talk about.
D’argo: *genuine* Thanks for making the effort.
*John gets a visit from someone he misses very much…kinda*
John: Wow. You look great.
ToonAeryn: Hmph. Is this the best you could do?
John: I uh... I miss you.
ToonAeryn: Obviously. Where are my clothes?
John: On Talyn. You and that - other guy the other me - you're not -- aahh-?
ToonAeryn: Mm - don't do it to yourself John.
John: Right.
ToonAeryn: Oh! Nonono! Before you go you fix this! *John gets out big pencil and draws her as Jessica Rabbit* Mm-hm. I get it -- I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way. Oh please! At least use some imagination! *she snaps the pencil in half and imagines herself as Marilyn Monroe* Happy Biiirthdaay Mr Astronauauauat... *whizzes into Cleopatra* Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
John: Honey - that's the wrong Shakespeare.
ToonAeryn: *Dorothy* There's no place like home. *Madonna* Hey Johnny! Like a virgin? *Lee Anderson from “Baywatch”* I'd... like... Rescue you!
John: Can you do that Sharon Stone thing? Basic Instinct.
ToonAeryn: *Nancy Reagan* Johnny - just say-
John: NO!
ToonAeryn: There's a good boy. *back to Aeryn, though her midriff is still way too much like an hour glass :P*Thank you. Now - what are you going to do about D'Argo?
John: I dunno. I'm supposed to talk to him - not really sure what to say. Any advice, help-?
ToonAeryn: D'ARGO! D'Argo could you just leave young Johnny alone please?
D’argo: Uuuummmm... No.
ToonAeryn: *to John* Run, Forrest! Run!
*the qualta blade search is on!*
D’argo: Begin searching immediately! Now I threw it over in this direction here.
Jool: Why would you DO that?
Chiana: Short version? Because of you.
John seeks out “Chiana’s” help*
John: Hey Pip! You got a sec?
Chiana: Sure.
John: Are you up on everything that's goin' on?
Chiana: Yeah. You're dying.
John: Yeah.
Chiana: Scorpius wants you to get revenge. Pilot says, run like a - a scalded kepnetz.
John: Yep.
Chiana: And Jool would talk D’Argo’s ear off -- till he committed suicide.
John: So ah - What do you think?
Chiana: Well revenge is sweet. It's always worth the effort.
John: No revenge! No talking, no running - Come on baby you're the Sultana of Survival. What's left?
Chiana: Be smarter. They always make it more complicated than what they need to. Use it against 'em. Screw 'em - at their own game.
John: That's good.
operation continue foreshadowing things about Chiana’s new foresight*
Chiana: Hey Princess - watch out.
Jool: Watch out for what?
Chiana: Chunks of metal. Don't get hit.
Jool: There's no metal down here - there's just muck. Do you have muck?
Chiana: Oh yeah. Up to my crotch in it!
D’argo: *drops some metal* CHIANA! JOOL! WATCH OUT!
Jool: FOR WHAT? *screams as the metal plops into the bat dren near her* You little slut!
D’argo: No, no - it wasn't Chiana. It was me.
Jool: Then how did she know?
Chiana: I dunno. Just made sense.
*Jool finds out about the bat dren*
Jool: Are there - other things - living in Moya -- with us?
Pilot: A panoply of harmless parasites. Many serving symbiotic functions. Perhaps you're hearing the Hodian Trill-Bat swarms.
Jool: Do these - Hodian Bat things -- leave droppings?
Pilot: Extensively. Their effluvium spreads along Moya’s inner hull, and helps seal microscopic cracks.
Chiana: Bat dren!
Pilot: You're walking through it. *cue Jool’s screams*
*Harvey’s most powerful argument for revenge*
Harvey: Dearly beloved - we are gathered here today to pay our final respects and to say farewell to our dear friend - Commander John Crichton. A schmuck. Mule-headed. Reckless. And probably brain-dead before I met him. Alas - his death -- is mine also. Even I don't know if it's too late. We could already be gone.
John: I love Aeryn. That should be enough.
Harvey: Soft emotion - won't get the job done!
John: Revenge?
Harvey: Destroy the bastard John! If only in your own mind!
John: Marty Goldstein stole my bike when I was 7. I went over to his house and I gave him a bloody nose.
Harvey: Powerful emotion - revenge.
John: Could'a just taken the bike back.
Harvey: Yes - but can you just take your life back?
John: I don't - wanna be like other people. I don't wanna be like you. I don't wanna stoop that low. Kirk wouldn't stoop that low.
Harvey: That was a television show John! And he made Priceline commercials! But if you insist - then look to Kirk the way he really was --savage when he had to be!
John: He's a fiction Harv. I know the difference. I'm real -I have to live with what I do.
Harvey: You can no more ignore your biologic heritage - than change your grandparents birthplace! These - primitive animal urges you think you must resist - they're not relics from an uncivilized time! They are in you for a reason! Because you need them! No cartoons John - you can take him!
*John beats Harvey at his own game*
Harvey: You ought to be thanking me.
John: For what?
Harvey: For saving your life!
John: Sorry, Harv - no joy. I gave it a shot. You could've been right - you were wrong.
Harvey: I - don't understand.
John: Of course you don't understand. You live in the country but you do not speak the language. Just don't - don't touch anything in here - you're clueless.
Harvey: No John - revenge!
John: For you - it's a way of life. For me it's not the answer.
Harvey: Then we're dead.
John: Don't ever distract me from what I really feel. Harv -- I - love - Aeryn.
*D’argo finally gets a win and John provides comedic relief*
D’argo: I - am Ka D'Argo. Son of Laytun. Grandson of Reksa. And I am the great-grandson of Ka D'Argo Treytal.
Luxan Ship: Power systems at your command Ka D'Argo. Telemetry functions at your command. Deception Shroud at your command. Sonic Accelerator at your command. Particularization Field at your command. Weapons Cascade at your command. Communications Array at your command. Eyes - clear.
Chiana: You did it!
D’argo: I did it - I did it!
John: *recently awakened* Hey guys? The lights are all out. Maybe we should call someone? *faints*
*Jool gets the last laugh and Chiana is still the mother*
Jool: This stuff - will not come off!
Chiana: Well lucky for you it doesn't smell.
Jool: It smells terrible!
Chiana: Right. I mean - lucky for me we don't share quarters.
Jool: You know - I think you should just show a little more respect. Without my sacrifice you would-
Pilot: We would have all perished. Moya and I thank you - Jool.
JoolYou're welcome Pilot. Oh - if I were you I'd clean out that lower level if you ever expect me to go down there again!
Pilot: Yes. Of course.
Chiana: Well you wouldn't have to go down there again if you'd stop frellin' around with other peoples stuff.
Jool: Um excuse me - D'Argo and I have already sorted all that. I'm gonna take the first ride on his ship when he figures it all out.
Chiana: Kids.
*D’argo and John make amends, with a bit of a discussion that melds deeply into the episode*
D’argo: Crichton - I know you're out there. If you won't talk to me can you -.at least just listen? Somehow saying I'm sorry seems so inadequate.
John: Aw we'll get through it.
D’argo: I've so much rage inside. So many things. Sometimes I -- I just need to control it better.
John: Well now would be a good time to learn. You got a baby ship to feed.
D’argo: It's a curse John. A warrior heritage - my instincts.
John: You just gotta know when to control 'em bro.
D’argo: We have a code-- aggression against an ally entitles retribution.
John: D'Argo - look at me. There is nothing - that would ever make me take revenge on you.
D’argo: Thank you. When you were dead - did you know you were dead? I mean - no- What went through your mind? What did you see?
John: Buddy - that would be impossible for me to explain to you.
Of course it’s not an entirely light episode. We are also dealing with the implications of D’argo’s rage, and the girls struggling with just who they are on this boat. John’s parts are the funniest, but more than anyone else this hour he has to dig deep in order to find a reason to live. As usual, there are significant parallels between what is going on with Moya John and what is going on with Talyn John, but there’s no way not to be spoilery about it! I’ll leave it for under the cut.
And in that vein, I don’t exactly want to spoil the type of humor that this episode entails, but suffice to say…things get animated. :P I can’t claim credit for that pun; you’ll find it on the site listed below. But this, to me, is classic “Farscape,” the creativity, the charm. And hey, the CGI isn’t too dated either! Booyah!
Episode summary is here, courtesy of the John and Aeryn Fansite.
So D’argo and John are playing around in the Luxan’s new ship when things suddenly go haywire. The boys exit quickly, D ranting the whole way about how John must have touched something bad and John trying to defend himself. But the Luxan goes on a bit of a bender about how pissed he is—no wife, no son; now John is messing with the only thing he still has?? Ignoring John’s protestations of a green light emitting form the ship behind him, D’argo pushes the human into some crates and out go his lights. Then the ship disables Moya’s hangar doors and goes on the self-destruct route! In a fit of frustration and argument with Chiana, D’argo throws his qualta blade down the shaft in Pilot’s den! Pilot devises a way for the crew to find limited safety before he and Moya go down, but of course no one is having any of that. John’s in a coma and the rest of the crew are scrambling to care for him, fix DRDs and figure out what the frell is going on. At one point D’argo gets pissed at Chiana’s pestering and says a phrase in Ancient Luxan which, shockingly, makes the ship respond! Poor Pilot has to cobble together some random data from Moya’s library so he can compile the proper translator microbes for D. Meanwhile, Jool confesses to Chiana that she was alone in D’argo’s ship, before the John thing ever happened, and is likely responsible for their predicament. A long, comedic argument of speaking over each other ensues, leading to poor John, whose gurney they’re moving, falling to the floor undetected. After they sort that mess out, Chiana firmly tells Jool that she can never let D’argo know about what she did. But Jool ignores this advice and goes to confront D in the ship…turns out it’s good she’s not in a denial mode because the Luxan has already found her hair inside! He gets mad—though he verbally reigns it in before he hurts someone else—and demands to know what the frell she was doing in there. Jool goes into a bit of a tearful admission that she’s lonely, and knows that D has had a hard time of things since Chiana’s and Jothee’s betrayal, and she hoped that she might reach out to him by learning about something he likes. This actually seems to soften D’argo a bit. But back on plot, the DRDs inject him with the ancient Luxan translator microbes, and of course, one of the only ways to shut down the ship is to insert a qualta blade. So the waking crew goes back to Pilot’s den to root around on the lower levels where the qualta blade might have landed. Poor Jool is wading through the bat droppings on the bottom! Ultimately she’s the one who victoriously pulls out the blade, and then D’argo and Chiana get to do a slow-mo run to the ship, tossing the blade between them as they go. We endure a little bit of building tension…then finally the ship shuts down, asks for D’argo’s name, and, presumably in something translatable for all of us, puts itself under D’s command. D and Chiana are celebrating, then a newly awakened and wandering John blearily asks what’s going on before he collapses again. The coda involves the girls cleaning and Jool gleefully telling Chiana that she and D’argo have mended things. Now D’argo has to do that with John, who is floating around in space. The boys agree that D’argo needs to work on his anger, but John promises that he’d never seek revenge on his friend.
But in case THAT isn’t enough action for you, we also have what’s going on in John’s head! :P Despite what he tells D’argo in person, John actually takes a fair bit of revenge on the Luxan …through Looney Tunes. :P That’s right; we go all into an animated, space-like Wile E. Coyote chase (that’s D’argo, of course…John is the Road Runner.) There’s a bunch of silly moments that spoof Saturday morning cartoons. E.G. Coyote-D’argo is constantly trying to blow Runner-John up, but ends up in smithereens himself. Others put a “Farscape” twist on things, where D’argo paints a wormhole on the side of a rock, which John can always travel through and D cannot. Or how D’argo tries to entice John with an “astro-nuts” sign advertising free pizza and “bier.” :P John is also in a realist dreamscape; that’s where Harvey, staying true to his creator, Scorpius’s driving forces, suggests that he enact a more true revenge. The other members of the crew also have their own suggestions on how to deal with things. Obviously they are just John’s own thoughts personified, but still. :P Pilot suggests running away, Jool suggests talking things out (side note: the ScapeCast crew mocked Jool for this, but despite her other flaws, this is the actual idea that works in real life!) Then Aeryn comes along in sexy cartoon form, but since she’s not there to protect him in reality, all she can say is “Run, Forest, run!” Finally, Chiana suggests what John had basically been doing throughout the episode—to outsmart D’argo. I feel like this speaks to the similarities between their characters. Looney Tunes is like a version of Chiana’s natural scrappiness. But none of these solutions end up lasting, and in one case where realist D’argo puts the cabash on John, our human’s vitals seem to be failing. Harvey appears with an enlarged tombstone that reads “John Chricton: Human. Astronaut. Natural born loser.” :P
Things seem a little more serious now, and John agrees to some realist, yet Looney Tunes-esque type revenge. He’s not Captain Kirk after all; “Farscape” is dark “Star Trek,” according to the Scapecast. :P But at the end of the skit, he chastises Harvey for distracting him from his true ambition to live—that he loves Aeryn. This is when he starts to wake in reality (because science isn’t so much a thing in this episode. :P His only true care has been to have electrodes monitoring his brain waves.) But in terms of parallels with Talyn John, Karen from the ScapeCast had an interesting theory—TJ died for the love of Aeryn and MJ lived for it. D’aaw. But I think I’ll close with some technical notes, courtesy of the wikia and the Starburst edition DVDs! The animation, which looked so true to the real cartoons, was done by “Farscape” composer, Guy Gross’s, father! Gross himself took inspiration from Looney Tunes composer, Carl Stalling, for this episode. Aeryn’s lead animator was Japanese, which influenced her appearance. Claudia was actually on set in a sexy outfit so Ben could react realistically. :P Some of the storyboards were created by people who’d worked on “Tiny Tunes,” “Animaniacs,” and “Pinky and the Brain”! And finally, each of the actors who was made animate received a frame cel of his or her character with “Ozme Tunes” at the top. Great pun, which also appeared in the episode proper.
I guess I could go into a whole lot more depth about John’s wackiness, (really it’s something that must be watched) but one of the things that I like about “Farscape” is that he doesn’t always have to be the center of attention. :P Even when there’s two of him! Sure, a lot of this episode was given over to the Looney Tunes, but the other characters had stuff going on as well. Let’s start with the perennially disliked one, Jool. :P This is probably her most humanizing episode to date. Sure, she gets in a few judgmental jibes about how Luxans are too warrior-like and probably not cultured enough. That’s just defensive posturing because she’s stressed. But when she was alone with D’argo in the cockpit, we got to see a much more vulnerable side to her. She doesn’t just see herself as above everyone; she’s so interested in making a friend that she tries to take an active interest in his stuff. That’s the opposite of self-absorbed. Well, insofar as Jool understands that if she wants a relationship, then it can’t just be about her. (Small tangent—we can see how she did the right thing by not taking Chiana’s advice, and by coming clean to D. Not just because he already knew, but because she proves herself as genuine in wanting to be a trustworthy person. Something that Chiana—and Looney Tunes John—could learn from.) Maybe we as the audience can even extend her the grace of believing that Jool feels bad for everything that D’argo has gone through recently. He certainly seems to take it at face value. So, a lot of more complicated stuff for Jool this episode. Then they plunk her in a lot of bat dren and let her scream about it. :P
Chiana is also in an interesting place this episode, something that I didn’t remember as much from the last time I viewed it. She is, at least a little bit, cast into a sort of “mothering” role. John’s out cold, D’argo and Jool, at least to start with, are freaking out a bit. (And Pilot is the father, of course. :P) And that’s not to say that Chi is the face of calm and rationality; for example, let’s hearken back to that “conversation” with Jool where they let John drop on his head. But she does seem to be pulling people by their mivonks in order to get stuff done. In a deleted scene, while she’s fixing DRDs, she’s muttering about how, as a young gal, she’s “supposed to be doing things, doing men” :P but instead she’s corralling grown children. Then she freaks out because she thinks she’s turning into her own mother, lol. (Side note: I’ve been imagining Chiana’s mother the way that I see Simon and River’s mother from Firefly: someone who is so brainwashed by a philosophy of “the greater good” that she unquestioningly hands over her own children. Though I assume that, in this episode, the mother line was just supposed to be funny and throwaway, hee.) Many people also seem to assume that Chi told Jool to keep her secret because she didn’t want D’argo to have to deal with anything else. I still like my own theory that, going back to her own immaturity, Chiana likes to keep secrets rather than face things head on. Maybe it’s a bit of both. The babbling argument with Jool is certainly very funny, but it’s also quite juvenile. (Catty gals kinda make me sad, especially in this episode where John and D’argo mend their differences.) She also gets a jibe in at D’argo that she doesn’t really mean to be productive, but it ends up being the thing that reveals that the ship is Luxan. Man, Chi’s just on fire in this one! Maybe it’s premonition! :P Because speaking of which, “Farscape” continues to subtly tease that storyline, as Chiana warns Jool to watch out for flying metal, just before D’argo accidentally drops something on her. Sounds like the crew had best start listening to Mama Chi. :P
And finally, we have D’argo. What’s he up to in the real world? Well, kind of like in Looney Tunes as Wile E. Coyote, he’s falling on his face a lot. :P He gets so mad at John that not only does he put the dude in a coma, but he also doesn’t notice what his ship is up to until it’s too late. Then, in a toddler-like temper tantrum, he throws his qualta blade down the shaft. The ScapeCast was of a mixed opinion about whether this was believable or not, but suffice to say that it definitely worked to create rising tension in the plot later on. :P There is also the whole issue of just why D’argo is so keyed up anyhow, when he was just supposed to have returned from a pleasure planet. I’ll just chalk that up to the weakness and unevenness of “Scratch ‘N Sniff.” Suffice it to say that D’argo truly hasn’t been in a great place since Jothee and Chiana’s betrayal. Without the prospect of marriage to Chi and renewing his relationship with his son, he’s really at a bit of loose ends. The Jool bit was sweet because it teases the prospect of a new relationship. Then he mends his stuff with John and he even, at least in part, is getting along with Chiana. He does have more going for him than he realizes. But figuring out and “conquering” the ship is truly his biggest achievement unlocked of late. He’s a bit of a simple guy, in that he understands success as obtaining goals, and what better one than this? Again, I love that the show gives D’argo, who is ostensibly a secondary character, something so thorough in his character arc. Now the only thing that remains is ensuring that he’s not a one dimensional rage machine. But we already have past proof that this is not the case. So I have a bit of faith that he will continue to move forward here. Plus, I’ve seen the rest of the series, so. :P I’m not Chiana and I can’t really claim premonition, hee. All I can really say for now is, “that’s all, folks!” :P
Favorite Chrichtonism: Eeehh - what's up D'Argo?
Favorite Quotes:
*D’argo’s hyper-rage takes control*
D’argo: HOW MANY TIMES DID I ASK YOU? I SAID, “DO NOT GO INSIDE THE SHIP!”
John: I need - to press - to calibrate-
D’argo: I WAS USING IT!
John: Quit actin' like Yosemite Sam!
D’argo: *growing more physically aggressive* I ASKED YOU JUST TO STOP!
John: Whoa! Hey! Yo-yo-yo! Easy man! Remember what the doctors say about hyper-rage!
D’argo: John I have nothing - NOTHING! I have NO wife. NO son. NO home. NOTHING! I have been forced to manufacture distractions in order to live!
John: *noticing an external problem* D'Argo - D'Argo your ship-
D’argo: THAT SHIP IS ALL I HAVE!
John: Look! No! It's your ship!
D’argo: YOU SABOTAGED MY FRELLING SHIP! *down John goes!*
*Chiana starts lecturing D’argo*
D’argo: Which part of “I don't know” has you baffled?
Chiana: Can't flush the ship out.
D’argo: THE HANGAR DOORS WON'T OPEN!
Chiana: Can't escape in a transport pod.
D’argo: THE HANGAR - DOORS - WON'T - OPEN!
Chiana: Fix the hangar doors!
D’argo: Pilot has NO control!
Chiana: You've really frelled us this time.
D’argo: ME? It wasn't ME! It was CRICHTON!
Chiana: Oh. So you tried to kill him?
D’argo: I didn't try and kill him! He SLIPPED!
Chiana: You're pathetic! You really are! We're all gonna die because- *interrupted by D’argo throwing a tantrum—and his qualta blade*
Pilot: Ka D'Argo! Your Qualta blade!
Chiana: That was mature.
*John’s Lettermen list for survival*
Harvey: Do you know what's happening?
John: Yeah. (he pulls the sheet up over his face) I'm dying.
Harvey: Let's see what's left in the fuel tank.
John: Go away and let me do what I gotta do.
Harvey: Oh what? Find a reason to live?
John: I got plenty of reasons.
Harvey: Then give me-- the Letterman List!
John: Earth. Dad. Pizza. Sex. Cold beer. Fast cars. Sex. Aeryn. Love.
*John seeks advice from “Pilot”*
John: What's up dude? How you doin'?
Pilot: You're dying.
John: Yeahyeah. D'Argo tried to kill me.
Pilot: Perhaps an overstatement.
John: Well - same net result.
Pilot: Is he an enemy you wish to harm?
John: Aw man - I don't even know why we're fightin'.
Pilot: Then rise above his behavior. Moya and I find it advantageous to avoid confrontation by aggression.
John: Run away?
Pilot: Aggression feeds on opportunity. Remove yourself as a target and the pursuer will eventually tire.
John: You're very wise.
Pilot: I don't get out much - so I read.
*even Jool now has feelings about abandoning Moya and Pilot*
Pilot: Chiana’s efforts with the DRDs have restored minimal functioning. We now have a presence in the maintenance bay and - our analysis of that ships energy signature indicates it - will explode in just under an arn.
Jool: Under an arn?
Pilot: An - estimate - only.
Jool: Can you do something?
Pilot: We will - not be able to expel that ship.
Jool: So we're all gonna die?
Pilot: Moya and myself, certainly. However - I may have a way to save you. Take food, liquids and a long-range frequency modulator to tier 16s' treblin side pressure hatchway. You- should be able to survive a few solar days prior to hypothermia -- if I jettison it.
Jool: Oh... Pilot!
Pilot: Go.
Jool: We can't just leave you!
*Chiana’s really taking to this mothering thing, and D’argo’s frustration leads to something good*
Chiana: Children!
D’argo: Nothing works. I've failed.
Chiana: Move D'Argo. Let Mommy shoot it.
D’argo: Nonononono - it won't let you.
Chiana: Well let's get outta here.
D’argo: I don't like to lose.
Chiana: Well then why'd you let go of me?
D’argo: OH BE- *speaks ancient Luxan; ship responds!*
Chiana: What'd you say?
D’argo: Just something Luxan. My Grandfather used to say it all the time.
*a rather dramatically heightened librarian/patron exchange :P*
Pilot: KA D'ARGO! MOYAS DEAD LANGUAGE LIBRARY IS INCOMPLETE!
D’argo: What about ancient war declarations?
Pilot: MY ACCESS TO IT AT THIS TIME EVEN MORE SO!
D’argo: There's even some historical transcriptions of SPEECHES!
Pilot: At BEST I can find words!
D’argo: You can even try some anti-Luxan propaganda!
Pilot: Fragments of words!
D’argo: Pilot! That ship is trying to kill us! I need to know why it speaks Luxan!
Pilot: DRDs can prepare a supplemental translator microbe-
D’argo: Good! Good! Do it! JUST DO IT!
Pilot: - injection with any data I a- Aahh!
*best transcription of the Jool/Chiana fight*
Chiana: You go.
Jool: All right. I've given it a lot of thought-
Chiana: Okay.
Jool: - and I think actually-
Chiana: I think the best thing to do right now is just to calm down and figure this out.
Jool: - maybe it was something Crichton did. And while things are still bad-
Chiana: There's nothing we can DO about it right now so-
Jool: - there's no reason D'Argo should be mad at me is there? … just don't know how I can make my point when you will not-
Chiana: Skelnick! Would you just-
Jool and Chiana: - stop talking!
*John seeks advice from “Jool”*
John: D'Argo and I aren't gettin' along too good these days either.
Jool: Ye-ah! He put you in a coma!
John: I gotta figure out what to do about that.
Jool: How hard's that? You're gonna die.
John: Well - Scorpy thinks I should get revenge. Pilot wanted me to run - but that didn't work. You got any ideas?
Jool: You once said to me that our species might be related. If that's true - you have to have a measure of intelligence about you. Which means you can reason. Be honest. Talk to him. Work out the problem. Conflict's for barbarians.
*Jool comes clean to D’argo, with surprising results*
Jool: D'Argo? I think it may have been me. I was in here earlier. I didn't touch anything - I was just here.
D’argo: I found THIS in the control! Your HAIR!
Jool: Are you going to kill me?
D’argo: I've already hurt Crichton today. That's enough.
Jool: I didn't mean to cause any of this-
D’argo: WELL WHAT DID YOU MEAN?! I MEAN - WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN HERE?
Jool: I know - that I can be -difficult. That no one wants to spend time with me. You're someone who - I like. And I know that since the problems with your son and Chiana - that you've preferred to be alone. In here - I just thought - if this is so important to you - that maybe... Maybe if I learned a little about it - we might have something to talk about.
D’argo: *genuine* Thanks for making the effort.
*John gets a visit from someone he misses very much…kinda*
John: Wow. You look great.
ToonAeryn: Hmph. Is this the best you could do?
John: I uh... I miss you.
ToonAeryn: Obviously. Where are my clothes?
John: On Talyn. You and that - other guy the other me - you're not -- aahh-?
ToonAeryn: Mm - don't do it to yourself John.
John: Right.
ToonAeryn: Oh! Nonono! Before you go you fix this! *John gets out big pencil and draws her as Jessica Rabbit* Mm-hm. I get it -- I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way. Oh please! At least use some imagination! *she snaps the pencil in half and imagines herself as Marilyn Monroe* Happy Biiirthdaay Mr Astronauauauat... *whizzes into Cleopatra* Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
John: Honey - that's the wrong Shakespeare.
ToonAeryn: *Dorothy* There's no place like home. *Madonna* Hey Johnny! Like a virgin? *Lee Anderson from “Baywatch”* I'd... like... Rescue you!
John: Can you do that Sharon Stone thing? Basic Instinct.
ToonAeryn: *Nancy Reagan* Johnny - just say-
John: NO!
ToonAeryn: There's a good boy. *back to Aeryn, though her midriff is still way too much like an hour glass :P*Thank you. Now - what are you going to do about D'Argo?
John: I dunno. I'm supposed to talk to him - not really sure what to say. Any advice, help-?
ToonAeryn: D'ARGO! D'Argo could you just leave young Johnny alone please?
D’argo: Uuuummmm... No.
ToonAeryn: *to John* Run, Forrest! Run!
*the qualta blade search is on!*
D’argo: Begin searching immediately! Now I threw it over in this direction here.
Jool: Why would you DO that?
Chiana: Short version? Because of you.
John seeks out “Chiana’s” help*
John: Hey Pip! You got a sec?
Chiana: Sure.
John: Are you up on everything that's goin' on?
Chiana: Yeah. You're dying.
John: Yeah.
Chiana: Scorpius wants you to get revenge. Pilot says, run like a - a scalded kepnetz.
John: Yep.
Chiana: And Jool would talk D’Argo’s ear off -- till he committed suicide.
John: So ah - What do you think?
Chiana: Well revenge is sweet. It's always worth the effort.
John: No revenge! No talking, no running - Come on baby you're the Sultana of Survival. What's left?
Chiana: Be smarter. They always make it more complicated than what they need to. Use it against 'em. Screw 'em - at their own game.
John: That's good.
operation continue foreshadowing things about Chiana’s new foresight*
Chiana: Hey Princess - watch out.
Jool: Watch out for what?
Chiana: Chunks of metal. Don't get hit.
Jool: There's no metal down here - there's just muck. Do you have muck?
Chiana: Oh yeah. Up to my crotch in it!
D’argo: *drops some metal* CHIANA! JOOL! WATCH OUT!
Jool: FOR WHAT? *screams as the metal plops into the bat dren near her* You little slut!
D’argo: No, no - it wasn't Chiana. It was me.
Jool: Then how did she know?
Chiana: I dunno. Just made sense.
*Jool finds out about the bat dren*
Jool: Are there - other things - living in Moya -- with us?
Pilot: A panoply of harmless parasites. Many serving symbiotic functions. Perhaps you're hearing the Hodian Trill-Bat swarms.
Jool: Do these - Hodian Bat things -- leave droppings?
Pilot: Extensively. Their effluvium spreads along Moya’s inner hull, and helps seal microscopic cracks.
Chiana: Bat dren!
Pilot: You're walking through it. *cue Jool’s screams*
*Harvey’s most powerful argument for revenge*
Harvey: Dearly beloved - we are gathered here today to pay our final respects and to say farewell to our dear friend - Commander John Crichton. A schmuck. Mule-headed. Reckless. And probably brain-dead before I met him. Alas - his death -- is mine also. Even I don't know if it's too late. We could already be gone.
John: I love Aeryn. That should be enough.
Harvey: Soft emotion - won't get the job done!
John: Revenge?
Harvey: Destroy the bastard John! If only in your own mind!
John: Marty Goldstein stole my bike when I was 7. I went over to his house and I gave him a bloody nose.
Harvey: Powerful emotion - revenge.
John: Could'a just taken the bike back.
Harvey: Yes - but can you just take your life back?
John: I don't - wanna be like other people. I don't wanna be like you. I don't wanna stoop that low. Kirk wouldn't stoop that low.
Harvey: That was a television show John! And he made Priceline commercials! But if you insist - then look to Kirk the way he really was --savage when he had to be!
John: He's a fiction Harv. I know the difference. I'm real -I have to live with what I do.
Harvey: You can no more ignore your biologic heritage - than change your grandparents birthplace! These - primitive animal urges you think you must resist - they're not relics from an uncivilized time! They are in you for a reason! Because you need them! No cartoons John - you can take him!
*John beats Harvey at his own game*
Harvey: You ought to be thanking me.
John: For what?
Harvey: For saving your life!
John: Sorry, Harv - no joy. I gave it a shot. You could've been right - you were wrong.
Harvey: I - don't understand.
John: Of course you don't understand. You live in the country but you do not speak the language. Just don't - don't touch anything in here - you're clueless.
Harvey: No John - revenge!
John: For you - it's a way of life. For me it's not the answer.
Harvey: Then we're dead.
John: Don't ever distract me from what I really feel. Harv -- I - love - Aeryn.
*D’argo finally gets a win and John provides comedic relief*
D’argo: I - am Ka D'Argo. Son of Laytun. Grandson of Reksa. And I am the great-grandson of Ka D'Argo Treytal.
Luxan Ship: Power systems at your command Ka D'Argo. Telemetry functions at your command. Deception Shroud at your command. Sonic Accelerator at your command. Particularization Field at your command. Weapons Cascade at your command. Communications Array at your command. Eyes - clear.
Chiana: You did it!
D’argo: I did it - I did it!
John: *recently awakened* Hey guys? The lights are all out. Maybe we should call someone? *faints*
*Jool gets the last laugh and Chiana is still the mother*
Jool: This stuff - will not come off!
Chiana: Well lucky for you it doesn't smell.
Jool: It smells terrible!
Chiana: Right. I mean - lucky for me we don't share quarters.
Jool: You know - I think you should just show a little more respect. Without my sacrifice you would-
Pilot: We would have all perished. Moya and I thank you - Jool.
JoolYou're welcome Pilot. Oh - if I were you I'd clean out that lower level if you ever expect me to go down there again!
Pilot: Yes. Of course.
Chiana: Well you wouldn't have to go down there again if you'd stop frellin' around with other peoples stuff.
Jool: Um excuse me - D'Argo and I have already sorted all that. I'm gonna take the first ride on his ship when he figures it all out.
Chiana: Kids.
*D’argo and John make amends, with a bit of a discussion that melds deeply into the episode*
D’argo: Crichton - I know you're out there. If you won't talk to me can you -.at least just listen? Somehow saying I'm sorry seems so inadequate.
John: Aw we'll get through it.
D’argo: I've so much rage inside. So many things. Sometimes I -- I just need to control it better.
John: Well now would be a good time to learn. You got a baby ship to feed.
D’argo: It's a curse John. A warrior heritage - my instincts.
John: You just gotta know when to control 'em bro.
D’argo: We have a code-- aggression against an ally entitles retribution.
John: D'Argo - look at me. There is nothing - that would ever make me take revenge on you.
D’argo: Thank you. When you were dead - did you know you were dead? I mean - no- What went through your mind? What did you see?
John: Buddy - that would be impossible for me to explain to you.
