Anyway, it's good to see Grasshopper isn't really working for the Scarrans. One of the reasons he works so well as a villain is because he believes that Scarran domination of the universe would be a lot worse than Peacekeeper domination of the universe. And he'd be right. To have him go from an "ends justify the means" villain to a "want more power" villain would just spoil him entirely.
I'm really going to miss John's totally-out-of-nowhere-but-oddly-appropriate comments. Last night I said to myself, "Oh my God, it is the Wonkavator!"
Braca managed to do in one year what the Voyager crew couldn't do in seven: Give their commanding officer the old heave-ho. About time too. I never liked Grayza.
D'Argo and Chiana back together? D'Argo must be out of his mind.
And please please please please, if the show must end, let it end without another Scorpy love scene!
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Heh... the writers really have been going all-out with the pop culture references in these past few episodes. From the Wonkavator to the Blue-Light Special, I'm really starting to think he's going off the deep end.
The idea about the flowers seemed really weird at first blush, but now that I'm thinking about it, it really makes sense that the Scarrans aren't naturally that smart. Actually, that would also explain some of the obvious stupidities from some of the early episodes -- like the time when that one Scarran decided to lean over a beeping pulse pistol...
I wonder if the amount of flower consumption has something to do with the apparent "caste" system in the Scarran Empire -- those big hulking horse-faces and then the "normal"-looking humanoids. (Or Sebaceanoids?)
And yes, it was nice to see Braca finally tell Grayza to shove off. I half expected them to reveal that Grayza was a bioloid then and there... but apparently the writers have eviler ideas that we'll never find out about.
Oh well -- at least it was a great story, as usual!
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Okay... I just watched this episode again with my family (who were seeing it for the first time), and I've clarified a few things that I couldn't quite figure out before. But I've got some questions:
-- Just what was the deal with Stark? I don't understand why they needed the plot device of a Bioloid being the one to torture Scorpy, because the real Stark most definitely has enough hatred (and therefore motive) to do the deed.
(As an aside: were the series not ending, I would expect an interesting pairing between Noranti and Stark. "Another lunatic with the wrong number of eyes!" Think about it -- you think there might be some sort of symbolism intended with Stark having one, and Noranti having three?)
-- Speaking of Bioloids, I could've sworn that Grayza (and maybe Braca) were supposed to be Bioloids after the events of "Bringing Home the Beacon." I got the strong impression from the closing dialogue that at least one and probably both were replaced. I even suspected it through last week's ep, because a fake Grayza setting up final peace negotiations would make a lot of sense. Unfortunately, the character interaction in this episode -- specifically Grayza's reaction to John's use of the word "raped" -- indicates that she's the real deal. I suppose it was worth it to see Captain Miklo "Smithers" Braca finally grow a backbone and tell his commanding officer to go to hell.
-- My sister made a crazy connection when we were watching, and I can't believe I didn't think of it last week... the Katratzi planetoid is the second Death Star! Just take a look at its shape, the two big chunks carved out of it...
-- Back to Stark. I'm not sure if I can figure out Scorpy's train of motivation here. Wasn't Scorpy already researching wormholes on that old Gammak Base in "Nerve"? I know that John was the one who said it first, so there might be a way to twist it around... (I'll have to go back and watch it when it's in reruns in a few weeks.) But the switch between the Scarran daisies, Stark's knowledge, and Crichton's wormholes seems too convenient and contrived. (But then, hasn't a lot of that been the same way on "Farscape" for the last four years?) It just doesn't make any sense at all for Stark to have worked for the Scarrans... not to mention Stark's status as a "Banik slave" who apparently was wanted for his mental abilities, not any specific information.
Yeesh... I hate it when new episodes ask more questions than they answer!
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I didn't have all that many problems with this ep. I didn't really like the Stark-bioloid thing. That was just pointless. But the rest seemed to fit.
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