Liars, Guns and Money and Die Me, Dichotomy

[minxy]

Liars, Guns and Money.

Part I:

AAAAAAwwwwwwwwww, STARK! Yay. Yay Stark. I like Chiana’s wisdom, John as elected negotiator, D’Argo not having any bullshit…

I don’t know why exactly Stark is so hell bent on helping D’Argo find Jothy, but I may have missed something.

Aeryn seems to be quite on the periphery. D’Argo is really rushing into everything awfully quickly, but I may be in love with his faults at this moment.

Love John using obscure Earth references and exploiting his otherness.

Wow, heels.

Stark has a weird combination of occasionally crazy, zen, abrasive, funny, smart, wacky alien, calm and freaked. I’m not sure I get it, but I sorta buy it.

Cute Chiana echoing Zhaan with her BDSM eyepatch. I enjoy that Aeryn has such a matter of fact attitude about John’s hallucinations, and the implications that he tells her about them, which is raw.

Eeew. Wow. I think they may have just squicked me with the creepy alien licking.

Coolness. John and Aeryn are snuggling whilst they hide from the bad guys.

Oh, it worked? I thought Rygel just got his clothes blown off, but I guess he got Scorpius’s stuff after all. And now John is kissing Aeryn to center his brain back into reality and she’s totally unfazed and I love Aeryn.

Chiana and Zhaan giggling about how they got the gas mix right finally is cute and wonderful. Do the Scapers have the same knee jerk anti-women reaction that I’ve seen in other fandoms?

Wow. Compulsion. Life debts. Wow, Ben! Whoa. Amazing.

John and Aeryn moment. About what they didn’t say, which is always extraordinary. And Claudia Black is really very gorgeous. I think I may have a thing for her eyebrows, oddly.

Whoops, stolen money is booby trapped. They do a good job of making their bugs gooey. Really adds to the creepiness factor.

Part II.

Do you see? Do you see Claudia’s eyebrows??? Michael Shanks needs to be asking for advice. The hair slicked back makes me a bit sad.

They did a nice job setting up this moral quandary for D’Argo with John vs. Jothy. Very nice set up.

Creeeeeeediiiiiiiits.

And, it would appear that John’s not the only one losing it this episode as D’Argo is ripping up command and having his own hallucinations. I foresee problems.

And D’Argo and Chiana are communicating, but sadly. Am worried.

But look! Aeryn is gettin’ it done. That’s my girl.

It’s interesting to me that John is using the Scorpius link both consciously and unconsciously, letting it protect his brain, using his knowledge of the experience to anticipate next moves… and HEY, initiating a real conversation? Like a link? Wackiness.

High school? Bwahaha.

I like Chiana’s new clothes. Are those replicators or the crawling money? Freaky how everything goes around and comes around.

‘Yes, but—we’re POOR’ Rygel.

They’re bouncing right along with these flashes of action. Ooooh, Chiana with a rilly big gun. Go girl.

HEH. ‘I’ve seen bigger.’ Dat’s right, Aeryn.

What happened to Jothy’s nose, huh? You know what they say about a Luxan’s nose…

Stark is interesting. I don’t get him, but he’s interesting. HEY, not fair to eat the DRDs, mean replicator looking money bugs. Not nice.

That is totally a glow stick she just stuck in Scorpius’ head. Dude, those two are creepy. Creepy how proud she is while telling him how she tried to kill him.

Was that… was that continuity with the Builder’s reference? Was that what that was? OmgwtfDURKA! I’m almost sure, this is continuity.

My Pilot is screaming! And now he’s whimpering. This is not okay. But it’s lovely how responsible for it all Zhaan feels..

Jothy has nice teeth. Very straight. He looks like he’s dressed like a Tibetan. Aeryn is very cute in the background happy for them and then so worriedscaredhurt not two seconds later. Aw.

And yeah, John was a noble type guy. Hope he has a back up plan. Dayum but Scorpius does get OFF on the power trip, doesn’t he?

BA-dum bum. Part III.

OW, John is strapped to a big globe. DOES HE HAVE A SAFE WORD???

Aeryn is punchy with D’Argo, which he really deserves, frankly, he’s been a prick and now Jothy is safe he’s a teddy bear, but I still feel like Aeryn is distracting herself from her worry by … um, taunting the pirates? Awesome.

Talyn is here now? Whut dah fook. Did they think the series was ending or something? Because they are pulling out all the stops.

Crais, baby. Normally I don’t find you very scary, but today you are crisp and flippant and quick and you’re impressing me. Yups.

Jothy is a very sympathetic obstacle. So is D'Argo, for that matter. And the pirates, or bounty hunters or mercenaries or whatever.

Cool mirror between Scorpius calling the guy ‘Bounty Hunter’ and the creepy chick calling him ‘Animal’.

Sweet, the pace picked up once the Bounty Hunter guy ‘fessed up.

And Moya provides a surprise whilst Aeryn, D’Argo and the guy with the gauntlet are a three man army. Only with a girl. And a Luxan. And a guy with a gauntlet.

Creepy gauntlet guy is shooting the guys already down, innit he? Nice.

Braca and Scorpius seem to have a very sweet sort of old married love.

So can John shoot Scorpius? I don’t think so. Will Natia? ‘Parently not. But HEY, lookit D’Argo and Aeryn in at the last moment! Tiiiiiming, very good timing.

Uh, meanwhile back on the ship, the Irish guy has Chiana over a table. Poor Chi. Althought, nice shot.

John is barely functioning in the light show, but Aeryn and D’Argo and the Gauntlet Guy are a three man army.

Guess it’s dangerous to assume that John is going to just be passive. HEE! Luckily Aeryn wasn’t assuming that. Oh sweet, they’re going into the vault, aren’t they? Smart Aeryn girl.

I don’t suppose Talyn is actually going to kill Scorpius. That would sort of frell with the casting for the PKW.

*wibble* D’Argo please? *wide eyes* Beeeeeeeennnnnnnn! Wooobie!

Is that the end of the third one? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?!?!?!

*bites first finger in worry*

*debates queueing up Die Me, Dichotomy Right Now*

*has no self-control*

*is totally going to regret watching a season ender without the next disc standing by*

*it’s probably a cliff-hanger too*

*curls up amidst ‘Scaper pals lest consoling is required*

*but it'll be alright, right? RIGHT SCAPER PALS?*

Die Me, Dichotomy (2.22)

Hey, lookit Rygel delivering good news, even after getting his nuts squashed.

Uh. Oh. John is really losing his sense of self. Wow.

*is alarmed*

*curls up in jenlev’s lap for this episode*

They don’t hold on to money long, do they? Crazy low class impetigo guy is funny while blatantly exhorting the Moyans.

It is Not Cool that Scorpius is driving this little moment with Aeryn.

Good boy D’Argo. Way to be backup.

M’Kay, reset with John and Aeryn, Chiana and D’Argo are on the rocks, but Chiana and Jothy are getting along well.

And everybody is high? Pilot is high?? Yay!

Zhaan, dear, when is it ever a good idea to mind meld with a crazy person? I don’t care what he wants to tell his Dad.

Aeryn has options. John has skills and Scorpy is totally willing to brag. Only she’s out of options. WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

YOU CAN’T KILL AEEEEEERRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYNNNNNNNN.

Oh, okay. She’s swimming. I thought she was stuck in the harness.

SHE’S STILL IN THE HARNESS JOHN YOU BASTARD.

They pulled her out? She okay?

Not Okay. NOT OKAY.

*clings to jenlev*

*leaps off and clings to Aeryn*

*lets Rygel in*

That’s right John’s in chains. Damn well better be. Prolly suicidal too. DON’T GIVE HIM A WEAPON.

Wow, that was very love suicide. Except he was going for her hair, of course he was. He’s always had a thing for her hair.

*meh* So there’s information with Crais. Yadda.

John is weighing the value of his memories.

Rygel is leaving? Staying?

Um, Chiana? No sleeping with multiple members of the family, hun. Mourning or not. Playing with fire.

That was a huge hole bored in John’s brain. And Braga wandering about the morgue.

Riiiiiiight. Replace brain.

So, uh, Scorpius not so dead? He seems a little too fine with the chip being removed from John’s brain.

(*&**YYHiughj7i6%H*&^ I Knew There Would Be A Cliff Hanger.

Still pissed about Aeryn, though.

*seeks solace*

Thank goodness I’ve seen PKW, but somehow it’s not that consoling.

*gets DVDs into Netflix envelopes with lightning speed*

*reorders Netflix queue*

*is prepared to camp out by the mailbox until the next episodes arrive*

*lip wibbles*

AND WHY ARE THERE NO COMMENTARIES ON THESE EPISODES??? HUH??

Comments

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

And this was the season break that lasted, like, thirteen months, right? Or a ridiculously long time, anyway.

[cofax7]

Actually, I think that was a standard 5-month or so hiatus. The worst hiatus was the mid-season break between Fractures and IYYY, which was eight months long. Madness.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Sometimes I'm really grateful I only have to wait two days for the Netflix turnaround.

[cofax7]

Well, it was something of a cliffhanger, so we got a fair amount of interesting fic during that time. Still, horrible to make us wait that long. And then they aired the final 4 eps in the UK about a month before the US, so the spoilage risk was very high (this was before most of the standard file-distribution systems were in place: I ended up begging a friend to tape and convert them for me).