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Posted By: ZimNova Feb 26, 2003 - 11:37 am

My thoughts are leaning more towards Crichton than Aeryn in "Prayer" mostly because this whole focus on her baby smacks too much of a soap opera to me personally.

All one has to do is go back a season or two and compare John in those days to what we saw in Prayer. Crichton has gained something no other Human has ever achieved. Not only any Human but as the story go's no one else except the Ancients and their servants the Pathfinders or maybe Furlow? No dren he felt out of touch with those he knew on Earth because he certainly isn't one of them anymore. One has to wonder if John is entirely Human now?
I believe John has transcended normal Human consciousness with an ability to transit wormholes at will he neither asked for nor wants. All he wants, it appears, is Aeryn. I have to say that giving it all away for his love of Aeryn is suspect based on the shear magnitude of the consequences that lay with giving Scorpius the knowledge to control wormholes. That price on the surface seems excessive which leads me to believe there is a double cross in the making here.

John has issues beyond anything any Human has ever experienced with his responsibilities to safeguard wormhole tech. We saw when John was on Earth how bummed out he was that everyone, even his father [ Jack; "we'll guard the wormhole John", yeah right!], just did not understand how serious this whole matter is. Wormholes will make the difference in the outcome of the war between the PK & the Scarrans changing the balance of power in the universe. DK said we would be in for a rollercoaster ride we could never imagine with the final episodes of S-4 and brother he wasn't kidding.

I got the feeling when John was talking to Scorpius at the beginning it was like he was having the conversation with Harvey. Like he used to debate his plans within his own mind with the neural clone. You know, half talking to himself. Is it just me or was the fact that he was there with Scorpius, who we already know will kill without mercy to achieve his goals and in this case John's goals too, some kind of clue that John has become more like Scorpius? Crichton has been driven to the same level of desperation to save Aeryn at any cost that drives Scorpius to seek the wormhole knowledge to use as a weapon to defeat the Scarrans. This is fine storytelling.

Great line; "Somewhere the Cubs are winning the World Series". Now THAT'S an unrealized reality.

Claudia sures makes a foxy Nebari and that scene where Chi/Aeryn dies was tough to take. At least John avoided killing Aeryn, well kind of Aeryn, again.
I'm guessing but the way Aeryn held on to the story of Lechna and her work as an assassin through all the drugs suggests those flashbacks may have been in fact from the time when she was missing from Moya after "DW2B" and before "Promises"?

It was a tough row to hoe but they got the information they needed about Katratzi. Great episode. 4 Moya's for sure.

About the cancellation. Frell those frekniks at the SFC, Ms. Bonnie Hammer et al. There are few things in life that make me sad anymore but that Farscape's story may never be completely told is one that does. Gorram it to dren.

Posted By: Bmat Feb 26, 2003 - 12:06 pm

I knew when I watched it that seeing the baby destroyed, even though it was just a fictional thing on a TV show, would bother me after the show. Since the woman was playing a part in the show, was the killing of the fetus also supposed to be taken as sham?

Posted By: fanuilh Feb 26, 2003 - 01:36 pm

I wondered about that, too. If she was never pregnant, what were we seeing? An illusion?

Posted By: Nomad Feb 27, 2003 - 03:48 am

Maybe she was pegnant but didn't care cause she was working for the Scarrans and would do anything to stay alive.