SEASON THREE
Season of Death
- This is one hell of an ominous title...
- Love the new opening credits sequence, from the music, to the new monologue, to the inclusion of more action-packed scenes, and so on.
- Damn, everything Crichton went through in "Die Me, Dichotomy," and he's still stuck with Harvey in his brain, even without the chip? Poor guy. I loved the mental fist-fight between the two.
- Watching Rygel performing mouth-to-mouth on Tocot was pretty funny.
- This affair between Chiana and Jothee is just
wrong. And damn, she didn't wait for him to be around very long. I'm assuming the affair is a result of 1) D'Argo's idea for the three of them to settle down somewhere (fear of commitment); and 2) in attitude, Jothee seems to be more like Chiana than D'Argo is (both seem to be "wandering souls," whereas D"Argo's wanderings have always had purpose). As wrong as it is that Chiana is betraying D'Argo in such a deeply personal way, I also can't help but not be surprised due to the above two reasons.
- Zhaan seems to be starting to off the deep end now, first with her attempt to kill Crichton (even though it was what he wanted) and again when she knocked out Stark to seek Aeryn's soul to bring her back to life.
- I wasn't expecting Aeryn to return to Moya so soon. Since I already knew she wasn't going to stay dead, I wasn't surprised, of course, by her coming back to life, but I was expecting that storyline to play out in such a way that no one on Moya would know she was alive for some time, perhaps as a prisoner of Scorpy.
- While I'm on the subject of Aeryn coming back to life... Damn. I'm having trouble accepting that Zhaan is going to die.
Suns and Lovers
- It's pretty awesome that Crichton's actions are building him a reputation in the Territories.
- Good on Rygel for being disgusted by Chiana's affair with Jothee. Had to chuckle (in agreement, frankly) when he referred to Chiana as a "slut."
- I'm fascinated by the relationship between Zhaan and Stark. It doesn't feel as if it's been built to gradually like the relationships between Aeryn & Crichton or D'Argo & Chiana. It feels more spontaneous, like it popped up fully-formed, yet at the same time it also feels to be much deeper than the D'Argo/Chiana relationship has (more along the lines of Aeryn & Crichton, but those two have had to work for it, whereas Zhaan & Stark haven't seemed to need to). It's deeply romantic and spiritual, without any of the sexual tension that the other relationships have.
- Poor D'Argo. After all the time and effort he spent trying to find a way back to Jothee, now he knows that his own son has been sleeping with the woman he loves. It's tragic, really, especially since he had planned to ask Chiana to marry him, after not believing he could ever love again after Lo'Laan. Jothee deserved whatever pain resulted when D'Argo burned the union tattoo onto him. I'm not sure what Chiana deserves; she betrayed D'Argo simply because she couldn't express her feelings about his "settling down" plans
and used Jothee in the process, which right now seems even more unforgivable to me than Jothee's role.
- Pilot's maniacal life as he detached the door into space that Borlik was stuck to was damn disturbing.
- Aeryn & Crichton's conversations about "charity" and "body fluids" were amusing and cute, especially the one at the end of the episode and when Rygel was told to shut up, all for being concerned that there was another problem. "But we can have sex if you want."
- This season is off to a strong start after only two episodes.
Self-Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
- I'm glad Crichton mentioned
Star Trek when Aeryn asked him if he understood what Neyala was saying to explain how Moya and her ship had collided, because my eyes were glazing over and I felt like disregarding it was "technobabble."
- "I won't be spoken to like that by some alleywhore." "Hah, how could she know that about you?" *whap* "Did you know she had a fiancee until she slept with his son?"
- Pretty cool that Crichton can now call Harvey forth at will. Their interactions really are cracking me up. Loved Harvey's quip that Scorpy would use the wormhole knowledge for "faster delivery of pizzas."
- So far Jool is striking me as a bit of a mix between Chiana and Rygel: arrogant attitude of someone used to always getting her way, but still seemingly rather youthful.
- The ending series of scenes, as everyone prepared to abandon Moya and Pilot, were very depressing.
- I got interrupted several times during this episode, so I think that's about all I have to say on it at this time.
Self-Inflicted Wounds Part II: Wait for the Wheel
- As obvious as it may be to say this

, I had a feeling during Part I that this alien crew couldn't be trusted. Always nice to be affirmed.
- The scene between Aeryn & Zhaan near the beginning was very touching, with their discussion about Zhaan trading her health for Aeryn's life and Zhaan insisting that Aeryn should not devalue herself. These two characters haven't gotten nearly enough time together on their own.
- Harvey is starting to grow on me as his own character as a weird mix of Crichton and Scorpy, rather than looking upon him simply as an extension of Scorpy.
- This was a very tense episode, ending on a very sad note with Zhaan's sacrifice. Paul Goddard nailed Stark's emotional breakdown.