Trivia
Good reception: Either the Alien Visitation broadcast that Pilot intercepted took a short-cut through a wormhole somewhere along the way, or he's got one hell of an ariel. Radio and TV broadcasts travel at the speed of light, and it seemed that Moya and co. are a bit further away from Earth than a few light-months. Still, at least that means John's got something other to watch than his American Football video.
Grand old man: The reassuringly authoritative presenter of Alien Visitation, R. Wilson Munroe is played by Nick Tate. He's an old hand at this sci-fi game, having played Alan Carter in Space 1999, as well as numerous smaller roles on Star Trek. He also guest-starred in US drama Party of Five - on which a younger Ben Browder had a recurring role before Farscape.
Tongue spotting: Bobby insists on getting a tongue lashing, despite D'Argo's reluctance. We learn that D'Argo's tongue carries adaptive venom that will only knock out his victims.
Taken: (Ex) Sheriff Robert Shumacher of Orlando, seen in Kansas reappears, with his account of meeting the aliens in 1985. He believes that the aliens implanted a chip in his head, and are broadcasting instructions to everyone to eat fatty foods. To block out the transmissions, he wears a foil-lined baseball cap.
All shook up: One psychologist sees John's emotional state as being due to post traumatic stress syndrome - a condition that people can develop after a shocking event or long period of stress, such as war or disaster. She may be right - he has been through a lot.
Saturday Night Luxan: D'Argo was a guest on the ever-popular David Letterman talk show during his stay on Earth, where, he thought, the crowd laughed with him.
The John Crichton guide to pop culture.
Hollywood hokum: D'Argo's seen a lot of Earth films where the evil aliens are beaten by the good humans. Sadly for us, he doesn't think they're very realistic. Hmm... would one of them have been Independence Day, perhaps?
Long Trek home: Bobby describes Crichton as the only human to really have boldly gone where no man has gone before, in a little nod to Star Trek.
Glittering rewards: "Bet this sumbitch wins an Emmy," grumbles John about the presenter of Alien Visitation. Prestigious media awards, Emmys are given out by the US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Wipe that smile: John claims there is an utter lack of toilet paper in space. If it's true, that's just too much information.
Eat it up, yum: Rygel is shown in junk-food paradise. Surrounding him are burgers, ketchup, waffles, marshmallows, crisps, pretzels, licorice allsorts, popcorn, and cakes, and he grips a big lollipop. Sugar, it turns out, is considered a poison on Hynerian worlds, and is hard to obtain. Other Earth things he appreciates are telephone gambling, and sex lines - 1-900 slut girl seems to be a favourite of his.
Nebari Prime 90210: Chiana seems quite innocent to one human commentator. "After all, you get more juice on Dawson's Creek," he says, referring a teen relationship soap where everyone has gone out with everyone else.
