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Graham
They keep turning up the pressure on us - how much more can we take? The writers found a neat solution to the problem of having their kick-ass female sedated for the whole episode by introducing Chiana the Vampire Slayer who had marvellous five minutes kicking Scarren minions all over the place.
Another manic episode with another manic scheme, as the crew of Moya spread deadly plague on a space station. They have steadily slid towards the dark side over this series with the creed of the end justifying the means taking over more and more.
By the way, did anyone else notice that Rygel’s lurgey changed have way through from bacteriological to viral? A good job that bad guys weren’t paying attention, or Granny’s credibility as a healer would have been seriously undermined. And whilst we’re on "did you notice" - hasn’t Deep Space Nine done a swap-the-foetus story line? At least the girls escaped before the dirty deed was done.
But as ever, Farscape has something up its sleeve. Just when you think they’ve got clean away, up pops Harvey in a classic return from the dead scene. Sorry John, I don’t care how Scorpy got him there, it is great to have him back.
Stephen Brennan
The plot thickens so fast the story is becoming difficult to keep up with but nevertheless Fetal Attraction was an interesting episode that successfully opened the three part story well.
It was nice for the underused Rygel and Noranti to be given centre stage for a change and allowed not only a development of their individual characters but their relationship as well. Mellisa Jaffer gave an excellent performance, and it really is a shame that Noranti has been so overlooked throughout the season.
Aeryn's rescue was cleverly contrived although in places it was too easy to be believable. However, the dialogue and well-directed screenplay more than made up for this. It was an ingenious touch, switching the roles of Aeryn and Scorpius so that the remainder of the story isn't about John and Aeryn but John and Scorpius.
Sikozu's role in the ongoing story became more interesting and the introduction of other members of her species was a nice to contrast her with others of her species.
All in all, Fetal Attraction was not the best episode of the season, but sets the scene for the remainder of the story well. The return of Harvey was wonderful and more than made up for the half-baked ending that the character was given earlier in the season.
