Trivia
Season's greetings: Not getting to Earth too often, Farscape's taken the opportunity to follow one seasonal favourite, Halloween, with another, Christmas. Sadly, no broadcaster was able to schedule this episode to go out exactly when it's set, just before Christmas.
Classical title: Terra Firma is Latin for solid ground or earth.
Feline friends: John had a cat named Mr Jingles as a boy, which got stuck up the chimney one Christmas. Shown a picture of John's pet, Aeryn asks if it could talk.
Keeping the doctor away: They may be good for you, but Sikozu really doesn't like apples. She's not keen on being probed either, leading her to some really dreadful mobile phone behaviour.
Babel-icious: In a nod to the events of season one's A Human Reaction, a few Earth bigwigs agree to have translator microbes injected into them, allowing them to understand all languages. Think what a boon that would be at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Junk food junkies: Rygel and Noranti don't care where they are - so long as the food keeps coming. One Earth delicacy they're particularly taken with is popcorn - so much so that they take some back to Moya.
Servicing the higher ranks: Naughty old Grayza tricks Braca into thinking he's had a passionate tryst with her - the minx!
Speaking about his working relatinship with Grayza actress Rebecca Riggs, David Franklin (Braca) told Farscape Magazine of a little misunderstanding the two had.
"Rebecca turned to me, adjusted her outfit, and said, 'Are they even?' She was referring to her breasts. But I misheard her and I thought she said, 'Are they evil?' Well you don't want to drop the ball in that sort of situation, so I said, 'Well, yes, they're malevolent!' She looked at me in amazement!"
Old flame: It seems that John and Caroline's relationship wasn't as serious as all that - just "good casual times" according to her. Good news for Aeryn, perhaps?
Bug-eyed monster: The Skreeth monster that Grayza sends after John shares traits with the Predator, from the 1987 film of the same name. It was similarly able to become invisible. The look of the creature is reminiscent of another famous film creation - HR Giger's Alien, from the 1979 Ridley Scott masterpiece.
Serious stuff: Real political events on Earth affect John in this episode - his father's feeling that the alien technology shouldn't be shared with all countries of Earth has a lot to do with the blow suffered by the US from the September 11th terrorist disaster.
The John Crichton guide to pop culture.
I, E.T. "Don't worry. Be happy" says John to his sister Olivia. He's imitating E.T. from the 1982 Spielberg film. Perhaps it's a comment on how he feels back on Earth.
Moya-teering: John tells his father that he'll need a sherpa to find his way around Moya, volunteering 1812 for the job. Sherpas are Nepalese mountain guides, hired by people wanting to climb in the Himalayas. The most famous one was Sherpa Tensing, who climbed Everest with Sir Edmund Hilary.
