Bad Timing

Farscape Episode Review

In which there is a cliff-hanger.

What Happened

Braca arrives with an intercepted message: the Scarrans are on their way to Earth in search of more of their Extra-Special Flower, which grows in abundance there. Scorpius presents a plan, but John is determined to destroy the wormhole first. He rejects the Peacekeeper offer of an alliance and spaces Scorpius and Sikozu, then starbursts. A brain storm later, he comes up with a way to collapse the wormhole by puncturing the pre-wormhole bubble at a crucial moment and yanking it in on itself as he travels through it.

The timing will be next to impossible. Pilot has the ability to see pre-wormholes before they form, but is afraid to take Moya through the wormhole to Earth again. He can accompany John back in a transport pod, but can only survive an arn after being separated from Moya. Stark will have to fly Moya while Pilot is gone, but he can't learn all the commands fast enough. Chiana uses her sight to learn them, though it may leave her permanently blind.

John, Aeryn and Pilot fly through the wormhole. John calls Jack and tells him that he is leaving information at Serenity Base for Earth, but will be closing up the wormhole behind him when he leaves. The plan works. The wormhole is collapsed and Pilot returned to Moya in time. Chiana's blindness doesn't fade, but D'Argo promises to take her to a Diagnosian as soon as Moya is recovered.

Moya lands on a water planet for some rest. Out in a rowboat, Aeryn tells John that her child is his. John asks her to marry him and she says yes. Fate won't let things alone, however, and an alien vessel flies by and its blast reduces John and Aeryn to a pile of crystals with an engagement ring sticking out.

What We Learned

• John has an infantile obsession with betrayal.
• Reality presents opportunity.
• Katoya was a fruit loop.
• It's always about time.
• John can smell the bubble.
• John is pleased to bring Peacekeeper protection to his backward-ass little planet.
• Sometimes things don't happen quite the why you imagine them.

What Did I Think?

Killer cliff-hanger. No wonder everyone was pissed they canceled this.