La Bomba, pt 3

Farscape Episode Review

In which John leaves a nuclear bomb in an elevator.

What Happened

With Scorpius having prevented their escape, John and the rest find themselves "guests" of the Scarrans. Scorpius says that he saved their lives; the Scarrans would have destroyed them and probably already have control of D'Argo's ship. Scorpius tells John that the flowers grown in the Super Secret Cavern are the key to Scarran evolutionary progress. Stark once lived on Katratzi, helping the Scarrans in their death rituals, which is why Scorpius was torturing him. Harvey lied about Scorpius knowing anything about wormholes in order to force John to rescue him, but if John destroys the flowers, all debts are paid.

To make matters more fun, the Emperor manages to disarm the bomb. The crew, minus Noranti and Rygel, piles into a drilling elevator controlled by Sikozu. They go the flower cavern, but the mother plant is shielded and the elevator is recalled to the surface. It comes back down full of Scarrans. Sikozu admits that she is part of the Kalish underground, genetically engineered to kill Scarrans. She emits a radiation that destroys their heat-producing gland, but Scorpius doesn't want to leave without destroying the plants. With the Scarran strike team destroyed, everyone piles back into the elevator and they flee.

Rygel and Noranti find and free Stark. Grayza goes to battle-stations and orders a full-out attack. Braca protests, and then relieves her of duty. He orders a retreat. The Emperor demands that Crichton be brought to him, just as the elevator drills through the floor of his chamber. John drops his nuclear bomb back down the shaft, blowing up the flower chamber and using the force to knock the elevator free of the conference room so they can escape.

What We Learned

• Technically, Scorpius is John's prisoner.
• Flowers trump wormholes.
• Noranti admires Scorpius' compartmentalizing of duplicity.
• Scorpius is shafting us as usual.
• It's nothing but rock and hay fever.

Best Lines

John: "I can't believe I left a nuclear bomb in an elevator."
Chiana: "You've done worse."

John: "Do you know how to drive this wonka-vator?"
D'Argo: "Do you?"
John: "No."
D'Argo: "Then, why ask?"

What Did I Think?

Okay, the bit with the flowers was odd, but other than that... stellar.