Revenging Angel

Farscape Episode Review

In which we chase a rascally rabbit and there are anvils involved.

What Happened

When John seems to break his ship, D'Argo smacks him into a wall and knocks him into a coma. While John is sleeping, an energy pulse from the ship knocks out many of Moya's systems as it begins a self-destruct sequence. In John's head, Harvey taunts John a little, wanting to know what his reasons for living are. John turns him into cartoon Harvey. Then, he drops an anvil on him.

The Loony Toons theme continues as John imagines D'Argo chasing him through space, courtesy of an Ozme Rocket Pack. As John tries to out-run, out-reason, and out-smart his pursuer, D'Argo gets flattened, shredded, flattened again, blown up, and smacked several times into a wormhole painted on the side of a mountain.

The Jessica Rabbit version of Aeryn shows up, wanting to know where her clothes are. Her entreaties to D'Argo to leave John alone go unheeded... and we're back to wormholes painted on cliffs again, where D'Argo gets crunched by the Enterprise. Dr. Harvey tells John to take revenge on D'Argo for smacking him around. John dispenses with the cartoons, this time, but his Three Stooges experience comes in handy. Rake. Pail. Bear trap. Trap door.

Unable to get the ship to work, D'Argo curses at Chiana in ancient Luxan, and the ship talks back. It tells him that if he can produce a Luxan Qualta Blade, he can shut down the self-destruct sequence. Once Jool helps him find it, the ship announces that it is ready for his commands.

Back at Flatline Central, Cartoon D'Argo is still after that rascally astronaut, with predictable results. John tells Harvey that revenge isn't the way for him. All he needs to concentrate on is his love for Aeryn and he'll be fine. A puzzled Harvey sighs as John wakes up.

That's all, folks.

What We Learned

• D'Argo is rather agitated.
• That was mature.
• This after-school special dissipates our chances for survival.
• Pilot doesn't get out much. So he reads.
• Cartoon D'Argo has red and yellow polka-dotted underwear.
• D'Argo is not Ancient Luxan.
• Conflicts are for barbarians.
• Chuck Jones wrote the book on these situations.
• Showing a little bit of self-restraint wouldn't hurt.
• Kirk wouldn't stoop that low.
• Harvey lives in the country, but he does not speak the language.

What Did I Think?

Worth it, if only for the shot of D'Argo getting flattened by the Enterprise.