"It should be easy. It's never easy."

[danceswithwords]

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Comments

[laurashapiro]

I can barely stand to watch this episode, because I'm squeamish about damned near everything: the icky crevice down B'Sogg's head, the keedva, and especially what Chi does to B'Sogg at the climax. ::shudder:: Men screaming, acid, pain, must run away and hide now.

That said, I love it as a part of Chi's story, and the levels you pick up on here are things I wouldn't have thought to articulate, but have always strongly felt: that Chiana's "growth" may simply mean she's more violent, and that whatever she does to keep herself and her new family safe, just being with them is the most dangerous thing she can do. She'd probably be safer with Nerri in the resistance -- that's the big irony.

I do have to point out this episode as yet another "John saves the day" situation, what with him killing the monster and all. This is an ep that could quite fairly have been all about Chiana's heroism, but Crichton still has to Mary Sue his way to victory. (:

[thassalia]

This is an ep that could quite fairly have been all about Chiana's heroism, but Crichton still has to Mary Sue his way to victory. Victory, yes, but at least it was mostly without dignity:)

[laurashapiro]

Well, that's why we love him in spite of his constant heroics, right? (:

[thassalia]

Hee - exactly:)

[raislak]

For me the biggest hurdle to accepting this episode, is the accent used by B'Sogg. Its got that Yule Bryner as a western gunslinger accent, but in a bad way.

At my first viewing, I was not aware of Zhaan's floating role in the series, but upon reviewing it is becoming more apparent that she seems out of place and pace with the show. I think again they were trying to work out what do do with her and were struggling with it.

I definitely felt this was a Chiana centered ep.

[danceswithwords]

For me the biggest hurdle to accepting this episode, is the accent used by B'Sogg. Its got that Yule Bryner as a western gunslinger accent, but in a bad way.

I thought it was odd too, and then I read somewhere that they were actually doing an Aboriginal-in-the-outback-mining-country accent, sort of the Australian equivalent of the wild west. I don't know anything about that, so I have no way of evaluating it.

[raislak]

And my only reference to Austrailian westerns is "Quigley Down Under" and B'Sogg did not sound like Alan Rickman! ;-)