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danceswithwords

"Trust me. I'm a lawyer."

Feb 17, 2006 10:05

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( Farscape 2.08 - Dream a Little Dream )

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dangermousie February 17 2006, 18:27:00 UTC

This is one of the eps I rewatch less often, mainly because it lacks my three most favorite characters: John (my favorite) as well as Aeryn and D'Argo. Though it does have that incredibly cool shot of them walking in Zhaan's imagination that they used in the credits.

I do find Chiana and Rygel's antics hilarious.

danceswithwords February 17 2006, 19:19:06 UTC

I tend to skip it too, because unlike some weak episodes where there are part that impact the ongoing arc, this episode is sort of isolated plot-wise as well as character-wise. But the Chiana and Rygel partnership is really delightful.

brynnmck February 17 2006, 18:59:19 UTC

I have too much rage at OTHER THINGS to comment coherently, but let me just say that you are extremely smart, and I love these posts, and I love that you are able to uncover themes and see character development even in a semi-weak episode like this one. Go you.

I loved your observation about the role reversal with John and Zhaan, and the way she's mentally divided up the crew... lovely.

danceswithwords February 17 2006, 19:26:00 UTC

Aw, thank you. I would be filled with rage too, but emotional repression is my friend. Go emotional repression! Choose emotional repression!

Farscape makes it very easy to explore ongoing themes and character development even in the weakest episode, because it is so rich.

asta77 February 17 2006, 20:28:13 UTC

There's rage? Unless some idiot spoiled you for BSG again, I have no clue what it's about, but I'm sorry. :(

danceswithwords February 17 2006, 20:30:26 UTC

I'll fill you in tonight. You might be able to guess the subject.

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sdwolfpup February 17 2006, 21:30:20 UTC

Our reactions to this episode were much the same, though I love Rygel and Chiana when they are forced to work together so at least I had that to cling to. I really do think that one of the strengths of this episode is the interplay between these two; as you say, a genuine respect for each other grows out of their understanding how the other person will cheat and weasel yet always have very definite, easily identifiable goals. Rygel and Chi understand each other because they know exactly what the other person wants; I imagine John, D'Argo, Aeryn, and Zhaan are just these enormous mysteries to them in so many ways.

And I didn't quite figure this out, but it's very smart:

She's divided the people in Moya into two groups: those she can rely on, and those who rely on her.

danceswithwords February 17 2006, 21:50:02 UTC

Rygel and Chi understand each other because they know exactly what the other person wants; I imagine John, D'Argo, Aeryn, and Zhaan are just these enormous mysteries to them in so many ways.

I really like the way the show played up this natural affinity between them from the beginning--they share a kind of selfish motivation that the others don't, and they recognize that in each other. (And, actually, one of the things I find very interesting about MoyaJohn's relationship with Chiana in Season 3 is that she's learning to operate less on instinctive selfish motivation, but MoyaJohn, bereft of Aeryn and clinging to his obsession with wormholes to get through each day, is moving more toward that kind of motivation.)