Farscape 1x4 Reaction | Throne For A Loss

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[@Tantalus010]

"Stop kicking Rigel!!!" **one minute later** "Yeah, disembowel him." Yup, that's Rigel.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

Sad eyebrows...I never knew a puppet could be so expressive and emotive until Farscape.

[@roryowens9703]

My favourite is Pilot when he's offended by something. A lot of it is down to Lani Tupu's great voicework, but the puppet is more expressive than a big crab monster with a cow face has any right to be.

[@zippomage]

@@roryowens9703 that is the best description of Pilot ever!

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

@@roryowens9703 I made my statement "until Farscape" to be ambiguous. Otherwise, I would have specified until Rygel. I'll get to Pilot at the appropriate episodes since Exodus from Genesis gave us barely a hint of what is possible. But yeah, I was referencing Pilot as the most emotive (drawing emotions from ME). Rygel may be very expressive but emotive goes to Pilot.

[@VegetaLF7]

That is the power of the Jim Henson company. Farscape is them just flexing on how much skill they have after years of more kid focused Muppets

[@ramy8207]

I've seen this show so many times that I forgot what it's like to experience Virginia Hey's performance as Zhaan for the first time. She's so talented but that can sometimes be easy to overlook in a cast of outsize personalities. It's fun to see your take on her character and get a bit of that "Damn Zhaan is cool" feeling back.

[@roryowens9703]

Just wait until the sun shines....

[@tetsuoishiki4677]

Woman warrior from Road Warrior!

[@rodneypayne4827]

Someone knows 😉​@@roryowens9703

[@markdriscoll8119]

@@tetsuoishiki4677omg, she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen when I went to see that in the theater. He voice is like silk. Even bald and blue she’s gorgeous.

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

Rygel is the best…and the worst. He cracks me up.

[@PChazman1]

No matter how good you think these episodes are, you are only just beginning to see the greatness of this show as these are still just giving you an introduction to these characters and their universe.

[@Jessup47]

Heh, that's the thing about Rygel: he grows on you like mold.

[@dragonzord6615]

I absolutely adore Zhaan, she's probably one of the best characters in scifi.

[@hobiwan9597]

For me - one of the reasons the show works so well is that we see it all from John's perspective. As a viewer we are thrown into this alien world just like John. As the episodes progress, we get to learn about this world as John is learning. He's always asking the same questions WE are.

[@paulonius42]

Zhaan is one of my favorite sci-fi aliens, and Hey's performance is exquisite!

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Hey was so good. Too bad about her reaction to the makeup.

[@francb1634]

"The imperfection is yours" is a line I use all the time.

[@grendelum]

i always love how quickly people accept Rygel as being a member of the crew despite being a muppet.

[@TroyConvers5000]

FUN FACT: here in the UK, the word 'muppet' is also used as an insult, so your comment works both ways.

[@tonycamas9747]

It's a small nitpick, but the Henson Creature Shop folks would probably like you to know that Rygel is actually not a muppet. The word muppet, as defined by Jim Henson way back in 1955, specifically refers to the colorful, somewhat silly cast of characters that were designed to appear in sketch comedy material and, later, children's shows and films (e.g. Fraggle Rock). But Henson and his Creature Shop created other puppet/animatronic creatures that were decidedly not muppets, including the creatures in Henson's 1892 film The Dark Crystal, the various critters in Farscape (notably Rygel and Pilot), and a number of feature films in various genres. Also, the Muppets IP was sold to Disney in 2004 (except for those that appear in Sesame Street, which continue to belong to the Henson company). But the Farscape characters were (thankfully, I say) not part of that deal. None of which diminishes the point you made about Rygel seeming completely real, because he does, and it's great. But, at least technically, he is not a Muppet. Sometimes I think one of the reasons this show didn't do better than it did was because people said "oh, muppets in space - great." Which the people making the show really hoped to avoid.

[@davebeattie9573]

PK (Peace Keeper) Tech (Technically minded) Girl (Female) is my favoutite of the season 1 stories. Alyssa-Jane Cook plays the titular character, Gilina Renaez, our tachnically minded female Peace Keeper. In the order I watched these, PK Tech Girl was episode 6.

[@huwjennings2695]

Rygel, from the pilot to the end of the series, and the following comics, has one of the best character development arcs in the series. And this is a series that excels at character development.

[@DaveJohnsonUT]

Farscape brought me to your channel. I absolutely love this show. I am here for the full ride. 4 seasons and a mini-series!

[@Timmayytoo]

This episode really turns a corner with the relationships between all of them and we finally get see the Aeryn Sun we all love so much. I’d say PK Tech Girl is in many fans top 3 favorite episodes of the series.

[@knavehart]

John is a nerd. like us. His references, and his character only gets better

[@KnightlyNerds]

Pretty much every ttrpg character I play end up a version of John, I don't do it on purpose but I guess he is just my spirit animal. He was cool guy pop culture nerd before it was popular.

[@user-wm4yj3ux9r]

It's John Lee Hooker time.

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

"You been lyin' to your daddy! D'argo, tell him who his daddy is!" "**I'm** your daddy."

[@dalesharp9953]

Great reaction. The pop references are fun, because the aliens are clueless. The mispronunciations are always fun. Virginia Hey is amazing to withstand the extensive makeup process.

[@DarthTach]

Actually in another, say decade, a lot of the pop culture references on this show will be alien to people growing up now.

[@josephkrengel]

The pop culture references are also how he keeps his sanity.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Farscape is a terrific series , so creative , great plots and characters .

[@gobsvensen]

In addition to all the blue makeup, Virginia Hey also had her head and eyebrows shaved for the duration of filming.

[@cathyvickers9063]

Actually, she used a baldcap for a while. Don't recall if the shaving her scalp was before or after.

[@Fafhrd42]

@@cathyvickers9063 She only used the bald cap in a couple of episodes later in the show's run, and it's VERY obvious when she does.

[@FuzzyBunnyofInle]

She's got the striking bone structure to pull it off flawlessly.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@cathyvickers9063 That was only in the videogame episode.

[@SchulzEricT]

PK Tech Girl is probably my favorite episode in the first half of season 1, so really looking forward to that one.

[@richardwallis9374]

The flax is very good

[@quakeholio]

A planet full of Crichtons? That's a big ask, but I'll see what I can do.

[@SchulzEricT]

I think you missed that Zhaan DID help him. He said "my choice", meaning that he didn't put the gauntlet back on because he HAD to, he did because he CHOSE to. (Obviously that wasn't the choice she wanted him to make, but she helped him get to a place where he could choose.)

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I thought he was kind of just saying that as a kindness to her realizing that he did not do what she would had hoped he would

[@zippomage]

yeah, it was his choice to go back to the addiction. The drug is the addictive part. He chose to partake in an addicting activity. That's like saying someone chooses to go back to alcoholism.

[@Dularr]

​@@zippomageah, the life of the functional alcoholic. They can function through life staying drunk. Until they cannot function anymore.

[@johndoe9231]

@@funnylilgalreacts even that shows that she helped. The fact that you thought he did it as a kindness would have been almost alien to him. I'm sure Zhaan was the first and only person who showed him what kindness is. For him to reciprocate in kind ... that shows some growth.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@zippomage The drug isn't the issue. It's the pirate lifestyle.

[@donkfail1]

John and Aeryn keep falling on top of each other. Then, on the planet, Aeryn falls on D'Argo and John falls on Rygel. So who's lips will "accidentally" collide when it happens again?

[@Lee_H9]

"Really, Rygel?" Yes. I believe that you will eventually come to love our Dominar and see what a good character he is, but I will admit it might take some time. I find it frelling awesome you're watching Farscape.

[@JakkFrost1]

One of the things I love most about this show is how it has the habit of taking all the common scifi tropes and completely flipping them on their heads.

[@chrisfraser5088]

Simply one of the best sci fi series of all time! The characters are incredible. I got to meet Virginia Hey once. It was genuinely incredible to talk to her. She’s an amazing person as well as an awesome actress. Zhaan is my favourite Farscape character! And that’s saying A LOT. You haven’t even met….well…I’ve said too much 😏 I digress. Looking forward to your future reactions, Angela.

[@zippomage]

so many people to find and flee from.

[@chrisfraser5088]

@@zippomage nicely said 😏

[@davidwebb4451]

Zhaan's religious and meditative practices allow her to control darker aspects of her personality hence she might well have been far less peaceful if she had lost that control by using the gauntlet.

[@parker469a]

If she ever went purely malicious she could rival an Old One.

[@JamesMalone-td2ky]

"PK Tech Girl" is one of the best episodes of the first season. Not going to do any spoilers; but you learn a lot more about what makes Rigel into the being he is.

[@roystoyscomics1361]

Zhaan: "Did you say Chrichton?". Internal monologue "Oh Frell!" Maybe you don't need John and Aeryn to kiss...but I do. 😁

[@pluck8913]

The entire cast grows on you. You will learn to love them all, even Rygel.

[@orthochronicity6428]

Fun science facts in the episode (okay, 1 fun one): Dargo most likely has an immune system like the horseshoe crab, where foreign entities are enclosed by a special type of cell, rather than our system of special cells that attack foreign entities. While we've figured out synthetic processes to make the relevant protein, we've long used and still use horeshoe crab blood in medical applications, particularly vaccine creation, to identify and eliminate endotoxins to ensure safety. About the bugs doing cleaning... we still use maggots to treat wounds with necrosis, particularly dismemberment. They are only interested in eating dead tissue, and consequently end up being extremely delicate pruners. Without them, we'd have no way to carefully remove dead tissue without causing further damage, increasing healing time, and increasing the chance of disease.

[@SchulzEricT]

Yeah, Crichton is one of the best SciFi protagonists of all-time... hell, strike "SciFi" and it holds. I'm convinced Shepard from Mass Effect was based on him in some ways - obviously as an RPG, you have the ability to play it very differently, but I'm sure the writers of Mass Effect were fans of Farscape; the world was obviously most influenced by Star Wars, but there's no way they aren't fans of Farscape, some of the characters feel very Farscape-y. But the entire crew is great. Zhaan is pretty easily the most likeable one right off the bat, she's very wise, generous, patient, and centered. But she's got a playful side that really makes her easy to like, not just admire.

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

Fun Fact: a lot of Mass Effect's aesthetics were inspired by the movie "Final Fantasy: Spirits Within" which failed at the box office (but really wasn't terrible, in my opinion).

[@Cam-yu8wy]

Can I make a suggestion? Start writing down all the nicknames Crichton has for Rygel. You'll have a pretty entertaining list by the end of the show/mini-series(and fond memories), and most people seems to have a favourite 😄

[@RothAnim]

I can remember three offhand, but that's more for a moment of one of MY favourite episodes later. :D

[@Cam-yu8wy]

@@RothAnim I just love how that was a thing, and was soooo tempted to mention a couple of my favourites, but I don't want to ruin anything for her just in case she reads the comment

[@TrueMyth]

D’argo’s costume was a work in progress and this early version didn’t provide a lot of mobility. He lives up to his warrior nature more in later episodes and seasons.

[@superby1]

This is one of my favorite episodes. I remember seeing it when it first aired and I think this is when I knew I'd be watching regularly from that point on. I loved that John compared the gauntlet to Green Lantern's power ring. Back then we didn't get a lot of comic references on TV and if we did, it sure wasn't Green Lantern. Someone knew their stuff!

[@dematar]

Farscape is one of my favorite sci fi series, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood may be a perfect anime. Its amazing that you're reacting to both.

[@Joemama55122]

I met Virginia (Zhaan) like the kindest most considerate and hilarious person ever

[@Avenger85438]

Yes, John Wayne did once play Ghaghis Kahn, and it is one of the most infamous productions in film history, not just for the colossal questionable casting, but because it was mader downwind of a nuclear test site.

[@nigelhyde279]

Worse they shipped in the same radioactive sand to use in studio shoots. A significant number of cast and crew died of various cancers.

[@orthochronicity6428]

@@nigelhyde279 All of which were cancers completely inline with their drinking and smoking habits, which were quite extreme for their generation, and not inline with cancers you'd expect from ambient radiation exposure.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@orthochronicity6428 Yeah. A significant number of any group of people die from cancer. I saw somewhere the odds are like 1 in 6.

[@TheChromeRonin]

I always liked Zhaan, for you can never be called peaceful unless you are capable of great violence. Otherwise you are just harmless.

[@Trilaan]

This is the episode where the philosophy of "abusing the puppet makes it real" started. Hence, the beatings Rygel takes. This episode was originally episode 4 and the previous episode you watched was episode 5. The biggest indicator that they were out of order was that you saw D'argo with the gun form of his Qualta blade at one point in the previous episode(not that you would recognize it as such).

[@NZBigfoot]

Thing is, while technically its out of order with the blade, to me it makes sense having Throne here before I,ET due to a comment Rygel makes based on his experience here in Throne... which is harder to throw away given its in actually dialogue rather than simply something appearing when it shouldnt have been. Although i prefer the televised order simply since its how i experienced it back when it broadcast, even if its not how it was supposed to be shown. (although oddly i recall when i saw it Back and Back was after this one) Thats why i personally cringe when I see reactions that have I'ET as episode 2, its silly given its a single line of dialogue but hey lol... the crew dynamics also make less sense with I'ET second as Dargo is more chummy with Aryn in it compared to how he is here where he seems to connect with her here a little. Thank god all the viewing orders sync up real quick lol though (and in the scheme of things it really doesnt matter anyway).

[@Trilaan]

@@NZBigfoot I, ET is maybe the second worst episode of the show after Jeremiah Crichton.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@Trilaan Those are two great episodes, each much better than Beware of Dog or the finale.

[@derrickbias3406]

I know in the heat of the moment it's necessary to use an unknown weapon to survive. But, as we learned from the Ghoul in Fallout rule number one is to read the manual.

[@TheNewsacredcow8403]

Ben Browder aka John Crichton is an American actor.

[@Shadowman4710]

Charlotte, NC, where I happen to live these days.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@Shadowman4710 Ever noticed that John gets more southern when he's impaired?

[@Shadowman4710]

@@alphanerd7221 Yeah, Ben's talked about that. He makes the point that as people get older, or say "impaired" their original accent tends to come out more.

[@imdownhill4964]

I need more of these at a faster pace 😅

[@paulfedorenko2301]

Oddly enough, the order that you’re watching the episodes in matches my 25th anniversary blu-ray set so far. Enjoying your channel so far. Fun reactions, interesting thoughts on the characters. Charismatic host. What’s not to like? On a side note, my dad’s a retired dentist. His reaction to those dentic bugs was that they’d put most of the professional out of business. 😁

[@mrroyboto]

Almost forgot how much fun it is to watch your mind work that quick. Stitching together a fan fic in the intro.

[@dewaynejelks9088]

PK Techgirl is a great episode. I hope you enjoy. Regarding your stature, I shall call you "The Great Tiny One". LOL

[@funnylilgalreacts]

The Great Tiny One is perfect

[@this.is.a.username]

@@funnylilgalreacts "tiny but fierce" is how one of my favorite characters in literature is referred to. highly recommend the Dresden Files

[@biguy617]

One of my favorite episodes of the first season.

[@sablewharton1854]

I'm excited for you to see PK Tech Girl!

[@Svenz0r]

35:23 I want to believe that this was a subtle Encino Man reference...

[@corgiluver9718]

Fun reaction. Love the interactions between our crew as we begin to know them better.

[@trendane]

If no one has mentioned it yet "PK" stands for "Peacekeeper". It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out when the episode first aired.

[@somecallmetim2112]

FYI, Angela, I am watching on Amazon Prime, and so far they have the same episode lineup. I haven't watched this show since it first ran on SyFy, so I'm super excited to be going through it again, and then watching your reactions!

[@rimisark]

15:50 because they like each other. And wee NEED that to happen.

[@miguelvelez7221]

"No sermons." This is a really good early season one episode and frankly, no spoilers, if this is what the show stayed as it would still be a pretty good weekly sci-fi show. This episode packs a lot of action and twists with good character moments and the moments are often based on two characters bouncing off one another. And the way they used every trick to stretch the budget but deepen the texture of the show is on full display. Such a simple thing to do a lush jungle setting but color tint the background to add a sense of alien to it all. And as a sub plot the stuff between Zhan and the young Tavlek is mature writing all around. And to think... The writing and production values only get better in the near future... I am so happy somebody is doing this series. It's going to get SO amazing. This is gonna get into FIREFLY territory very soon.

[@Sephiroth144]

Ah yes, the episode we learn why the Qualta Blade is so thicc... And D'Argo/John meeting Jotheb- you can almost hear D'Argo apologizing for his racist -friend- co-worker; "Sorry he called you a 'critter'; he's new..."

[@robertrodger3055]

Looking at IMDB, I think you're watching these in broadcast order. That may not be what the producers wanted, but I think this is how those of us lucky enough to watch it originally got to.

[@TiberiusDarkforge]

This was the 2nd episode in the original broadcast order. While the Pilot was great for setting up the premise, this was the first time we saw the characters for what they are - fighter, healer, monarch/trader and token human. It really gave the characters depth and showed that the writers/producers were seriously considering how these characters would interact, what drove each of them and how they could find common ground to work together. This is especially evident in the scenes with D'Argo and Aeryn where they talk about how they are recovering from the gauntlet and then Aeryn is helping D'Argo after he's injured, and the scenes where Zhaan is treating the Tavlek (little miss nice until she's not). Oh, and get used to the pet names for Rygel.

[@stephenkay4008]

Really enjoying the start of your journey with this - and the good thing is we will all get to enjoy your reaction to the revelations yet to come and there are MANY revelations!

[@colournut]

The gauntlet would make me even more afraid and timid. Those are my biggest flaw's.

[@seanhewitt-mallet7143]

I remember that PK Tech girl was one of my favorite episodes. I do not remember if it was one of my favorite of the entire series or just of the season, but I remember the episode all these years later. I DO think it was a little later in the season than this, but 90's TV had a little more freeflow about continuity so it probably could be worse.

[@ravenstromdans]

I am really loving how much you deep dive into analyzing the show before and after each episode. Aside from John, who is kind of a given as our surrogate into the greater universe of Farscape which makes him easy to empathize with, Zhaan is probably my favorite character of the show. While all the character get their various levels of nuance, her ability to flip a switch between the motherly priest and almost deranged violence is as fascinating as it can prove to be truly terrifying because of how unexpected that switch often is. I also like how there's a certain grudging camaraderie budding between Aeryn as a soldier and D'argo as a warrior, two vocations that have similar applications but very different ideologies - that camaraderie mostly gelling as a bemusement over John's "uselessness". I'm looking forward to you experiencing the character reveals and progression of each of the crew as the show moves forward. Especially looking forward to your reaction to "PK Tech Girl", the very first episode ever aired, which is what officially captured my imagination and pulled me almost bodily into the Farscape universe.

[@dacoomes]

88 episodes and then a 4 hr tv movie. this is gonna be fun.

[@kieronball8962]

Great reactions to another excellent early episode of Farscape. The relationships amongst the characters, are still developing here and it's fun to see.

[@KevinLyda]

Loved the poop tooth story. Is there a stool in the office named in his honour?

[@funnylilgalreacts]

🥁bum tis🥁 😂

[@legostargalactica]

I look so forward to you seeing all of these characters not only show who they really are, but who they become.

[@johnmiller7682]

I swallowed a crown once. Please don't call me poop tooth.

[@johnhardwick5406]

Season one of a series is the story development period so the episodes are loosely connected and they are more focused on character development.

[@Monsteruss]

Just FYI, Ben Browder is American, while the rest of the cast is mostly from Australia and New Zealand. Also, has any one brought up that you may have seen Ben Browder pre-reaction in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 as the Sovereign admiral? 🤨

[@zippomage]

I have ADHD, stimulants have weird and unusual effects on me. I'd probably want to nap more.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

SAME

[@phillipayriss3608]

After this episode John is not allowed to have a pulse gun until season two. For the saftey of the crew.

[@KBTibbs]

I love it. We're getting to see more depth to our characters. It's so fun to get to know them (again).

[@tsalvlaxitov9594]

Zhaan's character has a persistent duality of civilized and psychotic that the actress does an excellent job of portraying. If you've liked this series so far you're probably going to love it by the time you've finished watching it. I think that overall Farscape is the greatest sci fi television series of all time.

[@reverseBLT]

The tiniest people tend to be the ones with the most mouth. LOL My little bro was so small, and was *always* instigating stuff. The worldbuilding and character work in Farscape are some of my favorites of any series. I love how Peacekeeper culture gets expanded on, how we get little crumbs dropped about who each character was before we met them, and the way the writers knit this found family together, over time. This ep does have one of the rare missteps, though, in my opinion. Commando Sun shouldn't have been surprised by the fact that D'Argo's qualta blade had a pulse rifle mode. I'm actually liking Peacock's episode order. It flows well and, so far, I don't think it's introduced any continuity issues.

[@johndoe9231]

Thank you! I really appreciate that you announced the next episode. Now we can watch in your order. BTW, nostalgia is creeping back in. Thanks to you, I am once again looking forward to next week to watch your next reaction of this beloved show. I watched this show when it originally aired, and the weekly wait and build up of anticipation has returned. PK Girl is an episode I fondly remember, and I cant wait to see you absorb it! I am glad to see you enjoying the ride so far, and I'm almost certain now that you are hooked, and will continue watching beyond just the first season. BTW, I'm excited to see that you too enjoy one of my favorite things about the show.... John constantly making references that only humans/americans can fully understand. I've always felt it makes him so relatable, given that I probably would act and say similar things if I was tossed across the universe... reminds me of Peter Quill from Guardians of the Galaxy, with his walkman, and how he shared his music with the crew.

[@kempkennedy3542]

Wow, so long since I watched any Farscape!! Forgot about these 1st episodes in the 'simple times' before the characters and story grow so much more complex. Enjoy!!

[@raxephon69]

Anyone wanna take any bets on How long it is til Angela has a little MOYA on her shelf-o-ships? I'm gonna go with pre-season one Ending! 😁 But seriously, Angela, I'm SOO glad you're enjoying FARSCAPE, had no doubt you would!

[@MrHws5mp]

There are more Pilot-centric episodes in the series, so if you have patience, you will get to know his character better.

[@chriskelly3481]

😂 "Episode roulette" Let's go! 😁❤️👍

[@Aeroldoth3]

While I can imagine two empires far apart and never having heard of each other, I can't believe two royals would be close enough to meet yet still have never heard of each other's empire, OR that both would be so vulnerable as to be captured by poor bandits. As someone who hates prisons, I wish they would have freed the other guy, and anyone else who might have been there.

[@parker469a]

He was locked away for 130 years so the other empire might have been far smaller or named something else.

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@parker469a Sorry? The guy from the Consortium of Trau(?) was held captive for 130 years?

[@parker469a]

Rigel was in Peacekeeper custody for 130 years.

[@MichaelGMunz]

Soft? Yes. Weak? No.

[@FuzzyBunnyofInle]

I always liked that line.

[@pedanticperson1149]

Re: Luxan's & their blood - it's an interesting idea, what sort of environment would they have had to evolve in that encouraged more trauma after an injury? One that is very dangerous... With Zhaan the thing to remember about why she's there is what she said in the pilot episode, that she was consider something of the "Chief anarchist" of her people, what that means in terms of actual crimes is not revealed.

[@dstarling61]

I’ve always assumed that Lucan’s can survive losing a lot of blood.

[@LegoGBlok]

I absolutely love your laughter!

[@johnfrick9639]

I haven't watched this show in quite a long while. When I WAS watching it, my viewing was a little sporadic and not in any specific order that I could ever ascertain. As I watch your reaction videos, I find myself remembering watching them (this one a little more so than the others you've shown). I do remember enjoying it, primarily because A) I'm a HUGE sci-fi nut, and B) like you, I've always enjoyed pretty much anything Jim Henson (and company) had a hand in (two of my favorite childhood movies were "Labyrinth" and "The Dark Crystal"). What would the gauntlet have shown of ME? Hmm..... For starters, I am a natural and gregarious smart-a$$. I'm not even sure the gauntlet would cause that to amplify any more than it is naturally already. And, if it DID... OH DEAR GOD!! 😁😝 On the other hand, (I hate to admit it) I have a pent-up internal rage that may take a lot to cause it to bubble to the top, but is ever-present and ever-threatening. Think Bruce Banner of the Avengers; "That's my secret, Captain: I'm ALWAYS angry!" Admittedly, I lack the physical capabilities of our two battle tanks, but it would still not be so good a thing. Of course, that could just be my natural negative self-perception coming to the fore. (basically, while I maintain a pretty decent facade, I'm really an emotional train-wreck).

[@shadout]

It was reported that at the start everyone was really careful with the Rigel puppet because it was their only copy. This episode demonstrates the extra care didn't last.

[@LovelessDogg1]

Ben Browder isn't Australian. He's American. So yeah, he is very much the only American on the main cast. Which is probably why he blends so well with the Show. lol

[@harneydragon5862]

You don't want to see Zahn with that on lol.

[@ThePharaz]

A goatee may be evil but a goatee with a handlebar mustash is truly evil. Consider the TV series Lexx (1996).

[@Monsteruss]

Assuming the IMDb is correct, Angelia, you are watching the episodes in the correct airring order.

[@-.NYX.-]

OMG .. you have a Drd Pike??? OH... i love you so much!!!

[@KellyKMc]

You make a compelling argument. Synths were not introduced in Netflix’s Fallout-verse, but there is certainly room for them.

[@sadfaery]

The actor who plays John Crichton is American. The rest are mainly Australian, though.

[@questionablehumor2800]

American Commander in an international space agency filmed in Australia set in SPAAAAAAACE!!!

[@martensjd]

This is episode 4 at IMDB, so I'll call that official.

[@MuffinHunterX]

I haven't watched the series all the way through in awhile so I had legit forgotten how well they had sprinkled in lore in the early episodes. No clunky exposition, just giving John and us the information needed at the time.

[@thomashiggins9320]

Another episode I kinda had to try not think about too hard while watching it. Unfortunately, I couldn't *not* think about it afterwards. 😏 I mean, the leader of not quite 340 million people always has his own aircraft flown by experienced military personnel; additional high-performance military warplanes fly with it as escorts; it always includes some truly badass bodyguards on board; and *nobody* gets anywhere *near* it without running a gauntlet of background checks, physical security scans and pat-downs. The Tavleks are basically the sci-fi versions of the Somali pirates who attack container ships in the Indian Ocean. They'd no more likely grab any leader (of 600 billion people or 10,000 worlds) worth having than Somali pirates could snatch Joe Biden. So, that means the pirates either knew Rygel was full of crap from the moment he opened his mouth (and by extension, the guy in the cell next to him is just as much a liar), but they grabbed him anyway to see if they could get anything for ransom -- or the script was just *bad* . The fact the Tavleks said they believed Rygel was a king had to check to see if the ship had any riches tells me it was the latter. I did like how we got some insight into the characters based on how the responded to the drug, though. (And we ignore questions about how a drug for one species effects so many different species and doesn't just kill them.... 🙄) Also, authoritarian regimes have a bad habit of housing political prisoners with violent criminals as a way to terrorize and break dissidents. Given that the Sebacean Peacekeepers edge *really close* to hierarchical authoritarian right-wing militant supremacism (i.e., Fascism) so insular that exposure to variant ideas renders one a criminal, the notion they'd house prisoners such as Zahn or Rygel with brutal thugs seems perfectly in keeping with policies they'd adopt. I spent the 1990s as an investigative political reporter for a local weekly in Colorado, and then an award-winning business writer (among other things) for a small-town daily, before the bottom fell out of the newspaper business after the turn of the century. So, the gauntlet would probably result in cool-headed, patient and relentless aggression toward those who behaved unethically and caused harm to others.

[@cathyvickers9063]

The gauntlet would bring out all the anger I keep buried in public. I'd also be offmy wheelchair & walker.

[@jacobdeweil3553]

If u think Scorvians are evil oh just you wait until we meet the real baddies of the show. This show is only going to get better.

[@dewaynejelks9088]

Can't wait for you to meet Chiana.

[@markdriscoll8119]

I can’t wait for you to meet Chiana. She was my favorite. GiGi Edgley is so charming.

[@parker469a]

I know in one of the later seasons I was looking at the cast and remarking on the fact that every single one of them seemed super ripped. The same thing happens in season 5 of Buffy with the boys and the girls.

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

I think that if I were to put on the Gauntlet, I'd fall into something from early Exalted (a TTRPGl: the Red Rage of Compassion. I'm normally a very kind and quiet person who does their best to not get in anyone's way, but I have myself a nasty temper that's gotten me in trouble more than a few times. Put that thing on me and I'd probably go berserk on people that hurt and hate others for no reason.

[@tptstud01]

4:14 Ben Browder is American, the only one on the regular cast.