Rapid Reviews - Exercise Shows

Farscape [2-01]: Mind the Baby: At points, this episode is disjointed. However, after the cliffhanger, it is definitely a relief to learn what happens to everyone. On the other hand, the end of this one is extremely distressing. I've gotta wonder what will happen with the baby ship in the future. Very nice exercise show, but the quality is a little lower than the last few episodes.

Farscape [2-02]: Vitas Mortis: So Worf finds a female of his own kind. What's that? Oh, right. D'Argo, not Worf. This episode could have been put into Star Trek and worked almost as well, except for the fact that the Enterprise isn't a living ship. I didn't love it, but it was ok. Still good for exercising to.

Farscape [2-03]: Taking the Stone: I like the concept of a planet tomb. We didn't see enough shots of it for my tastes, but enough to get an idea. The "aliens" in this one were fun to try to understand, although I admit I had a lot of difficulty following their dialogue much of the time. The mushroomed Crichton had some nice special effects. I do like that Crichton couldn't stop Chiana from doing what she felt she had to do. He wants to be the hero, but he seems to screw up just as often. The subplot with Rygel was fun... nice to see a graverobber getting his just desserts.

Farscape [2-04]: Crackers Don't Matter: This one got me. I thought it was the crackers, for sure. The real cause was more obvious, but I thought they would go for the strange one. John makes a good insane guy, but then every actor loves a good chance to chew up scenery and this was one of those real scenery-chewing episodes. This was a really good exercise episode, with both plenty of action and lots of nice suspense. Why is the crew always the most interesting when they are at each other's throats?