With Moya badly damaged and Crichton on the brink of insanity due to Scorpius' chip the crew Tocot; a Diagnosian who may be able to cure them... for a price. He starts work on Moya but John is fast losing the battle for his mind with 'Harvey'. It eventually gets to the point that he hurts Rygel, Aeryn and Zhaan before leaving in his module. When he departs he tries to contact Scorpius. Aeryn pursues him in her prowler but after a chase he manages to force her to eject over a frozen lake. Shortly afterwards John regains control of himself but it looks as if it is too late to help Aeryn. He manages to get back to Tocot's facility and the doctor starts to undo the damage caused by the chip; it might be too late though as Scorpius arrives leaving John in a very bad way as the episode ends with the words '... to be continued'.
This was a great end to the second season that left me looking forward to the third! As the episode opened it looked as if things were going to get better as Moya and Crichton were going to be cured. Tocot and his assistant came across as rather mercenary but so long as they got paid they'd do what they could to help. Tocot made an interesting character; he is a doctor capable of healing almost anybody but his own sensitivity to germs means he must wear a mask as the slightest contamination would kill him. I didn't expect John to lose control to such an extent that he could do serious harm to his friends. Ben Browder did a fine job portraying Crichton; both as his normal self and in 'Scorpius make-up' when he totally loses control to the chip. Aeryn's pursuit of Crichton through the frozen canyons was fairly spectacular as was her ejection into the frozen lake; this led to one of the most emotional scenes in the series so far as the crew said their farewell's to her.
This was a great end to the second season that left me looking forward to the third! As the episode opened it looked as if things were going to get better as Moya and Crichton were going to be cured. Tocot and his assistant came across as rather mercenary but so long as they got paid they'd do what they could to help. Tocot made an interesting character; he is a doctor capable of healing almost anybody but his own sensitivity to germs means he must wear a mask as the slightest contamination would kill him. I didn't expect John to lose control to such an extent that he could do serious harm to his friends. Ben Browder did a fine job portraying Crichton; both as his normal self and in 'Scorpius make-up' when he totally loses control to the chip. Aeryn's pursuit of Crichton through the frozen canyons was fairly spectacular as was her ejection into the frozen lake; this led to one of the most emotional scenes in the series so far as the crew said their farewell's to her.