After Pilot's announcement that Moya can't constantly take orders from the entire crew at the same time they are taking turns to act as captain. During Crichton's stint in the role he searches for a wormhole he has predicted; at first it looks as if his calculations were inaccurate and he hands command on to Rygel; then a minute or two later a wormhole appears! They don't get time to celebrate though as suddenly everything goes black; Moya has become tangled in a space-dwelling plant. The plant starts to eat away at the metal in Moya's hull. The crew struggle to remove the plant but some of their moves make matters worse! While this is going on Aeryn tells Chiana about her pregnancy; she also tells him something that she didn't tell John... she doesn't know who the father is.
It seems that the writers have returned to having stand alone episodes rather than having an overriding story arc that dominates the season. While it is a decent story I miss the longer stories. This week threat does feel like something that might have been encountered in the early incarnations of 'Star Trek'; although it does have more humour. I found the character interaction more interesting that the plant; in many ways that just served to get them into positions where they could talk. When Aeryn told Chiana her secret it was inevitable that it would ultimately get back to Crichton; knowing the characters it was believable though. Gigi Edgely does a particularly fine job as Chiana as her character not only passes on the gossip but also trying to cover herself by saying Rygel had told her. The vote to decide the new permanent captain was well handled; I was expecting series protagonist Crichton to get the job but in a pleasant twist it went to somebody else without that choice seeming to be controversial.
It seems that the writers have returned to having stand alone episodes rather than having an overriding story arc that dominates the season. While it is a decent story I miss the longer stories. This week threat does feel like something that might have been encountered in the early incarnations of 'Star Trek'; although it does have more humour. I found the character interaction more interesting that the plant; in many ways that just served to get them into positions where they could talk. When Aeryn told Chiana her secret it was inevitable that it would ultimately get back to Crichton; knowing the characters it was believable though. Gigi Edgely does a particularly fine job as Chiana as her character not only passes on the gossip but also trying to cover herself by saying Rygel had told her. The vote to decide the new permanent captain was well handled; I was expecting series protagonist Crichton to get the job but in a pleasant twist it went to somebody else without that choice seeming to be controversial.
