I had a difficult time enjoying “Till the Blood Runs Clear” as the story wasn’t particularly gripping. For being away from his home, John Crichton hasn’t looked to be in any sort of hurry to get back, but that seemed to change here. He and Aeryn Sun were out in space doing tests when John seemed to create a worm hole similar to the one which brought him away from Earth.
Getting close to the worm hole created damage on the ship so John and Aeryn landed the ship on the nearest planet because the nature of the damage would have damaged either Moya or her baby. The mechanic they managed to get to work on their space craft was quite a piece of work. The always seemed to have a plan or something else going on in her mind. You can tell she was a bit of a con artist so it surprised me when she helped Aeryn defend herself later in the episode.
Magda Szubanski as Furlow
The solar flares proved to be an important piece of the black hole puzzle. They must be present and Zhaan seemed to enjoy them quite a bit. It seems that her species find solar radiation from the solar flares to be orgasmic. While I found this interesting to watch, poor Rygel couldn’t bear to think that Zhaan would strip down to take in the intense radiation.
When Crichton and Aeryn don’t return, a search party is formed. One by one, D’Argo and Zhaan both head out. D’Argo manages to get captured by a bounty hunting team. The Peacekeepers have put a price on the heads of D’Argo, Zhaan, and Rygel while Aeryn and John aren’t mentioned at all.
Crichton does a good job of trying to be the alpha male, but there was only so much he could do to protect D’Argo. There was a limit to how far he could go and still let the other bounty hunters trust him. I didn’t envy John this week.
I didn’t envy him one bit. He had to give away an important piece of information regarding his home. He made a deal with the mechanic for the black hole info in exchange for the fixed ship. They both got what they wanted, but John really wants to go home and it’s about time the writers included this sort of thing in the show.
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