“Rhapsody in Blue” took us to a place we don’t normally travel: the history of John Crichton and Zhaan. Although they don’t have many things in common, things about their past came up in a big way in this episode.
Some of the Delvians tricked Moya into approaching their planet in an attempt to get Zhaan to help them. Since we met Zhaan, we haven’t seen a bad or evil side to her. She’s always been a peaceful soul, but that wasn’t always the case. We knew that, but it has never really been discussed in any depth that I can recall. Here, Zhaan is called upon to give up some of her secrets, specifically how she manages to remain calm and stave away any madness that creeps upon her. This has become a problem with the Delvians. When they are tempted by their demons, they get sick and go insane.
Darlene Vogel as Alex, Ben Browder as John Crichton
The Delvian’s leader is a power-hungry wench who nearly kills Zhaan in a trick to get as much knowledge as she can when they are locked in a mind-sharing ceremony. The event really had an affect on Zhaan. She wasn’t the same woman we have come to know and actually looked to be looking forward to exacting revenge.
The Delvians used a number of mind tricks to keep Crichton and company at bay. Crichton seemed to get a lot of screen time since one of the Delvians tricked John into thinking that the woman he loved ended up marrying him and is now one of the crew members aboard Moya. John appeared lost at times, which isn’t all that unfamiliar for him, quite frankly. He’s usually out of his element all the time.
This was a very dialogue-heavy episode. There was surprisingly very little action in the episode. Farscape doesn’t appear to be the big action-packed sci-fi show I expected it to be. It isn’t just this episode that is making me think this. Only some of the episodes have much in the way of combat and what little there is isn’t all that impressive.
I really liked the casting of Darlene Vogel to play Alex and Lorana. I’ve always found her to be sexy and was one of the few reasons I ever watched Pacific Blue in the late 1990s.
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