The opening of this episode comes as quite a shock; Crichton is having a needle inserted into his eye; it turns out the is entirely voluntary as they have tracked down Namtar, a geneticist whose database contains information on millions of species and he can use a sample to find the home planet of any species he tests and give them a route home... that is until he comes to Crichton. Zhaan, D'Argo and Rygel are happy with their results and are quite willing to pay Namtar's asking price; one of Pilot's arms... whether Pilot agrees or not! Aeryn initially opts not to be tested as she knows she can never return to the Peacekeepers but later decides to go through with the procedure in the hope that Namtar's database will point her in the direction of a Sebacean planet. He does something else to her though; rather than extracting her DNA he injects her with Pilot's DNA. She immediately realises that something is wrong and it isn't long before she starts to mutate to become more like Pilot. Meanwhile Zhaan D'Argo and Rygel have received the promised data but they soon discover that it is only possible for them to extract data to get one of them home and each of them are determined that they should be the one. With those three fighting it will be up to Crichton to find a way to save Aeryn.
This episode showed us just how fragile the relationship between the crewmembers is; Zhaan, Rygel and D'Argo will do anything to find a way home; we saw them hack off one of Pilot's arms and it is clear that they would kill each other for the knowledge they desire. We also get to know more about Pilot's character; he is surprisingly forgiving of those who harmed him even though he is clearly as hurt emotionally as he is physically by their actions. Namtar was another good villain; made even more interesting when we discover his true nature at the very end of the episode. As always the alien designs and makeup were superlative; this includes Aeryn as she gradually mutated into a pilot. Over all this is a high quality character driven episode which doesn't lack drama and excitement.
This episode showed us just how fragile the relationship between the crewmembers is; Zhaan, Rygel and D'Argo will do anything to find a way home; we saw them hack off one of Pilot's arms and it is clear that they would kill each other for the knowledge they desire. We also get to know more about Pilot's character; he is surprisingly forgiving of those who harmed him even though he is clearly as hurt emotionally as he is physically by their actions. Namtar was another good villain; made even more interesting when we discover his true nature at the very end of the episode. As always the alien designs and makeup were superlative; this includes Aeryn as she gradually mutated into a pilot. Over all this is a high quality character driven episode which doesn't lack drama and excitement.