Out Of Their Minds season two review

I'm busy. Farscape style writing post is going to be short. Some things I laughed at, others I didn't. I guffawed at times, I hid my eyes behind my hands at other times. The writing was a bit weak but all right, the direction was competent, and the political situation was very Farscape. No good guys, men or women; the resistance is as ruthless as the oppressors; come back in a few years and it would be the men in the women's position. The guest performers were a definite improvement over last week. The mechanic was very sympathetic. [Although, were we really to believe that she could pass herself off as a man?] The doctor was appropriately disgusting. Reminded me of Danny De Vito as The Penguin in Batman Returns -- must have been the nose. It was that season's Out Of Their Minds. Not in terms of quality or even humor, no, but it was a strong ensemble episode which relied on cooperation and a twisted kind of forced empathy between crew members. If anything, this season could do with a little less emphasis on John [not that I'm personally complaining], or John and Aeryn, and this episode served to reaffirm, or establish for some, the team spirit -- often reluctant -- of Moya's crew. While CBC provided little individual development, except perhaps for Chiana, and in a way Scorpius, it provided dynamical development. The crew worked as a unit, no one was left floating out in space or locked in a cell. Most everyone contributed a part to the plan and saved the others; everyone did their bit [shed some fluid]. The emphasis was on the intimacy enforced by their day-to-day lives on Moya, something we don't get to see often enough. I would gather that travelling through Tormented Space will soon call for cohesion. They're about to get kicked in the ass. TS almost drove Moya mad, and they don't have the luxury of a filter. That said. What was to be taken from John's new look [I'm not talking about the drag -- the duster], or the complete absence of laka? To tell you the truth, I'm too tired to think about it. Today's not the day. I got the impression that John was just having an 'okay' day -- well, before the dren hit the atmospheric scrubbers. His 'Would you quit speaking English' was interesting however -- voice almost raised. I'm not sure what bothers him the most: that Aeryn's trying too hard, that it reminds him of how perfect she had it with the other guy and that they were about to head off for Earth without him, or that he's trying to get himself under control, but the reminders are testing his resistance. Perhaps all three. I do believe that sharing the load, the responsibility of the 'plans', looking to D'Argo as he did in the opening scene, is good for John. It allows him to be more focused. Less burdened, perhaps not across the board, but in little ways that matter. As for John and Aeryn, I wouldn't mind if they were hitting one of the status quo/denial stages they were accustomed to in season two. Although, that's no doubt wishful thinking on my part; sooner or later, they'll have to address the pregnancy. He did seem to spend a lot of time with his back turned to her, or not looking at her. No wasted body language there.