Michael Martinez
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:14:22 -0700
Don't read if you don't want to know.
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Well, most of the episode sort of made sense. They accidentally went back
in time, altered the timeline for a relatively obscure planet, and then
restored most of it. Of course, they didn't explain how the Peacekeepers
happened to be in that part of the Uncharted Territories 500 years in the
past, and why they weren't hanging around in the present.
But the biggest logical problem for me was Crichton's unbelievable
behavior. The timeline was altered when John, Aeryn, and D'Argo defended
themselves against a race called Venics who were attacking a monastery. A
group of nurses and some peacekeepers had retreated to the monastery. In
the original timeline, all the Peacekeepers were wiped out, but the last
one gave his life to establish a truce. In the altered timeline, the
general who persuaded the Venics to declare the truce was accidentally
wounded and captured.
Aeryn decided the best thing to do was to kill as many as Venics as
possible. John wanted to restore the timeline. Every time they tried to
do something, things got worse in the present (ultimately resulting in the
complete disappearance of the planet). But John convinced the general that
he (Crichton) was sincere and only wanted peace. The general made John
swear that the soldiers would leave the monastery. John agreed without
consulting anyone. Then he tried to sneak the general out of the monastery
without consulting anyone. One of the nurses killed the general and John
ended up on everyone's hit list.
The episode ends very tragically, and about the only clich they avoided was
in resolving a bit of hero-worship for Aeryn. The Peacekeeper she thought
of as a hero really WAS a hero, even though he didn't know it.
Of course, the point of the story, hammered home in nearly every scene, is
that we are ultimately responsible for our own actions and decisions, and
we must accept the consequences of those actions. The grief experienced by
Moya's crew at the end of the episode, however, leads me to conclude that
they won't rightfully place the blame for what happened in all the right
places. They hold some of the blame, but not all of it. And I think they
feel completely responsible for what happened.
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