Farscape (TV Series) Promises (2002) User Reviews

All together again

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 11 September 2012]

As this episode opens the crew sets eyes on Moya for the first time since the end of the third series and there are two surprises waiting for them on board... Aeryn is aboard, and so is Scorpius! Aeryn makes them swear not to kill Scorpius, saying that he is keeping her alive after she started suffering from heat delirium. John finds it hard not to kill him but gives his word. We later learn that Aeryn was deliberately infected by the Lukythians because she was one of a number of assassins who killed their leader. One of them, named Ullom, says that he can save Aeryn but he will only do that if she tells him who hired her; something she refuses to do. Ullom's ship appears to be much larger than Moya and they can't get away from it so they will have to find a way of getting aboard it and defeating him in person if they are to escape. Ullom isn't the only danger; the Peacekeepers have found Moya and have a new weapon that can lock on to a Leviathan's life signs and destroy it; it can even track a leviathan through starburst.

It was great to see the crew all together again on Moya, where they belong and it was quite a surprise to see Scorpius alive and well... clearly he is too good a character to kill! The story with Ullom wasn't the best, I suppose that is why there was the secondary story involving the new prototype Peacekeeper weapon... personally I found this more interesting as Grayza and Braca are better than one off villains. That said I was intrigued by the idea that Aeryn had worked as an assassin while away from Moya. Bringing Scorpius aboard Moya was an interesting move that will no doubt change the crew dynamic in upcoming episodes; especially since he claims to know where Earth is!

I don't get the love for Aeryn after 2nd half of Ssn Two

[txriverotter · 5/10 · 30 November 2023]

Aeryn Sun treats the one John Chrichton like a red-headed stepchild after screwing the other one's brains out when they were together on Talyn.

I always thought it was very wrong of them; to have that relationship without discussing it between the three of them beforehand; laying down some ground rules or whatnot. They don't know which one of them is the OG, so which one has put in the time building the relationship; which one put up with Aeryn's mood swings for two and a half years.

And the shows writers never address it; they simply gave one Chrichton the keys to the Porsche and the other a swift kick in the cajones and a tricycle.

But I digress. So Aeryn and one of the John's jump in the sack and go at it for however long they were on Talyn together, cementing her relationship with one and leaving the other to hang.

Then, when the JC she's been screwing dies (over totally idiotic actions, letting a greedy mechanic get the better of him,) she comes back to Moya and looks at that JC like he is dirt beneath her feet. Won't even speak to him, say hello, kiss my butt, nothing.

It's heartbreaking; he's so happy to see her and runs up with this big grin on his face...and she glares at him for a solid minute, then walks off to her quarters without saying a word. Just...wow.

And I don't believe excuses that she was raised a Peacekeeper and isn't able to sort emotions properly, blah blah, blah.

Treating someone with decency, even if you can't open yourself up to love them at that moment or even ever again, isn't what she did.

She didn't say "I'm so sorry. I can't be with you right now. Losing him hurt too much and I need time." No, she treated him with complete contempt, like dirt beneath her feet. Or worse, like he didn't exist at all.

And the shows writers failed that character completely by making him this love-sick puppy. Following her around, begging for the slightest bit of attention. They neutered him.

So at one point later she leaves Moya, for all intents and purposes never to see John Crichton again. But 'Lo and behold she shows back up with a disease however much later it was; like three episodes, I think. Oh, and she also has Heat something or other. Ha ha!

But for real, she shows up with Scorpius, because he's apparently saved her life, and when she comes on-board, she doesn't take John aside and explain what's happened to her, who saved her, and ask if John would be willing to make a temporary truce since Scorpy saved her life. Oh no!

He walks up behind her, she announces he's the one that saved her and demands everyone else put down their guns and not kill Scorpy, because she's promised him he wouldn't be harmed. Say wut?!

She knows what this monster did to the man she supposedly loves, but can't factor that into her thinking at all. She can't seem to think about anyone but herself.

I wish the writers would have given John more backbone in dealing with her. Love is nice. Being a doormat for someone is something else entirely.

Had they given him a bit of spine, Aeryn might have changed for the better, realizing that relationships are a two-way street.