"We're So Screwed, Part 2: Hot to Katratzi" was one hell of an episode. Crichton, worried that Scorpius will spill wormhole secrets to the Scarrans has journeyed back to Katratzi and thrown himself in the middle of the negotiations between Grayza and the peacekeepers on one side and the whole Scarran hierarchy on the other.

Now we all know why they had to cancel Farscape, they were spending way too much money on Scarran costumes. This is the kind of episode that makes me really mad our beloved show is going away. Crichton and Aeryn are back together and can’t keep their hands off each other. The rest of Moya’s misfits are happily doing what they do best, starting a riot. Who can ask for more? On a side note, I love the look of Scarrans and this episode gave us plenty of great make-up effects to be in awe of, including a Scarran Emperor Staleek.

Here is the biggest news from the episode: Harvey’s back in Crichton’s head, well apparently he was never gone. Scorpius has been up to much more than we realized. He left his neural clone inside of John’s head all of this time and has been getting all of the wormhole knowledge he wanted. (That explains how Scorpius knew that if you just put people and events in a screwed up timeline as closely back into place as you can they would tend to correct themselves) The real shocker in the episode was that Scorpius has been a Scarran double agent for the last ten cycles.

Crichton, Aeryn, and all the gang put in a lot of work to get Scorpius free from Scarran torture in this episode, even Captain Braca chipped in a bit. Stark has jumped back in the story line on the other side and was helping the Scarrans torture Scorpius. Not sure how I feel about Stark, once a the spiritual consort of Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan going so vengeance happy, but I’m happy to see him again, and really him this time not Sikozu dressed up like Stark. I’m sure Stark will end up helping the gang out in the end and I can excuse him for having some pent up anger at Scorpius, Stark was strapped in the Aurora Chair for a hell of a lot longer than was Crichton.

Anyway, back to the summation. Crichton’s running around with a A-bomb strapped to his belt and set to go off if his heart stops or gets going to fast. The bomb will explode if anyone kills him or tortures him, but I was kept worried about an accidental explosion throughout the episode by the fact that Aeryn and John can’t keep their hands off of each other. It turns out that the Scarrans have an affinity for munching on bird of paradise leaves (they call them crystherium flowers). Crichton didn’t think the leaves tasted all that good, but Aeryn and Crichton go and find a way into the Scarran’s secret flower garden just to get the Charrids and Kalish into a riot. Crichton and Aeryn make it down to the chamber and decide to kill some time by taking a role in the flower petals. A note to the writers on getting too far away from reality: If I had an A-bomb set to go off if my heart gets going too fast I would tell the radiant Aeryn Sun to stay far away from me and by all means to keep her pants on. Still, I am very happy to see our two lovebirds happily back together and calmly fooling around in the midst of all their enemies.

All does not remain well. Chiana and Noranti are about screwing with the Scarrans and looking for esape routes. D'Argo and Rygel have convinced the Charrids, who provide security for the Scarrans, that the Scarrans aren’t going to need them anymore and that the Kalish are screwing them over. Meanwhile, Sikozu has got the Kalish administrators all riled up at the Kalish. After Moya’s crew has brought tensions to a boiling point and Crichton and Aeryn have gotten the Charrids in trouble for their lax security an interspecies riot breaks out. These kids sure know a way of creating a distraction.

Just as Crichton’s plan of escape is set to come together, just as Aeryn and Crichton have rescued Scorpius and are about to get him onto D'Argo’s ship, Scorpius throws a monkey wrench into the whole thing by faking injury and then pulling Winona out of John’s belt and sticking it to his head. Crichton having realized that Harvey is still running around in his head, having risked the lives of all of his friends to get Scorpius out of Scarran hands is none too happy about this. Crichton is set to blow up as he is pinned to the floor. He’s got a gun pressed against his head and is screaming his vocal chords raw. Just as his blood pressure surges and his A-bomb is ticking away to explosion we are left with Scorpi telling Crichton he has to trust him. Are you nuts Scorpi? What the hell are you up to?

Well, to tell you the truth, I think Scorpius must be playing the Scarrans in some way here. I really think he has never been happy with the Scarran who raped his Sebacean mother. Scorpius is always out for himself, but he certainly has some grand plan in his mind that screws the Scarrans in the end. I almost wish that Crichton and Aeryn could have at least one peaceful episode to themselves, at least to appease all you John and Aeryn romance nuts, but I am all too eager to find out what Scorpi has planned. We are also promised some new powers to be demonstrated on the part of Sikozu in "We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba". Sikozu’s species, the Kalish, already hardly ever have to eat, they have body parts that reattach when you cut them off, and they can walk on walls. Now we get shown even more powers on Sikozu’s part, wow, that’s one feisty redhead!