Good reception:� Either the�Alien Visitation broadcast that Pilot intercepted took a short-cut through a wormhole somewhere along the way, or he's got one hell of an ariel.� Radio and TV broadcasts travel at the speed of light, and it seemed that Moya and co. are a bit further away from Earth than a few light-months.� Still, at least that means John's got something other to watch than his American Football video.

Grand old man: The reassuringly authoritative presenter of Alien Visitation, R. Wilson Munroe is played by Nick Tate. He's an old hand at this sci-fi game, having played Alan Carter in Space 1999, as well as numerous smaller roles on Star Trek. He also guest-starred in US drama Party of Five - on which a younger Ben Browder had a recurring role before Farscape.

Tongue spotting:� Bobby insists on getting a tongue lashing, despite D'Argo's reluctance.� We learn that D'Argo's tongue carries adaptive venom that will only knock out his victims.

Taken: (Ex) Sheriff Robert Shumacher of Orlando, seen in Kansas reappears, with his account of meeting the aliens in 1985.� He believes that the aliens implanted a chip in his head, and are broadcasting instructions to everyone to eat fatty foods.� To block out the transmissions, he wears a foil-lined baseball cap.�

All shook up: One psychologist sees John's emotional state as being due to post traumatic stress syndrome - a condition that people can develop after a�shocking event or long period of stress, such as�war or disaster.� She may be right - he has been through a lot.

Saturday Night Luxan: D'Argo was a guest on the ever-popular David Letterman talk show during his stay on Earth, where, he thought, the crowd laughed with him.

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Hollywood hokum: D'Argo's seen a lot of Earth films where the evil aliens are beaten by the good humans.� Sadly for us, he doesn't think they're very realistic.� Hmm... would one of them have been Independence Day, perhaps?

Long Trek home: Bobby describes Crichton as the only human to really have boldly gone where no man has gone before, in a little nod to Star Trek.

Glittering rewards: "Bet this sumbitch wins an Emmy," grumbles John about the presenter of Alien Visitation.� Prestigious media awards, Emmys are given out by the US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Wipe that smile: John claims there is an utter lack of toilet paper in space.� If it's true, that's just too much information.

Eat it up, yum: Rygel is shown in junk-food paradise. Surrounding him are burgers, ketchup, waffles, marshmallows, crisps, pretzels, licorice allsorts, popcorn, and cakes, and he grips a big lollipop.� Sugar, it turns out, is considered a poison on Hynerian worlds, and is hard to obtain.� Other Earth things he�appreciates are telephone gambling, and sex lines - 1-900 slut girl seems to be a favourite of his.

Nebari Prime 90210: Chiana seems quite innocent to one human commentator.� "After all, you get more juice on Dawson's Creek," he says, referring a teen relationship soap where everyone has gone out with everyone else.