LIARS, GUNS AND MONEY PART 3
Teleplay by Justin Monko
Directed by Tony Tilse

PLOT
The crew's plan to rescue D'Argo's son are instead put into play to rescue Crichton. But with Scorpius's neural control over Crichton's brain, maybe John doesn't want to be rescued.

REVIEW

The storytelling felt more basic, somehow cruder than in the first two episodes as characters told us what they were doing rather than doing it. And the convenience of the crew having found just one representative of each race became as nothing to how most of them sacrificed themselves.

But equally the idea of Scorpius using the depository had seemed like a budget decision and it wasn't. Yes, we kept coming back to the same expensive sets but it meant that when the conclusion came, Aeryn's solution was a clever choice that we understood rather than the handy cop-out that it might have been.

Ben Browder is simply excellent, too, as Crichton becomes ever more controlled by Scorpius. That ought to feel like SF clich�, but it's done so well that you feel an episode with Crichton battling himself would be good enough.

If only Scorpius didn't keep surviving everything. This time out the entire base is destroyed by Talyn but you'd be foolish to bet money on Scorpius being toast.

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