The Way We Weren't
Teleplay by Naren Shankar
Directed by Tony Tilse

DID YOU NOTICE?

This episode was produced before next week's one, 'Picture If You Will'. While some fan episode guides reverse the order. BBC2 is screening the series in the correct viewing sequence.

The title 'The Way We Weren't', while great, is misleading as this story is about uncovering the way the people actually were.

When Zhaan first criticises Aeryn for killing a Pilot, Aeryn snaps back a line about Zhaan taking one of Pilot's arms. This is a direct reference to Farscape's first season story 'DNA Mad Scientist' in which Zhaan, D'Argo and Rygel do indeed break off one of Pilot's arms to sell it. This is also the episode that led to Aeryn gaining some of Pilot's DNA, which she also refers to here.

When Crichton and Chiana are talking about the tape in the first act, there is a moment when you can see a completely black ceiling on Moya. It's sufficiently unusual that it looks like the top of the set being caught in camera.

If Pilot's senses were so acute that he was aware of everything going on or being discussed around him in the chamber, why did he not spot Aeryn and subsequently remember that he'd seen her?

How did Crichton and the gang expect to keep this tape hidden from Pilot when they'd been blaring it out aboard Moya, right where Pilot sees most things and senses everything else?

If Aeryn is right that Crais's secret project was the breeding of a Peacekeeper Leviathan, why did he play dumb last year and admit to only having heard of such attempts? He didn't need to lie about it and he's generally not that convincing when he tells porkies.

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