When Zo'or's pet Jaridian escapes with Lili as a hostage on board a Taelon shuttle, Liam follows them to a ship that contains information on his origins.
After some wonky storylines and a distinct lack of the twists that characterized season one of the show, I'm desperately trying to like it again. The problem is that the show isn't making it easy.
This kind of story has been done hundreds of times before, and what would make it a cut above the rest is if we found out something new. When Liam marks the mysterious ship down as Kimera (one of the races that birthed him), it seems like we're in for a look at Liam's people's past. Sadly not, as the whole thing is just Lili, the Jaridian and his attempts to pass obstacles that don't go beyond elementary puzzles (the squashing wall makes the viewer sigh with contempt). A challenge would have been good. A mental test.
But what makes it for annoying is the way they arrive at their prize, only to be refused it. So what was the point? Well, there's a spot of bonding going on as the Jaridian explains some of the things we did know about the Taelons, and some of the things we'd guessed, but nothing we viewers hadn't considered. Again, surprise is everything, and there's none of that here. All that comes out of the story is a new understanding of the Jaridians. They're fairly nice people who have a past with the Taelons and a bit of a bone to pick with them. Well, who hasn't?
On the upside, at least this episode uses some different characters, getting Lili into the action, and providing some good scenes between Da'an and Zo'or as the former tries to get the latter removed as head of the synod, despite not having much of an argument. Hopefully this power play will be built up more, as it's way past time Da'an moved out of the sidelines. Otherwise, it's just a standard runaroudn episode with nothing much to offer.
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