History Recap / FarscapeS02E12LookAtThePrincessIDoIThink

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Tyno refuses to believe Crichton's assertion that Clavor was behind the assassination attempt because "The Empress, and by extension the royal family, abhors personal violence." Cue Katralla walking up and giving John a [[HeyYouHaymaker Hey You]] ArmorPiercingSlap.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Katralla slaps Crichton across the face during a very heated argument.

** It's revealed that Councilor Tyno and Princess Katralla are madly in love, but cannot marry because they're not genetically compatible. Keep that tidbit in the back of your mind for next episode.

* ActionGirl: Jenavian

* DeadlyGas

* TheMole: ro-NA. Immediately after it being established that the Empress considers her entirely trustworthy, we see her receiving a pay-off from Scorpius. Whether she this is simple {{Greed}} or a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal is never made clear, but considering how the rest of her servant race are treated in the previous episode...

Back on the Royal Planet, Crichton and Katralla are arguing over wether or not Clavor would truly have the balls to order an assassination, when a sphere-shaped robot appears and fills the room with poison gas. Thankfully, they are saved by ro-NA, a Jakensh servant, and Katralla finally believes Crichton's accusations again Clavor. Unfortunately, Empress Novia isn't so easily convinced. So, Rygel advises her to hide Crichton somewhere safe until the conspirators can be identified; nobody else will be told of this, so that any prospective assassins will get careless in their attempts to find him. The Empress agrees to this course of action, and assigns ro-NA and a squad of her own personal bodyguards to take Crichton up to an orbiting cargo ship of wedding presents; for good measure, she assures Rygel that both the servant and the guards are completely incorruptible. Cut to another part of the palace, where ro-NA is accepting a large amount of money from Scorpius. Whoopsidaisy.

* TheMole: ro-NA. Immediately after it being established that the Empress considers her entirely trustworthy, we see her receiving a pay-off from Scorpius.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: During his fight with Braca, Crichton points Braca's pulse pistol at his right hand and exhorts him to "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Kill my sex life!]]"

** Once Crichton points out that Ro-na and Braca can't shoot him and he starts going wacky, he quotes almost word for word a scene from Film/BlazingSaddles, pretending to threaten himself by holding his fingers to his head as if they were a gun.

* OhCrap: Chiana has a very slow-acting version of this when she realises that her attempt to intimidate Cargn isn't working as planned.

* ShoutOut: The floating gas-attack droid, which looks remarkably like [[StarWars Obi-Wan's training remote]]. Even Crichton notices.
** Also, once Crichton points out that ro-NA and Braca can't shoot him and he starts going wacky, he quotes almost word for word a scene from Film/BlazingSaddles, pretending to threaten himself by holding his fingers to his head as if they were a gun.

Many light-years away, ''Moya'' is still awed by the fact that she's now face to face with her gods, the Builders. Inside, Zhaan and Pilot watch in amazement as a tendril of smoke reaches out from the surrounding dust clouds and enters the ship, eventually coalescing into a humanoid figure who identifies himself as Kahaynu, representative of the Builders. Though pleased that ''Moya'' is in good health, he is troubled by the fact that she can produce gunship offspring; as Leviathans were created to be exclusively peaceful beings, this means that Kahaynu has no choice but to decomission her.

Finally, Crichton arrives at the cargo ship, only for his elite bodyguards to be shot dead by Lieutenant Braca, Scorpius' personal operative in the region. After he and ro-NA contact Scorpius to confirm that the mission has been a success, Crichton manages to foil both of them by going completely nuts: after all, since the objective of the mission is to capture him alive, he can't be held at gunpoint. Running about the ship, pressing buttons and flicking switches, he manages to switch on the transport's weapons, which attracts the attention of the nearby satellite defence network; in the resulting barrage of fire, ro-NA is killed and Braca escapes via the airlock. Unfortunately, since Braca had the only space suit, this leaves Crichton aboard the exploding ship, with a few hundred metres of vacuum between him and the transport pod he arrived on. Spurred on by the voice of Scorpius in his head, Crichton flings himself out of the airlock, using a pulse rifle to propell himself towards the transport pod; he manages to open the door and climb inside, where he immediately collapses, alive but in serious pain.

Finally, it's time for the newly-declared royal couple to become statues. As Katralla undergoes the process, Crichton is warned that because the petrification machine was calibrated for Sebaceans, the tranformation will be painful for him. So, as he steps into place, he has one last conversation with D'Argo before it activates:

* CrazyAwesome: Once agin, Crichton is an unstoppable force of nature whenever he goes absolutely insane.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never really established wether the Builders are actual gods or just SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.

* GenreSavvy: Crichton knows that he is useless to Scorpius dead, and uses this to taunt and manipulate Braca, to the point of holding himself at gunpoint.

* YoureInsane: Used by Braca against Crichton, who has apparently flown off the handle at that point.

!Tropes present in this episode include:

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dregon- to Aeryn, at least.

** Also, once Crichton points out that ro-NA and Braca can't shoot him and he starts going wacky, he quotes almost word for word a scene from BlazingSaddles, pretending to threaten himself by holding his fingers to his head as if they were a gun.

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* ChekovsGun: The satellite weapons introduced in the first episode are brought back to blow up the cargo ship.

Back on the Royal Planet, Crichton and Katralla are arguing over wether or not Clavor would truly have the balls to order an assassination, when a sphere-shaped robot appears and fills the room with poison gas. Thankfully, they are saved by ro-NA, a Jakensh servant, and Katralla finally believes Crichton's accusations again Clavor. Unfortunately, Empress Novia isn't so easily convinced. So, Rygel advises her to hide Crichton somewhere safe until the conspirators can be identified; nobody else will be told of this, so that any prospective assassins will get careless in their attempts to find him. The Empress agrees to this course of action, and assigns ro-NA and a squad of her own personal bodyguards to take Crichton up to an orbiting cargo ship of wedding presents; for good measure, she assures Rygel that both the servant and the guards are complete incorruptible. Cut to another part of the palace, where ro-NA is accepting a large amount of money from Scorpius. Whoopsidaisy.

Finally, it's time for the newly-declared royal couple to become statues. As Katralla undergoes the process, Crichton is warned that because the petrification machine was calibrated for Sebaceans, the tranformation will be painful for him. So, as he steps into place, he has one last word with D'Argo before it activates:

-->'''D'Argo:''' Chiana and I are having ''fantastic'' sex.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dregon.

* GroinAttack: Crichton suggests that Braca do this to him by pointing his pulse pistol at his crotch and shouting "John Wayne Bobbit!"

Back on the Royal Planet, Crichton and Katralla are arguing over wether or not Clavor would truly have the balls to order an assassination, when a sphere-shaped robot appears and fills the room with poison gas. Thankfully, they are saved by ro-NA, a Jakensh servant, and Katralla finally believes Crichton's accusations again Clavor. Unfortunately, Empress Novia isn't so easily convinced. So, Rygel advises her to hide Crichton somewhere safe until the conspirators can be identified; nobody else will be told of this, so that any prospective assassins will get careless in their attempts to find him. The Empress is pleased, and assigns ro-NA and a squad of incorruptible bodyguards to take Crichton up to an orbiting cargo ship of wedding presents. However, it's then revealed that ro-NA is now working for Scorpius. Whoops.

Meanwhile, ''Moya'' is slowly shutting herself down. Though Zhaan believes that the Builders have taken control of the Leviathan's systems, Kahaynu gives ''Moya'' a voice to explain that she is doing this of her own free will.

Finally, Crichton arrives at the cargo ship, only for his elite bodyguards to be shot dead by Lieutenant Braca, Scorpius' personal operative in the region. After he and ro-NA contact Scorpius to confirm that the mission has been a success, Crichton manages to foil both of them by going completely nuts: after all, since the objective of the mission is to capture him alive, he can't be held at gunpoint. Running about the ship, pressing buttons and flicking switches, he manages to switch on the transport's weapons, which attracts the attention of the orbiting satellite weapons; in the resulting barrage of fire, ro-NA is killed and Braca escapes via the airlock. Unfortunately, since Braca had the only space suit, this leaves Crichton aboard the exploding ship, with a few hundred metres of vacuum between him and the transport pod he arrived on. Spurred on by the voice of Scorpius in his head, Crichton flings himself out of the airlock, using a pulse rifle to propell himself towards the transport pod; he manages to open the door and climb inside, where he immediately collapses, alive but in serious pain.

Crichton has spent some time recovering from his injuries, and though annoyed that the Empress is still reluctant to follow up on the assassination attempts, he's more than prepared for the wedding. Aeryn, however, decides not to attend; instead, she leaves on a mountain-climbing expedition with Dregon Carsinova, a member of the royal family who's been making eyes at her since the previous episode. Finally, the wedding day arrives, and Crichton manages to secure one small victory by using his newfound authority to ban Scorpius from the planet once the coronation is complete. In a ceremony attended only by the Royal family and their guests, the Empress marries Crichton and Katralla, actually going so far as to offer the chance "SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace": there is a brief pause as Cargn, Clavor, Scorpius and Tyno all consider speaking up, but none of them do.

Finally, it's time for the newly-declared royal couple to become statues. As Katralla undergoes the process, Crichton is told that because the petrification machine was calibrated for Sebaceans, the tranformation will be painful for him. So, as he steps into place, he has one last word with D'Argo before it activates:

While Aeryn, D'Argo and Chiana work out their feelings in less-than-safe ways, Crichton hides from assassination attempts and the clutches of Scorpius.