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Back and Back and Back to the Future

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday April 2, 1999    Prod Code: #10105
The crew comes across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring the ship's escape pod aboard when he discovers that the ship's passengers are Ilanics -- long-time allies of the Luxans. Aboard the escape pod, Crichton gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, first of himself and one of the Ilanics, then of Moya's destruction.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Rowan Woods
Star: Jonathan Hardy (Voice of Dominar Rygel XVI),  Anthony Simcoe (Ka D'Argo),  Virginia Hey (Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan),  Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun),  Ben Browder (John Crichton)
Guest Star: John Clayton (Verell),  Lisa Hensley (Matala)

Notes

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The carpet on which Aeryn and Matala fight is based on a Russian painting called "Beat the Whites with the Red Witch". It is also the Peacekeeper symbol/flag (edit)
This was the last out of order episode in the UK, and suffers a little for it, since "I, E.T." aired after it all the progress between D'Argo and Crichton appears to be thrown out the window. That's why it's best to watch these early episodes in production order; otherwise it can be highly perplexing. (edit)

Quotes

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Crichton: Ask me later. Just ask me later when I've got more time. Of course I could be dead three or four times by the time you ask. (edit)
Crichton: Pilot, I need Starburst and I'm talking RIGHT NOW! (edit)
Crichton: (flustered) I'm going to get some air. (He walks off)
Aeryn: (confused) We have air in here. (edit)
D'Argo: (on Matala) You were fantasizing about her - remove her from your thoughts. (edit)
D'Argo: You must excuse the Hynerian, his manners match his size. (edit)

Trivia

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This is the first indication we see that the true reason for D'Argo's imprisonment is not what he claimed in "Premiere." (edit)
Ilanics and Luxans are genetically related, and, according to D'Argo, have been blood allies for over 1,000 cycles. The Ilanics are currently engaged in a war with a race known as the Skorvians, and the two races have been enemies for a long time, evidently. The Luxans are supporting the Ilanics in ways that, according to Verell, are more than what their alliance calls for. (edit)

Allusions

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Title:

The episode title is a reference to the movie Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The movie spawned two sequels and several video games. The title Back and Back and Back to the Future refers to the fact that Crichton goes to the future and back three times in the episode. (edit)
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Back and Back and Back to the Future
"Exciting"
I liked it a lot.
Continue » Posted Apr 8, 2007 10:49 am PST
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"Exactly why I watch this series"
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"Series classic"
Time, future and an Alien slut
Continue » Posted May 16, 2006 10:13 am PST
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"Cleverly plotted"
When the crew of Moya rescues a pair of Ilanics from a exploding ship, wedges are driven between the crew. With Crichton seeing the future and D'Argo infatuated with the female Ilanic, a host of trouble is just waiting to happen.
Continue » Posted Mar 27, 2006 2:01 pm PST

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"Dream sequence"
Love the wierdness and confusion!
Continue » Posted Jan 18, 2006 2:57 am PST
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