Past Is Prolix

Season 5, Episode 14, Aired

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The arrival of Trance's sun threatens to destroy all the planets except Seefra-1 unless the system problem is fixed.

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      • Goon 1: Master Thux wants to see all strangers.
        Harper: Does Thux thuck hith thumb, you think?
        Doyle: It'th a pothibility. (she knocks out the two goons)
        Harper: Thankth. Theriouthly!

      • Harper: (when Doyle rags on him for losing the crystals) Haven't you ever made a mistake?
        Doyle: Not one that threatened nine planets and millions of lives.
        Harper: Doyle, as hot as you are, you do nothing for my self image.

      • Thux: (interrogating Dylan about the Vedran crystals) How do I travel between planets? Where do I put the crystals?
        Dylan: Well, that would be where the sun never shines, pal.
        Thux: That's rude! (he decks Dylan)

      • Dylan: This is serious stuff, Orlund. You have to understand that. Orlund: Understood. Dylan: Yeah, well there's understanding and there's understanding. Orlund: I understand.

      • Harper: Man, for beings so smart, Vedrans sure made things unnecessarily complicated. Orlund: What would Dylan do? What would HE do? Harper: Something heroic, unexpected, counterintuitive, brilliant. Orlund (thinks a few seconds): I got nothing. Harper: Took the words right out of my mouth.

      • The following statement is false: The previous statement is true. Welcome to our corner of the universe. Anonymous, Seefra Denizen, CY 10210.

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      • International Airdates: -This episode aired in Canada on May 6, 2005 on Mystery. -This episode aired in the UK on August 31, 2005 on Sci-Fi. -This episode aired in the Australia on September 30, 2006 on Fox 8.

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      • Past is Prolix: This episode's title is a play on the line "Whereof what's past is prologue; what to come, In yours and my discharge.", from The Tempest Act 2, Scene I by William Shakespeare. The phrase means that one's past influences and forms the context for one's actions in the present.