[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.11 – “Incubator”

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Incubator

When the efforts of Scorpius’ wormhole team prove fruitless, Scorpius decides to use a more… unconventional method to extract the data from the neural chip. Meanwhile, one of his own scientists sneaks away, offering what she knows to John Crichton… for a price.

[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.10 – “Relativity”

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Relativity

In which Talyn lands in a vine-infested swamp to take a recuperative snooze, and winds up missing Zhalax Sun’s arrival, bounty hunters playing Hide and Go Seek with Crichton and Crais in the swamp, and his own partial lobotomization.

[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.09 – “Losing Time”

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Losing Time

When the crew of Moya starts experiences blackouts and lost time, they learn a rogue energy being is among their number and have to sort out which of them is possessed by it. They’re told this by another energy being, who’s in possession of Pilot.

Meanwhile, Scorpius is having wormhole troubles.

[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.08 – “Green Eyed Monster”

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Green Eyed Monster

While Talyn recuperates from the Peacekeeper attack, his new crew has to deal with the sudden appearance of a deadly monster that threatens to destroy them all.

Oh, and they get eaten by a Budong, too.

[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.05 – “…Different Destinations”

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…Different Destinations

While Moya stops for repairs, the majority of the cast (sans Chiana and Rygel) head down to a planet to explore archaeological ruins. When Stark flips out and his energies mix with a tear in the time continuum, he zaps them all back to the past, where they find themselves in the middle of a historical standoff between Peacekeepers and the native populace, which was supposed to end in a peaceful ceasefire. Our heroes try to find a way back home while also struggling to settle a series of changes to the timeline they keep accidentally creating.

[Deconstructing Moya] – Episode 3.04 – “Self-Infl​icted Wounds, Part 2: Wait for the Wheel”

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Self-Infl​icted Wounds, Part 2: Wait for the Wheel

After discovering that Pathfinder Neeyala is sabotaging Moya, the crew redoubles their efforts to escape the wormhole with Moya and Pilot intact. But the Wormhole Serpent is still on the loose, and Zhaan’s condition continues to deteriorate…

[Straight Guy Reviews] Pregnesia, Part 1

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Pregnesia, Part 1

Or, Make sure you check your trunk EVERY DAY.

The first thing I noticed when I opened this book is that it’s a lot easier to read on my Kindle and type up this review at the same time. With the previous two books, I would always have to place a heavy object or something on it to keep it spread open, and turning pages with the awkwardly improvised paperweight was annoying at best.

Make no mistake, I don’t care about the damage to the books – I like my books like I like my men; broken at the spine – but part of what put me off writing these things was the hassle.

[Deconstructing Moya] Episode 3.03 – “Self-Infl​icted Wounds, Part 1: Could’a, Would’a, Should’a”

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Self-Infl​icted Wounds, Part 1: Could’a, Would’a, Should’a

The crew is tries to find a suitable planet for Zhaan to recover on, but are distracted by an opening wormhole. A ship traveling through the wormhole collides with Moya, and the two ships, now tangled together, are trapped in the wormhole, traveling out of control. And Moya doesn’t seem to be taking well to her new surroundings…