The Score
updated through 4.11, Unrealized Reality

This episode-by-episode review lists the conflicts between the Good Guys (usually Moya's crew, but sometimes their friends), the Bad Guys, and how things worked out. If we came out on top, we get a point. If we're clearly hurting, we don't. There are a few instances where it's a wash, and they don't add to our total score, either. We also tally the number of friends and foes we've collected along the way.

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Score: 53 out of 75
Unrealized Reality: Uhhh... haven't we been here before? Crichton's hanging out in space. Alone. There are a few upsides: 1) he's alive, 2) he has found Earth, and 3) he just got a passing grade in Wormholes 101. However, what we are left with is yet another unresolved situation, and so The Score Remains the Same. Oh, and let's add The Ancients back to the Allies list. Sure, they're not exactly around right now, but they'll be back soon. They're watching our boy Crichton and let's be honest: they like what they see, or he wouldn't still be alive right now.

Potential Allies: 12
These are folks who have been helped by, and/or are likely to help, our crew out. The list is limited to people for whom there is actually chance of running across them again. For example, Lyneea from "I, ET" is omitted from this list, even though she was definitely friendly.
The Drak, Tavleks, Illanics, Volmae's people, Staanz, Aquarans, the Builders, Neeri, Ralix, Jool, Hokothians, Ancients.

Known/Potential Enemies: 19
Along the same lines, these are people who are not sympathetic, and possibly downright hostile, to our crew, and they are all still out there:
Peacekeepers (generic), The Consortium of Trau, Scorvians, Sheyangs, Maldis, bounty hunters, Tahleen's people, Zenetan pirates (if any remain), Nebari establishment, Halosians, Plokavians, Natira, Kampeks, wormhole aliens, Furlow, Charrids, Commandant Mele-on Grayza aka Commandant Cleavage; Hokothians, Scarrans.

Season 4

Unrealized Reality
Score: 53/75, Potential Allies: 12, Known/Potential Enemies: 19
As with most cliffhanging "part one" episodes, we can't really update the Score yet because we have no idea how things are going to work out. Still, let's add The Ancients back to the Allies list; if they weren't friendly, Crichton would be dead by now. Things are looking up, considering that John is floating in orbit around the Earth: he's got his wormhole mojo mostly working now. At least, let's hope so. (I did not consider Crichton's encounter with Einstein to be a conflict... more like that crash course in Wormholes 101 he's been dying to sign up for.)

Coup by Clam
Score: 53/75, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 19
Poor Moya. Tormented Space is kicking the crap out of her, so the crew finally stop at a planet where she can get some additional shielding installed. Too bad the locals are another bunch of xenophobic idiots; this batch adds mysogeny to its list of unendearing characteristics. To top it all off, being blackmailed via food poisoning by a doctor is just not a good way to start a planetary visit -- and things only get worse when Aeryn and Jool get captured, and Crichton and Rygel have to dress for the occasion to rescue them. All I can say is, thanks to the writers for giving Scorpius the constitution of a battle ship.

A Prefect Murder
Score: 52/74, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 19
On a bugless planet, both Chiana and Sikozu get lucky while Aeryn and Crichton become homicidal maniacs -- if only for a few minutes at a time. D'Argo's negotiating skills are given a work out to no avail, and everyone else is mercifully (from their perspectives) absent. There were no "big picture" confrontations in this episode, we didn't make any new friends, nor did we piss off anyone sufficiently that we can consider them new enemies, either. That's OK, although it would be nice if something would happen next week.

I Shrink, Therefore I Am
Score: 52/74, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 19
Crichton comes through in spades, with a little help from Scorpius, Chiana's slow-sight, and DRD 1812. Sikozu gets a wake-up call to Reality from Rygel (go, Ryg!), and Noranti, praise TPTB, spends nearly the entire episode floating outside Moya's tier 3 airlock in a vaccuum coma. Can we keep her there permanently? Big kudos to Pilot for the most excellent status report he delivered ("Aeryn's writing... poetry," through "Rygel's not hungry"), which told Crichton everything he needed to know about the real state of affairs on Moya.

John Quixote
Score: 51/73, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 18
Well, that was an interesting romp through virtual reality. But nothing really happened, right? I mean, it would be kind of useful if Rygel could use his butt as a flame-thrower in "real life", but alas, he can't. And what's up with Stark? All of a sudden he hates Crichton because Zhaan martyred herself? Hmmm. I contemplated adding him to the Enemies list but he's such a welnitz I really can't take him seriously. I'd give us a bonus point for this episode simply because we got about 2 whole minutes of the real Zhaan, the lovely Virginia Hey, but that would be cheating.

Natural Election
Score: 51/73, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 18
A "bottle" episode, meaning that there are no guest stars and no exotic locations. Consequently, there is no one to add to either the allies or enemies lists. One thing I really hate about this kind of episode is that invariably, Pilot and/or Moya get the crap knocked out of them.

Promises
Score: 51/73, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 18
Add the Hokothians (best ID so far) to the enemies list.

Lava's a Many Splendored Thing
Score: 50/72, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
Add the good Tarkans to the allies list.

What Was Lost, part 2: Resurrection
Score: 49/71, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
Huzzah! Crichton puts Grayza in her place (quite literally), Elack clobbers two out of three Marauders, and Crichton, Chiana, and Jool correctly estimate those crucial 600 motras and re-activate the Darnaz Probes, which, miraculously and instantaneously corrects the planet's magnetics. *Whew* Sadly, Elack and Auntie Pilot suicide (hastening the inevitable) and yet get almost no on-screen recognition for their bravery. Jool elects to stay behind with the re-activated priests; I have the feeling her character will pop up at some crucial point later, in time-honored deus ex machina fashion, to explain the link between humans and Sebaceans and Interions, and thereby saving someone's ass. You think? She's definitely on our side, and not part of the crew, so we add her to the Allies list. Oh, and once again, Crichton & Co have made a significant change to the local government: Arnessk was uninhabitable, but now it's not, and they even managed to bring back the previous bigwigs. I definitely have to start keeping track of these things.

What Was Lost, part 1: Sacrifice
Score: 48/70, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
Score holds steady for part 1, even though it kinda looks as if Crichton has lost to Grayza; Scorpius definitely has, but we're not keeping tabs on him. Since we don't know what it is she wants (besides Crichton's luscious bod), it's hard to say if the Good Guys have actually lost anything, other than the Moral High Ground. We've definitely lost a boatload of goodwill for Jool when she displays her complete lack of spine and fails to stick up for D'Argo. We're also apparently about to lose Elack and Auntie Pilot for good, and soon. It remains to be seen if Crichton retains any of his wits at all. We'll have to see if he lets that damned Old Woman come within three feet of him any time in the near future, assuming, of course, that he swims to shore after that oh-so-dramatic (oh, please) jump from the cliff.

Crichton Kicks
Score: 48/70, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
Oooo-kay. Crichton has found a home-away-from-home aboard the failing Elack, and befriended Auntie Pilot, a complete dear, but don't you just want to pour her a cup of tea and tuck her in? Seriously, though... we pick up Sikozu, but she's not exactly useful (yet), and get back Sparky and Pip. Some incredibly bizarre machinations do the trick and they're able to stop the grody Grudeks from harvesting Elack's neural tissues. Back in the Big Picture, Chiana brings news that Commandant Grayza is out to get them all, so it's back to Square One for our gang, running from the Peacekeepers and anyone else looking to make a quick buck by turning them in.

Season 3

Dog with Two Bones
Score: 47/69, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
OK, I loved it. There were no big picture changes... although there may well be when the threads are all wound up. Moya has been sucked down a wormhole, leaving John floating in space, alone. Who is responsible? Well, my guess would be those pesky wormhole aliens we first met in "Self-Inflicted Wounds", but we'll have to wait and see. I suppose we could chalk up another point for D'Argo's complete destruction of that rogue leviathan, who was sort of a local governing force... but I think that's stretching it, so we'll just keep the numbers at the status quo for now.

Into the Lion's Den, part 2: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Score: 47/69, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
Scoring this episode was tough and really points up the weaknesses in this system. Perhaps during the hiatus I'll have a chance to review from the beginning and come up with something that makes more sense. In the end, I was left awarding our guys a point for defeating Scorpius and the command carrier, even though we (apparently) have lost Crais and Talyn. I didn't feel right knocking down the Score on that account, especially since Crais and Talyn willingly sacrificed themselves to keep wormhole technology out of Scorpius's hands. Still, this was a tough call. I also wanted to knock one off the enemies list, but since Scorpius never appeared there as an individual, I couldn't do it! Inconsistencies abound here. I'm sorry.

Into the Lion's Den, part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 17
You get the sense of an impending showdown, and it's not just because of the ubiquitous SCIFI Channel ads for the "explosive season finale", either. However, nothing much has happened so far... except for Crichton pointing that blaster at Commandant "Cleavage", and making himself a new enemy. Something about the way she said "You shouldn't have pointed that gun at me," in that extra-menacing way, makes me rank her right up there with Scorpius as an adversary. But wait, you ask, shouldn't we count the jet-pack battle between Crichton and Reljik? Nah, that's just another PK lackey doing his master's bidding, and losing his life in the process. Doesn't change anything in the big picture.

I - Yensch, You - Yensch
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 16
Another uneventful episode, as far as "the big picture" goes; this episode was devoted to an unfortunate set-piece and some lovely personal interactions. Unfortunately, we did lose Talyn, and so must drop him off the Allies list. On the upside, the crew didn't accumulate any new enemies this time.

Fractures
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 16
D'Argo can really pilot that ship of his, can't he? And it's a good thing, too, otherwise we'd have had to add Orhhn to the list of enemies. Everyone is neatly (or not-so-neatly) dispatched by the end of the episode, though, which is a nice launching point for the season finale arc.

The Choice
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 16
No change to the big picture, in the end. Hold on -- Xhalax is alive! Wait, she's dead again, no problem. Here's hoping she stays dead this time.

Revenging Angel
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 16
Status quo, here. D'Argo's neato Luxan ship will probably come in handy, but we haven't seen it in action yet.

Infinite Possibilities, part 1 and 2
Score: 46/68, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 16
Bad times on Talyn: Furlow, long thought to be at least an ally-for-pay, is now definitely on the "Hates Us" list, especially as she is completely screwed with respect to her deals-in-progress: Aeryn destroyed her lab, including her computer, and John got the displacement engine. Furlow was lucky to escape alive, but unless the two words "offsite backup" were part of her everday vocabulary, she's back to Square One, in wormhole terms. We lose another ally in The Ancients, now safely tucked away at the end of a wormhole somewhere, with neither the desire nor the strength to return.

Scratch 'n' Sniff
Score: 46/66, Potential Allies: 12, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
Not that they would ever go to her for help, but our boys did Ralix a huge favor in getting her access to her chip, and taking down Fe'tor. Drug trafficking will never be the same on LoMo.

Meltdown
Score: 45/65, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
If Mu-Quillus' employers could ever get a clue who destroyed him, there could be difficulties, but that's a long shot at best.

Incubator
Score: 44/64, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
No skirmishes. Poor Linfer. This episode raises the interesting idea of Scorpius becoming an ally, but that hasn't come to fruition yet, if ever.

Relativity
Score: 44/64, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
Remove Xhalax Sun and the Colartas from the enemies list. Sure, she may still be alive, but let's assume for now she's not.

Losing Time
Score: 43/63, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 15
Energy critters could be dangerous, but now we know how to avoid them, and besides, they seem to be apolitical.

Green Eyed Monster
Score: 43/63, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 15
Fun with a budong, but no Big Picture changes.

Thanks for Sharing
Score: 43/63, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 15
Add Xhalax Sun and her pet Shapeshifter to the enemies list.

Eat Me
Score: 42/59, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
The destruction of the diseased Leviathan doesn't solve their problems.

...Different Destinations
Score: 41/57, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
It's all in the past.

Self-Inflicted Wounds, part 2: Wait for the Wheel
Score: 41/57, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14

Self-Inflicted Wounds, part 1: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
Score: 40/55, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
Worm hole aliens added to the enemies list.

Suns and Lovers
Score: 40/55, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
Add the Kampeks to the enemies list.

Season of Death
Score: 39/54, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
Even though it doesn't effect the crew's score, it's interesting to note that Status Quo was upset by the Diagnosan's murder by the Scarran, which most likely wouldn't have happened if Moya hadn't shown up.

Season 2

Die Me, Dichotomy
Score: 39/54, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
The Diagonosan and Grunchlk are ambiguous, and ultimately disposable, so aren't added to either allies/enemies tallies.

Liars, Guns, and Money, part 3: Plan B
Score: 39/52, Potential Allies: 11, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
Crais/Talyn entered as allies.

Liars, Guns, and Money, part 2: With Friends Like These
Score: 38/50, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
Allies list: replace Tavleks with Bekhesh, remove Durka from the enemies list

Liars, Guns, and Money, part 1: A Not So Simple Plan
Score: 38/47, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 14
Natira joins the enemy ranks.

A Clockwork Nebari
Score: 37/45, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
It took a while, but the Nebari finally show up again. Count Neeri and his people as allies.

The Ugly Truth
Score: 36/44, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 13
The Plokavians join the enemies list, Stark leaves as an ally.

The Locket
Score: 35/41, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12
Another bottle epiosde, although Zhaan and Stark indicate that Ennis might actually still exist. Knock Stark off the allies list as he is now a crewmember.

Won't Get Fooled Again
Score: 35/41, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12
Status quo.

Beware of Dog
Score: 35/41, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12
No new conflicts durin this adventure with the Vorc.

Look at the Princess, part 3: The Maltese Crichton
Score: 35/41, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12

Look at the Princess, part 2: I Do, I Think
Score: 33/38, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12

Look at the Princess, part 1: A Kiss Is But A Kiss
Score: 32/37, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 12
Scarrans appear on the scene, as do the Builders... no real conflicts here, yet.

My Three Crichtons
Score: 32/37, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 11
no new conflicts

Out of Their Minds
Score: 32/37, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 11
The vulture-aliens are definitely hostile.

Dream a Little Dream
Score: 31/36, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
The Lawyers could be considered an enemy, but I have the feeling these are one-shot guys.

Home on the Remains
Score: 30/35, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10

The Way We Weren't
Score: 29/34, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10

Picture If You Will
Score: 28/33, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
We could remove Maldis from the enemy tally at this point, but I don't trust the writers.

Crackers Don't Matter
Score: 27/32, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
If any more of Traaltix's people were around, they would've been added to the enemies list.

Taking the Stone
Score: 26/31, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Chiana's dealing with her grief has no effect on the Big Picture

Vitas Mortis
Score: 26/31, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Doesn't really matter to anyone else, but yet another planet's influential class is disrupted.

Mind the Baby
Score: 25/30, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
A lot of story, continuing previous threads... no new conflicts

Season One

Family Ties
Score: 25/30, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Crais is a puzzle...

Bone to be Wild
Score: 24/27, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
M'Lee & Br'nee are strictly one-shot characters, no change in status.

The Hidden Memory
Score: 24/27, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10

Nerve
Score: 22/24, Potential Allies: 10, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Welcome Stark.

A Bug's Life
Score: 21/22, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Intellant Virus and Peacekeeper Marauder crew all dead by the end of the episode, no new conflicts.

Through the Looking Glass
Score: 21/22, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
The inter-dimensional critter is scary but neutral. No new conflicts.

A Human Reaction
Score: 21/22, Potential Allies: 9, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
The Ancients weigh in as potential allies; no new conflicts.

Durka Returns
Score: 21/22, Potential Allies: 8, Known/Potential Enemies: 10
Watch out for the Nebari, and Durka's still out there somewhere. Chiana isn't counted as an ally because she immediately joins the crew.

Jeremiah Crichton
Score: 19/20, Potential Allies: 8, Known/Potential Enemies: 8
Rygel-worshipping Aquarans will be ready to help.

The Flax
Score: 18/19, Potential Allies: 7, Known/Potential Enemies: 8
Staanz is a friend for sure, Zenetans must be treated as a threat

Rhapsody in Blue
Score: 16/17, Potential Allies: 6, Known/Potential Enemies: 7
There's no love lost between Tahleen and Moya's crew.

Till the Blood Runs Clear
Score: 15/16, Potential Allies: 6, Known/Potential Enemies: 6
Furlow joins the allies, while the existence of bounty hunters adds at least one to the enemies list.

They've Got A Secret
Score: 14/15, Potential Allies: 5, Known/Potential Enemies: 5
D'Argo's past comes back to haunt him, and Moya's past catches up with her, but no new conflicts.

DNA Mad Scientist
Score: 14/15, Potential Allies: 5, Known/Potential Enemies: 5
If Namtar ever gets a chance to re-evolve, we'll be toast, but that's not likely, so the enemy list remains static..

That Old Black Magic
Score: 13/14, Potential Allies: 5, Known/Potential Enemies: 5
Add Maldis to the enemies list.

PK Tech Girl
Score: 10/12, Potential Allies: 5, Known/Potential Enemies: 4
Gilina joins the allies, Sheyang the enemies.

Thank God It's Friday, Again
Score: 8/10, Potential Allies: 4, Known/Potential Enemies: 3
Sebacean inhabitants join the potential allies; Peacekeepers are still the #1 enemy.

Back and Back and Back to the Future
Score: 7/9, Potential Allies: 3, Known/Potential Enemies: 3
Illanics natural allies, being cousins to the Luxans; Scorvians natural enemies.

Throne for a Loss
Score: 6/7, Potential Allies: 2, Known/Potential Enemies: 2
Tavleks weigh in as a new ally; Consortium of Trau as a potential enemy

Exodus from Genesis
Score: 5/5, Potential Allies: 1, Known/Potential Enemies: 1
The Drak aren't so bad if you don't mind the heat.

I, ET
Score: 4/4, Potential Allies: 0, Known/Potential Enemies: 1
allies and enemies unchanged; no independent space-faring capability

Premiere
Score: 2/2, Potential Allies: 0, Known/Potential Enemies: 1
Enemy #1: the Peacekeepers, specifically Crais.

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