The true beginning of Vala's turnaround. Where she begins to open herself up to others and begins to grow as a person.
Predictable, but very well done.
This was fantastic on a rewatch. Claudia Black is delightful (and more ravishing than ever), and her comedic line delivery is perfection, with several delicious sound bites from just the first 20 minutes. Along with Lexa making puppy dog eyes, and the Katesh performer, it's a buffet of beautiful dark haired women.
As a cheap sci-fi show, it's still remarkably affecting despite technically being a "villagers of the week" episode, and Claudia Black deserved an Emmy nod just for this one episode. I didn't quite tear up, but I did gulp in sympathetic response to her reactions later in the episode. Prior dude isn't isn't Julian Sands, and doesn't get the dramatic set lighting, but he's still creepy.
Really cool shot with the suspended P90 bullets. I didn't even think about how they did it, and I still don't have an idea. Pristine effects work.
It took a few episodes, but Vala has slowly grown on me. Her actress did a great job!
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What begins as something slightly silly (although fun, thanks to Vala) turns into something much more serious and interesting. Daniel totally fails at his debating skills in this one, which is surprising, and the whole thing feels like a throwback to season 1's 'Cor-Ai'. The Ori are still dull but do manage to demonstrate that they could be a threat to take seriously here.
But this is Vala's episode really and Claudia Black provides more depth to her here, which was arguably needed.