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#0108 - That Old Black Magic

Overview
Crichton suddenly finds himself separated from the rest of the crew and pitched against Crais in a battle to the death as a mysterious entity named Maldis watches on. But Crichton's body hasn't left - it's still where it was. Zhaan enlists some help and learns to do harm again.

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What I thought
Ah, Maldis. Number 1 in the "Farscape villains - where are they now" category. What can I say? There's certainly a few sly jokes in this one, we learn even more about Crais (and just how determined and treacherous he can be - poor Teeg) and how John is willing to try and settle with him. All played out to a bizarre game of "hide and seek, then kill" game for Maldis' entertainment. Maldis is portrayed brilliantly as he goes between the two combatants, egging them on in his devious way, before trying to suck their fear and the like. And then there's the Zhaan storyline, which while not nearly as entertaining, is quite interesting as Zhaan goes against what she believes is right to try and inflict pain. But overall? Maldis' game between John and Crais can get a bit repetitive, and Zhaan's storyline isn't much, giving an episode that's somewhere between average and pretty good, so I'm going to have to go for the latter - 3 out of 5.

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