"LIVE FREE OR DIE"
Episode #110
Originally aired week of January 5, 1998

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Yet another mondo cool episode! Makes you really wonder about what OTHER kinds of experiments the Taelons have been performing on us! It was really great seeing Nigel Bennett of "Forever Knight" and Maurice Dean Wint of "Tek War" & "Psi Factor" work together! I liked the bit where Wint's character smashes his hand all out of shape and then it instantly returns to normal.
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That was really something, and that living moving thing inside his stomach!
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Gee now I am really wondering about those Taelons....
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And the part where Da'an is willing himself to die and we see 'his' life force draining away! Kind of wonder what the deal was with Da'an holding hands with Wint's character. Were they making some sort of transference?
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I wondered about that too, but I don't think so. With Da'an visiting him at the hospital at the end, I think.. I don't know what to think. Da'an really care? It was very obvious that Wint's character (what's his name?) was concerned about Da'an.
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I think that Da'an does care but I think that Taelons as a whole have a disdain for humanity.
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Okay... this is an interesting episode, not much of Lili, but interesting nevertheless. Seems to fall back into sequence. (assuming "Scorpion's Dream" was out of sequence).
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In the opening scene, when Boone and Lili arrived at the auditorium. Right after Boone walked away from Sandoval and Lili, Lili said to Sandoval, "Really looking forward to this, kind of like watching Taelon home movies." Check out that expression on her face *and* the tone of her voice! Love it!
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While chauffeuring Sandoval around to questions the families, Lili asked "Headache?" Sandoval's response was "Commander Boone is something of a workplace democrat, I'm not!" Whoa! What do you all think of that?? *Then* Lili noticed his ear bleeding (ala Pike?) Very interesting, nice touch! Leading up to "Sandoval's Run?" Something is up with Sandoval! Finally, there seems to be tension between Boone and Sandoval.
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This thing about the experiment on those men, for inter-dimensional travel... Lili travels inter-dimensionally regularly, they didn't run those experiment on her. I am getting more and more curious about Lili's background!
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Why was Augur at Boone's office? That was very risky, not very smart! So was Doors showing up at the warehouse *and* blowing Boone's cover! The worst was when that guy (can't remember name) called for the Colonel thinking that Da'an might have died or something, they all ran in, including Doors. Now why would Doors ran in to see Da'an? Talking about blowing everything.
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I was really expecting a Dr. Anne cut on Lisa, which I thought looked pretty cute, but this haircut really looks good on her as well. I didn't really like that longer length she had in "Scorpion's Dream". This really suits her better and tends to bring out more of her facial features.
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I tend to agree with you on this. I like Lili's hair shorter than the length in 'Scopion's Dream'. It always seemed to be hanging in her face there...and who wants to cover up such a pretty face?
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Personally, I wasn't too sure at first, but now I think I prefer the short-hair look.
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I could tell some tension between Lili and Sandoval in the scene where he orders her to look into Boone's office when he replays the message. The look Lili gives is one of hositility, and it makes me wonder does she not like Sandoval much? She seems to question his authority.
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I don't think it's a matter of liking or disliking but more a matter of trust. Lili can't trust Sandoval.
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I was almost convinced Kevin Kliner was making strides forward with his acting. However, his speech to save Da'an from dying could have been done with more emotion. The speech itself was well written, Kliner sounds like he was just reciting the speech, not doing it as it was suppose have been done by Boone, which was from his own part. It did sound like a scripted speech and that is one of the things that annoys me about Kliner is that you can tell he is acting the part. Whereas you can believe Lisa is Lili and Von Flores is Sandoval, Kevin Kliner sounds like an actor reading the lines of Boone, but he is not believable as Boone.
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Yes!!! You never seem to lose sight of the fact that Kevin Kliner is Kevin Kliner.
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I really think Lisa, Von and Leni are all doing great, whereas, we can do without Kevin and Doors (can't remember the actor's name)!
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I finally got a look at Sandoval and know who plays him, you're right, he is good-looking and he is a good actor.
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I think that it was a pretty good ep. Once again it shows how Taelons feel about humanity and about their own kind...made me feel sorry for the skrill again...now I wonder what they are really doing on earth......
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Lisa was great but once again they showed too little of her.
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