4x09 - A Prefect Murder

John watches as Chiana flies away in Aeryn's prowler
J: Gone but not forgotten.
I looked around the internet for about an hour looking for the original poem, play, etc that first used the phrase "gone but not forgotten" and I didn't have much luck. It has been used in funeral poems, hundreds of September 11th tribute poems, many geneology poems, song titles, book titles, is used in an anthology written by men for their ex-wives and I even use it on my site on my Uncle Richard's memorial page.

Grey: What of they others?
J: What? Aeryn and Sikozu...none and noner. Perfect ladies at all times.
A: (calling on the comms) Crichton.
J: (to Grey) Yea. I've got to take this. Aeryn, I see Elvis has left the building.
A: What? What does that mean?
Elvis Presley was an incredibly famous singer and actor. "Elvis has left the building" is sometimes said as a joke whenever anyone leaves a room or leaves a place. I had a dog named Elvis for years and Elvis jokes were very popular around our house.

J: (on comms) Aeryn, I talked to Rygel, he said that Moya's still out of commission. How you doin'?
A: I'm getting a really bad bribe.
J: Oh, God, she's talking English. Vibe. It's a really bad vibe. (he snorts some more herb) D'Argo may be right, he said we should find another source of food and water.
Aeryn doesn't respond.
J: (in his best John/Scorpius voice trying to get Aeryn's attention) Officer Sun?
A: I'll get back to you.
It's always funny when Aeryn, or anyone for that matter, tries to grasp Crichton's particular grasp on English.

D: He wants us to leave.
J: Moya may not be revived yet.
D: I think you should go.
J: (in his best Scotty accent from the original Star Trek series) What if I don't want to, Captain?
D: He respects me, it would help if I could show him I have you under some sort of control. More or less.
J: Right, I'll check in with the ship.
Montgomery Scott was the Chief Engineer in the original Star Trek series and the subsequent movies. He had a thick Scottish brogue and a tendency to tell Captain Kirk that he was asking for engineering miracles.

J: Moya's not just taking a cat-nap up there, you know. This tormented area of space is beating the crap out of her. (in his Scotty accent again) And I don't know when I can get the systems back online, Cap'n.
Cats don't often sleep deeply, they just lay around and nap and can wake up in a second. Cat-nap is slang used to describe any quick, little "power nap."

J: (looking for Aeryn in the woods) You take the high road, and I'll (starting to sing softly) take the low road, and I'll be in Scotland before you.
These are the lyrics to the Scottish folk song my grandmother used to sing to me. It is titled "Loch Lomond" and the lyrics go like this:

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love were ever won't to go
On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

(Chorus)
O' ye'll tak the high road and I'll tak the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland before you;
But me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie bonnie banks of loch Lomond

T'was there that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where in deep purple hue, the Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
  Chorus

The wee birds do sing, and the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,
But the broken heart will ken nae second spring again,
Though the waefu' may cease fae their greeting
  Chorus

The song is about two young men who have been captured. The one singing the song is about to be killed (so his ghost will take the low road and be in Scotland faster) while his friend is to be let go and will take the high road. The one who is killed will never meet his true love again. The song makes sense for John to be singing, in light of the Talyn John, Moya John and Aeryn triangle, and because they are lovers who are repeatedly being seperated by death. - Thanks to a site fan for sending this in.

J: Okay… heap-big smoke; no bugs; no flashes.
John is talking like one of the badly stereotyped Native American characters from tradition Westerns.

C: This is not going to go away.
A: It's alright, we'll get you out of here.
J: As soon as we find the beekeeper.
A beekeeper is someone who keeps a bee hive and takes the honey from them....it's a job I could never do. I swell up like a balloon and have to be rushed to the emergency room if I'm stung just once by a bee.