But in the grand scheme of things, the Decuma don’t seem to have much to do with anything. Yeah, sure, it’s classic sci-fi business, introducing a new species and letting us piece together what they’re all about along with the characters. This whole thing is kind of a waste of time and showcases a lot of Another Life’s most pernicious flaws. Niko mercy-kills her, as a good leader should, and then sets about rescuing Richard. Their technology is locked with bio-scanners – easily bypassed using the abundance of severed limbs lying around – and they can turn other species into Decuma, a process denoted by a colour-changing wristband, the effects of which Paula begins to display. They landed on the colony planet a week after Paula and the others and butchered most of the colonists. With this setup established quickly, “Just a Rat in a Cage” wheels out Paula, who Niko finds in an abandoned ship nearby, to dispense some exposition. There’s a curious moment when some of the ship’s technology gives Niko strange flashes, but not Richard. Opened up, prodded, tested, and spied on, they both assume the worst and decide on aggression, which tends to be the modus operandi in these parts anyway. Since Another Life clearly hasn’t gotten over its fondness for an underdressed Katee Sackhoff, this episode finds her and Richard waking up naked, prisoners and lab rats aboard a strange vessel, after some brutal but presumably imagined torture.
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