Farscape first season

Farscape season 1

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The first season episode guide

Premiere / season 1 - episode 1
Writer Rockne S. O'Bannon
Director Andrew Prowse
When astronaut John Crichton accidentally flies into a wormhole during a research mission, he is thrown in the middle of a space battle between the Peacekeepers and a group of escaped prisoners. John finds himself face to face with aliens for the first time when the prisoners pull him aboard Moya, their sentient ship, also known as a Leviathan. To escape from the Peacekeepers, Pilot engages Moya in a starburst that places them somewhere in Unchartered Territories. One of the Peacekeepers' Prowlers is pulled along with Moya, making Officer Aeryn Sun an unexpected traveller on the journey.

Exodus from Genesis / season 1 - episode 2
Writer Ro Hume
Director Brian Henson
After a close encounter with a Peacekeeper Marauder, and a closer encounter with a cloud of space debris, Moya's crew finds themselved with a gang of unexpected hitchhikers who like things hot. This turns up the heat for Aeryn, whose Sebacean physiology is not equipped to handle high temperatures; in fact, they lead to an unpleasant fate-worse-than-death. Peacekeepers have invaded Moya and kill every Drak replicant in their path. Together with the Draks, Crichton works out a plan to fend off their mutual enemy.

Back and Back and Back to the Future / season 1 - episode 3
Writer Babs Greyhosky
Director Rowan Woods
Moya and her crew save two Ilanic aliens, an elderly scientist and his much younger female assistant from their disintegrating ship. During the rescue Crichton is exposed to a mysterious force that allows him to see images of possible future events, including the murders of D'Argo and the scientist. Crichton tries to change the present in order to affect the future, but his visions only become more and more violent, culminating in the images of destruction of Moya as well as his own death.

Throne for a Loss / season 1 - episode 4
Writer Richard Manning
Director Pino Amenta
Rygel's attempts to impress potential customers backfires, resulting in the Dominar being kidnapped by the Tavleks, a race of warriors who use drug-laden gauntlets as super weapons, and held for ransom. Moya's crew is (extremely) unwillingly forced to rescue Rygel to regain a ship's component he took with him, and to do so using one of the captured gauntlets, which has unfortunate effects on its wearers like overagression, lack of judgement and general homicidal urges.

PK Tech Girl / season 1 - episode 5
Writer Nan Hagan
Director Tony Tilse
Moya and her crew discover the remains of the Zelbinion, a Peacekeeper Command Carrier and the first ship Rygel was imprisoned and tortured upon. While exploring for any usable items on the ship, they come across Gilina, a Peacekeeper technician sent to salvage anything valuable by Crais. Crichton and Gilina find themselves attracted to one another, but must put their relationship on hold while the group works together to fend off a violent race of scavenger aliens known as the Sheyangs. While D'Argo and Zhaan stall for time, Crichton, Gilina and Aeryn race against the clock to get the Zelbinion's defence screen operational before they are attacked.

Thank God It's Friday... Again / season 1 - episode 6
Writer David Wilks
Director Rowan Woods
D'Argo announces his plans to leave Moya and take up residence on a quiet farming planet whose selling points include peaceful days, partying nights and some heinously impressive chick value. Crichton and Zhaan realize something is wrong -like, the entire planet has been enslaved -but John falls in with the wrong crowd and Zhaan falls into the trap. Meanwhile, Aeryn and Pilot have to become scientists to figure out what's wrong with Rygel, whose usual offensive bodily functions have become truly explosive.

I, E.T. / season 1 - episode 7
Writer Sally Lapiduss
Director Pino Amenta
As if being on the run from the Peacekeepers wasn't bad enough, it turns out they stuck a tracking beacon on Moya while she was in custody, and it's been broadcasting the ship's location to all six directions of the galaxy. So, the crew bops down to a planet which hasn't made interstellar contact yet to look for an anesthetic for Moya, so they can yank the beacon out of her nervous system. Unfortunately, John, Aeryn and D'Argo take too long on their pharmacy run, and Rygel and Zhaan have to start the operation without them, before Moya sinks to the bottom of a marsh. While Aeryn and D'Argo play hide-and-seek with the local MIB's and USAF, John makes first contact.

That Old Black Magic / season 1 - episode 8
Writer Richard Manning
Director Brendan Maher
Following a man who offers to help him find his way home, Crichton's spirit is literally torn from his body when he enters the house of the evil sorcerer Maldis. Trapped in the great hall of Maldis' residence, Crichton's spirit is forced to fight Crais' spirit in a deadly game devised for the sorcerer's amusement. In an attempt to rescue Crichton, Zhaan joins forces with a local shaman who unlocks a dangerous side of Zhaan that she must deal with before she can save anyone else.

DNA Mad Scientist / season 1 - episode 9
Writer Tom Blomquist
Director Andrew Prowse
NamTar, a geneticist known for his brutal but brilliant experiments, offers to provide star charts leading to the home worlds of D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel in exchange for one of Pilot's four arms. However, when the charts are loaded into Moya, the data crystal overloads Moya's systems and all but one star chart must be removed to make Moya operational again. D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel pit themselves against one another in a battle to decide which map stays. At the same time, Crichton battles NamTar to rescue Aeryn from the grasps of the evil scientist who has turned her into a host body for one of his deadly genetic experiments.

They've Got a Secret / season 1 - episode 10
Writer Sally Lapiduss
Director Ian Watson
A routine maintenance check for leftover Peacekeeper devices aboard Moya goes very, very wrong when D'Argo removes a PK shield, precipitating an explosion that effects Moya's and Pilot's systems as well as accidentally spacing himself. While D'Argo mentally wanders through past tragedies, the rest of the crew tries to determine the cause for the breakdowns aboard Moya that threaten their lives and begin to suspect that the cause is Moya herself.

Till the Blood Runs Clear / season 1 - episode 11
Writer Doug Heyes Jr.
Director Tony Tilse
Crichton and Aeryn are forced to land Farscape One on the planet Dam-Ba-Da after it suffers a plasma leak during a failed experiment. While there, they notice a Peacekeeper Beacon broadcasting rewards for the capture of D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel. Several bounty hunters also take notice of the broadcast, forcing Crichton to impersonate a bounty hunter himself in order to ensure the safety of the rest of the crew. As additional bounty hunters join in the chase, the crew is in a desperate race to reach Moya and escape from Dam-Ba-Da before they are captured and returned to the Peacekeepers.

The Flax / season 1 - episode 12
Writer Justin Monjo
Director Peter Andrikidis
A basic beginner pod-piloting lesson for John goes wonky when the pod runs into the Flax, a space-trap set by local pirates. Aeryn and John fight for their lives on the pod, Rygel plays crystal-electric chess with the leader of the pirates in question, and D'Argo's side trip with a scavenger could save his shipmates or furnish him with a way home but probably not both.

Rhapsody in Blue / season 1 - episode 13
Writer David Kemper
Director Andrew Prowse
Story David Kemper & Ro
When the entire group experiences strange and powerful dreams, Moya, imagining the distress cries of a pregnant Leviathan, starbursts without warning in search of the call. What Moya and the crew discover though is not a ship but a small colony of Delvian missionaries who followed their leader into the Uncharted Territories. In danger of becoming mad from their inability to handle their dark impulses, the missionaries beg Zhaan to help. But when she offers aid, she is taken advantage of and stripped of her own ability to manage her anger. As the crew tries to save Zhaan, they are distracted by powerful hallucinations of their pasts, activated by the mind control of the missionaries.

Jeremiah Crichton / season 1 - episode 14
Writer Doug Heyes Jr.
Director Ian Watson
Crichton is left behind in Farscape One when Moya suddenly starbursts as a result of her pregnancy. When the crew finally locates Crichton on the planet Acquara, they find that he has adapted well within the culture found there. However, tensions arise when Crichton is pitted against an Acquarian man for the love of the ruler's daughter. It is up to Rygel, who is mistaken for a legendary Acquarian saviour, to get the crew back to the ship and escape from the planet before his true identity is discovered.

Durka Returns / season 1 - episode 15
Writer Grant McAloon
Director Tony Tilse
When a pregnant Moya unexpectedly starbursts and collides with a Nebari transport, the crew feels obligated to make repairs and brings the vessel aboard Moya. Once docked, they find the ship carries a Nebari official, Salis, a Nebari criminal, Chiana, and Captain Durka, the man responsible for the torture of Rygel, who was thought to be dead. Seeking revenge, Rygel attempts to kill Durka, but instead, only releases the dark side of Durka's personality that had been contained by the Nebari. Shortly after Chiana escapes her holding cell, Salis is found dead and Durka captures both Rygel and Aeryn. The rest of the crew must find a way to stop Durka before he kills his hostages and takes over Moya completely.

A Human Reaction / season 1 - episode 16
Writer Justin Monjo
Director Rowan Woods
In an amazing bit of luck, a wormholed leading back to Earth opens up, and Crichton decides to take his chances and pilot the Farscape 1 home. But it isn't quite the homecoming he'd hoped for and it just gets worse when he's followed by Aeryn, Rygel and D'Argo, who are then captured by Earth authorities.

Through the Looking Glass / season 1 - episode 17
Writer David Kemper
Director Ian Watson
In an attempt to prove that she is still capable of serving her passengers, Moya Starbursts, in spite of her pregnancy and then runs aground on a hyperspace sandbar, splitting the Leviathan into several different realities. While the crew tries to save Moya and themselves, something outside the ship intrudes, threatening all of the versions of Moya....

A Bug's Life / season 1 - episode 18
Writer Steven Rae
Director Rowan Woods
Story Doug Heyes Jr.
An encounter with a disabled Peacekeeper Marauder and the commandos aboard kicks off a risky masquerade for the crew of Moya in an attempt to avoid re-capture. Unfortunately, the PKs brought along a guest to the party... one that rapidly becomes even more of a threat than the Peacekeepers.

Nerve / season 1 - episode 19
Writer Richard Manning
Director Rowan Woods
Moya and her crew follow Larraq's former flight path to a secret PK Gammak base, in search of a way to save Aeryn from a near-fatal injury. Reaching their destination, Crichton and Chiana successfully infiltrate the base and obtain what they need with the help of an old friend. Crichton tries to return to Moya, but is captured by Scorpius, a hybrid Scarren-Sebacean. Crichton is trapped in Scorpius' Aurora Chair, an inquisition device where his memories are literally torn from his mind.

The Hidden Memory / season 1 - episode 20
Writer Justin Monjo
Director Ian Watson
While the crew works towards saving Crichton, Moya goes into labour, shutting down all of her propulsion systems. Aeryn, still recovering from her wounds, leads D'Argo and Zhaan to the PK Gammak base in an attempt to rescue Crichton from Scorpius. What the rescue team does not account for is the presence of Crais -- contacted by Scorpius after uncovering Crichton's memories of their previous altercations. However, as Scorpius and Crais turn against one another, Crichton sees a chance to escape. At the same time, Moya's labour takes a dangerous turn when complications arise that could have deadly repercussions for the entire crew.

Bone to be Wild / season 1 - episode 21
Writer David Kemper & Rockne S. O'Bannon
Director Andrew Prowse
While hiding from Peacekeeper scans in an asteroid belt, the crew receives a distress call from one of the asteroids. While John, D'Argo and Zhaan go down to investigate the attack by a "creature" upon the inhabitants, Aeryn tries to communicate with Moya's baby whose PK genesis could make him betray the crew to Crais and Scorpius.

Family Ties / season 1 - episode 22
Writer David Kemper & Rockne S. O'Bannon
Director Andrew Prowse
Still hiding in the asteroid field from Scorpius and the command carrier, Moya and her crew are placed in further jeopardy by Rygel and Crais. A desperate plan may save them all, or leave everyone in even greater danger than before.

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