#101 -- Premiere (first aired 99/03/19)

Astronaut John Crichton begins the greatest adventure in humankind's history when his experimental Farscape vehicle is swallowed by a wormhole and spat out on the other side of the universe -- in the middle of a pitched space battle. Crichton briefly becomes a part of the battle when his ship accidently clips a "Peacekeeper" fighter vehicle, that results in the crash and death of the pilot. Taken aboard Moya -- a huge bio-mechanoid "living ship" desperately trying to escape brutal captivity -- Crichton is confronted by completely new alien life forms: Ka D'Argo, the fierce Luxan warrior, Rygel XVI, the sluglike Dominar of the Hynerian Empire, Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan, the serene blue priestess from the Planet Delvia and Officer Aeryn Sun, a captured Peacekeeper fighter pilot. To repair Moya's battle damages, the crew is forced to land on a Commerce Planet.

Officer Aeryn Sun contacts her commander, the ruthless Captain Crais who has launched a personal vendetta against the pilot of the unknown vehicle that killed his brother -- and that pilot is John Crichton! Aeryn is deemed to be irreversibly contaminated because of her contact with these aliens - and is condemned to death with Crichton and the others.

Trapped in a universe where the rules from home don't apply, Crichton is determined to survive, no matter what challenges he must face. But how long can he survive in this strange and hostile place? And will he ever be able to find his way back to Earth?

Guest Cast

Kent McCord......................Jack Crichton

Murray Bartlett....................DK

Christine Stephen-Daly........Lt. Teeg

Damen Stephenson..............Bio Isolation Man #1

Colin Borgonon...................PK Weapons Officer

Writer..................................Rockne S. O'Bannon

Director................................Andrew Prouse

#102 -- I, E.T. (first aired 99/05/07)

I thought I'd disabled all the Peacekeepers' foul tampering to Moya's systems. I was wrong. Our recent excursion through part of the uncharted territories revealed a Paddac Beacon inextricably bonded to Moya's neural nexus. To our astonishment, this beacon had been automatically broadcasting a transmission of our exact location to any Peacekeeper forces in the area!

With no quick way to disable this awful device, we immersed Moya in the swamps of a nearby planet, muffling the homing signal and buying us time to extract the beacon permanently.

While Zhaan and Rygel attempted the delicate and painful removal of the mechanism, John, Aeryn, and D'Argo ventured out onto the planet in search of some Clorium to act as an anesthetic for the makeshift operation.

Unfortunately, the away party was not welcomed by the local populace. In fact, they quickly forced to split up and run for their lives. Of the local populace, only alone female named Lyneea seemed willing to help any of them.

Back on the ship, I did my best to keep Moya conscious. Between Rygel's inept surgery and the gravitational pressure of her own immense weight, she was already in excruciating pain. If the search party didn't return with that Clorium soon then Moya would surely die...

Guest Cast

Mary Mara.......................Lyneea

Cayde Tasker...................Fostro

Boris Brkic......................Ryymax

Mark Shaw......................Alien Soldier #1

Dominic Bianco...............Alien Hunter #1

Heath Wilder....................Alien Hunter #2

Writer..............................Sally Lapiduss

Director...........................Pino Amenta

#103 -- Exodus From Genesis (first aired 99/03/26)

Evading a searching scout ship from Crais' Command Cruiser, Moya hides behind a cloud of what appears to be asteroid debris. The cloud saves our fugitives from immediate danger, but leaves behind some uninvited visitors.

Searching for the source of a mysterious increase in the on-board temperature, Crichton discovers Moya has been invaded by Draks -- giant "space cockroaches" that infest Moya's corridors and vents. When disturbed, these invaders attack ferociously. Crichton manages to kill one of the intruders, and Zhaan is stunned to discover that it has a DNA structure identical to Crichton's! And that is not the intruders' only camouflage maneuver -- they can create physically identical replicants from the DNA of those whom they sample.

Knowing that prolonged exposure to extreme heat will cause Aeryn to succumb to Sebacean Heat Delirium, Crichton and D'Argo force a reluctant Rygel through the vents to the isolated chamber which the Draks have sealed off to discover their purpose aboard Moya. Aeryn sinks further and further into the heat delirium that will eventually destroy her mind.

As if nothing else could go a wrong, Moya is invaded by Peacekeeper Commandos from the searching scout ship. The crew is now faced with two invading enemies that want to take control of Moya.

Guest Cast

Damian de Montemas.........Melkor

Jodie Dry............................Kyona

Geoff Barker......................PK Commando #3

Chenoeh Miller..................PK Commando #4

Tai Scrivener......................PK Commando #5

Writer.................................Ro Hume

Director..............................Brian Henson

#104 -- Throne For a Loss (first aired 99/04/09)

Unknown to myself and the rest of the crew, Rygel borrows a red crystal which happens to be a vital component to Moya's control circuitry, taking it to impress clients with whom he hopes to negotiate a cargo transport mission. But far from peaceful traders, the Tavleks are battle-scarred renegades whose real business is kidnapping wealthy hostages for ransom. "Rob from the rich and give to themselves", is the motto that these renegades live by.

The Tavleks board Moya in full attack mode, firing energy bolts from their gauntlets. These powerful weapons lock on to the forearm and pump in drugs that heighten the wearer's aggression and euphoria. Taken by surprise, the others are helpless to stop the intruders from making their escape to the nearby Jungle Planet with Rygel -- gem and all. But the retreating Tavleks leave behind one of their wounded, the young warrior Kyr.

D'Argo dons his gauntlet in a desperate attempt to save Rygel but finds himself unable -- and unwilling -- to remove it as the drugs take hold of him. The only way the others can disarm D'Argo is to knock him unconscious! The gauntlet detaches, D'Argo is left exhausted and contrite -- and they all realize the danger of the gauntlet and the addictive nature of its powerful drugs.

Knowing that the gauntlet is a powerful but deadly weapon, Zhaan, Crichton and Aeryn realize that it may be their only means of freeing Rygel and retrieving the gem. One of them must now don the gauntlet and risk addiction if they are to have any hope of defeating the Tavleks on their own turf.

Guest Cast

John Adam.........................Bekhesh

Jeremiah Tickell.................Kyr

Zoe Dimakis......................Hontovek

Api Bavadra.......................Nonk

Writer................................Richard Manning

Director.............................Pino Amenta

#105 -- Back and Back and Back To the Future (first aired 99/04/02)

Moya comes across an enormous alien Cruiser that is subatomically disintegrating before our very eyes! Crichton is accidentally exposed to a mysterious force as he evacuates the two sole Ilanic survivors from their damaged Transport Pod. As a result, he soon finds himself being jolted back and forth in time.

Ilanics and Luxans are genetic cousins and long-time allies. Despite the others' objections, D'Argo insists on offering the scientist Verell and his assistant Matala passage to their scheduled rendezvous point. While Verell feverishly tries to discover exactly what caused their Cruiser to be destroyed, the sensuous Matala makes it clear to Crichton and D'Argo that she has been alone on the lost Cruiser with Verell for several years too long -- and finds their male company something to be savored. Her seductive techniques dazzle D'Argo completely, but Crichton fights hard to resist them. Particularly after experiencing mental flashes of some very intimate moments with Matala that are confusing, repellent and very, very real!

It takes a while for Crichton to work out what is happening to him. Eventually, he realizes that his unexpected -- and unwelcomed -- ability to experience moments in the future has allowed him to see Matala's true nature. Desperate to avoid the destruction that Matala's treachery will cause, Crichton tries to change his actions in the present, but only succeeds in creating increasingly worse versions of the future as each one ends in total annihilation for Moya and everyone aboard!

Guest Cast

Lisa Hensley.....................Matala

John Clayton....................Verell

Writer..............................Babs Greyhosky

Director...........................Rowan Woods

#106 -- Thank God It's Friday. Again. (first aired 99/04/16)

D'Argo, in a typically Luxan hyper-rage, stormed down to the sun-baked planet Skykar where the population's sole activity was harvesting Tannot roots. After giving him ample time to cool off, the others went after him. Strangely enough, D'Argo had decided he wanted to remain on Skykar as a simple laborer. Considering the Luxan's normal temperament, Crichton and Zhaan instantly sensed that something was wrong.

Before they could investigate further, however, the perpetually foraging Rygel ingested large quantities of Tannot root which somehow converted all the Hynerian's bodily fluids into deadly explosives. Aeryn, suffering from the Skykarian heat, was forced to accompany Rygel back to Moya where she and I worked on defusing the Hynerian's condition. As if his foul secretions weren't already bad enough, now Rygel's every pore had become potentially damaging to Moya's systems!

Crichton continued to investigate D'Argo's strange behavior and soon discovered that the Skykarians were nearly all drone-like automatons. With the help of a local woman named Tanga and her friends, Crichton learned of the adverse effects that the Tannot root was having on D'Argo, Zhann, and everyone else on the planet. But what could Crichton do when he was just one human on an entire world of mindless laborers? And to make matters worse, Volmae, the Skykarian leader, had big plans of her own for Moya and her vast cargo holds...

Guest Cast

Angie Milliken.................Volmae

Ken Blackburn.................Hybin

Tina Thomsen..................Tanga

Selina Muller...................D'Argo's Girlfriend

Mark Slocum...................Sykaran Male #1

Peter Baroch....................Sykaran Male #3

Writer..............................David Wilks

Director...........................Rowan Woods

#107 -- PK Tek Girl (first aired 99/04/16 [actually 99/03/14 on USA])

We discovered the Zelbinion, a Peacekeeper Command Carrier, floating dead in space... decimated long ago by unknown attackers. Finding the Zelbinion had a devastating effect on Rygel, as it was the first ship he was imprisoned upon -- and he had been tortured there by the sadistic Captain Durka.

Aboard the Zelbinion was Gilina, a Peacekeeper technician sent by Captain Crais to salvage whatever could be salvaged. Gilina, a Sebacean like Aeryn (but without Aeryn's military training), soon became attracted to Crichton, and vice versa as well...causing conflict with Aeryn.

But others were also interested in the Zelbinion; it and Moya came under attack by the violent Sheyangs, a scavenger species. Without weapons to defend herself, Moya was helpless -- so D'Argo, with Zhaan's help, had to overcome his insecurities and bluff the Sheyangs to stall for time. Our only hope for survival was for Crichton and Gilina to get the Zelbinion's damaged Defense Screen operational -- a task that became even more difficult when a Sheyang managed to board the Zelbinion to hunt them down...

Guest Cast

Alyssa - Jane Cook............Gilina - PK Technician

Derek Amer.......................Teurac

Peter Astridge....................Lomus

Peter Knowles...................Evran

David Wheeler...................Captain Durka

Writer...............................Nan Hagan

Director.............................Tony Tilse

#108 -- That Old Black Magic (first aired 99/06/11)

I suppose it was Rygel who started all this when he came down with a terrible case of the Klendian flu. The regrettable quantity of the Hynerian's mucus, coupled with his rather insistent demands for relief, were all the encouragement we needed to detour to this out of the way market in search of a remedy. Or, rather, they went to the market, the rest of the crew, that is, leaving me on Moya to monitor the suffering Rygel.

In that exotic bazaar, John Crichton encountered a mysterious fellow who seemed to have vast knowledge of the details of Crichton's past. Poor Crichton, with renewed hope of reaching his homeworld, I suppose, allowed this fellow to introduce him to his master, Haloth, who promised to make this renewed hope a reality. Generosity in the uncharted territories is a rare quality, however, and unfortunately this offer was far less generous than it seemed. As soon as Crichton moved to enter Haloth's residence, his spirit was literally torn from his body and captured inside Haloth's great hall, leaving Crichton's body outside, lifeless and alone.

The crew, myself included, grew very concerned for John Crichton. Seeking the means to help him, Zhaan made contact with a local shaman named Liko who explained that Crichton's condition was due to the work of the evil sorcerer Maldis, known to feed upon the pain and death of others. Using his vile magic, Maldis had managed to take over the entire planet and now had his sights set on all of us.

For John Crichton, it was even worse. Somehow, Maldis had managed to capture both Crichton and his sworn enemy, Peacekeeper Captain Crais, and now, for his own amusement, Maldis pit the rivals' souls against one another in a perverse deadly game.

Meanwhile, Zhaan and Liko agreed to combine their powers in an effort to overthrow Maldis. Liko's style of training, however, centered around unlocking a side of Zhaan that could prove to be more dangerous than Maldis himself. While Crichton fought for his life against both Maldis and Crais, Zhaan, in an effort to help him, was forced to contend with her own dark nature--

Guest Cast

Chris Haywood..................Igg/Haloth/Maldis

Grant Bowler......................Liko

Lani Tupu...........................Gerkin Crais

Christine Stephen-Daly......Lt. Teeg

Jake Blundell......................Lt. Om

Wadih Dona.......................Tauvo Crais

Vic Rooney.........................Admiral Josbek

Writer.................................Richard Manning

Director..............................Brendan Maher

#109 -- DNA Mad Scientist (first aired 99/06/18)

(Teaser -- Moya's crew seeks out a genetic scientist who can provide star charts to their home worlds. His true intentions are revealed, however, when Aeryn undergoes an unwelcome metamorphosis.)

NamTar's genetic experiments were discussed only in hushed tones by those who inhabited the seedier corners of the uncharted territories. His work was reputed to be as dangerous as it was brilliant. Had I known just how dangerous, however, I would never have agreed to our pilgrimage to his laboratories.

NamTar and his assistant Kornata extracted quadra helix samples from D'Argo, Zhaan, Rygel, and Crichton. He claimed he could use these samples to provide star charts leading to their respective home worlds. They were overwhelmed. He was offering them their hearts' desire. But, alas, not without a steep price to pay.

In exchange for these maps, NamTar required one of my four arms as payment. Zhaan, D'Argo, and Rygel readily agreed and, despite my extreme protests, brutally severed my arm from my body. It will...grow back. Eventually.

Although I was forced to pay the price, the goods received were not all they were promised to be. Instead of providing coordinates to Zhaan's, D'Argo's and Rygel's homes (Crichton's world was beyond even NamTar's reach), NamTar's data crystal overwhelmed Moya information systems, seemingly by design. The only hope of retaining any data was to excise all but a single star chart, permanently erasing the information pointing to the other two home worlds. My three surgeons, it seemed, had some further "carving" ahead of them, only now the knives were pointed at one another.

NamTar's true motives quickly surfaced. He wanted to incorporate my race's innate multitasking abilities into himself. In order to assimilate these traits, however, he needed a host body to act as intermediary. He tricked Aeryn Sun into becoming this intermediary, injecting her with my stolen genes, causing her to undergo a radical and potentially fatal metamorphosis.

While Critchon pleaded with Kornata to help him stop this insidious experiment, the others raged around Moya -- each professing their sole right to be returned home. These three, caught up in their own selfish schemes, appeared ready to abandon Officer Sun to the mercy of NamTar's unnatural genetics. Facing enemies without and within, our future together as pilot, ship and crew seemed destined to end tragically...

Guest Cast

Adrian Getley.........Nam Tar - Movement

Julian Garner..........Nam Tar -Voice

Sarah Burns...........Kornata

Writer....................Tom Blomquist

Director.................Andrew Prowse

#110 -- They've Got a Secret (first aired 99/06/25)

(Teaser -- A routine maintenance check on Moya causes D'Argo to relive flashbacks from his past which reveal the truth behind his Peacekeeper imprisonment. Meanwhile, strange changes come over Moya, threatening the safety of her crew.)

Even when one escapes the Peacekeepers (and one almost never does), they still find ways to make things difficult. One recent systems sweep designed to ferret out any lingering PK devices was indended to protect us from harm but, as is often the case, this seemingly routine task precipitated some rather extreme and unforeseen consequences.

While surveying Tier 21, D'Argo stumbled across a Peacekeeper retaining shield. In his haste to remove the offending object, the Luxan destroyed the shield and was blown out into space by the ensuing explosion.

By the time we got him back on board, D'Argo had fallen into a state of interna-thermia. Though Zhaan managed to revive him, the Luxan's continued to suffer from perceptual hallucinations. Somehow, he had become convineced that Rygel, Zhaan, and Crichton were actually his family members -- Jothee, Lo'Lann, and Macton -- from his own veiled past.

As if that wasn't concern enough, I was having perception problems of my own. The explosion had released an unidentified bio-mechanoid substance into Moya's body that caused uncontrollable system-wide shut downs. Moreover, my own body was not immune to the malfunctions. Cut off from my nutrients, I grew unable to perform my normal duties and soon lost consciousness entirely.

Aeryn Sun took my place and was surprisingly successful at interfacing with Moya considering her own Sebacean physiognomy. But despite her valiant efforts, all of Moya's systems continued to falter. With the air rapidly thinning, a delusional D'Argo reliving his family tragedies, me still unconscious and even the DRD's working against us, the situation was desperate. The rest of the crew needed to discover the cause of the malfuncutions and get Moya's life support systems online before our living vessel became our drifting tomb.

Guest Cast

Alison Fox..............Lo'Laan

Grant Magee...........Jothee

Writer.....................Sally Lapiduss

Director..................Ian Watson

#111 -- Til The Blood Runs Clear (first aired 99/07/09)

Crichton recently attempted to harness the unique gravitational forces produced by large solar flares to slingshot his vessel, a technologically refitted Farscape One, into a proto-wormhole. But the wormhole proved unstable, causing a dangerous plasma leak aboard his ship.

Not wanting to abandon Farscape One and the wormhole data it had recorded, John and Aeryn landed the damaged ship on a nearby planet at the Dam-Ba-Da Depot to enlist the services of a mechanic named Furlow.

Anxious to put more distance between himself and our Peacekeeper pursuers, D'Argo grew ever more furious over the unanticipated delay. Zhaan, normally quite adept at calming the Luxan down, unfortunately had sequestered herself away to bask privately in the surplus solar radiation -- radiation which elicited in her Delvian metabolism some rather intense-photogasms.

On the planet, Crichton and Aeryn quickly noticed a Peacekeeper Beacon broadcasting bounties for the capture of D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel. Others noticed it too, including two Vorcarion Blood-Trackers named Rorf and Rorg who were determined to claim the reward. In order to throw them off, Crichton pretended to be a bounty hunter himself. His aggressive bravado triggered a submissive reaction in the feral Vorcarions, allowing him to assume the tenuous role of lead hunter, provided he could keep up the facade.

His plan would have worked had D'Argo, in his impatience, not charged down planet-side. The Blood-Trackers instantly caught the Luxan's scent and captured him. Now Crichton was compelled to join in the torture of D'Argo, lest his deception be exposed and he himself be taken captive.

Zhaan, though sluggish from her solar-induced pleasure, followed D'Argo down to the Depot. While the Blood-Trackers hounded her, Aeryn uncovered yet another bounty hunter of a species unknown to us. During their ensuing confrontation, Aeryn was blinded.

With more pursuers appearing at every turn, the crew needed to board Moya and slip away from Dam-Ba-Da Depot as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, none of them were in any state to make a break for it. Unless someone figured out a way to evade these bounty hunters for good, we seemed destined to fall back into the hands of the Peacekeepers once again.

Guest Cast

Magda Szubanski......Furlow

Jeremy Sims..............Rorf

Jo Kerrigan................Rorg

Writer........................Doug Heyes, Jr.

Director.....................Tony Tiles

#112 -- Rhapsody In Blue (first aired 99/07/23)

Recently, the entire crew experienced strange dreams invoking emotional bonds from their past lives. Even Moya herself was not immune, imagining she heard the distress cry of another pregnant Leviathan and, without any warning, setting off in starburst to her rescue.

Upon arrival, however, we discovered no pregnant Leviathan. We had in fact all been deceived by a small collection of Zhaan's people; Delvian missionaries who had sequestered themselves on a remote planetoid which they dubbed the "New Moon of Delvia."

Fleeing their home to follow the spiritual teachings of their sage Tuzak, this isolated group sought out the wisdom and strength to oppose the corrupt Delvian regime who, with the aid of the Peacekeepers, had seized control back on Delvia.

But something went wrong in the process. Trying to learn too much too fast, these missionaries lacked the discipline needed to handle their newfound power. Tuzak was the first to succumb to his dark impulses, going mad. Now the rest, led by his ambitious daughter Tahleen, were in danger of falling prey to that same fate.

Unlike her fellow priests, Zhaan had taught herself a way to surrender to her sinister side while still maintaining her sanity. Desperate to learn this talent from her, Tahleen convinced Zhaan to join her in "Unity," a bond where their souls would merge and real knowledge could be shared.

Sharing was not Tahleen's style though. She betrayed Zhaan, stealing more knowledge than our crewmate was willing to give. Zhaan managed to break the Unity, but not before Tahleen had ripped the ability to manage the dark impulses from her soul. Poor Zhaan, still adjusting from her difficult encounter with Maldis, was now exposed to all the anger that she had so recently struggled to quell.

The others sensed something was wrong but before they could help two of Tahleen's students, Lorana and Hasko, used their powers to manipulate them, clouding the crew's thoughts with twisted hallucinations. Crichton fought especially valiantly, but eventually succumbed as Lorana convinced him that she was in fact his last earthly love, Alexandra.

Unless the others could break out of their own inner struggles and come to her aid, Zhaan seemed lost, destined either to fall prey to Tahleen's power hungry appetite or to her own reawakened thirst for vengence.

Guest Cast

Darlene Vogel............Alexandra/Lorana

Kate Raison...............Tahleen

Max Phipps...............Tuzak

Michael Beckley........Hasko

Aaron Cash................Pa'u Bitaal

Grant Magee..............Jothee

Robert Supple............Young Crichton

Writer........................David Kemper

Director......................Andrew Prowse

#113 -- The Flax (first aired 99/07/16)

As it is in the entire crew's best interests that Crichton expand his limited knowledge and become more self-sufficient, Aeryn endeavored to teach the Human some basic piloting techniques using Moya's Transport Pod. We chose a remote system free of any apparent obstacles for Crichton's first flight lesson. However, the Uncharted Territories teem with hidden predators who regularly apprehend even highly accomplished pilots. And Crichton, while a most eager student, could not have been prepared to handle the Flax.

Zenetan pirates in control of this region cast the Flax an enormous and undetectable magna drift mesh, throughout the sector and were proceeding to loot the vessels netted therein. We learned all this from a renegade Zenetan named Staanz. No longer allied with the pirates, Staanz had become a self-styled "garbologist," following the space currents and collecting what other ships threw away.

Hoping for a big reward, Staanz agreed to guide D'Argo through the Flax to recover our trapped Transport Pod and stranded crewmates. But when D'Argo learned there was also a Luxan Assault Piercer snared in the mesh and due to be melted down for scrap within minutes, he altered the rescue plans and set a new course for the vessel. The Luxan hoped he might find map fibers aboard that vessel which could finally lead him home, although aware that the delay could mean life or death for Aeryn and Crichton. Unfortunately, Staanz was not quite the navigator he claimed to be and his ship too fell prey to the Flax.

The situation was hardly better aboard the Transport Pod. The atmospherics system had malfunctioned, filling the interior with pure oxygen. In such an environment, the smallest spark or flare from a damaged console would ignite the ship and incinerate all inside it. Venting the oxygen and repairing the necessary lines was the obvious plan - except that the damage had left Aeryn and Crichton with only one working space suit.

As if that were not bad enough, the pirate commander Kcrackic located Moya and boarded her in search of the renegade. It was left to Zhaan and Rygel to distract him so that D'Argo and Staanz could free themselves from the Flax and rescue Aeryn and Crichton...that is, if they could survive long enough to be rescued.

Guest Cast

Rhys Muldoon...........Staanz

John Batchelor...........Kcrackic

David Bower..............Goon

Writer.........................Justin Monjo

Director......................Peter Andrikidis

#114 -- Jeremiah Crichton (first aired 99/07/30)

Moya's pregnancy has affected us all. The Leviathan's priorities now revolve around her growing child, resulting in unusual "situations" arising without warning. The latest situation found Moya decompensating for a severe pressure build-up in her amnexus system by initiating a sudden starburst. Unfortunately, Crichton had just left Moya in anger and we inadvertently abandoned him and his poorly equipped vessel, Farscape One, deep in the Uncharted Territories.

Though it took a quarter of a cycle, we eventually traced Crichton to the planet Acquara. That he had managed to find a hospitable planet in such a remote area speaks highly of the Human's ingenuity. In fact, during our search for him, I have noticed that the entire crew has begun to hold Crichton in higher regard.

When D'Argo and Rygel shuttled to the surface, they were anxious to be reunited with our missing crew mate and resume our journeys. They found that, while stranded, Crichton had befriended the local population and even caught the eye of Lashala, the daughter of the Acquarian ruler Kato-Re. Unfortunately, they also discovered that something on the planet was draining all energy from their mechanical devices. The Transport Pod was disabled, their weapons were useless, and all communications with Moya were cut off.

As Zhaan and Aeryn tried to devise a means of helping those trapped planet-side, Crichton was unwittingly drawn into a romantic rivalry with an Acquarian named Rokon for the hand of Lashala. Rokon's mother Neera was convinced that Crichton wanted to become ruler of Acquara, a fate she desired for her own son. Neera persuaded many of her people that Crichton was a real threat to them.

As tensions rose, the Acquarians uncovered Rygel, who'd thus far been hiding in fear. The Hynerian resembled their legendary savior who they'd worshipped for generations. They believed this savior was meant to "rise up and lead them into the light."

Rygel, while being the deposed ruler of the Hynerian Empire, was no mystical savior. But unless he could give the Acquarians what they were expecting, they would brand him a false god and kill him along with Critchon and D'Argo.

Guest Cast

Natalie Mendoza..........Lishala

Kevin Copeland...........Rokon

John O'Brien...............Kato-Re

Deni Gordon...............Neera

Tania Mustapic............Maid

Writer..........................Doug Heyes, Jr.

Director.......................Ian Watson

#115 -- Durka Returns (first aired 99/08/13)

Each day we learn more about life aboard a pregnant Leviathan, though what we still don't know could fill the Uncharted Territories. For example, Moya has of late developed a tendency to starburst at unexpected and inopportune times, usually in response to a threat to her pregnancy of which only she is aware.

Upon emerging from one such unplanned starburst, we inadvertently collided with and damaged a Nebari transport. Feeling obliged to repair the ship, Moya and I brought it aboard. Little did we know what dangers the occupants of that vessel would pose.

The transport carried three in total: a Nebari official named Salis, a Nebari criminal named Chiana, and the infamous Peacekeeper Captain Selto Durka. It was Durka who had tortured Rygel for many cycles aboard the Command Carrier Zelbinion. When we found the remains of that vessel floating in space (see Log File 10107 "PK Tech Girl,") Rygel was relieved to discover what we thought was Durka's dead body on board.

Evidently the Peacekeeper faked his own death and fled the Zelbinion, only to have his escape pod apprehended by the attacking Nebari vessel. The Nebari are a species who prize conformity and discipline above all else. They mentally cleansed Captain Durka in a process which they claimed had entirely eliminated his violent tendencies. Chiana was destined for similar reconditioning although her crime, at least by her own account, was that she was too much of a nonconformist for the Nebari's serene society.

Recalling the cycles of torture he suffered at Durka's hands, Rygel could not contain his anger and attempted to kill the Peacekeeper with a crude explosive device. The bomb was too poorly constructed to kill but the ensuing explosion shook loose the Nebari conditioning, giving free reign to the Captain's sadistic side.

Amidst the chaos, Chiana escaped from her holding cell. The young thief was desperate to find the means to leave Moya and escape from the Nebari ship en route to retrieve her, Salis and Durka. When John discovered Salis' lifeless body in a corridor, no one was certain whether it was Durka or Chiana who had committed the murder.

Before long, Durka had captured Aeryn and Rygel, bypassed all of my synaptic bypasses and placed himself in control of most of Moya's systems. With a madman at the helm, an upredictable thief on the loose, a deadly Nebari vessel headed our way and Moya's pregnancy limiting her ability to starburst, the odds that any of us would live to see Moya's child born were long and growiring longer each minute.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley................Chiana

David Wheeler...........Durka

Tiriel Mora.................Salis

Writer.........................Grant McAloon

Director......................Tony Tilse

#116 -- A Human Reaction (first aired 99/08/20)

The universe, in all its vastness, seems to be made up of only two types of lifeforms: those who leave homes and sometimes return to them, and those - like myself - who travel with our homes around us. All too well have I learned how creatures, rendered homeless, can be driven to take desperate actions. Still, when Moya came across a wormhole that appeared to lead to Crichton's home world, Earth, it hardly seemed irrational for the human to seize this best, possibly only chance of rejoining his species.

After a moment of hesitation, Crichton piloted the Farscape One into the center of the vortex, at which point we lost all contact with him. Seeing the Human disappear into that unstable wormhole proved... difficult for the crew. So when the small craft disappeared from Moya's sensors, Aeryn, D'Argo, and Rygel elected to venture out in our transport pod in order to take a closer look.

Meanwhile, Crichton's homecoming was not as joyous as he had hoped. Landing on a landmass known as Australia, he was immediately picked up and detained by a team led by former associates, Wilson and Cobb. They distrusted Crichton for initially opening the wormhole (which had seemingly never closed) on his maiden voyage, questioning the motives behind his return as well as his very identity. The unexpected arrival of a transport containing three "alien" friends only caused their suspicions to worsen.

Even with the help of his father Jack, Crichton proved unable to prevent the humans from drugging and imprisoning Rygel, D'Argo, and Aeryn. Suddenly, Crichton's idyllic dream of rediscovering earth had evolved into a waking nightmare in which nothing less than his friends' very lives were at stake.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley...................Chiana

Kent McCord................Jack Crichton

Phillip Gordon..............Wilson

Richard Sydenham........Cobb

Frankie Davidson..........Newsstand Guy

Albert Mensah..............Dialectic

Andy Cachia.................Technician

Selina Muller................Woman On Beach

Writer...........................Justin Monjo

Director........................Rowan Woods

#117 -- Through the Looking Glass (first aired 99/09/10)

(Teaser -- Crichton races to reunite Moya's crew, who are stuck in different dimensions, to save the ship from a destructive alien presence.)

As powerful as Moya is, without a crew she is in many ways quite vulnerable. While the DRDs can attend to her basic needs, she is unable to, say, bargain with Zenetan Pirates or outsmart hostile Peacekeepers without the help of a resourceful crew. Beyond that, Moya and I both find great fulfillment in serving others and would be remiss if left alone.

So when some of our crew recently contemplated leaving due to her temporarily reduced performance parameters, the insinuation hurt Moya's pride. She was anxious to prove her worth to them -- too anxious, as things turned out.

In an effort to show that she could still protect us from capture Moya chose to starburst immediately. This was unwise. The energy required to sustain her growing child severely limited the output of Moya's power cells and the strain of a full starburst was too much for the nurturing Leviathan. She ran out of energy mid-starburst and crashed into...something.

In the chaos that followed the collision, Rygel, D'Argo, and Aeryn went missing. While my sensors still detected them onboard, we could find no trace of them anywhere. During his search for our missing shipmates, Crichton discovered the cause of this strange disparity. Moya had punctured through the seam between space-time and was partially stuck in the space between the dimensions of normal space.

I was somewhat familiar with the "Dimensional Schism" hypothesis, but never imagined I would experience its jarringly real effects firsthand. Just as a single beam of light can be divided into a spectrum of colors, Moya herself had become fractured into four distinct dimensions. Our missing crew members were not gone. They merely existed aboard the fractured elements of Moya within these different dimensions.

And they were not alone. Some sort of creature was attempting to manifest in each of these dimensions. As we tried to reverse Moya away from the rupture, this creature became more and more agitated. Judging from the apparent violence of its manifestations, this trans-dimensional entity was willing to go to great, even fatal, lengths to prevent us from escaping. Yet with each passing moment, Moya was splintering further apart. If the separate grew complete, we would quite simply cease to exist.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley..............Chiana

Writer.......................David Kemper

Director....................Ian Watson

#118 -- A Bug's Life (first aired 99/09/17)

(Teaser -- Peacekeeper commandos and the crew of Moya join forces against an invisible but deadly virus.)

Peacekeeper control has the regrettable ability to spread, like an infection, to the remotest parts of the universe. Even the Uncharted Territories, though incredibly vast, are no longer free of that foul race's influence. A fact we all discovered when a lone Peacekeeper vessel leaking fuel boarded Moya in the middle of what we'd previously thought was deep space.

Posing as a Peacekeeper Captain, Crichton managed to form an uneasy alliance with the four PK Commandos and discovered that they were en route to a secret Peacekeeper base less than 20 arns away. Their leader, Larraq, needed to deliver a mysterious crate to this base and proceeded to commandeer Moya from "Captain" Crichton to travel the last leg of his journey. In doing so, they released an intelligent virus onto Moya that was virtually undetectable and, in its current "single infection stage," could take complete possession of another organism. But if this parasite was allowed to gestate in a single host for even an arn, it could lay several million spores and exponentially seize control of a whole galaxy.

The Peacekeeper scientists, no doubt, intended to modify the parasite and produce a weapon capable of subjugating the entire universe. Within moments the virus had transferred hosts several times and caused the deaths of two of the four Marauders. It moved so quickly that none of us could be sure within whom it was residing.

Larraq and Thonn, his second-in-command, were forced to accept help from Crichton's "prisoners" in order to find and contain the virus. But, with no way to trace the actual parasite everyone became a potential host and a potential threat. With time running out, we had to devise a means to control the virus before the virus itself gained control of us.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley...............Chiana

Paul Leyden..............Larraq

Richard White..........Thonn

Zoe Coyle.................Hassan

Michael Tuahine.......Rhed

Story By...................Doug Heyes, Jr.

Teleplay By..............Steven Rae

Director....................Rowan Woods

#119 -- Nerve (first aired 00/01/07)

(Teaser -- To save Aeryn's life, Crichton infiltrates a Peacekeeper base, but soon faces torture in an alien high-tech "electric chair" and his worst nightmare - his enemy Crais.)

Aeryn's stab wound, inflicted by the recently deceased Peacekeeper Larraq, damaged her paraphoral nerve, resulting in the rapid deterioration of her body's toxin removal functions. A tissue graft from a genetically compatible donor was the only possible cure but unless one could be found in less than sixty arns, Officer Sun would die.

Since Aeryn's hope for survival lay in obtaining a tissue sample from another Sebacean, we had no choice but to follow Larraq's former flight plan to a top secret Peacekeeper outpost dubbed Gammak Base. With Moya hampered by her pregnancy, this was not a prudent choice for the rest of us but prudence would do little to save our shipmate's life.

As Crichton and Chiana approached the lunar-base in Aeryn's Prowler, the rest of us maintained a geosynchronous orbit directly opposite Gammak Base, keeping Moya hidden from their detection. Crichton bluffed his way past Commander Tollona Javio and his lieutenant Heskon by posing as Larraq himself while Chiana played the role of Larraq's personal "server."

Back on Moya, Aeryn's condition continued to worsen. In desperation, we connected her directly with the Leviathan, letting the ship's own immune system flush what toxins it could from Officer Sun's rapidly deteriorating body.

While Crichton's ruse worked initially, he would surely have been discovered if not for the efforts of Gilina, the PK Tech who John had "befriended" on the Zelbinion (Log File #10107). She was now stationed on Gammak Base and obtained a cloned paraphoral tissue sample from their medical facility without attracting any undue attention.

But before Crichton could return to Moya with the sample, he crossed paths with Scorpius, a hybrid Sebacean scientist who detected the Human's unique energy signature and had him seized as an imposter. Trapped in Scorpius' evil Aurora Chair, Crichton suffered as the PK scientist and his assistant Niem literally pulled memories from his mind. As this telepathic inquisition revealed more and more (including scenes of the maniacal Captain Crais), John realized that his very memories could betray the lives of Moya's entire crew.

With Chiana trying desperately to return to Moya with the tissue sample, John struggled against Scorpius and his probing Aurora Chair -- trying not to remember Gilina, Aeryn, and the rest of us; the very things that were foremost in his mind. One false thought could prove the end for us all.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley..................Chiana

Lani Tupu.....................Capt. Bialar Crais

Alyssa-Jane Cook........Gilina [PK Technician]

Kent McCord...............Jack Crichton

Wayne Pygram.............Scorpius

Paul Goddard...............Stark

Imogen Annesley.........Niem

Stephen Leeder.............Commander Javio

Anthony Klerann..........Lt. Heskon

Christian Bischoff........Bixx

Pete Walters.................Crais' Guard

Writer...........................Richard Manning

Director........................Rowan Woods

#120 -- A Hidden Memory (first aired 00/01/14)

(Teaser -- The crew of Moya attempt to save Crichton from death at the hands of Scorpius, Crais and the Peacekeepers.)

While maintaining our geo-synchronous orbit opposite the PK Gammak Base (see Log File #10119), Moya went into full labor rendering all her propulsion systems -- including starburst -- effectively inoperative. Even if the Leviathan had been able to move, Crichton was still Scorpius' prisoner in the base and no one in our crew (except perhaps Dominar Rygel) was prepared to leave him at the mercy of that hybrid Sebacean's memory-stealing Aurora Chair.

A weakened Aeryn, not fully recovered from her paraphoral nerve graft, insisted on leading D'Argo and Zhaan in a rescue mission. Officer Sun infiltrated the underground compound while the others fortified the surface, preparing for their rapid escape.

The presence of Captain Crais on Gammack Base was not something any of us had anticipated. Evidently, the PK Captain was summoned when Scorpius' torturous mental probing of Crichton revealed Crais' vendetta against the Human. With both Scorpius and Crais watching him, odds of rescuing Crichton seemed especially low.

But with the PK Tech Gilina's ingenious manipulations of the Aurora Chair, Scorpius came to suspect Captain Crais himself of harboring hidden memories and proceeded to turn his mental probes on the PK Captain. While Crais and Scorpius preoccupied one another, Aeryn managed to free John and his cellmate Stark from captivity.

As Gilina continued to sabotage the base's systems, Moya was having severe problems with her own birthing systems. The child had formed covered with weapons; a feature no Leviathan had ever possessed. These armaments prevented the baby from exiting the birthing canal normally. Unless Chiana could guide it clear, the confused baby would begin blasting its way out.

When Scorpius realized that he'd been tricked, he sealed the base and began a systematic search for Crichton. Trapped in the compound, the escapees needed to find a way to the surface before the legions of PK guards found them. But even if they somehow made it out, there was no guarantee that Moya would be there upon their return. For despite Chiana's best efforts, our newborn Leviathan was still trapped in the birthing canal, and now fully primed and ready to open fire on its own terrified mother.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley..............Chiana

Lani Tupu.................Capt. Bialar Crais

Alyssa-Jane Cook....Gilina [PK Technician]

Wayne Pygram........Scorpius

Paul Goddard...........Stark

Imogen Annesley.....Niem

Anthony Kierann......Lt. Heskon

Christian Bischoff....Bixx

Pete Walters.............Crais' Guard

Nicole Roma.............Blonde Technician

Writer........................Justin Monjo

Director.....................Ian Watson

#121 -- Bone to be Wild (first aired 00/01/21)

(Teaser -- Moya and her unsuspecting crew encounter a carnivorous alien.)

While hiding in an asteroid field from the scans of Crais' Command Carrier, Moya was forced to shut down nearly all her systems to avoid producing any noticeable energy signatures. Though the PK Carrier seemed unable to detect us amid the debris, we had no navigational aids with which to negotiate the dense field ourselves. When Moya received a muted distress signal originating on a small planetoid floating nearby we decided to respond hoping that whoever sent the signal could lead us out of the asteroid field and away from the Peacekeepers.

Crichton, D'Argo, Zhaan, and Aeryn elected to investigate. I requested that Officer Sun stay behind, however, to use her knowledge of PK technology in assisting Moya with the ship's unusually strained bonding process with her newborn child, a PK/Leviathan hybrid.

The investigating team discovered that the planetoid, which they dubbed the Botany Asteroid, was covered with all manner of vegetation but seemed almost entirely devoid of animal life. In fact, the only two examples of fauna which they encountered were M'Lee, the female who'd sent the distress message, and a large beast who was about to kill her. They quickly saved M'Lee who revealed that her entire family had been massacred by this violent creature.

Aeryn, meanwhile, was boarding Moya's baby whose PK lineage put the infant ship's allegiances into question. With PK scanner sweeps constantly washing over him, we wanted to insure that the newborn wouldn't give away our position to Crais. Officer Sun seemed to develop a strong rapport with the baby but it remained unclear if that would be enough to convince him that Moya and her crew, and not the nearby Peacekeepers, were his real friends.

On the Botany Asteroid, the investigating team were discovering that the situation was not as simple as M'Lee had wanted them to believe. The beast that had been terrorizing her was actually a botanist named Br'nee. He claimed that M'Lee was the real monster and had murdered his family and eaten their bones. Crichton and the team couldn't tell who needed rescuing from whom. But they were sure of one thing, something had killed all the fauna on the asteroid and it would undoubtedly kill them too if they couldn't get to the real truth fast.

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley..................Chiana

Lani Tupu.....................Capt. Bialar Crais

Wayne Pygram.............Scorpius

Francesca Buller...........M'Lee

Marton Csokas.............Br'Nee

David Franklin..............Lt. Braca

Writer...........................David Kemper & Rockne S. O'Bannon

Director........................Andrew Prowse

#122 -- Family Ties (first aired 00/01/28)

(Teaser -- In hot pursuit of Moya's crew, Scorpius and Captain Crais set in motion events that will leave all our heroes fighting for their lives.)

Even with the star charts that we recently inherited from Br'nee (see Log File 10121), we were unable to slip past the Command Carrier patrolling the edge of the asteroid field. It was only a matter of time before the Peacekeepers homed in on Moya's energy signatures and descended on us. With nowhere to run, we were what Crichton referred to as "sitting ducts."

Under these conditions, Rygel's loyalties (which were never certain to begin with) waivered and he fled to the PK Command Carrier hoping to trade the rest of our lives for his own. Perhaps we should have been prepared for this defection -- his emminence has been known to exhibit a penchant for self-interest that has been, in my case, quite literally disarming. Still, adversity had united us in the past and we had yet to face a fate more adverse than this one.

The Hynerian may have succeeded in bartering our lives for his freedom had it not been for a shift in power onboard the Peacekeeper vessel itself. It seems the formidable Captain Crais had lost his grip on his command of the PK Carrier, leaving Scorpius in charge and Crais fearing for his life under the Scarran-hybrid's new regime. Crais convinced Rygel that Scorpius intended to kill them both and together they fled back to Moya. Their reception was about as warm as could be expected.

With old enemies on board and new ones closing in, Moya and I were beginning to doubt that her new offspring would survive long enough to acquire a name...

Guest Cast

Gigi Edgley................Chiana

Lani Tupu...................Capt. Bialar Crais

Wayne Pygram...........Scorpius

Writer.........................Rockne S. O'Bannon

Director......................Tony Tilse

Taken from Claudia Black/Aeryn Sun/Farscape Resource