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Farscape s02e01: Mind the Baby

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season and episode: Season 2, episode 1
3. First aired (United States): 17 March 2000
4. Rights holder upload published: 8 November 2024
5. Running time: 44 minutes 16 seconds
6. Upload title: Mind The Baby
7. Summary
8. According to Wikipedia contributors, Mind the Baby is the first episode of the second season of Farscape, a science fiction television series co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. The episode centers on John Crichton, Aeryn Sun and Ka D'Argo, who are stranded in an asteroid field while the antagonist Scorpius searches for them. It also introduces Talyn, a gunship that is the offspring of the living ship Moya, now in the hands of the defected Peacekeeper Bialar Crais.
9. What happens in "Mind the Baby"?
10. According to the transcript, Aeryn Sun has rescued John Crichton and Ka D'Argo from the aftermath of their escape and brought them to an abandoned mining structure on an asteroid. She reveals that she made a secret deal with Bialar Crais to save their lives, a confession that leaves the stranded pair uncertain of her motives.
11. While the three are confined to the asteroid, Crichton and D'Argo debate the game of rock-paper-scissors to pass the time, and D'Argo at one point threatens to leave the rock and confront Crais aboard Talyn despite his weakened state.
12. According to YouTube automatic captions, when Talyn detects Scorpius's broadband transmissions in the asteroid field, the young ship panics, complicating the standoff.
13. According to the Farscape overview article, Scorpius is the show's most prominent antagonist, and Crichton's knowledge of wormhole technology is locked in his mind, which gives the search its personal edge.
14. YouTube automatic captions record that the episode closes with the crew still scattered and Crais still holding Talyn, leaving the new season's pursuit unresolved.
15. Mind the Baby The full episode as published by the rights holder, from the opening title card to the end of the broadcast.
16. Memorable quotes
17. You should have let us die.
18. Oh, what would you prefer, D'Argo? That Scorpius gets Talyn or destroys Talyn? Right now, even Crais's control is better than no control at all.
19. I give. What do you want, Crichton? Simply to escape. To travel deeper into the uncharted territories. To re-examine my path.
20. Don't give me any dren about how much you love me.
21. In the episode
22. D'Argo wakes from a long absence D'Argo wakes on an asteroid after an unknown number of days, and John explains that Aeryn rescued them and brought them to an abandoned mining site.
23. Memory check and bad news John tests his memory with Aeryn and learns that Crais has taken the young Leviathan called Taelan, while a command carrier remains in the area.
24. Conflict over staying hidden D'Argo and Aeryn argue about whether to leave the asteroid, and Aeryn insists they must remain hidden from marauder patrols and Scorpius.
25. Moya returns to the field Pilot reports that Moya is heading back into the asteroid field to search for her offspring, even with the command carrier nearby.
26. Scorpius considers new tactics Scorpius and his lieutenant discuss their inability to locate the prowler and decide to change their approach to the hunt.
27. Talyn acts out in fear The young gunship Talyn grows erratic and frightened, and Crais tries to calm him as mysterious signals flood his systems.
28. Games and awkward closeness D'Argo and John play a hand game to pass the time, and John nudges Aeryn toward revealing what she is hiding.
29. Aeryn confesses the bargain Aeryn tells D'Argo and John that she made a deal with Crais to save their lives and now helps him command Talyn.
30. Chiana asks the Delvian for help Chiana wakes Zhaan and asks her to convince Moya and Pilot not to risk re-entering the asteroid field for the baby Leviathan.
31. Scorpius pressures Crais Scorpius contacts Crais, demanding Crichton in exchange for letting Crais keep the gunship, and warns that his patience has limits.
32. Crichton confronts Crais John meets Crais aboard Talyn, and the two negotiate over the gunship and the crew's escape route.
33. Moya races into danger Moya hears a transmission from Talyn and accelerates toward the asteroid field, with Rygel, Chiana, and Zhaan aboard and unable to intervene.
34. Crichton docks with Moya Aeryn pilots a prowler to Moya and docks, reuniting with John and bringing Crais back aboard the living ship.
35. Talyn fires on Moya Talyn, panicking, shoots a warning shot at Moya and demands that Crichton be sent over so he can receive guidance.
36. Aeryn decides to stay with Talyn Aeryn tells John she will remain aboard Talyn with Crais to help guide the young gunship and keep him out of Scorpius's hands.
37. Crais seizes full control Talyn attaches a neural transponder to Crais, giving him direct command of the ship's weapons and systems, and ordering Aeryn and John to leave.
38. Aeryn returns to Moya Talyn expels Aeryn in a prowler just before Scorpius's carrier closes in, and Moya prepares for an immediate starburst.
39. Zhaan chooses the living over the Seek D'Argo visits Zhaan, and she decides to set aside her spiritual path in order to stay with her friends aboard Moya.
40. Air date, credits and where to watch
41. It is the first episode of Farscape's second season, which itself follows a series that premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday on 19 March 1999.
42. The episode is watchable here because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel on 8 November 2024, and the upload runs 2,656 seconds, about 44 minutes and 16 seconds. The rights holder's upload is titled "Mind The Baby", with no comma, which differs from the episode's title as recorded by the episode list, so a reader who arrives from the channel is on the same episode.

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