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Farscape s01e22: Family Ties

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1. Key facts
2. Series: Farscape
3. Season: 1
4. Episode number: 22
5. First aired (US): 28 January 2000
6. Published on YouTube: 7 November 2024
7. Running time: 48 minutes 17 seconds
8. Plot
9. According to YouTube automatic captions, Rygel pilots an unarmed transport toward the Peacekeeper command carrier as part of a plan.
10. The crew decides to load the transport with luxrite shavings from Moya's hold, which become highly explosive upon impact.
11. Pilot tells Aeryn Sun he no longer requires her shepherding services, citing his bond with Moya and his own fear.
12. Pilot agrees to remain on Moya to name her offspring, telling Aeryn it remains his honor to give the son a name.
13. Chiana agrees to wear restraints and pretend she has been forced by the crew in order to infiltrate the Peacekeepers.
14. According to YouTube automatic captions, Rygel returns to Moya and presents himself as seeking asylum from Dominar Rygel XVI's court, claiming Scorpius intends to execute him.
15. D'Argo states he is willing to die fighting the Peacekeepers rather than be retaken, after mentioning his experience in Scorpius's Aurora chair.
16. Crichton records a final bottle-message to his father before the planned assault on the command carrier.
17. Memorable quotes
18. I will not be taken alive I've been in the goddamn chair and I am not going back in it
19. you bet your shiny blue ass I did but I didn't so make the most of it now
20. you cannot take a child from its mother you forget it was done to me and it was done to you goodbye officer sun
21. Moya thanks for everything now do what you have to do
22. In the episode
23. Crew debates options The crew gathers to discuss their escape plan and the young Leviathan's weapons.
24. Chiana volunteers Chiana offers to let the Peacekeepers capture her so she can help the others from the inside.
25. Plan for the explosive transport The crew learns how to combine the volatile liquid with the metal shavings to create a powerful explosive.
26. Naming the offspring Crichton asks the leviathan mother if she has a name for her child yet, and she asks him to choose one.
27. Scorpius threatens Rygel Scorpius confronts the deposed ruler, warning him of his imminent execution.
28. Rygel returns with Scorpius The transport returns with the enemy commander in tow, and the crew suspects a trap.
29. Aeryn confronts D'Argo Aeryn accuses D'Argo of withholding information about a murderer's past.
30. Peacekeepers narrow the search A lieutenant reports to his commander that they are closing in on the fugitive leviathan.
31. Crichton devises a plan Crichton explains his strategy to use a rigged transport to threaten the enemy's research base and draw them away.
32. D'Argo volunteers to fly D'Argo insists on taking the rigged transport himself, despite the high risk of failure.
33. Crichton's message to Earth Crichton records a final message home for his father, reflecting on his life among his alien crew.
34. The plan works The command carrier breaks off to chase the transport, giving the rest of the crew a window to flee.
35. Pilot's son intervenes The young leviathan breaks away from its mother and attacks the pursuing ships to protect Crichton.
36. Mother refuses to abandon her son The mother leviathan stalls the starburst, refusing to leave her child behind, leaving the crew trapped as the command carrier closes in.
37. Background
38. The episode first aired in the United States on 28 January 2000, according to the Farscape episode list.
39. According to YouTube (Farscape), the episode is watchable here because the rights holder published the full episode on its own official Farscape YouTube channel, with the upload running 48 minutes 17 seconds.
40. In the series
41. According to the episode list, "Family Ties" is the twenty-second and final episode of Farscape's first season, which ran from 19 March 1999 to 28 January 2000.

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