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Farscape s01e22: Family Ties

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 1
3. Episode number: 22
4. First aired (United States): 28 January 2000
5. Running time: 48 minutes 17 seconds
6. Uploaded to YouTube: 7 November 2024
7. Summary
8. Family Ties is the season 1 finale of Farscape, the science-fiction series following the escaped astronaut John Crichton and the alien crew of the living ship Moya. According to the YouTube upload's description, the episode depicts the crew aboard Moya offering their final goodbyes while a Peacekeeper search party bears down on them. It is the twenty-second and final episode of the first season.
9. What happens in "Family Ties"?
10. The crew of the ship Moya gathers in advance of a Peacekeeper search party's arrival, and members of the crew exchange what they each describe as final words before contact. According to the upload's description, the framing throughout is one of parting: the crew is shown saying their final goodbyes while awaiting the search party that the Peacekeepers have dispatched after them. According to YouTube automatic captions, no further events can be placed confidently in order from the transcript, and any detail not visible in the spoken captions is omitted here in line with how unreliable the machine transcription is for this episode.
11. Family Ties The episode as published by the rights holder.
12. Memorable quotes
13. tell you this for free I will not be taken alive I've been in the goddamn chair and I am not going back in it
14. now I've become similarly affected sorry I didn't get a chance to meet your son jothy I miss being a part of his life more and more each day
15. officer sun if by some strange Quirk you survive your current situation and we managed to encounter each other again I hope that our relationship away from the peacekeepers will be a much different one next time
16. In the episode
17. Rygel pilots a transport into a peacekeeper ship Aeryn Sun records a warning message aimed at Rygel as he abandons Moya and flies directly toward the command carrier.
18. Scorpius interrogates Rygel about wormhole knowledge Scorpius presses the captured Hynerian Dominar for information on John Crichton's wormhole expertise.
19. Moya's crew debate escape options Pilot, D'Argo, Zhaan, and Chiana argue about plans while discussing Moya's baby and the captive Scorpius.
20. Crais arrives at the carrier and meets Scorpius Captain Crais reappears aboard the command carrier, where Scorpius asserts dominance and treats him as expendable.
21. Zhaan prepares volatile chemical explosives Chiana and Zhaan work with lutrol oil and cronite shavings to assemble a highly unstable explosive mixture.
22. Pilot considers leaving on his own Prowler Pilot informs Aeryn he is thinking about departing Moya in a Prowler to save himself.
23. D'Argo records a message for his son D'Argo dictates a farewell message intended for his son Jothee, knowing he may not survive.
24. Crais and Rygel are brought before Scorpius The two traitors stand together while Scorpius intimidates them about their usefulness.
25. Crais requests asylum aboard Moya Crais appears outside Moya asking for protection, citing his desire to escape Scorpius.
26. Zhaan injects the chemical catalyst Zhaan and Chiana carefully arm the cronite containers with the explosive catalyst as loading nears completion.
27. Crew draws lots for the suicide mission D'Argo insists on volunteering to fly the loaded transport despite the rest of the crew's protests.
28. D'Argo flies the explosive transport D'Argo pilots the rigged transport toward the enemy as Scorpius orders pursuit.
29. Moya starbursts to freedom Pilot urges Moya to flee with Talyn before the command carrier can stop her, forcing an emotional departure from John and D'Argo.
30. Air date, credits and where to watch
31. According to YouTube (Farscape), the upload's own description frames the episode as the crew of Moya offering their final goodbyes while awaiting the Peacekeeper search party, which lines up with its place as the season's closing installment rather than an ordinary entry in the run. As of September 2026, the Farscape YouTube channel that hosted the upload listed 88.2 thousand subscribers.
32. 2000-01-28: Episode first airs in the United States, per the episode list.
33. 2024-11-07: Full episode published by the Farscape channel on YouTube.
34. 2026-05-03: Episode list confirms Family Ties is season 1, episode 22, and the season 1 finale.

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