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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season and episode: Season 2, episode 17
3. Uploaded to YouTube: 20 February 2025
4. Running time: 44 minutes 16 seconds
5. Summary
6. "The Ugly Truth" is the seventeenth episode of season 2 of the science fiction television series Farscape. In it, Crais and the living ship Talyn return to face judgment for Talyn's attack on another vessel, and Captain Crais asks the Moya crew for help restraining Talyn before he can do more harm.
7. What happens in "The Ugly Truth"?
8. Crais and Talyn arrive at Moya and Crais explains to Pilot that he has removed Talyn's neural transponder and asked for a truce. Crais tells the Moya crew that Talyn is becoming more aggressive and destructive and asks for their help to disarm him. According to YouTube automatic captions, he proposes replacing Talyn's main cannon with a non-lethal dampening net purchased from a Pavian arms dealer. The crew expresses skepticism, with D'Argo arguing the plan is a trap to bring more dangerous weapons aboard Talyn. YouTube automatic captions record that a second Pavian vessel arrives, leading Crais to put Talyn into starburst to flee. The crew is trapped inside a transport pod when a radiation-like dampening wave from a Pavian ship disables their communications. Aeryn Sun is found on a lower level of the captured vessel with a long drop beneath her. Pilot notes that Moya has very little chance of finding Talyn after he fled, but intends to search for him anyway. YouTube automatic captions state that Pilot and Rygel are trapped on Moya during the crew's captivity on the Pavian ship.
9. The Ugly Truth The full episode as published by the rights holder on its official YouTube channel.
10. Memorable quotes
11. I'm not a killer I don't care what you say we're not going to help you
12. I cannot let the others die on my behalf I have to tell the truth I fired on the bavan ship and destroyed it
13. he thought he was protecting Moya
14. why didn't you try to finger what if they believe me they probably would have gone after CCE and they would have had to kill Talyn to get to him
15. In the episode
16. Scorpius explains his separation from Talyn Scorpius tells the Moya crew that he has disengaged his neural link with Talyn, leaving himself defenseless.
17. A Prowler vessel approaches fast A Prowlan vessel suddenly appears on sensors and heads directly toward the group while they stand outside Talyn.
18. Crichton broadcasts a distress message John records a personal audio message describing his wormhole accident and his current hunted status in deep space.
19. The crew awakens on a Prowler ship Crichton, D'Argo, Zhaan, Stark, and Rygel regain consciousness inside a dampened transport pod aboard a deep carpeted Prowler.
20. Scorpius proposes trading Talyn's cannon Scorpius outlines his plan to replace Talyn's main weapon with a non-lethal dampening net obtained from Prowler arms dealers.
21. Talyn fires on the Prowler vessel As negotiations begin, Talyn's main cannon unexpectedly discharges and obliterates the approaching Prowler ship.
22. Crichton reunites with Aeryn John finds Aeryn among the captured prisoners and the two embrace while assuming the Prowlers are listening.
23. Stark loses control without his mask A guard confiscates Stark's mask and the Sebacean prisoner violently seizes another guard, revealing the object's importance to him.
24. The crew chooses to attack the Prowlers Scorpius reveals the Prowlers deal in novatron gas, causing D'Argo and Stark to assault Scorpius and reclaim a transponder.
25. Crichton stops covering for Scorpius Facing execution, John tells the Prowlan tribunal he will stop lying and describes what he actually saw aboard Talyn.
26. The tribunal sentences everyone to death The Prowlan authorities announce that, due to inconsistent testimonies, all prisoners will be put to death.
27. Stark confesses to save the others Before the firing squad, Stark publicly confesses that he fired the cannon, accepting the lethal penalty to spare the rest of the crew.
28. The crew realizes who actually fired the cannon Crichton explains to Aeryn that Talyn, not Stark, fired the cannon after detecting forbidden novatron gas on the Prowler ship.
29. Air date, credits and where to watch
30. According to Wikipedia contributors, Season 2 of Farscape originally ran from 17 March 2000 to 19 December 2000, and this episode sits in the second half of that season as its seventeenth installment. Farscape originally aired in Australia on the Nine Network and in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel, premiering in North America on 19 March 1999. According to YouTube (Farscape), the series was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. The episode is watchable here because the rights holder published it on its own Farscape YouTube channel on 20 February 2025. The upload runs 2,656 seconds, about 44 minutes, and is published under the title "Farscape S2E17 FULL EPISODE | The Ugly Truth."
31. 1999-03-19: Farscape premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel in North America.
32. 2000-03-17: Season 2 of Farscape begins airing.
33. 2000-12-19: Season 2 of Farscape finishes its original run.
34. 2025-02-20: The episode is published on the official Farscape YouTube channel.

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