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Farscape s02e04: Crackers Don't Matter

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 2
3. Episode: 4
4. Writer: Justin Monjo (per Wikipedia contributors)
5. Director: Ian Watson (per Wikipedia contributors)
6. Original air date: 7 April 2000 (United States)
7. Running time: 44 minutes 17 seconds
8. Summary
9. Crackers Don't Matter is the fourth episode of Farscape's second season. On a commerce planet, the crew takes on a small, seemingly meek alien who says he can adjust Moya's systems so they cannot be traced. According to YouTube automatic captions, as Moya later passes through a pulsar field, the alien's influence begins to take hold of the crew in the form of suspicion and paranoia.
10. Plot
11. The episode opens on a commerce planet where Crichton buys 1,000 units of crackers as dried food. While there, the crew encounters the alien T'raltikx, whom they bring on board Moya after he claims he can adjust Moya's electromagnetics to prevent them from being traced.
12. According to YouTube automatic captions, T'raltikx tests a sentry device on Crichton's Farscape module, instructing him to run the power drive for a measured interval, and the module and T'raltikx briefly vanish, alarming the crew. As Moya enters a pulsar field, T'raltikx cautions that the light may cause slight impairment of judgment in lesser species.
13. According to YouTube automatic captions, Passing through the pulsar field, the crew begins accusing one another of hiding food, hoarding crackers, and concealing messages from Scorpius's beacon, while Moya's pilot is heard singing to himself repeatedly.
14. The official upload of the episode describes the plot as involving a meek alien obtained from a commerce planet who incites mysterious paranoia among the crew and begins to take over Moya.
15. Memorable quotes
16. revenge is a dish best served cold and you like Revenge
17. when I'm old and fat when I'm old there is one thing I'm going to look back on with enormous pride and that is killing you
18. I've talked with everyone else all I can say is I'm terribly sorry trtic somehow brought out the worst in me I think he brought out the worst in all of us
19. In the episode
20. Turtick boards Moya with a new device The crew argues about the blind alien's electromagnetic countermeasure and the dried food he purchased.
21. Turtick tests his device on Aeryn's module Turtick runs his prototype on Aeryn's Prowler, which vanishes for a brief interval before returning intact.
22. Pilot sets course for Turtick's planet Despite John's doubts about the alien, the crew agrees to divert toward the transformation yards.
23. Chiana accuses John of stealing crackers Paranoia flares between crewmates as John denies taking more than his share of the food.
24. Pilot alerts John to strange behavior The Pilot tells John the crew is acting oddly and asks him to scan the light reaching the ship.
25. Aeryn locks herself in command Tensions over a hidden beacon message escalate until Aeryn barricades herself in the control room.
26. Zhaan basks in the pulsar light Zhaan luxuriates in the glow while John and D'Argo begin plotting against each other.
27. D'Argo secretly approaches Rygel D'Argo recruits Rygel with a plan to escape the ship after accusing Aeryn of plotting with Scorpius.
28. Aeryn cuts power to the ship John asks Pilot to shut Aeryn down, forcing her to surrender her weapon.
29. Scorpius torment peaks in John's mind A hallucination of Scorpius goads John to kill his friends while Turtick feeds on the conflict.
30. John spells out Turtick's scheme After the pulsars fade, John explains that Turtick has been amplifying the crew's hostility to feed.
31. John volunteers to kill Turtick Because his optic nerves are unaffected, John suits up with a reflective flare and a pre-digested weapon.
32. John confronts Turtick in the glow John overloads the alien's chamber, and Turtick dies warning that others of his kind will find new hosts.
33. Background
34. According to Wikipedia contributors, Crackers Don't Matter was written by Justin Monjo and directed by Ian Watson. Farscape was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company. The series premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999.
35. Availability
36. The full episode is viewable on this page because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel, named Farscape, on 21 November 2024.
37. In the series
38. Crackers Don't Matter is the fourth episode of Farscape's second season.
39. 1999-03-19: Farscape premieres in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel.
40. 2024-11-21: The full episode is published by the rights holder on the official Farscape YouTube channel, running 2,657 seconds (about 44 minutes 17 seconds).

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