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Farscape s04e09: A Prefect Murder

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 4 (per Wikipedia contributors)
3. Episode: 9
4. Director: Geoff Bennett (per Wikipedia contributors)
5. Writer: Mark Saraceni (per Wikipedia contributors)
6. First aired: 9 August 2002 (United States)
7. YouTube upload date: 13 November 2025
8. Running time: 44 minutes 16 seconds
9. Summary
10. In this episode, the crew of Moya lands on a xenophobic planet ruled by a Prefecture held by clan leaders. According to YouTube automatic captions, Chiana is punished with banishment for an indiscretion involving the son of the next Prefect, while Moya, disabled in orbit, forces the rest of the crew to negotiate with Gaashah, the clan leader next in line for the Prefecture, in order to remain on the planet. The episode's central event is the assassination of Gaashah by Aeryn Sun while she is under a form of mind control, an act that nearly plunges the roughly two hundred divided clans back into war.
11. What happens in "A Prefect Murder"?
12. The episode opens on a planet of divided clans whose recent shift from warfare to a fragile peace among roughly two hundred clans forms the backdrop for the story. Chiana is shown being punished with banishment for an indiscretion, having been with the son of the next Prefect, and is cast out from the clan structures that govern the planet.
13. Moya is disabled in orbit above the planet, and that disablement is what forces the rest of the crew to come to terms with Gaashah, the clan leader next in line for the Prefecture, so that they can keep their ship in place and stay on the surface. During the negotiations, Gaashah warns Crichton that returning to the planet after his ascension would be suicidal for Chiana and for anyone who stands with her.
14. YouTube automatic captions record that at the center of the episode lies the killing of Gaashah by Aeryn Sun, carried out while she is subject to a kind of mental influence she neither chose nor could identify at the moment. The death of the next Prefect risks reversing the recent movement from war to peace and driving the roughly two hundred fractured clans back into open hostilities. The rights holder describes this storyline by noting that on the xenophobic world Aeryn Sun comes close to dragging the clans back into war after unknowingly killing the next Prefect while under an unfamiliar kind of mental influence.
15. A Prefect Murder The full episode as published by the rights holder, from the opening scene to the end of the upload.
16. Memorable quotes
17. I am leader of my tribe now. Which makes you what? Just like all the rest?
18. I killed them. I killed those people. I ki... I killed them all.
19. Excellent! You have extinguished this threat to our peace. I declare a feast to celebrate.
20. I'll not be judged by you or your pitiful council. Is that your father I hear screaming for mercy?
21. In the episode
22. Chiana is banished from the planet Chiana is officially banished from Gaashah's clan after her scandalous behavior, while John and Aeryn converse on a transport pod above.
23. Chiana tries to return to the planet Chiana begs Gaashah to let her come back as Prefect, but he refuses, fearing it would be suicide for her and her friends.
24. D'Argo and Gaashah share a meal D'Argo and Gaashah eat local delicacies and discuss the fragile political peace between the two hundred clans.
25. D'Argo catches Sikozu sneaking around D'Argo discovers Sikozu off Moya and threatens her, demanding she keep her secret and return to the transport pod immediately.
26. Gunshots ring out across the planet Aeryn, acting strangely, takes a comm call from John, and gunfire suddenly erupts across the settlement.
27. Gaashah lies dead in the street D'Argo accuses Aeryn of shooting Gaashah during a public confrontation with a local guard and chieftain.
28. Zerbat demands the right to avenge his father Gaashah's son Zerbat claims leadership of his clan to hunt down Aeryn, arguing it is his legal right.
29. John finds Aeryn in a daze John finds Aeryn wandering alone, and she realizes she shot Gaashah but cannot remember why.
30. Paroos reveals Aeryn killed seventeen people Paroos questions Aeryn and reveals she killed seventeen people, suggesting she was being used by someone seeking war.
31. Zerbat aims a gun at John and Aeryn John presents insect evidence to Zerbat, who points a gun at his father's suspected killer and demands justice.
32. Falaak and E'Alet argue over payment Falaak argues with E'Alet about the failure of their insect control plot and refuses to pay the agreed sum.
33. Chiana goes blind inside the hive Chiana enters Falaak's palace and is stung by the bugs, leaving her temporarily blind as the hive takes over.
34. Aeryn fights the bug's control Aeryn struggles against the bug's mental influence, demanding D'Argo knock her unconscious to stop the violence.
35. Sikozu and Zerbat discuss their future With peace temporarily restored, Sikozu tells Zerbat she cares about him and wants to leave the planet together.
36. Air date, credits and where to watch
37. A Prefect Murder first aired in the United States on 9 August 2002, according to the episode list, and it is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Farscape. According to Wikipedia contributors, the episode was written by Mark Saraceni and directed by Geoff Bennett, both credited in the episode list. Farscape itself is created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and is described by the rights holder as the Sci-Fi Channel's first original series.
38. The full episode is watchable on this page because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel on 13 November 2025, in an upload that runs 2 hours, 56 minutes and 32 seconds. YouTube automatic captions state that that upload is the source of the automatic captions used to describe what happens in the episode.

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