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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: Season 2
3. Episode: Episode 20
4. Writer: Naren Shankar (per Wikipedia contributors)
5. First aired: 11 December 2000 (per Wikipedia contributors)
6. Rights holder upload: Published on YouTube on 8 March 2025, running approximately 44 minutes and 16 seconds (per YouTube (Farscape))
7. Summary
8. According to YouTube (Farscape), Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These is the twentieth episode of season two of Farscape. The plot concerns Crichton and his friends stealing treasure to free D'Argo's son and recruiting aliens to intercept the slave trader.
9. What happens in "Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These"?
10. The episode opens with a "previously on Farscape" recap noting that D'Argo's son is being sold in a lot of ten thousand slaves. According to YouTube automatic captions, the heist proceeds and the crew secures wealth in ingots sufficient to buy the slave lot. D'Argo expresses grief that his son has been enslaved and that they have no money left after the purchase.
11. Crichton misses the slave auction, discovers the lot has been sold to a private buyer, and is contacted by Scorpius, who demands his surrender. Scorpius threatens that D'Argo's son will die if Crichton does not comply. The crew plans to recruit four allies: a Vorcarian blood tracker, a Shang, a Tavvid, and the Zenetan pirates.
12. Inside his own head, Crichton initiates a conversation with the Scorpius neural clone that resides there. YouTube automatic captions record that Scorpius tells an officer that Crichton will be given no more than a microbent necessary to formulate his plan. YouTube automatic captions state that Meanwhile, living creatures infest Moya's interior and begin eating the ship's metal. According to YouTube automatic captions, Zhaan warns that the creatures are devouring Moya and risking a hull breach.
13. Memorable quotes
14. I can't lose JY not again not like this D'Argo not like this
15. you're pathetic you keep talking about how much I mean to you how you do anything to get me back but when it comes down to it you fail me again like you always do
16. he refused to eat or sleep all he would do day and night was preach whether anyone was listening or not I executed him but I kept his writ
17. what the f are you some kind of mutant his mother was a sebasian she was raped by a scarin
18. In the episode
19. Crew discovers their haul is gone Crichton and Aeryn realize the wealth they stole has already been spent on freeing D'Argo's son.
20. Auction lot is unavailable The contact cannot bid on D'Argo's son, who has already been bought by a private buyer.
21. Crichton's wormhole message Crichton records a desperate plea into the void, hoping someone will hear him.
22. Aeryn accuses Crichton Aeryn blames Crichton for the loss of D'Argo's son and for the destruction of the Banik slaves.
23. Scorpius keeps only D'Argo's son Scorpius orders his agent to return only the Luxan boy while abandoning the rest of the slaves to be resold.
24. Crichton proposes a rescue plan Crichton lays out a multi-stage plan to intercept the freighter and rescue D'Argo's son before delivery.
25. A false report of Jothee's death A Shang arrives reporting that all the Banik slaves have been killed, leaving D'Argo devastated.
26. Scorpius speaks inside Crichton's mind Scorpius initiates an internal conversation with Crichton, revealing their continued mental link.
27. The treasure is missing Rygel and Chiana discover their container of ingots is empty.
28. Living metal-eaters infest Moya Crichton and Aeryn find that the creatures that ate their money are now devouring the ship's interior.
29. Rygel asks for a gauntlet Rygel approaches a reformed Tavlek to request the return of his powerful weapon.
30. A blood tracker is recruited Crichton hires a tortured Luxan-Sebacean hybrid tracker to locate Jothee by scent.
31. Plan to burn Moya from inside Zhaan proposes flooding Moya's systems with a volatile vapor and igniting it to destroy the infestation.
32. Igniting the vapor inside Moya Rygel triggers the ignition, sending flames racing through Moya's body as the crew shares her agony.
33. D'Argo reunites with his son D'Argo embraces Jothee, believing he has finally rescued his boy.
34. Scorpius reveals his endgame Scorpius appears, having freed Jothee as bait, and demands Crichton's wormhole knowledge in exchange for removing the implant.
35. Air date, credits and where to watch
36. It is the twentieth episode of Farscape's second season, which ran from 17 March 2000 to 19 December 2000 and contained twenty-two episodes.
37. Farscape itself premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999 and ran until 21 March 2003. The full episode is watchable here because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel. The rights holder's upload was published on 8 March 2025 under the title "Liars, Guns and Money Part 2: A Not So Simple Plan", which differs from the episode's own title. The upload runs for approximately 44 minutes and 16 seconds.

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