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Farscape s01e08: That Old Black Magic

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1. Series: Farscape (per Wikipedia contributors)
2. Season: 1
3. Episode number: 8
4. Writer: Richard Manning
5. Director: Brendan Maher
6. First aired (United States): 11 June 1999
7. First aired (United Kingdom): 31 January 2000 (per Wikipedia contributors)
8. Production code: #10108
9. Running time: 48 minutes 16 seconds
10. Summary
11. On a commerce planet, astronaut John Crichton is drawn into an alternate reality governed by Maldis, a being who sustains himself on negative energy. Captain Crais is directed to abandon his pursuit and head back to First Command, while Zhaan draws upon her former darkness in an effort to assist Crichton in confronting Maldis.
12. Plot
13. Crichton is approached on a marketplace planet by a stranger named Holos who already knows his name, his home planet, his mother's maiden name, his schooling and his personal history. Crichton tells the stranger he is an astronaut who was shot through a wormhole and is lost on a living ship.
14. On the same planet, Captain Crais is shown receiving orders to cease pursuit of the escape Leviathan and return to First Command. Maldis confronts Crichton directly and mocks him with the name "Lawrence Olivier".
15. Elsewhere, Zhaan is shown applying Delvian mysticism and giving Rygel an ointment to help him breathe. According to YouTube automatic captions, Maldis goads Zhaan to give in to her capacity for cruelty so she can fight him, telling her she has only repressed her real emotions.
16. Maldis forces Crichton and Crais to fight each other in a constructed arena, with Crais told Crichton murdered his brother.
17. Crichton tries to explain to Crais that the death of his brother was an accident.
18. Memorable quotes
19. if you all Rose against him we'd all die I know how Invincible malus is before he came I was a high priest you were I fought back but my spiritual Powers weren't strong enough
20. I can try if you guide me can you be guided it's not just a matter of skill it's intent you must want to do harm cause pain even kill
21. you think you've smothered your in a fire and found an Enlightenment but all you've done is make yourself cold
22. In the episode
23. Rygel fakes illness for sympathy Rygel exaggerates a minor ailment while Chiana teases him about his culinary tastes.
24. Hotho pitches his scam to Crichton A traveling merchant named Hotho approaches Crichton on the station and offers miraculous remedies.
25. Crichton records a desperate message Crichton speaks into a recorder, summarizing his situation as a lost astronaut hunted by a relentless commander.
26. Peacekeeper crew reports exhaustion Bialar Crais is told his patrol ships are dangerously low on fuel and his pilots are fatigued.
27. Crais receives a recall order A high command transmission orders Crais to stand down, abandon the pursuit, and return for debriefing.
28. Hotho whisks Crichton away Hotho transports Crichton to a barren planet and refuses to return him without payment.
29. Hotho delivers troubling news Hotho returns to the ship and announces he has located Crais easily, leaving the crew uneasy.
30. Hotho betrays Crichton Hotho reveals he has accepted a better offer and leaves Crichton to face a new threat.
31. Tavka explains Malus's power A wounded priest named Tavka describes a dark sorcerer who drains life energy and has decimated the planet.
32. Malus forces Crais to fight Malus uses illusions of Crais's dead brother to provoke him into attacking Crichton.
33. Crichton pleads his innocence Crichton explains the accidental nature of the collision while Crais refuses to listen.
34. Tavka weighs a grim choice Tavka contemplates unleashing one evil to combat another, agreeing to lead them to Malus.
35. Crichton proposes a truce Crichton convinces Crais to temporarily set aside revenge and team up against Malus.
36. Malus prepares his final trap Malus ends negotiations and forces Crais and Crichton into a deadly confrontation to fuel his power.
37. Zhaan sacrifices her light Zhaan channels her spiritual energy into Malus, making him vulnerable and dispersing him at great cost to herself.
38. D'Argo apologizes to Zhaan D'Argo admits his error in mocking Zhaan's warrior spirit after witnessing her bravery.
39. Background
40. The episode was directed by Brendan Maher and written by Richard Manning, according to the episode list. It first aired in the United States on 11 June 1999 and in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2000. The production code for the episode is #10108.
41. According to Wikipedia contributors, Farscape is an Australian and American science fiction TV series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999 at 8:00 pm EST, and starred Ben Browder as astronaut John Crichton and Claudia Black as Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun.
42. In the series
43. According to Wikipedia contributors, That Old Black Magic is the eighth episode of the first season of Farscape, which ran from 19 March 1999 to 28 January 2000.
44. Availability
45. According to YouTube (Farscape), the full episode was uploaded to YouTube by the Farscape channel on 22 August 2024, and the rights holder's upload runs for 2,896 seconds (approximately 48 minutes). The upload carries English auto-generated captions, and at the time the page was viewed the channel had approximately 88.1 thousand subscribers.
46. That Old Black Magic The episode as published by the rights holder, from the start.
47. 1999-03-19: Farscape premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel.
48. 1999-06-11: That Old Black Magic first airs in the United States.
49. 2000-01-28: According to Wikipedia contributors, Season 1 concludes.
50. 2000-01-31: According to Wikipedia contributors, That Old Black Magic first airs in the United Kingdom.
51. 2024-08-22: The rights holder uploads the full episode to YouTube.

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