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Farscape s04e12: Kansas

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 4
3. Episode: 12
4. Running time: 44 minutes 15 seconds
5. Summary
6. He and the crew attempt to restore the original course of events while confronting the consequences of his altered past.
7. Plot
8. A recap of earlier wormhole events precedes the episode's opening. Crichton pilots his module through a wormhole toward Earth while D'Argo guides him by voice. On arriving, Crichton hears a news broadcast confirming that Reagan is president, establishing the scene in the 1980s.
9. A report about a space shuttle launch makes Crichton realize that his father is now scheduled to fly on the Challenger. He tells the others that his father's involvement with the Farscape project resulted from the trip and that his father's death would prevent Crichton from building the module. Crichton proposes finding a way to make his father refuse the Challenger flight and restore the original timeline.
10. The crew establishes itself in an abandoned house in Crichton's hometown that police had sealed after a drugs raid on its previous occupants. According to YouTube automatic captions, Crichton then finds his younger self dressed for Halloween and tries to recruit him to persuade his father not to take the Challenger flight.
11. Memorable quotes
12. Not to be insensitive, but in the scheme of things, well, what does it matter if your father flies and dies?
13. My father got me started in avionics. No dad, no far escape project. You stay in peacekeeper custody. She remains a Nazi. She ends up on Bari Prime.
14. Mom, it's me, Johnny. I love you. Wanted to tell you that for a very long time.
15. No. Time must play out.
16. In the episode
17. Crichton materializes on Earth Crichton and the rest of the crew arrive through a wormhole and find themselves in the Kansas night sky, relieved at the return.
18. A timeline already altered D'Argo picks up a news broadcast revealing the year is the 1980s and Crichton's father is scheduled to fly on the doomed Challenger mission.
19. The Challenger launch confirmed On hearing a launch report, Crichton realizes his timeline appearance has placed his father on the ill-fated Challenger flight.
20. Plan to change the timeline The crew decides they must convince Crichton's father to refuse the shuttle mission so history can reset, and Rygel suggests hiding in a local crack house.
21. Settling into the abandoned house Rygel complains about the dust and dust-mask while the others settle into the sealed, graffiti-covered home as their base.
22. Crichton's father arrives early The teenaged John announces he's leaving a day early to ease tensions, planning a lake trip, and his mother calls after his young friend Fred for advice.
23. Crichton poses as a car salesman Crichton uses a car lot as a cover to insert himself into the local community and get close to his family.
24. Crichton confronts his teen self Crichton finds his younger self at the overhang and tries, without success, to convince him to keep his father from the Challenger flight.
25. Chiana slips outside into Halloween Stir-crazy in the abandoned house, Chiana ignores warnings and slips out onto the Earth streets in her usual leather outfit.
26. Peacekeepers board Moya On Moya, Scorpius and Sikozu report approaching Peacekeeper Marauders under the command of Grayza, forcing a dangerous decision about whether to flee.
27. D'Argo and Aeryn go shopping D'Argo and Aeryn disguise themselves in human clothing and head out to blend into the Halloween crowd, relying on Aeryn's limited English.
28. Aeryn scares a police officer Aeryn's attempts to behave normally terrify a police officer, who demands D'Argo remove his mask and flees when confronted with the alien face.
29. Young John leaves for the lake Young John says goodbye to his mother and drives off with his friends, giving Crichton a brief, stunned encounter with his own living mother.
30. Crichton warns his mother directly Crichton uses a tarot reading as a cover to tell his mother not to let his father fly this weekend, hinting at a crash to come.
31. The fire-rescue plan is born Crichton recalls his father saved him from a fire years ago and decides to recreate that scenario, recruiting Noranti to drug his younger self with a coma serum.
32. Noranti tests the serum on Rygel Noranti refines the experimental coma serum by testing it on Rygel, nearly killing him before stabilizing his condition.
33. Grayza searches Moya for Crichton Scorpius volunteers to spy for Grayza in exchange for protecting Sikozu, giving the crew a way to mislead the Peacekeepers during their search.
34. The police plan a raid Local police obtain a warrant and plan a raid on the abandoned house, unaware of the aliens hiding inside.
35. Noranti gives the overdose Crichton drinks the prepared serum to simulate a coma and waits for the police to arrive at the house.
36. Crichton's body stops functioning Noranti realizes she gave too much serum and Crichton's vital signs flatline, forcing the crew to prepare for the police raid with one of their own dead.
37. Crichton becomes semi-corporeal Noranti revives Crichton in a ghostly, floating state, and he heads for the garage to trick his father into a fake rescue.
38. Scorpius joins Grayza's crew Scorpius and Sikozu formally switch sides, joining Grayza and providing her with DNA that will detect Crichton's presence on Earth.
39. The sheriff is memory-wiped D'Argo forces the investigating sheriff to forget the encounter as the crew scrambles to reset the timeline before it's too late.
40. Jack Crichton heads to the garage D'Argo restrains the sheriff while Crichton sends his father toward the garage fire, recreating the original rescue.
41. Jack rescues his son from the fire Jack Crichton drags his son from the burning garage, successfully repeating the trauma that originally saved his life.
42. The sheriff remembers nothing The sheriff tries to report alien attackers but realizes he can no longer remember what happened, leaving the police baffled.
43. Pilot guides Moya home Pilot locks onto Crichton's signal and brings Moya to Earth in 2003, reuniting the ship with its lost crew.
44. Crichton is finally home Crichton steps aboard Moya and the crew welcomes him back, finally achieving the return he has sought throughout his journey.
45. Background
46. The full episode is watchable on this page because the rights holder, the Farscape channel, published it on its own YouTube channel on 3 December 2025.
47. In the series
48. Kansas is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Farscape.
49. 2025-12-03: The Farscape channel published the full episode on YouTube.

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