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Farscape s04e14: Twice Shy

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1. Season: 4
2. Episode number: 14
3. Published on YouTube: 6 December 2025
4. Running time: 44 minutes 16 seconds
5. Summary
6. A trading vessel stops at Moya, and the crew buys a young woman named Talika from the visitors for a price that Rygel quietly inflates by a factor of twelve. According to YouTube (Farscape), Talika settles in on the ship and at first seems harmless, but her true purpose on board Moya is to harvest the crew's neural energy. The episode is published in full on the Farscape YouTube channel, where the rights holder uploaded it on 6 December 2025.
7. What happens in "Twice Shy"?
8. According to YouTube automatic captions, a trading vessel stops alongside Moya, and John Crichton pays 800 krendars to buy a young woman called Talika from the visitors, with Rygel producing the money from the crew's shared funds. After the deal is done, Rygel privately inflates the price he paid for maps by adding a digit, cheating the traders out of their goods by a factor of twelve. YouTube automatic captions record that Talika is given a place on the ship and, at first, behaves as an ordinary passenger.
9. Talika's true purpose on board Moya, according to the episode's own presentation, is to harvest the crew's neural energy.
10. Twice Shy The episode as published by the rights holder, from the opening title card to the closing moments.
11. Memorable quotes
12. I was taking that crap from Noranti... to forget you. But you've got to admit, it's kind of romantic.
13. That tralk has taken away my sex drive.
14. You know what the worst part of this is? You and me... we never could get it together. Now we never will.
15. I know what I am, Sikozu. This interlude was simply a fortuitous, though troubling, reminder.
16. In the episode
17. Scorpius haggles for star charts Scorpius negotiates with the traders over maps needed for tormented space while Pilot reports the difficulty of the bargaining.
18. Traders offer a slave The traders present a captive woman as merchandise to Scorpius, prompting an angry response from D'Argo.
19. Crichton buys Talika Crichton pays the traders to free Talika and insists the crew take her aboard despite their objections.
20. Crichton and Aeryn clash Aeryn confronts Crichton about lying regarding the tablets, leading to a heated argument over trust.
21. Talika explores intimacy Talika, now wearing new clothes, questions Chiana about romance and physical affection.
22. Rygel reveals his forgery Rygel admits he altered the currency paid to the traders, causing alarm among Crichton and D'Argo.
23. Crichton confronts Talika Crichton orders Talika back to Chiana's quarters and threatens to throw her off the ship if she disobeys.
24. The crew hunts Talika The crew tracks Talika through the maintenance tiers after realizing she has gone missing and may be dangerous.
25. Talika's scream attacks Talika uses a sonic ability to incapacitate the crew as they attempt to corner her in the ship.
26. Crew realizes their traits are gone D'Argo, Chiana, and the others discover Talika has drained their impulses and drives, leaving them weakened.
27. Diagnosan identifies the parasite The Diagnosan hologram identifies the Wolaxan arachnid and explains that the crew must retrieve energy orbs from a nest to recover.
28. Talika escapes in the trader ship Talika launches the trading vessel as a decoy, forcing D'Argo to send Crichton, Aeryn, and Rygel after her in a smaller craft.
29. Crichton faces Talika alone Crichton finds Talika guarding her nest and attempts to stall her while the others struggle to reach him.
30. Noranti destroys the arachnid Noranti defeats the transformed Talika, and the crew recovers the orbs, restoring their original traits and energies.
31. Air date, credits and where to watch
32. YouTube (Farscape) records that it sits near the end of the season's run rather than opening it or forming one half of a two-part story, and the upload published by the rights holder runs for 2,656 seconds, about 44 minutes and 16 seconds. The full episode can be watched on this page because the rights holder uploaded it to the Farscape YouTube channel on 6 December 2025.

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