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Farscape s01e15: Durka Returns

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 1
3. Episode: 15
4. Running time: 48 minutes 17 seconds

5. Where to watch: On the Farscape YouTube channel, published by the rights holder The Jim Henson Company (per YouTube (Farscape))

   Where to watch: The Farscape YouTube channel, published by the rights holder, The Jim Henson Company

6. What happens in "Durka Returns"?

7. According to YouTube automatic captions, Pilot warns Crichton that Moya's pregnancy has weakened her ability to Starburst, and the ship exits the burst with dimmed fenses and less efficient systems. Almost at once the other vessel from the collision loses propulsor control, and Pilot deploys Moya's docking web to bring it aboard. On the Nebari ship the crew finds Captain Durka, the Peacekeeper officer who tortured Rygel aboard the command carrier Zelbinion more than a hundred cycles earlier, and Rygel calls him a vicious murdering bastard.

   Pilot warns John Crichton that Moya's pregnancy has weakened her ability to Starburst, and the ship comes out of the burst with dimmed senses and less efficient systems. Almost at once the vessel she collided with loses propulsor control, and Pilot deploys Moya's docking web to bring it aboard. On the Nebari ship the crew finds Captain Durka, the Peacekeeper officer who tortured Rygel XVI aboard the command carrier Zelbinion more than a hundred cycles earlier, and Rygel calls him a vicious murdering bastard.

8. The Nebari woman Salis explains that Durka was saved and put through neural realignment under cryic suspension for nearly one hundred cycles, so he is now incapable of evil behavior. YouTube automatic captions record that she adds that the Nebari could not save everyone on the Zelbinion because her crew refused to surrender, and that one stranded host vessel engaged the command carrier. Durka tells a different story to Crichton, saying the Nebari overran the Zelbinion, killed his crew, and that he faked his death on an escape pod.

   The Nebari woman Salis explains that Durka was saved and put through neural realignment under cryic suspension for nearly one hundred cycles, so he is now incapable of evil behavior. The Nebari could not save everyone on the Zelbinion, she adds, because its crew refused to surrender, and one stranded host vessel engaged the command carrier. Durka tells Crichton a different story: the Nebari overran the Zelbinion and killed his crew, and he faked his death on an escape pod.

9. Also aboard is the young Nebari fugitive Chiana, who begs Aeryn for amnesty and points to the collar and cuffs on her as proof of a crime her people would not call a crime. YouTube automatic captions state that To Crichton she admits to stealing food, jumping transport without a voucher and defending herself, and warns that the Nebari would put her through mental cleansing into an obedient zombie. According to YouTube automatic captions, Zhaan likens that cleansing to correction or surgery rather than an attack, while Rygel compares it flatly to brainwashing.

   Also aboard is the young Nebari fugitive Chiana, who begs Aeryn Sun for amnesty and points to her collar and cuffs as proof of a crime her people would not call a crime. She admits to Crichton that she stole food, jumped transport without a voucher and defended herself, and warns that the Nebari would put her through mental cleansing and turn her into an obedient zombie. Zhaan likens that cleansing to correction or surgery rather than an attack, while Rygel flatly compares it to brainwashing.

10. An explosion in the maintenance bay brings Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn to Durka, and Rygel claims Durka set up a bomb and tried to strangle him.

    An explosion in the maintenance bay brings Crichton, Ka D'Argo and Aeryn to Durka, and Rygel claims that Durka set up a bomb and tried to strangle him.

11. Durka Returns The episode as published by the rights holder on its own YouTube channel, from the cold open through the closing scene.
12. Memorable quotes
13. crew of this alinan is dead I am not
14. go ahead and find out I don't care because the all powerful derka is a failure it's the truth derka you tortured me without Mercy but you never broke me you only Made Me Stronger
15. stop there don't you dare thank me for saving your life I wasn't going to you weren't why not because amidst all that unfinished business between you and derker I don't think you even knew I was there
16. In the episode
17. Moya exits Starburst and collides with a ship Moya's weakened pregnancy causes a rough exit from Starburst, and she collides with a small vessel, which the crew brings aboard for repairs.
18. Rygel confronts his old torturer Rygel recognizes one of the survivors as Captain Durka, the sadistic commander who tormented him a hundred cycles earlier aboard the Zelbinion.
19. The Nebari explain their presence Salis of the Nebari reveals they saved Durka from the Zelbinion's wreck and subjected him to a century of neural cleansing to eliminate his violent tendencies.
20. D'Argo asks about Chiana's crime D'Argo questions the Nebari about Chiana's collar, and Salis deflects, revealing she is a dangerous criminal in their society.
21. Salis describes neural realignment Salis explains that subjects of the cleansing are placed in cryogenic suspension for a hundred cycles while their minds are rebuilt from the ground up.
22. D'Argo brings food to Chiana D'Argo visits the restrained Chiana with food, and she gradually opens up about her rebellious past and fear of being cleansed like Durka.
23. An explosion rocks the maintenance bay The crew discovers Durka has rigged a bomb inside the ship, and although it fails to kill anyone, it convinces them of his renewed threat.
24. Salis announces Chiana has escaped Zhaan alerts the crew that Chiana has vanished from her quarters, triggering a ship-wide search through the ducts and tiers.
25. Chiana is found with a dead Salis Crichton and D'Argo locate Chiana, who confesses she killed Salis to avoid being subjected to the Nebari mental procedure.
26. Durka reveals he killed Salis An unshackled Durka reappears, boasts that the cleansing failed, and admits to murdering Salis before seizing control of Moya's systems.
27. Sun taunts Durka about his failures Sun confronts Durka directly, mocking him for failing to break her a century ago and warning that Moya is pregnant and cannot Starburst.
28. Durka targets Moya's baby Cornered in the birthing chamber, Durka powers up the transport's weapon and aims it at Moya's unborn child to force a Starburst.
29. Durka is expelled into space Aion stimulates Moya to forcefully eject Durka's stolen transport through the outer hatchway, sending him drifting into the void.
30. Chiana is offered a choice Aion offers Chiana freedom to leave whenever she wishes, then asks where she was when Salis was killed, leaving her fate unresolved.
31. Air date, credits and where to watch

32. According to YouTube (Farscape), it is the fifteenth episode of the first season of Farscape, and is the installment that introduces Chiana into the regular crew, as the rights holder's own plot summary sets out. It sits early enough in the run that the Starburst mishap is still new and Moya's pregnancy is treated as an ongoing concern for the ship's pilot.

    "Durka Returns" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of Farscape and, as the rights holder's own plot summary sets out, the one that brings Chiana into the regular crew. It comes early enough in the run that the Starburst mishap is still new and Moya's pregnancy is an ongoing concern for Pilot.

33. The episode is watchable here because The Jim Henson Company, the rights holder, published it on the Farscape YouTube channel on 16 September 2024, where the upload runs for 2,897 seconds, or about forty-eight minutes.

    The Jim Henson Company, the rights holder, published the episode on the Farscape YouTube channel on 16 September 2024; the upload runs 2,897 seconds, about 48 minutes.

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