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Farscape s01e01: Premiere

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 1
3. Episode: 1
4. Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
5. Director: Andrew Prowse (per Wikipedia contributors)
6. Original air date: 19 March 1999 (United States)
7. Published online: 19 July 2024, on the rights holder's YouTube channel "Farscape"
8. Running time: 48 minutes 16 seconds
9. Summary
10. The episode follows astronaut John Crichton, whose experimental module is drawn through a wormhole and strands him far from home aboard a living prison transport named Moya, whose crew of escaped convicts now has to decide what to do with him. It establishes the central premise of the series: a human thrown into a distant part of the universe, pursued by a Peacekeeper captain whose own brother has just been killed in the escape.
11. Plot
12. The episode opens with Commander John Crichton's experimental module achieving flight under his theory of using gravity as a slingshot. Mission control orders Crichton to abort after detecting an electromagnetic wave near his craft.
13. Onboard the Leviathan ship Moya, the escaped prisoners remove a Peacekeeper control collar so Moya can Starburst away. Captain Crais learns that his brother has been killed and his Prowler lost with the Leviathan transport during the escape.
14. Translator microbes are used to enable communication between Crichton and the alien crew.
15. According to YouTube automatic captions, as the episode closes, Captain Crais orders his fleet to pursue the Leviathan after identifying Crichton in the recovered module.
16. Memorable quotes
17. I will not be taken prisoner again
18. if you want to live choose your allegiances carefully
19. Dad it worked DK is in my theory it actually worked
20. In the episode
21. Launch broadcast and countdown begin Mission control introduces the gravity-assist experiment and John Crichton lifts off in his spacecraft.
22. Approaching maximum velocity Ground control reports an unexplained electromagnetic wave and calls for an abort as the craft hits peak speed.
23. Crichton pulls through reentry After contact is lost, Crichton radios that he survived the burn and begins looking for his father's voice.
24. Crichton pulled into space Engines fail and Crichton is dragged past the planets, screaming for help as the signal fades.
25. Crichton awakens aboard a ship Crichton comes to aboard an alien vessel where guards interrogate him about his unknown spacecraft.
26. Control collar removed A priest named Cardo pulls wires from the living ship's collar, releasing the prisoners and provoking a starburst jump.
27. Prisoners introduce themselves Cardo, D'Argo, and Zhaan size each other up and share the crimes that put them aboard the Leviathan.
28. Rigel strips and examines Crichton A deposed ruler orders Crichton disrobed so translator microbes can be injected into his nervous system.
29. Aeryn identifies herself A confined Peacekeeper commando named Aeryn Sun refuses to believe Crichton is not one of her captors.
30. Pilot D'Argo returns to the bridge D'Argo confronts the others over damaging the ship and announces they are nearing an inhabited system.
31. Crichton considers making a wormhole Locked in a cell, Crichton works through the math of using gravity to fold space and find a way home.
32. Captain Bialar Crais intercepts A Command carrier captain learns the escapees are heading for a commerce planet and orders an intercept.
33. Atmospheric slingshot plan With Peacekeeper cannons closing, Crichton proposes diving into the planet's atmosphere to slingshot the Leviathan away.
34. Crichton records a message home After the carrier loses them, Crichton records a video log for his father confirming the theory worked.
35. Background
36. Premiere was written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and directed by Andrew Prowse, according to the episode list. The series itself was created by O'Bannon. The episode first aired in the United States on 19 March 1999.
37. In the series
38. Premiere is the first episode of the first season of Farscape.

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