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Farscape s01e06: Thank God It's Friday, Again

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 1
3. Episode in season: 6
4. Production code: #10106
5. First aired (US): 23 April 1999
6. First aired (UK): 17 January 2000
7. Director: Rowan Woods
8. Writer: David Wilks
9. Running time: 48 minutes 17 seconds
10. Summary
11. Back aboard Moya, Rygel's body fluids turn explosive, and Aeryn and Pilot must work out the cause before he is killed by his own condition.
12. Plot
13. According to YouTube automatic captions, the episode opens with Rygel's attendants explaining that D'Argo is in Luxan hyper-rage after being off the ship for three days and has taken a transport pod down to the planet below.
14. Crichton and Aeryn follow him and discover that the local population includes beings who are distant cousins of Sebaceans.
15. Zhaan is also drawn to the planet and decides she wants to stay and labor alongside the workers.
16. According to YouTube automatic captions, Crichton learns that a small band of rebels on the planet is naturally immune to the food-borne worm that keeps the other workers docile and uses it to stay free of its effects.
17. Aboard Moya, Rygel is placed in cryostasis at 105 degrees below the Glarian frost point while Pilot and Aeryn investigate his condition.
18. Memorable quotes
19. the entire population of this planet they grow this for another race every half cycle they return in the a ships collect all that we have harvested
20. I would rather be dead father please share in celebration what you so richly deserve the work day is complete
21. this happy plant that you love so much it's used to kill they use it to imprison and to enslave food weapons it doesn't matter
22. tomorrow is a rest day a real rest day
23. In the episode
24. D'Argo's rage subsides John finds D'Argo calm and content after his violent episode.
25. Arrival at the Luxan settlement The settlement leader welcomes John and D'Argo while the group watches them closely.
26. Aeryn demands a swift departure Aeryn urges John to leave with her and Zhaan despite D'Argo's desire to remain.
27. Rygel triggers an explosion Rygel's body erupts after he leaves his quarters, and Aeryn orders him taken back to Moya.
28. Rygel becomes volatile John and Pilot discover that Rygel's bodily fluids have become dangerously explosive.
29. Tanger reveals the worm Tanger secretly gives John a protective organism and explains that he must swallow it.
30. John learns the food caused the explosion John confirms that Rygel absorbed an explosive chemical from the local food.
31. John becomes infected John realizes that the local people placed a creature inside him to control the toxin in his body.
32. John develops a treatment John explains the food reaction to Aeryn and arranges a process to remove Rygel's volatile elements.
33. The crop's true purpose emerges Tanger reveals that Peacekeepers harvest the crop as food, fuel, and a means of controlling the population.
34. Han's condition worsens Tanger describes the settlement's decline and her father's failing health as their farmland deteriorates.
35. Aeryn refuses an immediate escape John and Aeryn argue about leaving while D'Argo remains under the crop's influence.
36. D'Argo rejects the crew D'Argo turns against John and orders Rygel to keep the others from taking him away.
37. The crew departs without D'Argo Pilot begins the starburst as John and Aeryn accept that D'Argo has chosen to stay.
38. Background
39. The episode was written by David Wilks and directed by Rowan Woods, according to the episode list.
40. It first aired in the United States on 23 April 1999 and in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2000.
41. According to YouTube (Farscape), Farscape is a Jim Henson Company production created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and starring Ben Browder.
42. In the series
43. Thank God It's Friday, Again is the sixth episode of the first season of Farscape.

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