What changed

Farscape s01e06: Thank God It's Friday, Again

Comparing version 5 (21 October 2026, 14:16 UTC, imported from the content file) with version 5 (21 October 2026, 14:16 UTC, imported from the content file).

The text is identical between these two versions; the change was to the references or the provenance, not to what the page says.

1. Series: Farscape (per YouTube (Farscape))
2. Season: 1
3. Episode: 6 (per YouTube (Farscape))
4. Directed by: Rowan Woods
5. Written by: David Wilks
6. First aired (US): 23 April 1999
7. First aired (UK): 17 January 2000
8. Production code: #10106
9. Running time: 48 minutes 17 seconds
10. What happens in "Thank God It's Friday, Again"?
11. On the planet's surface, D'Argo and Zhaan find work alongside the locals and refuse to return to Moya, and Crichton follows them to find out why. A member of a planetary resistance warns Crichton that the planet's food carries a parasitic worm that controls the population and that the resistance will kill anyone it finds who is immune. According to YouTube automatic captions, Back aboard the ship, Rygel is caught in an explosive blast in his own quarters and it emerges that his body fluids have themselves become explosive; he is placed in cryogenic suspension while Aeryn and Pilot try to find the cause before he dies.
12. According to YouTube (Farscape), the episode's promotional summary, written by the channel that uploaded it, frames the story the same way: after the crew visits a planet of happy workers, D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship, while Rygel's body fluids turn explosive and Aeryn and Pilot must learn why before he dies.
13. According to the automatic transcript, the storyline on the planet involves Crichton trying to pull D'Argo and Zhaan away from a workforce they have chosen to join, while aboard Moya Aeryn and Pilot must stabilise a volatile Rygel in a confined space.
14. Memorable quotes
15. this is my home now John I'm happy here I will not let you destroy that if necessary I will destroy you first
16. 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 our planet is already dying
17. you think when this planet is dead that somehow you're going to escape that you're going to outrun the peacekeepers
18. tomorrow is a rest day a real rest day
19. In the episode
20. Arrival on the peaceful planet Crichton, D'Argo, and Rygel arrive on a sunlit world, and the crew encounters the easygoing native population.
21. Crichton nearly crushed by a hug An overjoyed D'Argo embraces Crichton so tightly that he fears for his life during the reunion.
22. D'Argo claims to be content D'Argo explains his absence, telling his friends he wants to stop fighting and enjoy a simple life among the workers.
23. Meeting the planet's leadership Crichton and Aeryn are introduced to V'Mey and the Dominar Raji, the rulers of the peaceful community.
24. An assassination attempt on Raji Aeryn and Crichton discover a severely burned Dominar Raji after an apparent bomb blast outside the city.
25. Ryi becomes a hazard Pilot reports that Dominar Raji's body fluids have turned volatile, and Aeryn works to keep the Hynerian from sweating.
26. D'Argo goes to work D'Argo heads off to the fields for the last day of the cycle, leaving Crichton and Aeryn behind to investigate.
27. Crichton is implanted with a worm A desperate stranger cornered in the street forces a small organism down Crichton's throat, warning him to eat it.
28. Meeting the resistance Tanger introduces Crichton to her father and explains how the implanted worm grants immunity to the planet's mind-altering food.
29. Aeryn solves the science puzzle With Pilot's help, Aeryn determines that the local food is causing Rygel's explosive reaction and sets up a treatment.
30. Crichton walks with his captors The disguised Peacekeepers escort a weakened Crichton across town, pressing him about his ship and its D'Argo.
31. D'Argo refuses to leave D'Argo, holding a weapon fueled by the local plant, declares he is home and threatens his friends to keep them from escaping.
32. Escape and reflection Crichton has the worm removed, the crew prepares to leave orbit, and D'Argo is left behind on the dying planet.
33. Air date, credits and where to watch
34. Thank God It's Friday, Again first aired in the United States on 23 April 1999, on the Sci-Fi Channel, as the sixth episode of Farscape's first season. The episode first aired in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2000. Farscape as a whole was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment for the Nine Network and the Sci-Fi Channel, and its United States run began on 19 March 1999 as the anchor of the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday block. The full episode can be watched here because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel on 18 August 2024, with the upload running for approximately 48 minutes 17 seconds.

Back to the page · Suggest a change