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1. Key facts
2. Episode: Season 3, Episode 18
3. Title: Fractures
4. Series: Farscape
5. Creator: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6. Official upload: YouTube (Farscape channel), 7 August 2025; 2,656 seconds
7. Production company: The Jim Henson Company
8. Summary
9. According to the rights holder, the episode follows Moya's crew as they come across a transport pod carrying Peacekeeper fugitives that include a Nebari, a Scarran and a female Hynerian. According to YouTube automatic captions, the newcomers disrupt life aboard the ship and draw the crew into questions of trust, identity and loyalty.
10. Plot
11. In the opening scene, Crichton and Pilot spot a transport pod approaching Moya near the rendezvous point and discuss whether to expect the green or black shirt.
12. According to YouTube automatic captions, the pod itself had been intended as a target for a new Peacekeeper deep-space weapon test using prisoners of different species.
13. During the visit, Pilot detects that a Peacekeeper distress signal has been sent from somewhere inside Moya. According to YouTube automatic captions, in response, Moya initiates starburst and Talyn is ordered to starburst alone on a similar vector.
14. Elsewhere on board, Stark searches for Zhaan's spirit, and the other Crichton is reported dead.
15. Memorable quotes
16. Because my dear gullible dominar, the odds of staying free stunk. So I struck a deal with the tech.
17. I don't want to spend my life running from the peacekeepers. And once I got here, I found a superb bargaining chip. you.
18. It was unfortunate that the Scarren saw me. But you slept, too. All Hinrians sleep deeply after pleasure. The pleasure Dominar was all yours. You were faking.
19. This one is mine. I'm going to the command carrier. I'm going to stop Scorpius.
20. In the episode
21. Transport pod approaches Moya A damaged transport pod approaches Moya carrying escaped prisoners, and the crew prepares to receive them.
22. Disembodied boolith remains found The crew discovers scattered body parts of a boolith floating in the pod, still alive and speaking.
23. Talyn arrives at Moya Talyn reaches Moya and docks, reuniting the living ship with the crew.
24. News of the other Crichton's death Aeryn learns that the alternate Crichton has died, leaving grief and uncertainty on the ship.
25. Secret message addressed to Crichton A mask delivered to the ship projects a private recording meant only for Crichton.
26. Rygel confesses his feelings Rygel admits to Crichton that he has fallen in love with one of the refugees.
27. Bolith identifies the traitor The reassembled boolith repeats a single word, pointing to a betrayer among the guests.
28. Aeryn suspects Orin Aeryn accuses Orin of sabotage after the shooting, warning Crichton not to trust her.
29. Peacekeeper tech escapes his cell The DRD guarding the peacekeeper technician is destroyed and the cell doors open, allowing him to move freely.
30. Orin revealed as the traitor Orin confesses to betraying the crew to the peacekeepers and kidnapping Rygel as a bargaining chip.
31. Fugitives flee with Rygel Orin and the tech take Rygel aboard their transport pod and begin broadcasting Moya's location to pursuing peacekeepers.
32. Pod rigged to explode Crichton and D'Argo board the fleeing pod and discover a bomb rigged to the cell drive.
33. Crichton records a warning to Scorpius Crichton films a defiant message aimed at Scorpius, declaring his intent to stop the peacekeeper research.
34. Crichton resolves to go to the command carrier Despite the crew's objections, Crichton decides to infiltrate the peacekeeper command carrier alone to destroy Scorpius's work.
35. Background
36. According to Wikipedia contributors, Season 3 of Farscape originally ran from 16 March 2001 to 31 January 2002, placing this episode near the end of the season's broadcast run. According to YouTube (Farscape), Farscape itself was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and is a Jim Henson Company production.
37. The full episode is watchable on this page because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel as "Farscape S3E18 FULL EPISODE | Fractures" on 7 August 2025, with a running time of 2,656 seconds.

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