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Farscape s03e17: The Choice

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1. Series: Farscape
2. Season: 3
3. Episode number: 17
4. Writer: Justin Monjo
5. Director: Rowan Woods
6. Original air date: 17 August 2001
7. Running time: 44 minutes 16 seconds
8. Uploaded by: The Farscape channel on YouTube
9. Summary
10. On the planet Valdon, Aeryn Sun meets a stranger who tells her he can put her in touch with her dead father, and she must decide whether to trust him or walk away. The episode follows what Aeryn does with that choice and what the rest of the crew does to find her while she is gone.
11. What happens in "The Choice"?
12. The episode opens with a recap in which Xhalax tells Aeryn that she was conceived in love, and that Aeryn's superior officers later gave Xhalax a chance to redeem herself by killing Aeryn's father. Aboard Moya, the crew learns that Aeryn has gone down to Valdon on her own, and Chiana and Rygel argue over which of them Aeryn would want beside her while they look for her on the surface.
13. On Valdon, Aeryn meets a man who presents himself as a spirit channeler willing to reach her dead father for payment. He gives his name as Talen and tells Aeryn that he is, in fact, her father; a character who identifies himself as Talen Jack then tells her he can do more than simply contact the dead. Stark uses an early Peacekeeper standard blood spectrometer, which he claims is accurate to near 100 percent certainty, and the result proves that Stark is a Sebacean; Stark explains that he altered his own face so he could hide, after which Aeryn tells him goodbye.
14. Rygel reports to Crais that Aeryn has masked her signal somewhere inside a city on Valdon, and Crais orders Rygel to stay with her and call the moment he finds her. Chiana and Stark search a hotel and a refugee district, learn that no Sebaceans live in that part of the city, and are directed toward a Stallic Hotel on the far side of town.
15. Stark confronts Xhalax and accuses her of betraying Aeryn; Xhalax denies it, saying she paid all of them and would never betray Aeryn. She goes further, telling Stark that she killed Zhaan in order to save the rest of the crew, and that she struck a deal to tell High Command they were all dead so that no further retrieval squad would be sent after them.
16. Stark eventually finds Aeryn alone in a room. He refuses to kneel when she draws a weapon on him, and tells her that Zhaan is alive and that she has to come back to Talyn. He adds that he has seen John Crichton and her father on this planet, and Aeryn lashes back, accusing Stark of always wanting to pull her away from Crichton and ordering him not to touch her.
17. Memorable quotes
18. I returned from the dead. Why can't he?
19. For you to suffer? For everything you did? For everything that went wrong? I We did nothing to you. You did everything
20. But I've realized that we're not remarkable. We do nothing for love. Not one thing.
21. In the episode
22. Talen learns Aeryn plans to speak with Crichton A group argues about Aeryn's presence on Valdon, and Talen reveals she intends to hold a session to contact Crichton.
23. A man awakens with restored memories Stark stumbles into the hotel and regains his sense of self, sharing fragments of his astronaut past.
24. Aeryn seeks a spirit channeler Aeryn meets a stranger in his quarters and asks him to reach her deceased father, Talyn.
25. The channeler reveals himself as Talyn The man removes his disguise and announces he is Talyn, Aeryn's father, stunning her.
26. Stark warns Rygel of dark spirits Stark drags Rygel away from a charlatan's tent and urges him to guard his spirit in the dangerous city.
27. Stark tails a stranger toward Aeryn Stark slips through a hotel hallway and disables a trap before confronting a suspicious figure inside a room.
28. Talyn confesses his deal with Zalax Talyn is held at gunpoint by Crais and admits he spared Zalax and traded information to protect the crew.
29. Stark finds Aeryn in her room Stark locates Aeryn in a high-rise room and tries to convince her to return to Talyn with the group.
30. Talyn and Stark track the impostor Talyn and Stark pursue a fleeing man they suspect is the impostor channeling Crichton to Aeryn.
31. Aeryn confides in a new stranger Aeryn speaks with a quiet man named Eron who urges her not to give up and warns that Zalax is on the planet.
32. A seer offers to restore Crichton A local seer tells Aeryn he has had a powerful vision and plans to find a creature that can make spirits corporeal.
33. Zalax confronts Aeryn at gunpoint Zalax corners Aeryn in the street, mocks her loss of Crichton, and reveals she intends to end Aeryn's life.
34. Zalax admits she killed Aeryn's father Zalax confesses she was ordered to choose which twin to spare and executed Aeryn's father out of twisted love.
35. Aeryn pulls the trigger on Zalax Aeryn stands over the wounded Zalax on a ledge, aims, and fires, letting her enemy fall into the void below.
36. Air date, credits and where to watch
37. "The Choice" first aired in the United States on 17 August 2001 as the seventeenth episode of the third season of Farscape; Justin Monjo wrote it and Rowan Woods directed it. Farscape premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999 at 8:00 pm EST, starring Ben Browder as astronaut John Crichton and Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun, among others.
38. The rights holder's own Farscape channel published the full episode on YouTube on 11 July 2025, so "The Choice" can be watched here in full rather than as a clip or excerpt; the upload runs 44 minutes and 16 seconds.

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