Farscape s03e02: Suns and Lovers

Series

Farscape^[1][3]

Season

Season 3^[1][2]

Episode

Episode 2^[1][2]

Running time

44 minutes 16 seconds^[1]

Premise

A disaster strikes and the crew end up in the middle of a storm after touching down at a commerce station.^[1]

Summary

Suns and Lovers is the second episode of season 3 of Farscape.^[3] The official upload's short description sets out the premise: a disaster strikes and the crew end up in the middle of a storm after touching down at a commerce station.^[1]

What happens in "Suns and Lovers"?

John Crichton and the rest of Moya's crew touch down at a commerce station looking for supplies and repairs.^[4] Soon after they arrive, a disaster strikes the station, and the crew are caught in the resulting storm along with the people already on the surface.^[4] The action moves between the station and Moya in orbit as the crew deal with the unfolding emergency and the local population caught up in it,^[4] and what begins as a routine stop becomes a fight to keep the crew and the station's inhabitants alive through the storm.^[4]

0:00 Suns and Lovers The complete rights holder's upload of the episode, from the opening titles to the end credits.

Memorable quotes

“you will never get these. Listen to me. No, I will never listen to anything either of you have to say again.”22:42

“They broke my heart, John. I know that. But if you don't go out, Aoya, and pull that cable off, we're all going to die when that storm hits. Then we all die.”28:22

“Wasn't all your fault. Yeah, I never figured that bit. Why' you do it? I don't know.”41:10

“Tell my father if he'll let you that I'm sorry. And then one day I'll return and make it up to you both. I'll tell him”42:03

In the episode

1:00 Crew at a commerce station John, Aeryn, Chiana, and others arrive at a station mall to restock supplies while Zhaan remains ill.

6:13 Massive storm strikes the station A funnel storm hits the shopping complex, hurling debris through the corridors and injuring several crew members.

7:01 Frozen bodies begin reviving Chiana discovers that the quick-frozen corpses in the medical lab are starting to wake up.

8:01 Pilot reports another vessel nearby Aeryn and Pilot locate a derelict ship tangled with Moya and work to bring it aboard.

9:02 Mortals claim the storms are a curse The merchants explain that their station sits in sacred space and that the intensifying storms feel deliberately aimed at them.

11:00 A trapped child in the lower pod Crichton learns a little girl may be alive in the nursery and prepares to navigate the crushed filtration vents to reach her.

15:00 Pilot confirms the storm is tracking them Pilot runs the residual graph and confirms the funnel turned to target the station, with a larger storm inbound.

17:05 Sour气味提醒他闻到威胁 D'Argo的嗅觉能力让Chiana在与他见面后被迫去洗浴以掩盖真相。

21:30 D'Argo confronts Chiana and Jothee D'Argo catches Chiana with Jothee, learns of their betrayal, and rejects the union tattoo he had planned for her.

23:30 Team tracks the broadcast to a zealot The crew traces the signal to Borlick, a Campex fanatic magnetized to a pipe and actively calling the storm toward the station.

26:32 Plan to pull Borlick free with hydro steel Pilot identifies the cryochambers as a larger hydro-steel source, and the crew plans to move the cultist off Moya to draw the storm away.

29:31 D'Argo goes outside to free Moya Despite his anger, D'Argo dons a breathing regulator and exits the ship to cut the docking cables before the storm arrives.

33:03 D'Argo goes silent on comms Crichton reaches D'Argo outside but loses contact as Pilot warns the storm funnel is nearly upon them.

36:03 Crichton rescues D'Argo from the void Crichton pulls the unresponsive D'Argo clear of the last cables and brings him back aboard as Moya escapes into starburst.

42:03 Chiana departs Moya in shame Chiana, unable to face D'Argo after her betrayal, leaves the ship alone to make her own way in the universe.

Air date, credits and where to watch

Farscape was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday on 19 March 1999.^[3] The rights holder published the episode in full on its own YouTube channel, which is why it can be watched here; the official upload runs 2,656 seconds, about 44 minutes 16 seconds.^[1]