Farscape s02e09: Out of Their Minds

Series

Farscape^[1]

Season

2^[1]

Episode

9^[1]

Title

Out of Their Minds^[1]

First aired (US)

7 July 2000^[2]

Written by

Michael Cassutt^[2]

Directed by

Ian Watson^[2]

Rights-holder upload

Farscape YouTube channel, 28 December 2024, 44 minutes 16 seconds^[1]

What happens in "Out of Their Minds"?

An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya that punches through her energy shield, even though the shield was active, and swaps the crew's minds into one another's bodies.^[1] Ka D'Argo, now inside Pilot's tall, multi-limbed frame, cannot manage Pilot's multitasking and is told to ignore everything except a single high-pitched red sound that represents Moya's life support.^[4] John Crichton, Aeryn Sun, Rygel XVI and Zhaan each wake up running on someone else's reflexes and memories.^[4]

The attack came from Talyn, Captain Crais's genetically engineered gunship, not from Moya, and the crew has to explain the difference to the Halosians, whose own vessel was damaged in the exchange of fire.^[4] The Halosian commander, Tac, is allowed aboard Moya on condition that any deception costs him his life, and Zhaan crosses to the Halosian ship to show that Moya's people are not the ones who shot at them.^[4] Introducing herself as a Delvian priestess, she offers to take on the Halosians' pain as a gesture of peaceful intent.^[4]

Tac then reveals what the Halosians were really hunting: not a ship but a living gunship mutation, which is exactly what Talyn is.^[4] The rights holder's upload description sums up the premise: the attack bypasses Moya's shield and scrambles everyone into the wrong head.^[1]

0:00 Out of Their Minds The full episode as published by the rights holder on its official Farscape YouTube channel, from the opening title to the end of the broadcast runtime.

Memorable quotes

“I have memories of my son, of a wife, but you have seen the galaxies and the birth of stars.”18:18

“We power the screen to 62%. Get in the same position we were in the first time the beam hit. Then we moon the Halosians and hope they'll shoot us again.”34:46

“Shoot the damn gun, you blue ass I'm sick of all of this.”37:50

“I really really enjoyed being inside your body. Oh. Oh. Um, no. What I what I meant by that is that uh”42:00

In the episode

0:00 Moya comes under attack The crew scrambles as an unknown alien vessel locks weapons on them while D'Argo works the defense systems.

3:13 Crichton awakes in Rygel's body Crichton opens his eyes to discover he has been swapped into Rygel's small Hynerian form.

4:31 Aeryn discovers she is in Rygel too Aeryn panics upon realizing she now shares the Hynerian body while Pilot is revealed to be in D'Argo.

8:00 Zhaan learns Talyn provoked attack The priestess contacts Moya and explains Captain Crais fired on the Halosians, causing them to retaliate against the Leviathan.

12:00 Halosian commander agrees to inspect Zhaan arranges for an unarmed Halosian officer to board Moya and verify the ship carries no weapons.

15:33 Rygel suffers a bodily mishap While waiting at the docking bay, Rygel urgently needs to use the restroom and struggles to operate his new form.

22:30 Rygel's fantasies lead to mess Rygel is discovered in a maintenance bay after accidentally relieving himself while inhabiting Crichton's body.

24:31 Foreign circuitry invades Moya Pilot senses something aboard the ship attacking internal systems and concludes the Halosian visitor is responsible.

29:31 Acid vomit burns the conduits D'Argo and Chiana locate the Halosian officer's corrosive vomit still eating through the neural cluster wiring.

31:00 Defense screen restored under fire Crichton reroutes the defense screen power while Rygel pours alkaline solution, briefly exposing Moya to enemy fire.

34:02 They devise a plan to reverse swap Crichton deduces the body-switching effect came from a partial beam through the shield and proposes repeating the exact conditions.

36:31 Halosian vessel nearly rams Moya Moya barely evades a collision as the Halosian ship charges in for a suicidal run at the living ship.

37:30 Zhaan fires again at sixty-two percent The priestess fires the Halosian weapon at the recalibrated defense screen while the crew holds their original positions.

39:36 The crew returns to their bodies Rygel awakens in his own form and the rest of the crew confirm they have all been restored to their rightful bodies.

Air date, credits and where to watch

Out of Their Minds first aired in the United States on 7 July 2000.^[2] It is the ninth episode of the show's second season, written by Michael Cassutt and directed by Ian Watson.^[2] The episode can be watched on this page because the rights holder published it on its own Farscape YouTube channel on 28 December 2024; the upload runs about 44 minutes and 16 seconds.^[1] The channel description that accompanies the upload credits Rockne S. O'Bannon as the creator of Farscape.^[1]