Farscape s02e12: Look at the Princess, Part 2: I Do, I Think

Series

Farscape^[2]

Season

2^[2]

Episode

12^[2]

Rights holder's upload

Published on YouTube on 13 January 2025, runtime 42 minutes 48 seconds^[1]

Position in series

Second part of the "Look at the Princess" two-parter^[2]

Premise

A twist of fate causes John Crichton to be chosen as the unwilling groom in an upcoming royal wedding on a planet far from Moya.^[1]

What happens in "Look at the Princess, Part 2: I Do, I Think"?

Crichton explains to his hosts that he is an astronaut who was shot through a wormhole and is now lost in a distant part of the universe, living aboard a ship that is itself alive.^[4] Prince Clore's contact orders him to stay close to the Princess and to kill him if he ever assumes the crown, revealing that the wedding is a trap rather than a coronation.^[4]

On Moya, the ship's priest Kal reports that Moya has given birth to a male offspring called Talyn, a gunship not of her choosing, and declares his intent to decommission her so she cannot reproduce gunships again.^[4] Pilot finds that Moya is shutting her own systems down and that he cannot override the sequence.^[4] Chiana urges Aeryn Sun to tell Crichton how she feels, and Aeryn replies that men are stupid and must be told things.^[4] A contact is also told to insert a trans-sequence ident chip before ascending so that transport P will not register as a Leviathan transport.^[4]

0:00 Look at the Princess, Part 2: I Do, I Think The full episode as published by the rights holder on its YouTube channel.

Memorable quotes

“what am I supposed to do when there's no fight left”33:22

“I'm not quitting I just can't go on”33:59

“the bad news is that you're married and you must endure as a statue for 80 Cycles in a strange world”40:57

In the episode

0:31 Two agents receive secret orders Two operatives discuss a hidden branch and learn they are both assigned to watch potential heirs and eliminate them if needed.

2:31 The brothers-in-law fight The prince and Crichton brawl after the prince tries to have Crichton killed using his own name.

3:30 Crichton reports the attack Crichton tells his fiancée that her brother sent assassins after him using a strange weapon.

5:32 A foreign presence invades the ship Zhaan senses a smoke tendril aboard Moya as it moves through the ducts toward the maintenance bay.

6:34 A builder appears on Moya An ancient deity responsible for creating living ships confronts Zhaan and demands the decommissioning of Moya.

8:01 Chiana confesses her feelings Chiana pushes Aeryn to tell Crichton how she really feels before he leaves the planet.

11:00 The empress offers her protection The empress agrees to marry her daughter to Crichton and keep him safe from her son's assassins.

13:00 Scorpius pays off a hired killer Scorpius delivers a chip to a chench assassin and orders that no witnesses survive the mission.

14:30 Moya begins to shut down Pilot discovers Moya is deactivating her own systems under the influence of the visiting deity.

17:02 Aeryn discovers the hidden transport The crew finds an isolated D'Argo runner packed with wedding gifts intended for Crichton and the princess.

21:34 Crichton is captured by bounty hunters A hired chench gasses Crichton and delivers him to Scorpius's deputy aboard a hidden vessel.

24:30 Crichton fights off his captor Crichton bluffs his way through a standoff, is shot, and bleeds out in front of the guards.

30:45 Aeryn pleads with the empress Aeryn reports Crichton's abduction and tries to convince the empress to put Scorpius on notice.

36:00 Scorpius is banished from the planet The newly married couple announces Scorpius is permanently barred from the royal world.

Air date, credits and where to watch

It is the twelfth episode of season 2 and the second half of the "Look at the Princess" two-parter.^[2] Farscape was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment for the Nine Network, and it premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999.^[3] The rights holder's Farscape YouTube channel published the episode on 13 January 2025 under the title "Look At The Princess Part 2: I Do, I Think", which differs from the episode's title but is the same episode, in an upload that runs 42 minutes 48 seconds.^[1] Because the rights holder published it on its own channel, the episode can be watched here.^[1]