Farscape s02e19: Liars, Guns and Money, Part 1: A Not So Simple Plan

Series

Farscape^[1]

Season

2^[1]

Episode

19^[1]

Uploaded by

The Farscape channel on YouTube^[1]

Upload date

26 February 2025^[1]

Running time

44 minutes 16 seconds^[1]

Type

Full episode (#FullEpisode)^[1]

Premise

The crew of Moya learns that Jothee, Ka D'Argo's son, is to be sold in a large batch at a slave auction, and must find a way to free him before the sale takes place.^[1] Stark, previously believed dead, returns to the group with a scheme to rob a shadow depository in order to raise the money needed to buy Jothee's freedom.^[1][4]

Plot

Moya's crew look for a way to rescue Jothee before he is put up for sale.^[1] Zhaan tells them she has been in touch with Stark, whom they had believed to be dead, and Stark's image is shown to them to back up her claim.^[1]

Stark assures D'Argo that he has a plan to free Jothee, who he says is to be sold as part of a lot of ten thousand slaves.^[1][4] The plan is to rob a shadow depository, and Stark produces blueprints of the vault layout and the door motion detectors, which he claims to have taken from the dying thoughts of the depository's designer.^[4]

Once they are inside, D'Argo is to breach the security system so that Stark can link in while the access codes are being reset.^[4] D'Argo reaches the depository first and is captured after being told to hand over his weapons.^[4] As Stark works on the link-in, he warns the others that he has less than one arm left to complete it.^[4]

Memorable quotes

“you're cowards all of you”6:08

“neither one of us can die”39:09

“we agreed rigel nothing gets touched until after Dago's son and the others get freed from the slave auction right”40:03

In the episode

0:30 Crew debates turning back D'Argo pleads with the crew to reverse course and search for his missing son instead of continuing toward the Nexus.

1:30 Stark appears outside Moya Moya detects a small ship and the crew recovers the barely alive body of Stark floating in space.

3:30 Stark reveals the heist plan Stark explains he reconstituted his body and brings blueprints to a shadow depository where D'Argo's son can be bought back.

6:30 D'Argo launches alone Feeling betrayed by his friends, D'Argo departs Moya in a ship heading for the depository.

8:02 A crew member poses as a vendor One of the crew bluffs into the depository by offering the unique recipe of a fast-food chain.

10:00 Stark confesses the full plan Stark admits D'Argo's breach is deliberate so he can hack the security codes during the reset window.

15:01 Oralla confronts the dealer A fearsome woman named Oralla arrives, claims the captive Luxan, and demands storage for her own valuable item.

17:40 Scorpius arrives at the vault Scorpius enters the facility in search of his property while Zhaan hides nearby.

22:02 Stark admits his revenge motive On Moya, Stark confesses he withheld Scorpius's involvement and that stealing from him is a bonus.

28:06 Stark fights Scorpius for control Inside the vault, Stark struggles with Scorpius's mental influence over Chiana as John and D'Argo try to escape.

32:32 Aeryn confronts Scorpius Aeryn catches up with Scorpius, refuses to listen to his words, and the group races for the central chamber.

36:03 Crichton discovers the chip Crichton learns Scorpius planted a neurobot inside his brain that has been whispering advice.

39:36 The team celebrates success Back on Moya, the crew counts their stolen ingots and agrees the riches will buy D'Argo's son at the auction.

41:00 Crichton accepts the chip John admits he now feels a part of Scorpius inside him and chooses not to remove it.

Background

Farscape was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, and it premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel in North America on 19 March 1999.^[3] Season 2 originally aired from 17 March 2000 to 19 December 2000.^[2]

The rights holder published the episode on its Farscape YouTube channel on 26 February 2025, in an upload that runs 2,656 seconds and is titled "Liars, Guns and Money Part 1: A Not So Simple Plan", which differs from the episode's title.^[1] Because the rights holder published it on its own channel, the episode can be watched on this page.^[1]

In the series

This episode is the nineteenth episode of the second season of Farscape and the first part of a two-part story.^[1][2]

1. 1999-03-19 Farscape premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel in North America.^[3]
2. 2000-03-17 Season 2 of Farscape begins airing.^[2]
3. 2000-12-19 Season 2 of Farscape finishes its original run.^[2]
4. 2025-02-26 The rights holder publishes this episode on the Farscape YouTube channel.^[1]