Farscape s02e20: Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These

Series

Farscape^[1]

Season

Season 2^[1]

Episode

Episode 20^[1]

Writer

Naren Shankar^[2]

First aired

11 December 2000^[2]

Rights holder upload

Published on YouTube on 8 March 2025, running approximately 44 minutes and 16 seconds^[1]

Summary

"Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" is the twentieth episode of the second season of Farscape.^[1] In it, John Crichton and his friends steal treasure to free Ka D'Argo's son and recruit aliens to intercept the slave trader.^[1]

What happens in "Liars, Guns and Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These"?

The episode opens with a "previously on Farscape" recap noting that D'Argo's son is being sold in a lot of ten thousand slaves.^[4] The heist goes ahead, and the crew secures enough wealth in ingots to buy the slave lot.^[4] D'Argo grieves that his son has been enslaved and that they will have no money left after the purchase.^[4]

Crichton misses the slave auction and discovers that the lot has been sold to a private buyer.^[4] Scorpius then contacts him, demands his surrender and threatens that D'Argo's son will die if Crichton does not comply.^[4] The crew plans to recruit four allies: a Vorcarian blood tracker, a Shang, a Tavvid and the Zenetan pirates.^[4]

Inside his own head, Crichton starts a conversation with the Scorpius neural clone that lives there.^[4] Scorpius, meanwhile, tells an officer that Crichton will be given no more than a microt necessary to formulate his plan.^[4] Aboard Moya, living creatures infest the ship's interior and begin eating its metal, and Zhaan warns that they are devouring Moya and risking a hull breach.^[4]

Memorable quotes

“I can't lose JY not again not like this D'Argo not like this”5:36

“you're pathetic you keep talking about how much I mean to you how you do anything to get me back but when it comes down to it you fail me again like you always do”6:03

“he refused to eat or sleep all he would do day and night was preach whether anyone was listening or not I executed him but I kept his writ”18:31

“what the f are you some kind of mutant his mother was a sebasian she was raped by a scarin”23:37

In the episode

1:31 Crew discovers their haul is gone Crichton and Aeryn realize the wealth they stole has already been spent on freeing D'Argo's son.

3:03 Auction lot is unavailable The contact cannot bid on D'Argo's son, who has already been bought by a private buyer.

4:01 Crichton's wormhole message Crichton records a desperate plea into the void, hoping someone will hear him.

5:30 Aeryn accuses Crichton Aeryn blames Crichton for the loss of D'Argo's son and for the destruction of the Banik slaves.

7:46 Scorpius keeps only D'Argo's son Scorpius orders his agent to return only the Luxan boy while abandoning the rest of the slaves to be resold.

9:31 Crichton proposes a rescue plan Crichton lays out a multi-stage plan to intercept the freighter and rescue D'Argo's son before delivery.

12:03 A false report of Jothee's death A Shang arrives reporting that all the Banik slaves have been killed, leaving D'Argo devastated.

13:01 Scorpius speaks inside Crichton's mind Scorpius initiates an internal conversation with Crichton, revealing their continued mental link.

15:37 The treasure is missing Rygel and Chiana discover their container of ingots is empty.

16:35 Living metal-eaters infest Moya Crichton and Aeryn find that the creatures that ate their money are now devouring the ship's interior.

18:02 Rygel asks for a gauntlet Rygel approaches a reformed Tavlek to request the return of his powerful weapon.

24:30 A blood tracker is recruited Crichton hires a tortured Luxan-Sebacean hybrid tracker to locate Jothee by scent.

32:00 Plan to burn Moya from inside Zhaan proposes flooding Moya's systems with a volatile vapor and igniting it to destroy the infestation.

36:31 Igniting the vapor inside Moya Rygel triggers the ignition, sending flames racing through Moya's body as the crew shares her agony.

40:33 D'Argo reunites with his son D'Argo embraces Jothee, believing he has finally rescued his boy.

42:11 Scorpius reveals his endgame Scorpius appears, having freed Jothee as bait, and demands Crichton's wormhole knowledge in exchange for removing the implant.

Air date, credits and where to watch

It is the twentieth episode of Farscape's second season, which had twenty-two episodes and ran from 17 March 2000 to 19 December 2000.^[2]

Farscape premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on 19 March 1999 and ran until 21 March 2003.^[3] The full episode can be watched here because the rights holder published it on its own YouTube channel on 8 March 2025, under the title "Liars, Guns and Money Part 2: A Not So Simple Plan", which differs from the episode's own title.^[1][2] The upload runs approximately 44 minutes and 16 seconds.^[1]