Farscape s03e05: …Different Destinations

Episode

Season 3, episode 5 of Farscape^[2]

Upload date

26 April 2025 on the Farscape YouTube channel^[1]

Running time

44 minutes 15 seconds^[1]

Rights holder upload title

"Different Destinations" (not the episode's title)^[1]

Series creator

Rockne S. O'Bannon^[3]

What happens in "…Different Destinations"?

In the opening scene Zhaan shows the crew a pair of time-tear goggles through which they can watch the Peacekeepers surrendering to the venic horde at an old monastery, with Jool present.^[4] Stark lends Jool one of the goggles so that she can see the nurses' rescue 500 cycles in the past, but the vision overwhelms her.^[4] When a mask is pulled from Jool, the crew is abruptly transported back in time to the original attack on the monastery, where venic warriors open fire on them.^[4]

Once aboard Moya, Pilot reports a broadcast in the venic vernacular and a request to lift orbit, confirming that they are no longer in their own time.^[4] John Crichton, Aeryn Sun and Jool infiltrate the monastery, where they meet sub officer Daan, who is being feted as the hero who sent the ceasefire initiative.^[4] Ka D'Argo and Stark, who have stayed behind at the monastery, meet the cook, who becomes the ranking officer after the soldiers are killed.^[4]

As the group prepares to follow the time tear back to the present, Jool has already passed through it alone.^[4] Crichton proposes throwing the battle to General Grundis's side so that the original timeline is restored and the ceasefire holds.^[4] The crew is forced to interfere further in a conflict they had only meant to observe, to put right what their presence has changed.^[4]

0:00 …Different Destinations The full episode as released by the rights holder on its own YouTube channel, from the opening image to the end of the broadcast.

Memorable quotes

“if we change anything here change the past the future might not happen as it's meant to and we won't get back so we don't get back”6:03

“you know if we did change things it is possible that we could improve the future”8:48

“we can record a message over the one sent by Colonel Leno and now you have convinced day gone into offering a complete and total surrender”25:51

“he's Davey Crockett at the Alamo he stands on the wall and he takes one for the home team”26:17

In the episode

3:30 Goggles transport the crew into the past While examining the memorial device, Stark, Jool, and D'Argo are suddenly pulled into the historical battle without wearing the goggles.

5:36 Firefight breaks out on the wall The travelers find themselves under attack and take cover as pulses and arrows fly around them.

7:31 Moya monitors strange transmissions Pilot detects automated orbit instructions and a request to lift orbit broadcast in the local language from the planet below.

10:00 Crichton tends to a wounded soldier John uses alcohol from his pack to clean a man's arrow wound while exploring the lock room.

11:00 Crichton learns the cook's true role Daon confesses he is not a soldier but a cook attached to the unit, and Crichton urges him to take command.

12:05 Jool spots the time tear descending Through her goggles Jool sees the tear approaching and decides to step through, leaving the others behind.

15:32 Rygel reports the planet depopulated Scans show the world is now inhabited by only a tiny fraction of its former population following a devastating conflict.

18:01 Daon negotiates with the enemy Crichton brokers a secret deal with the horde general: a ceasefire in exchange for the peacekeepers' safe withdrawal.

21:00 Crichton shoots the general Unable to prevent the escalation, John fires his weapon and kills the approaching enemy leader.

25:01 Planning Daon's heroic sacrifice Aeryn and John argue over a plan to let Daon die on the wall so history unfolds as it should.

31:05 Daon delivers the message The cook fires an arrow carrying the surrender announcement into the enemy camp, sealing his fate.

34:01 Fake army defense on the wall With only two working guns, Crichton and Aeryn run between firing positions to make it sound like a full garrison.

Air date, credits and where to watch

The episode can be watched here because the rights holder published it on its own Farscape YouTube channel on 26 April 2025; the upload runs 2,655 seconds and is titled "Different Destinations", which is not the episode's own title.^[1]