Farscape s04e05: Promises

Series

Farscape^[1]

Season

4^[1]

Episode number

5^[1]

Title

Promises^[1]

Published on YouTube by

The Farscape channel (rights holder), 9 October 2025^[1]

What happens in "Promises"?

The episode opens with a "Previously on Farscape" recap in which Aeryn Sun reveals she is with child.^[4] Pilot reassures Ka D'Argo that Moya is well and that he knows what happened to her, but tells him the details are not of importance.^[4] Soon after, Aeryn is brought aboard Moya wearing a coolant suit, in the grip of heat delirium, and tells John Crichton she needs his promise not to harm the man who saved her.^[4] She refuses to discuss how she became ill and asks him to leave it at that.^[4] A new character, Sikozu Shanu, then boards Moya and immediately asserts command function, setting up a tense dynamic with the existing crew.^[4]

A Leviathan-designated ship headed by Ullom hails Moya, and Ullom claims to have engineered Aeryn's heat delirium as leverage for the names of her employers.^[4] Aeryn refuses to identify her fellow assassins, telling Crichton that if he loves her he will say nothing.^[4] D'Argo and Crichton board the Lokithian ship under a flag of truce to confront Ullom and obtain an antidote.^[4] Ullom accuses Aeryn and two others of assassinating the Prime Lokithian after breaking into the governing chambers of his home world.^[4]

Memorable quotes

“If you love me, you'll say nothing.”15:24

“You'll never be rid of me.”23:30

“By killing me. Again, the choice is yours.”39:52

In the episode

1:33 Moya comes back into view The crew spots their living ship and Pilot welcomes them aboard.

3:04 Aeryn wakes in a coolant chamber John finds Aeryn burning with fever and pleads with her as she slips in and out.

5:57 Crew debates granting asylum The group argues over allowing the Scarran-Peacekeeper hybrid to remain aboard Moya.

13:00 Ullom broadcasts a threat An unknown ship arrives and its leader claims to have engineered Aeryn's illness.

17:31 Crichton and D'Argo meet Ullom John and D'Argo board the Lokithian vessel under a flag of truce to negotiate for the cure.

21:06 Sikozu reports a stasis trick Sikozu tells Scorpius she sabotaged the DRDs with a stasis command using Kalish.

26:33 Scorpius severs the neural clone A device removes the Harvey persona from John's mind, ending the internal torment.

29:31 Plan to raid the hologram ship Scorpius warns that a Peacekeeper missile is inbound, and Sikozu proposes the enemy ship is a tiny chameleon.

33:02 Aeryn hijacks the control orb Using a stolen shield and neural interface, Aeryn takes control of the Lokithian ship.

36:07 Moya is shut down for the decoy Pilot powers down the Leviathan while Scorpius builds a counterfeit bio-signature to fool the missile.

37:36 The missile destroys the fake Leviathan The Peacekeeper torpedo hits the decoy instead of Moya, who is revived and escapes.

39:33 Scorpius offers Earth coordinates Scorpius admits he alone knows Earth's location and tells John he can kill him to erase it.

42:34 Aeryn asks about pregnancy Aeryn settles in the cold chamber and quietly presses John on whether he can tell if she is pregnant.

Air date, credits and where to watch

The episode falls in the middle of season 4, which ran from 7 June 2002 to 10 March 2003 across 22 one-hour episodes.^[2] It can be watched here because the rights holder, the Farscape channel, published the full episode on its own YouTube channel on 9 October 2025, where it sits in the channel's Farscape playlist of full episodes, ordered by episode number.^[1] The upload's description on the channel identifies Scorpius as the recurring antagonist Aeryn is bringing aboard Moya.^[1]