The Best Episodes of Farscape Season 2

The crew find a doctor that can heal Moya's burns and remove Crichton's neural chip. Things are complicated however when Crichton is informed he needs additional brain tissue from a donor in stasis who will die when the tissue is removed. Also Scorpius is beginning to take over Crichton's brain.

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: David Kemper

A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed a previous Pilot aboard Moya. The rest of the crew wants answers but Aeryn is recalcitrant about revisiting her past - especially her relationship with Velorek, the man charged with forcibly bonding a new Pilot to Moya. Pilot two refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's guide.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Naren Shankar

Crichton turns himself over to Scorpius in order to free Jothee. With all the mercenaries now aboard Moya, the crew form a plan to rescue Crichton and destroy the depository.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Justin Monjo

Stark returns to Moya with a plan to rob a shadow depository and buy a contingent of slaves, one of which is D'Argo's son Jothee. D'Argo attempts the robbery on his own however and now the crew must recover him as well as the money they require.

Director: Andrew Prowse

Writer: Grant McAloon

Scorpius buys the slaves containing D'Argo's son before D'Argo can. Some of the crew leave Moya in search of mercenaries to rescue Jothee. Meanwhile back on Moya, the stolen money has turned into metal eating spiders that begin to consume Moya.

Director: Catherine Millar

Writer: Naren Shankar

An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.

Director: Ian Watson

Writer: Michael Cassutt

Now married, Crichton and Katalla are frozen into living statues so that they may watch over the presiding governments of the next eighty cycles. Immediately, Clavor and the Scarran emissary attempt another assassination and succeed in removing Crichton's head. The crew must save John and Chiana while escaping Scorpius.

Director: Andrew Prowse, Tony Tilse

Writer: David Kemper

Moya arrives at a planet where the population test their genetic compatibility by kissing. Crichton kisses a princess, who is next in line for the throne, and discovers that his DNA is a perfect match for her. He must now marry her and they will rule together.

Director: Andrew Prowse, Tony Tilse

Writer: David Kemper

The Scorpius clone puts John into a dream world to prevent the Scarrans from getting any wormhole knowledge.

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: Richard Manning

The crew returns from a Commerce Planet with a load of Crackers and a meek alien called Traltixx, who promises he can alter Moya's electromagnetics to make her untraceable. Crichton is skeptical; it seems too good to be true. As they pass through a constellation of pulsars, an intense paranoia affects the crew, turning them violently again each other. Crichton must fight against his own paranoid delusions to work out what Traltixx is actually doing and how to stop him.

Director: Ian Watson

Writer: Justin Monjo

Princess Katralla's mother brings in Scorpius promising Crichton that if he doesn't marry her daughter, she will hand him over. Meanwhile, Prince Clavor starts a plot to assassinate Crichton so that he may ascend to the throne instead of his sister.

Director: Andrew Prowse, Tony Tilse

Writer: David Kemper

A temporal distortion traps Aeryn and John on a planet's surface, where they live out the rest of their lives -- while Moya remains trapped in orbit, experiencing only hours. Stark returns to the ship with news of D'Argo's son.

Director: Ian Watson

Writer: Justin Monjo

A Nebari group come aboard Moya and attempt to mind cleanse everyone using a drug. Pilot and Rygel are the only two who can resist the effects. Crichton also remains unaffected due to Scorpius' neural clone.

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: Lili Taylor

Crichton, Aeryn and D'argo are stranded in an asteroid field while Scorpius searches for them. Their safety depends on Crais, who is nearby in Talyn. Aeryn teaches Crais how to control the young Leviathan - the only thing she can offer in return for the lives of her friends. When Moya returns to the asteroid field to look for her offspring, Crichton decides to remove Crais from control of Talyn. Scorpius finally sees his chance to strike.

Director: Andrew Prowse

Writer: Richard Manning

A strange globe appears on Moya, sucking in Crichton and duplicating him creating two additional people. One who is a de-evolved 'cave man' and another who has increased mental ability. Note: This episode features after the "Look at the Princess" trilogy on the DVDs.

Director: Catherine Millar

Writer: Grant McAloon, Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

Crais and Talyn return. The crew are put on trial for an attack that Talyn made on an alien ship.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

Maldus returns to torment the crew, convincing them that their friends have perished. One by one, the evil sorcerer drags them into his realm.

Director: Andrew Prowse

Writer: Peter Neale

The crew bring aboard an alien tracker to remove some creatures that came aboard hidden in some cargo.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Naren Shankar

With Moya out of food, Chiana leads everyone to a dead boudong where she once worked.

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

While waiting inside a transport pod to be picked up by Moya, Zhaan tells Crichton about being accused and tried for murder during his absence.

Director: Ian Watson

Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon

D'Argo takes part in a sacred ritual that helps an old Luxan, an Orican, to survive. During the ritual the Orican draws energy from who she thinks is D'Argo but is actually Moya. Consequently Moya starts to age rapidly.

Director: Tony Tilse

Writer: Grant McAloon

Chiana leaves Moya and goes to 'grave planet' populated by reckless thrill seekers who play dangerous and life threatening games.

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: Justin Monjo