Zhaan (Virgina Hey) is dying, she needs to get to a planet that has an environment she can survive in. But on the way, Moya detects a wormhole but before Crichton (Ben Browder) takes off to investigate, a cluster of ships emerge, and one of them joins with Moya mid-starburst.

Self Inflicted Wounds is a two part adventure. The first part, Could’a Would’a, Should’a was written by David Kemper and it was first broadcast on 30 March, 2001.

This merging of the two ships hurts both vehicles, and both crews are going to have to find a way to work together. Because of the merging, and the starburst, both crafts are stuck in a looping wormhole. To escape, they are going to have to sacrifice one of the ships.

The new aliens insist it is Moya who is destroyed, she’s dying anyway after the impact. (or is she?)

With some of the alien’s tech, Crichton and Rygel (voiced by Jonathan Hardy) are able to access the wormhole with an incredible measure of stability – and that makes Crichton realize that if he can control it he could find a way home.

Oh! And there’s also something else aboard Moya, some kind of strange serpent.

Through it all, there are lots of character moments. Goddard (Paul Stark) is taking Zhaan’s condition particularly hard, and Chiana (Gigi Edgley) and D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) are definitely done, though Chi is hoping to find a way to make it up. D’Argo isn’t biting.

And the last of the containers the crew took from the Diagnosian’s planet is opened, and Jool (Tammy Macintosh) is inside. Looks like we have a new member of the crew.

Everyone thinks Crichton’s loyalties are divided as they think he only wants the wormhole information to get home. Zhaan is barely holding on, and no one is happy with anyone.

As the crew prepares to leave Moya, sacrificing her to get out of the wormhole, Crichton discovers a transmission from Earth and barely eludes an attack by the serpent, plunging us into a To Be Continued.

Wait for the Wheel, part two of Self-Inflicted Wounds first aired on 6 April, 2001 and was also written by Kemper.

As preparations continue to be made to leave Moya, the truth begins to out, as the aliens begin to sabotage the ship, They also learn more about what they are up to, and it’s not all good.

Loyalties are divided among are crew, Stark, D’Argo and Aeryn (Claudia Black) are on one side. Crichton, Zhaan, Chiana, and maybe Rygel are on the other. And yet, they all still interact with one another, behaving carefully and on edge around each other.

And someone is lurking in the ship, invisible, disrupting the ship.

There may be an option with the recovered ship in the bay.

They have a plan, they’re ready to go… will they get out, and who will survive? Perhaps Crichton can find a way, as he converses with his mental Scorpius (Wayne Pygram).

Will it come as a surprise that Moya escapes the wormhole? No.

But by episode’s ends, we’re going to have to say goodbye to Zhaan. She sacrifices herself to help save Moya, and her friends.

It’s a powerful episode, and a fantastic send-off for Zhaan. I’m sorry to see her go, but the story does her justice, the characters evolve, and as we’ve seen, there are repercussions for every choice made.