Aboard a Peacekeeper command carrier, Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) and Braca (David Franklin) are trying to sort out the wormhole equations in the neural chip that was recovered from Crichton’s (Ben Browder) brain. Things aren’t going well. And Scorpius comes up with a plan.

Incubator was written by Richard Manning and debuted on 13 July, 2001.

The Scarran/Sebeacean hybrid installs the chip into his own mind, and encounters a neural clone of Crichton. To get what he wants, Scorpius takes Crichton down memory lane, showing the human, Scorpius’ own brutal upbringing. He figures if he reveals his own pain to Crichton that Crichton will have to help him, having developed some empathy and compassion for his nemesis.

On Moya, Crichton is still hunting for a wormhole he’s convinced is nearby. D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe) and the rest are tired of hanging around this area endlessly and want a break. Just in time to bring aboard a Peacekeeper prowler piloted by one of Scorpius’ wormhole scientists, Linfer (Johanna Kerrigan). She promises to hand over wormhole research to Crichton.

There are conditions, of course. She wants control of Moya. The crew debate it, and tempers flare between everyone. But is she being completely honest with everyone? She’s suffering from cellular liquification caused by an improper wormhole transit.

Crichton finds himself increasingly at odds with everyone aboard Moya. And the neural version seems to be antagonizing Scorpius to no end, no matter what Scorpius shows him.

But the audience, well, we now have a whole new look at the character and his motivations. This is something Farscape does incredibly well, give us a villain, then reveals intentions and history, redemptive arcs, and bigger bads, all while the villain keeps on being villainy.

Meltdown sees us rejoining Talyn in a script by Matt Ford. It debuted on 14 July, 2001.

Talyn, after a desperate plunge towards a star, needs some repairs. Not far away from the young leviathan, Stark (Paul Goddard) finds himself contacted by Sierjna (Susan Lyons), who is being held against her will.

There’s a lot of flirtation between Aeryn (Claudia Black) and Crichton. It’s nice to see them happy, but is there something more going on? Is it something to do with the impulses the star is emitting?

The pair, alongside Crais (Lani John Tupu) notice a strange mist exuding itself across the ship. This is what is having an effect on everyone. But who is Sierjna in all of this?

The pulses, the mist, it’s all causing Talyn to literally meltdown.

The crew encounter Mu-Quillus (Mark Mitchell) who has been holding Sierjna. He works to entrap leviathans, as part of a business deal to sell other ship models. And Stark has to deliver a harsh truth to Sierjna. And in an attempt to save her, joins with Talyn, as the leviathan’s pilot.

Can the crew get Stark disconnected and escape Mu-Quillus? Or will the mist keep them distracted with sex, aggression, hunger and more?

With Crichton and Aeryn completely into each other, their banter and sexy time is incredibly entertaining even as they rally to confront and defeat Mu-Quillus.