Incubator
Written by Richard Manning, directed by Ian Watson
Season 3, Episode 11

1^st US Transmission Date: 13 July 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 12 November 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Lt. Braca (David Franklin), Tauza (Amy Salas), Young Scorpius (Evan Sheaves), Nurse Froy (Stephanie Jacobsen), Plint (Paul Shedlowich), Linfer (Jo Kerrigan), Co-Kura Strappa (Danny Adcock), Wolesh (Thomas Holesgrove), Rylani Jeema Dellos (Sam Healy), Ghebb Dellos (Nicholas Bishop), Captain Molayne (William Zappa)

This episode features the crew of Moya.

Synopsis: On the Command Carrier Scorpius discovers that some of the equations extracted from John’s neural chip are so strongly encrypted that they cannot be accessed. He inserts the chip into his own head and makes contact with a neural clone of John contained within it. He tells this version of John his life story, explains his motivations, and tries to persuade him to unlock the encrypted equations. The neural clone refuses and the chip is destroyed, but not before Scorpy extracts a few of the equations.

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Relativity
Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon, directed by Peter Andrikidis
Season 3, Episode 10

1^stUS Transmission Date: 6 July 2001
1^stUK Transmission Date: 5 November 2001

Guest Cast: Xhalax Sun (Linda Cropper), Vek (Thomas Holesgrove), Thek and Kek (Dominique Sweeney)

This episode features the crew of Talyn.

Synopsis: Talyn is healing on a planet that has heavy gravity and restorative plant life when the Retrieval Squad lands nearby. Xhalax, along with two Colartas, begin hunting for the ship but John, Crais and Aeryn act as decoys and lead them away. There is a fierce firefight in which Xhalax is wounded in the leg, captured by Aeryn and taken to Talyn. Crais is also wounded, but he and John evade the Colartas and run deeper into the jungle. John stakes Crais out, and when the Colartas come for him, John ambushes and kills them.

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Losing Time
Written by Justin Monjo, directed by Catherine Millar
Season 3, Episode 9

1^st US Transmission Date: 29 July 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 29 October 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy Macintosh), Lt Braca (David Franklin), Linfer (Jo Kerrigan), Co-Kura Strappa (Danny Adcock), PK Scientist Drillic (Ian Bliss), PK Pilot Rinon (Tux Akindoyeni)

This episode features the crew of Moya.

Synopsis: While passing through an energy cluster Moya is boarded by two Energy Riders, beings that inhabit and possess host bodies. One stays hidden inside a crew member while the other, Tallip, takes over Pilot. Tallip informs the crew that the Energy Rider he is chasing is young and diseased and will harm the host if it remains inside too long. They try to identify which person the Rider is in but Tallip has to ‘taste’ them in turn to be sure. When he tastes Jool it’s inconclusive and nearly kills her.

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Green Eyed Monster
Written by Ben Browder, directed by Tony Tilse
Season 3, Episode 7

1^st US Transmission Date: 22 June 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 22 October 2001

This episode features the crew of Talyn.

Synopsis: While Rygel and Stark are on recon in a Transport Pod, Talyn is swallowed by a live Budong (‘Home On The Remains’). They manage to anchor the ship inside the gullet and prevent it being digested, their plan being to fly through the stomach and intestines, exiting through its arse.

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Thanks For Sharing
Written by Clayvon C. Harris, directed by Ian Barry
Season 3, Episode 7

1^st US Transmission Date: 15 June 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 8 October 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Sarova (Rebecca Gibney), Pralanoth (Robert Brunning), Tolven (Sandy Winton), Xhalax Sun (Linda Cropper), Felor (Julianne Newbould), Bloy (Hunter Perske)

There are now two John Crichtons, equal and original. Aeryn gives one a green T-shirt and the other a black T-shirt so she can tell them apart. Since they are in effect two characters, they now get their own names and sections.

Synopsis: Moya and Talyn hide in the dense atmosphere of the planet Kanvia while negotiating for the Chromextin they need to heal Talyn, who we discover was attacked by a PK Retrieval Squad led by Aeryn’s mother.

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Eat Me
Written by Matt Ford, directed by Ian Watson
Season 3, Episode 6

1^st US Transmission Date: 20 April 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 1 October 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Kaarvok (Shane Briant), Belima (Lisa Griffiths)

Synopsis: After a transport pod accident John, D’Argo, Chiana and Jool are forced to seek refuge on a diseased PK Leviathan that still has its control collar. The ship is full of zombies—the degraded remains of its crew—who are eating the ship, the Pilot, and each other.

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Different Destinations
Written by Steve Worland, directed by Peter Andrikidis
Season 3, Episode 5

1^st US Transmission Date: 13 April 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 24 September 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Nurse Kelsa (Lucy Bell), Cyntrina (Basia A'hern), General Grynes (Marshall Napier), Sub-Officer Dacon (Dan Spielman), Colonel Lennok (Terry Serio), Officer Tarn (Alan Cinis)

Synopsis: While visiting a shrine to a historic peace accord, Stark’s energy interfaces with a tear in time and whisks him, Jool, D’Argo, John and Aeryn back in time to a monastery under siege by a Venek horde. Before they can get their bearings they are attacked and are forced to defend themselves; unfortunately this changes history.

[“They shoot me, they punch me, they make me drink piss.”]

Self Inflicted Wounds II: Wait For The Wheel
Written by David Kemper, directed by Tony Tilse
Season 3, Episode 4

1^st US Transmission Date: 6 April 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 17 September 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Neeyala (Victoria Longley), Kreetago (Nicholas Hope), Cresto (Dwayne Fernandez), Shreena (Kerith Atkinson), Lastren (Brian Carbee)

‘For the longest time I feared physical demise because my spiritual essence was suspect. But now I know I'm worthy, now I know the transgressions have melted from my soul. Now I know I shall meet my Goddess and be accepted to her bosom. Sensitive D'Argo, exuberant Chiana, wise Rygel, selfless Aeryn, innocent Crichton. My children, my teachers, my loves—there is no guilt, there is no blame, only what is meant to be. Grow through your mistakes, and know that if patient, redemption will find you.’

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Self Inflicted Wounds I: Could’a, Should’a, Would’a
Written by David Kemper, directed by Tony Tilse
Season 3, Episode 3

1^st US Transmission Date: 30 March 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 10 September 2001

Guest Cast: Jool (Tammy MacIntosh), Neeyala (Victoria Longley), Kreetago (Nicholas Hope), Cresto (Dwayne Fernandez), Shreena (Kerith Atkinson), Lastren (Brian Carbee)

Synopsis: Moya collides with a vessel as it emerges from a wormhole. The two ships are fused together and are trapped, looping through a series of wormholes. Pilot passes out, and Moya begins to die. In order to escape, the two ships must be separated, which means one will be flung through the wormhole wall and destroyed.

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Suns And Lovers
Written by Justin Monjo, directed by Andrew Prowse
Season 3, Episode 2

1^st US Transmission Date: 23 March 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 3 September 2001

Guest Cast: Jothee (Matt Newton), Borlik (Leanna Walsmann), Moordil (Thomas Holesgrove), Alien Girl (Jessica Fallico), Cryoman (David Lucas)

Synopsis: Moya docks at a trading station near the twin suns of Qell. The station is severely damaged by a storm, and Moya is trapped by cables. The station is in an area considered holy by a fanatical religious cult, and it is discovered that the storm was attracted to the station by a flux broadcast coming from inside the body of the security officer, Borlik. She magnetises herself to a cooling pipe and taunts everyone that they will be cleansed by the wrath of her God, Gezma, when the next storm arrives.

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Season Of Death
Written by Richard Manning, directed by Ian Watson
Season 3, Episode 1

1^st US Transmission Date: 16 March 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 27 August 2001

Guest Cast: Jothee (Matt Newton), Lt. Braca  (David Franklin), Diagnosan Tocot/Plonek (Thomas Holesgrove), Officer Kobrin, (Aaron Catalan)

Synopsis: Tocot survives, with help from Rygel and Zhaan. Zhaan performs Unity with John and discovers that the neural clone is still present and that John wants to die. She tries to kill him but Stark stops her and D’Argo banishes both of them from the operating room.

[Do NOT make me tongue you!]

So that was Season Two, and it was a mixed bag for me. Whereas I found myself far more impressed with Season One this time around, Season Two slipped somewhat in my estimation. I agree with a comment from Colin R on last week’s episode—there were a lot of mediocre episodes front-loaded at the start of the year which made getting into this season a bit of a slog. It did redeem itself, and when the episodes were good they were VERY good, but in retrospect there were more duds than I remembered.

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Die Me, Dichotomy
Written by David Kemper, directed by Rowan Woods
Season 2, Episode 22

1^st US Transmission Date: 26 January 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 19 December 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 30 December 2001

Guest Cast: Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Lani Tupu (Capt. Bialar Crais) , David Franklin (Lt. Braca), Thomas Holesgrove (Diagnosian Tocot), Hugh Keays-Burne (Grunchlk)

Synopsis: A Diagnosian doctor, Tocot, and his assistant, Grunchlk, agree to help heal Moya and try to remove John’s neural chip. Their surgical facility contains a cavern filled with cryogenic chambers housing accident victims frozen at the moment of death and available for use as donors. At first Tocot believes John’s chip is impossible to remove, but he finds a compatible donor whose brain can be used to repair any damage inflicted during the chip’s removal.

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Liars, Guns and Money III: Plan B
Written by Justin Monjo, directed by Tony Tilse
Season 2, Episode 21

1^st US Transmission Date: 19 January 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 18 December 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 29 December 2001

Guest Cast: Paul Goddard (Stark), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Lani Tupu (Capt. Bialar Crais) , Claudia Karvan (Natira), Nicholas Hope (Akkor), Matt Newton (Jothee) , John Adam (Bekhesh), Jeremy Sims (Rorf) , Lionel Haft (Zelkin), David Bowers (Kurz), Thomas Holesgrove (Teurac)

Synopsis: Aeryn and Stark persuade the mercenaries to help rescue Crichton by reminding them that the Depository is full of currency they can steal. Talyn responds to a distress call from Moya and performs a transfusion to heal her burn damage. Aeryn asks Crais to help in the rescue, but he refuses to use Talyn for violent ends.

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Liars, Guns and Money II: With Friends like These
Written by Naren Shankar, directed by Catherine Millar
Season 2, Episode 20

1^st US Transmission Date: 12 January 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 11 December 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 28 December 2001

Guest Cast: Paul Goddard (Stark), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Claudia Karvan (Natira), Nicholas Hope (Akkor), Matt Newton (Jothee), David Franklin (Lt. Braca), John Adam (Bekhesh), Jeremy Sims (Rorf), Jo Kerrigan (Rorg), David Wheeler (Durka), Lionel Haft (Zelkin), David Bowers (Kurz), Thomas Holesgrove (Teurac)

Synopsis: Scorpius traced Stark’s computer hack during the heist and extracted information from his terminal revealing the location of Jothee. When Moya arrives to buy the slaves they discover that Scorpius has bought them all and will kill Jothee unless John gives himself up. Jothee and the slaves are being transported to Scorpius at the Shadow Depository, which gives them three days to devise a plan.

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Liars, Guns and Money I: A Not So Simple Plan
Written by Grant McAloon, directed by Andrew Prowse
Season 2, Episode 19

1^st US Transmission Date: 5 January 2001
1^st UK Transmission Date: 4 December 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 27 December 2001

Guest Cast: Paul Goddard (Stark), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Claudia Karvan (Natira), Nicholas Hope (Akkor), Matt Newton (Jothee), David Franklin (Lt. Braca), Adrian Brown (Gan), Jennifer Fisher (PK Nurse)

Synopsis: Stark returns with blueprints to a Shadow Depository—a bank for criminals—and a daring heist plan to raise money to buy Jothee at the slave auction. John refuses to go along with the plan, but D’Argo and Stark act anyway, which results in D’Argo being arrested, forcing the others to get involved in order to save him.

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A Clockwork Nebari
Written by Lily Taylor, directed by Rowan Woods
Season 2, Episode 18

1^st US Transmission Date: 15 September 2000
1^st UK Transmission Date: 20 November 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 25 December 2001

Guest Cast: Lani Tupu (Capt. Bialar Crais), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Malcolm Kennard (Meelak), Skye Wansey (Varla), Simon Bossell (Nerri)

Synopsis: Moya is boarded by two Nebari—Varla and Meelak—who have been hunting Chiana and intend to return her to Nebari space. They mentally cleanse everyone on board and put a collar on Pilot to prevent him initiating StarBurst.

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The Ugly Truth
Written by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman, Jr., directed by Tony Tilse
Season 2, Episode 15

1^st US Transmission Date: 8 September 2000
1^st UK Transmission Date: 13 November 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 15 September 2001

Guest Cast: Paul Goddard (Stark), Lani Tupu (Capt. Bialar Crais), Linda Cropper (Fento), Peter Carroll (Gahv)

Synopsis: Crais and Talyn contact Moya and ask for a meeting. While Moya’s crew is aboard Talyn, he fires on an approaching Plokavian vessel and destroys it. Crais throws Moya’s crew off and StarBursts away. The transport pod containing D’Argo, Zhaan, John, Aeryn and Stark is captured by a second Plokavian vessel. They each, in turn, are asked to give their version of events aboard Talyn.

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The Locket
Written by Justin Monjo, directed by Ian Watson
Season 2, Episode 16

1^st US Transmission Date: 25 August 2000
1^st UK Transmission Date: 6 November 2000
1^st Australian Transmission: 8 September 2001

Guest Cast: Paul Goddard (Stark), Wayne Pygram (Scorpius), Alyson Standen (Ennixx)

Synopsis: Moya hides in a stellar mist and Aeryn goes off to do a reconnaissance flight. She returns one day later having aged 55 cycles. Moya is trapped in a Centre Halo, an area of time distortion which means that while the rest of the universe ages, time moves very slowly for Moya and crew.

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