SACC Speaks #21: Farscape Undressed Transcript

Go back to part one here!

On the set of the "Maintenance Bay", Rygel enters on thronesled, peering about to confirm that there is, as yet, no sign of Ben or Claudia.

RYGEL:Whatever you've heard, forget it. Frelling lies. This show is about me, Dominar Rygel The Sixteenth, ruler of over six hundred billion loyal Hynerian subjects. Idolized, revered... adored! Watch!

Rygel briefs everyone on his sleeping habits ( "Rhapsody In Blue" ):

Rygel: "I like my wives pregnant, and my ships cold to the touch. That way my feet stay warm, and my slumber is uninterrupted."

John: "Wives plural?"

Rygel: "Mmm."

( John high-five's Rygel. )

John: "Big fella."

Rygel's ultimate moment ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" ):

Durka: "When I am through with you Dominar... death himself will pray for you."

Rygel: "I thought you might say something like that."

( Rygel chuckles and 'dispatches' Durka with a high voltage connection. )

The term "Durka Head" appears in 'Scaper vocabulary ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" )

( Durka's head rolls across the floor of the Center Chamber. )

Rygel: "Start acting like professionals... that's what we do to people who don't."

Chiana: "Good work, Ryge."

Rygel's head gets a swellin' ( "The Hidden Memory" ):

D'Argo: "Rygel, you are needed on Command."

Rygel: "I am?! What for?"

D'Argo: "A quick decision may be required if the Peacekeepers arrive."

Rygel: "Hmm, a quick and correct decision... I accept this vital responsibility!"

END RYGEL CLIPS//

 

RYGEL:I want a close up.

Camera zooms in a few inches.

RYGEL:Call that a close up?

Camera zooms in on Rygel's right moustache.

RYGEL:( squawking ) Too close!

Camera zooms back for a nice head shot.

RYGEL:( sighs ) Amateurs. So, who do you really think runs Moya? Me! Who do the others turn to when vexed by a problem? Me! Who has the biggest--

Ben enters unannounced, grabbing the runaway Hynerian by the shoulder.

Ben Browder:Rygel--

RYGEL:( yelps )

Ben Browder:What are you doin'?

RYGEL:Nothing, nothing.

Ben casually steps around behind Rygel, careful not to step on the Puppeteers on the floor around Rygel ( hehe )

Ben Browder:What kind of lies are you tellin'?

RYGEL:Ah... um, the right kind.

Ben Browder:My boy, Buckweat. Biggest liar in the Uncharted Territories.

RYGEL:( gasping indignantly )

Uh-oh, evidence to the contrary ( "Family Ties" )

Zhaan: "You went there to sell us out, Rygel."

Rygel: "You bet your shiney blue ass I did-- "

Rygel goes through the goodies ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Rygel: ( gasping ) "Can I have this?! Can this be mine?!" ( chuckles ) "We can all have anything we want now, right?"

Lessons in Hynerian biology ( "Premiere" )

( The now familiar high-pitched squeal of Hynerian gas passing. )

Zhaan: ( helium voice) "Rygel?"

John: ( helium voice ) "What just happened?"

Rygel: ( helium voice ) "It's a perfectly natural bodily function" ( sniffs deeply ) "And it's odorless."

D'Argo: ( helium voice ) "So your loyal subjects tell you!"

John: ( helium voice ) "You fart helium?!"

Rygel: ( helium voice ) "Sometimes... when I'm nervous--"

Friends of Rygel speak out ( "Throne For A Loss" )

John: "Rygel's an obnoxious gas-bag, and who's gonna shell out for that?"

( Rygel chimes in from the bag. )

Rygel: "He's right, I'm unloved, unwanted, unpopular--

( Bekhesh kicks the crap outta him. )

Rygel: "unconscious..."

END RYGEL CLIPS//

 

RYGEL:( outraged ) I have agents, I have lawyers!

Claudia enters with a message for Rygel.

Claudia Black:Rygel, Spielberg on line one.

Cackling happily, Rygel hovers off set.

Ben Browder:Puppets are so gullible. So, what were we talking about?

Claudia Black:Scorpius.

Ben Browder:Scorpius. Evil, ugly, mutant, half-breed, Peacekeeper genius who rose through the ranks to wrest control of Captain Crais's ship. Did I say evil?

Claudia Black:You did.

Ben Browder:Good.

Crais's downfall ( "Family Ties" ):

Scorpius: "You are unfit for duty by any measure. I personally intend to see you stripped of rank and office.

Crais: "So you can take command of my ship?"

Scorpius: "I already have."

( Crais attacks Scorpius. )

Crais: "Get off my ship!"

( Scorpius beats the crap out of him, but in his anger loses that cultured PK tone, lapsing into his Scarran vocal quality. )

Scorpius: "Why must you force me... to display my physical superiority to your kind as well?!"

Ben Browder:[O.V.] You see, Crichton and his module have navigated a wormhole and Scorpius wants that knowledge and he doesn't care how he gets it.

The module navigates a wormhole on the way back to 'earth' ( "A Human Reaction" )

Crais and Scorpius bargain for the possession of a certain human astronaut ( "Nerve" ):

Crais: "Give me Crichton now, and I'll get you all the information he possesses"

Scorpius: "Torture alone would be ineffective. Only the Aurora Chair can extract the information we need."

Crichton is captured by the PK's, thanks to Scorpius ( "Nerve" ):

Scorpius: "Sieze him."

Scorpius sieves Crichton's brain, with PK Barbie's assistance ( "Nerve" ):

Scorpius: "Segment his mind, as many layers as it takes..."

John: "No... no... please..."

Scorpius: "Crichton will tell us."

John: "You stay the hell out of my mind, you fr--"

SCORPIUS CLIPS END//

 

//RUN CHIP/SCORPY CLONE CLIPS:

That all important 'bit' of information ( "Beware of Dog" )

Scorpy implants the chip containing the neural clone, sometime during the events of Nerve/The Hidden Memory.

END CHIP/SCORPY CLONE CLIPS//

 

John, hallucinating Scorpy, takes a shot at him ( "Beware of Dog" ):

Aeryn: "What the frell was that for?!"

John: "It was nothin', just clearin' my head."

Scorpius keeps John company ( "Crackers Don't Matter" ):

Scorpius: "You're out of your mind, John."

John: "I know..."

Ben Browder:[O.V.] Images of Scorpius would pop up, torturing and confusing him.

A 'real' moment with Scorpy ( "Look At The Princess, Part 2: I Do, I Think" ):

John: "Why don't you leave me alone, Scorpy?"

Scorpius: "Because the wormhole technology locked in your brain, makes you... to my knowledge, unique in the galaxy."

John: ( whispering ) "Unique."

Scorpius: "And unique... is always valuable."

John: ( whispering ) "Unique, unique..."

END CHIP/SCORPY CLONE CLIPS//

 

Ben Browder:And through all this insanity there is one thing which kept John sane.

Claudia Black:His relationship with Aeryn.

Ben Browder:Yes. You see, of all the relationships onboard Moya none is more intense, complex or as frustrating as John and Aeryn.

Claudia Black:Well, my character was born to be a soldier. She believes that emotions are baggage-- something that can get you killed. And then one day along comes this... man, this Human, who speaks a language she does not understand. It's a language about caring, about trusting, about-

Ben Browder:- love.

Ben and Claudie confusing viewers with that whole slipping "in and out of character" thing. Which I LOVED!

Claudia Black:Mm..

Ben Browder:Mm..

Claudia Black:It'll never work.

Ben Browder:It's never that easy.

Claudia Black:Never will be.

Ben Browder:But it is... damn interesting.

Intense moments, all ... ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 1: A Not So Simple Plan" )

Aeryn: "What--"

John: "If Scorpius gets me..."

Aeryn: "I know... sh-shoot you."

John: "No. No, no, no... shoot him. Look, we have talk."

Aeryn: "Not here, you'll get us both killed."

John: "A-Aeryn... I have to tell you how I feel, I have to tell you."

Aeryn: "No you don't."

John: "I do."

Aeryn: ( softly ) "No you don't."

A kiss before dying ( "The Flax" ).

The 'morning after' ( "A Human Reaction" Euro-Scene ):

John: ( waking up ) "Aeryn... um... about last night."

Aeryn: "Yes, it's fine, John. It's just not top priority right now."

John's frustration level tops out ( "Picture If You Will" ):

John: "Are you always gonna do this?"

Aeryn: "Do what?"

John: "Keep the entire world at a distance... keep everybody away?!"

Aeryn comes close to asking John for help ( "DNA Mad Scientist" )

Aeryn: "I'm so scared."

Tussle in the desert ( "Till The Blood Runs Clear" ):

Rorf: "Is this your... female?"

Aeryn: "I am no one's female!

John's PO'ed ( again ) ( "Mind The Baby" ):

John: "Oh, and when exactly is that gonna change, Aeryn?!"

Aeryn: "I told you you wouldn't like what I had to say!"

John: "I don't!"

Parting is such sweet sorrow ( "Mind The Baby" ):

John: "Last time we stood here... we didn't say goodbye."

Aeryn: "It wasn't goodbye as it turned out."

John: "Here's hoping history repeats itself."

END "YOUNG ALIENS IN LOVE" CLIPS//

 

Ben Browder:You see, that's what people wanna see-- passion, romance, a great love story; Romeo and Juliet.

Claudia Black:It ended so well for them.

Ben Browder:This could be different.

Claudia Black:How so?

Ben doesn't have an answer, but he does have a lovely 'knowing' smile for her ( and us ).

Claudia Black:Don't tell me there's a happy ending.

Ben Browder:[O.V.] We've barely started.

END MISC FARSCAPE EP CLIPS//

Back in Pilot's Den, Ben stands atop the console, Pilot crouched in the alcove behind him.

Ben Browder:All right, you're almost there, you almost have everything you need to know to start Season Three. Pilot, are you ready?

PILOT:Yep.

Ben Browder:Okay, the evil Scorpius has planted the chip inside John Crichton's head. He's goin' nuts... he's hallucinating Scorpy all over the place. D'Argo is off lookin' for his son, and Aeryn is.... You know what? Put away the pens and pencils, sit back and enjoy. Pilot, roll the tape.

John has an 'identity crisis' ( "Die Me Dichotomy" ):

John: "I am in control, I am in control of me!"

Aeryn: "Stop it, stop it!"

John: "I can't!"

Aeryn: "There's no one here, John! You made youself bleed!"

John: "Scorpy! I see him, I see him!"

Aeryn: "Well, fight it!"

Scorpius: "She cannot see us, John."

John: "Aeryn... what do you see... in the mirror... what do you see?"

Aeryn: "There is no mirror. There is no Scorpius... look! You must confront your fears... with strength."

John's confronted with his fear ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" ):

Scorpius: ( over comms display ) "John... I have Ka D'Argo's son. Surrender to me... or the boy dies." )

D'Argo & Aeryn ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" ):

D'Argo: "Last time I saw my son was the night my wife was murdered. I sent him away to be safe and... he ends up a slave."

Aeryn: "And if you hadn't, he'd be dead by now, D'Argo. All he'll care about is that you came back for him."

Transport pod, not containing Crichton, returns to Moya ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" ):

Pilot: "There's a ship approaching."

Transport pod docks and a new family member arrives ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 2: With Friends Like These" ):

Jothee: "Father?"

D'Argo: "Jothee... Jothee! It's you, it's really you!"

Jothee: "Father... you're choking me!"

D'Argo: "How did you escape Scorpius?"

Jothee: "He let me go."

D'Argo: "He... what?"

Aeryn: "W-why?"

John says his farewells ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" ):

John: ( over comms display ) "This chip in my head, this chip... part of me, now... wants it to control me. So, I'm gonna go to Scorpy and have him take it out. 'Least by swapping myself for Jothee, I can do you some good."

John's worst nightmare becomes reality ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 1: A Not So Simple Plan" ):

Scorpius: "You have no idea how patient I have been for this moment."

John: "Since I got you here, tell me... what the frell did you put in my head?"

( Clip from "Beware of Dog" -- Scorpy plants the chip )

Scorpius: "A tiny chip. A tiny seed that's been growing in your brain. Touching every aspect of your... personality..."

D'Argo and Aeryn lay out Plan B ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Aeryn: "Are you ready to go down now and save Crichton?"

D'Argo: "Moya should prove a distraction" [ O.V. on non-linear clips of Rygel & Zhaan, Chiana, Jothee, and Pilot ] "And we go down there, burst through the front doors and storm the place. It's what we do best."

Aeryn attempts another recruit ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Crais: "How long has Scorpius held Crichton?"

Aeryn: "Four arns."

Crais: "Then I recommend you bring down a basket, without any holes... so that Crichton's liquid remains are not lost. He's already dead, Aeryn."

Natira 'inspects' Scorpy's prize ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Natira: "Scorpius, tell me something. Why are you so interested in this Human? There's nothing impressive about the species."

Scorpius: "Try not to move so much!"

John: "It's kinda hard not to flinch here, Scorpy, with Frau Blucher ticklin' my prostate."

Aeryn makes a last minute plea ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Aeryn: [O.V. ext. CGI] "Crais, I'm coming aboard Talyn."

Aeryn: "Look, Crais, we're all going to die if you don't help us."

Crais: "Will other lives be lost in this attack?"

Aeryn: "You can have anything you want, anything."

Crais: "Aeryn Sun... are you... offering yourself?"

Ben Browder:[O.V.] So, while John's friends were planning his rescue, Scorpius was planning to have a chat with the neuroclone in John's head.

Scorpy 'preps' John's brain ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

John: "Oh, don't stop now, Scorpy. Roll me over and baste the other side."

Natira: "Are you going to take out the implant?"

Scorpius: "No... I'm going in."

Scorpius visits with John 'inside' ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Clone: "This is a place inside your memory, John. Yes-- we're inside your brain... and, no... I'm not Scorpius, but he is."

Scorpius: "Hello, John. Have you obtained the wormhole information?"

Clone: "I believe I've burrowed far enough."

Scorpius: "Is he ready to have the chip removed?"

Clone: "Oh, yes."

Jothee and D'Argo have a heart-to-heart ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Jothee: "You don't expect me to help you save Crichton do you?"

D'Argo: "I thought you would want to."

Jothee: "Listen! I don't want to shame you, but I am not going back to that planet. I only just got my freedom back, I'm not gonna risk losing it again."

Seven Samurai to the rescue, the Transport departs Moya ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Zhaan: "May the goddess be with you all." [ but hey, she's aboard the Transport, so what the frell? ]

Natira 'covets' John, er... sorta ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Natira: "Scorpius wants your brain... he said nothing about your eyes. So soft...

( But she's interrupted by a timely arrival. )

Natira: What the frell is that?!"

John: "That's Moya."

( Moya does a 'drive-by', taking out the bank of windows in Natira's lair. Chiana, on Command, gives us her best 'war-whoop'! ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" ) )

Pilot: "You're clear to land, Rygel. Get in there now!"

Rygel brings the transport in for a spectacular landing outside the Depository ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Aeryn, D'Argo and Bekhesh storm through the front doors ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Ben Browder:[O.V.] His friends have no choice but to blow the hell out of everything... to get John out before Scorpy could extract his chip.

Showdown in the corridor ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Scorpius: "Don't shoot Crichton. I need him alive."

Ben Browder:[O.V.] They should'a got there sooner, 'cause John's mind was already a mess.

John: ( anguished screams )

Scorpius: "Leave him."

Aeryn, Bekesh and D'Argo arrive in the nick ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

John: ( Scorpius: "Come to me... come to me." )

Aeryn: "Go down to the depository, hide in a container. That should protect us from Talyn's attack."

John: "I'm gonna go to Scorpius."

Aeryn: "Frell you are."

( Aeryn knocks John cold. )

Aeryn: "D'Argo, carry him!"

Building to the final moments before Talyn razes the Depository ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Aeryn: "This way!"

Braca: "They're in the depositing room!"

Stark: "Zhaan, we've got company!"

Zhaan: "Rygel! Rygel!"

Rygel: "Almost there, Zhaan."

Aeryn: "Right, into the container."

Bekhesh: "I didn't plan on becoming a deposit."

Zhaan: "Let's go! Come on!"

Crais: "Destroy the entire building."

Pilot: "Talyn firing in 15 microts."

Crais: "Locking on now."

Pilot: "Ten, nine,"

Jothee: "All right, they're in! Let's go, go, go!"

D'Argo: "Move, move, move!"

Pilot: "eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

Crais: "Fire."

( Talyn takes the Depository down with a few random shots. )

Plan B, semi-successful ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

Rygel: "Cheer up! We got Crichton back, and Aeryn and D'Argo and Jothee..."

Chiana: "Perfect."

While D'Argo gets the 'bad news' ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

John: ( Scorpius: "John, John, John..." ) Shhh.... he's here, he um... he's here, and um... he blames me. Blames me for killing Scorpius. So, I've been, I been trying to... but I can't, I can't--

D'Argo: To what, John?!

John: D'Argo... kill me. D'Argo, please... kill me.

Ben Browder:[O.V.] Luckily, nobody ever listens to a damn thing that John says. Instead they found a medical facility, where they could remove the chip from John's head.

A visit to a Medical Facility seemed in order ( "Die Me Dichotomy" )

Grunchlk: "Splendid news for the patient. I think... I found a biological match. I've got three specimens, that's the best I can do."

Zhaan: "There are over five-thousand different species frozen here. This is an abomination against nature."

Aeryn: "I mean, they're already dead, anyway."

Zhaan: "No, Aeryn, they're still alive."

Grunchlk: "Ah, that's a technicality."

John: "No, I'm not accepting anything from someone who's alive."

Grunchlk: "They're all accident victims and the like. Hey, I mean, we freeze 'em a microt before death 'cause the parts last longer that way."

Zhaan: "You have interrupted the course of nature."

Grunchlk: "None of 'em would survive restoration. That is the Doc's rules for accepting a donor."

David Kemper demonstrates the "It's always darkest before it goes completely black" theory ( "Liars, Guns & Money, Part 3: Plan B" )

'John': "No matter what happens, you have worked your way... into my heart."

Aeryn: "You've shown me that I have one."

'John': "I love you."

Aeryn: "I love you too."

Clone: "Mm. You are so... my girl."

John's 'metamorphosis' ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

'John': "There's no Scorpius here..."

Clone: "Mmm..."

'John': "There's only me."

The clone 'escapes' ( "Die Me Dichotomy" )

Zhaan: "Crichton.... Stark he is no more... his body shelters some horrific evil. Crichton... Crichton is gone."

The greatest 'dog-fight' ever, ensues ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

Clone: "Yee haw!"

Clone: "John Crichton to Scorpius."

Aeryn: "You just called yourself John Crichton. Are you really John anymore?"

Clone: "Ah... little lady. How's the skull fracture?"

Aeryn: "Given no other choices, I will shoot you down."

Clone: "Oh... I doubt it."

Clone: "You really would shoot your friend down, wouldn't you?"

Aeryn: "You know the answer."

Clone: "Well then... lowering landing gear."

Clone: "Terribly sorry."

Aeryn: "Ejecting... now!"

Crais: "I suggest separate before touchdown!"

Clone: "Officer Sun, Su-Sun-Su--"

Clone/John: "Ah... didn't hurt much... Ahhh! "

John: "Aeryn-- Aeryn, can you comply?!"

Aeryn: "The harness is jammed!"

John: "You have to get out of the damn chair."

Aeryn: "I don't have any choice."

John: "Come on, please. Do something, do something."

Aeryn: "I hope you meant what you said in the Neural Cluster. I did."

And all our worst fears come to fruition as Aeryn hits the frozen lake and is dragged under. ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

John: "No!"

D'Argo: "Aeryn!"

John: "God... what have I done?"

But at least she gets a nice funeral. ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

Rygel: "Be at peace, Aeryn."

Ben Browder:[O.V.] For all of them-- her oldest comrades and her newest friends, it was time to mourn...

Zhaan: "May the Goddess sanctify your spirit."

Stark: "Ahmet."

Ben Browder:[O.V.] ...and a time to come together.

Wrapping up ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

Stark: "Everyone else is preparing to move on."

Zhaan: "I know. Tragedy often heralds flight."

Stark: "If you are in agreement, Pa'u Zhaan, it would be an honor and a pleasure... to share the future with you."

Tocot works his magic ( "Die Me Dichotomy")

John: [O.V.] "I want this chip out."

Grunchlk: "Are you sure you don't want your friends here?"

John: "No, I don't want 'em here."

Grunchlk: "After the Doc's cut the tendrils that have hijacked your brain..."

Tocot: "Speech... close to... neural implant."

John: "I'm gonna talk gibberish!"

Tocot: "Remove chip... then attempt... replace."

Tocot: "Oh."

Scorpius: "Hello, Doctor! So good to see you again."

Tocot: ( alarmed gasp )

Scorpius: "You no longer serve a purpose!"

( Death by Scorpy breath. )

Tocot: ( weak gasps )

Scorpius: "I only hope... the wormhole technology I've waited so patiently for, makes more sense."

John: ( garbled curses )

Scorpius: "I condemn you, John Crichton... to live. So that your thirst... for unfulfilled revenge... will consume you."

John: ( enraged scream )

END SEASON 2 WRAP CLIPS//

Ben sits on top of Pilot's console, one arm resting on raised knee. ( yep, that was a LONG run of clips, about 15 minutes -- why'nt we just watch the final four again? hehe )

Ben Browder:Man, talk about brain damage. The first two seasons of Farscape in a nut shell.

PILOT:Ben?

Ben Browder:Yeah?

PILOT:Aeryn-- is she really...?

Ben Browder:Ah-ah, ah! Shh!

PILOT:But--

Ben Browder:Hush!

PILOT:Ah.

Ben Browder:Hush-- We're out of time. But you're welcome to join us for the Season premiere of Farscape. From the cast and crew here in Sydney, Australia-- I'd like to thank you for joining us.

FADE TO BLACK