Episode
Farscape: Durka Returns
Overview
When a Starburst goes badly wrong, Moya collides with a Nebari ship. On board is Durka, Rygel's former torturer, who has been mind cleansed and now serves the Nebari. Chiana, an attractive young rebel faces the same fate. Rygel takes it upon himself to take revenge on Durka and ends up undoing the cleansing and restoring him to his former, tyrannic incarnation.
Details
- Series
- Farscape
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1999-08-12
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
Durka Returns is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Farscape. It aired on 1999-08-12. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 14: Jeremiah Crichton
Crichton leaves Moya in his module for a drive. Moya starbursts leaving Crichton marooned and alone in space. He finds a planet and makes it his home where he lives for several months until the others find him. He is unwilling to accept however, that Moya didn't starburst intentionally.
Episode 16: A Human Reaction
Crichton is sucked down a wormhole and crash lands on a beach...on Earth, Australia. Although the home he has returned to isn't as real as it seems. Everything gets worse when the rest of Moya's crew shows up and are experimented on...killing Rygel.
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Episode 17: Through the Looking Glass
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Episode 12: The Flax
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Episode 18: A Bug's Life
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Episode 11: Till the Blood Runs Clear
Crichton comes across the same conditions that initially created a wormhole. He leaves Moya in his module with Aeryn where he attempts to create a wormhole and return home. Although a wormhole forms it is unstable and the module gets damaged and he is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet to make repairs. On the planet he and Aeryn encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.
Episode 19: Nerve (1)
Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and where Scorpius learns that Crichton has the secret to creating wormholes.
Episode 10: They've Got a Secret
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Episode 20: The Hidden Memory (2)
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Episode 9: DNA Mad Scientist
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Episode 21: Bone to Be Wild
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