Episode
Farscape: The Way We Weren't
Overview
A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed a previous Pilot aboard Moya. The rest of the crew wants answers but Aeryn is recalcitrant about revisiting her past - especially her relationship with Velorek, the man charged with forcibly bonding a new Pilot to Moya. Pilot two refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's guide.
Details
- Series
- Farscape
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2000-04-13
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
The Way We Weren't is Episode 5 in Season 2 of Farscape. It aired on 2000-04-13. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 4: Crackers Don't Matter
The crew returns from a Commerce Planet with a load of Crackers and a meek alien called Traltixx, who promises he can alter Moya's electromagnetics to make her untraceable. Crichton is skeptical; it seems too good to be true. As they pass through a constellation of pulsars, an intense paranoia affects the crew, turning them violently again each other. Crichton must fight against his own paranoid delusions to work out what Traltixx is actually doing and how to stop him.
Episode 6: Picture if You Will
Maldus returns to torment the crew, convincing them that their friends have perished. One by one, the evil sorcerer drags them into his realm.
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Episode 9: Out of Their Minds
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Episode 10: My Three Crichtons
A strange globe appears on Moya, sucking in Crichton and duplicating him creating two additional people. One who is a de-evolved 'cave man' and another who has increased mental ability.
Note: This episode features after the "Look at the Princess" trilogy on the DVDs.
Episode 11: Look at the Princess - A Kiss is But a Kiss (1)
Moya arrives at a planet where the population test their genetic compatibility by kissing. Crichton kisses a princess, who is next in line for the throne, and discovers that his DNA is a perfect match for her. He must now marry her and they will rule together.
Episode 12: Look at the Princess - I Do, I Think (2)
Princess Katralla's mother brings in Scorpius promising Crichton that if he doesn't marry her daughter, she will hand him over. Meanwhile, Prince Clavor starts a plot to assassinate Crichton so that he may ascend to the throne instead of his sister.
Episode 13: Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
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