History Recap / FarscapeS01E05BackAndBackAndBackToTheFuture

* PricelessMingVase: Crichton accidentally drops Zhaan's glass mask which shatters on the floor, and although she pretends to brush it off it was clearly valuable--personally or otherwise. It happens [[RuleOfThrees two more times but the [[RuleOfThrees third time]] John places the mask on the floor and smashes it deliberately under his foot, having had a EurekaMoment on how to handle the situation.

Zhaan goes and asks D'Argo to speak with Rygel, since he's presented a bill for the Ilanics. He's mad and goes with her alone, but instead finds Crichton and Aeryn waiting in command. They explain the premonitions, but he thinks they are just trying to distance him from them. Crichton wants to speak to him alone, and tells him that in the future he tells Matala that he can't go with her because of the crime he committed – not the one he told everyone but the secret, true crime. He says Matala is the real enemy and he's sorry to hurt him. The Ilanic cruiser has arrives for the rendezvous, but they cannot be sure of who's aboard. D'Argo says Ilanics look nothing like Scorvians – if they don't make visual contact they have their answer. Sure enough, the "Ilanics" have a comm. malfunction, and can't make visual contact.

* DarkSecret: D'Argo reveals to Matala that he has been lying about why he was imprisoned, though doesn't say any more.

* FemmeFatale: Matala tries to seduce D'Argo, and Crichton has flash-forwards in time of her trying to force herself on him.

* TheMole: Matala is really a Scorvian spy.

D'Argo and Crichton confront Matala and Verell, asking who she really is. She pulls a knife and stabs Verell. She attacks Crichton and then D'Argo before escaping in the pod. Verell opens the hatch remotely, releasing the black whole and Moya Starbursts just before the pod and cruiser are crushed.

He goes to see Verell but finds Matala instead. He picks up a plank to keep her away, and asks what really happened on the cruiser. She spots D'Argo entering the room and drops to the floor asking for help, as if Crichton struck her down. She says he knows the truth and has threatened to tell the others if she refuses to pleasure him. D'Argo draws his blade and stabs Crichton. Then, Matala gets up and kills Verell ands D'Argo with her death strike.

* ThrowItIn: According to the commentary the Matala/Chrighton flash-forwards were in the script as normal sex scenes. It was the actors who decided to make the "sexual assault" subtext text.

* WhatAnIdiot: They would have gotten away with it if Matala hadn't shown off her very distinct martial arts move.

* InferredHolocaust: For the amount of time and effort which went into the weapon, one Scorvian cruiser is a small benefit.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Matala]]

* WhatAnIdiot: They would have gotten away with it if [[spoiler: Matala hadn't shown off her very distinct martial arts move.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Ilanics and Skorvians are never mentioned again, even though the Luxans (who later allied with the Peacekeepers) have apparently joined the war.

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Suddenly, Crichton is with Aeryn, and she asks where D'Argo is, and if he's still acting like Verell and Matala's personal servant. Then he is back in the room where he was, so he gets up and walks out. In the corridor, Aeryn comes up to him and asks where D'Argo is, and if he's still acting like Verell and Matala's personal servant! He then realises he's having flashes of the future and returns to his quarters. There he has a flash where he and D'Argo find Verell dead, when Matala attacks and kills them both!

He goes to see Verell but finds Matala instead. He picks up a plank to keep her away, and asks what really happened on the cruiser. She spots D'Argo entering the room and drops to the floor asking for help, as if Crichton struck her down. She says he knows the truth and has threatened to tell the others if she refuses to pleasure him. D'Argo draws his blade and stabs Crichton! Then, Matala gets up and kills Verell ands D'Argo with her death strike!

Back to the present, mask in hand, Crichton is back speaking to Zhaan. She again tells him to change the future, and he says he did but it made things worse. He accidentally drops the mask again, and explains the premonition. Aeryn enters, revealing Matala is not Ilanic at all, but rather a Scorvian! She must have been surgically altered. Crichton asks if she saw the death strike, and she says yes – the Scorvian neural stroke – and asks how he knows about it. He says he's seen the future, and he thinks D'Argo knows what the research is. Aeryn says to ask him, but Crichton says no – D'Argo thinks too highly of them. Zhaan says to try and separate them. Pilot tells them the phase imbalance on Moya is getting worse, so Aeryn suggests getting D'Argo to help, so they do. She says one Ilanic will stay behind to watch the pod. Crichton stumbles across D'Argo and Matala, and D'Argo asks her why they can't tell the others what they were doing. Matala says they can't trust them, and asks D'Argo to join them as soldiers in the Ilanic war. He says he can't because of the crimes he was imprisoned for, and no one on board knows really what it was.

Crichton asks Verell what he was really doing, since he knows Verell lied, and that Matala is a Scorvian agent. He says that ever since he got zapped in the pod, he has had future flashes. Verell says it's temporal dislocation – he must have been exposed to the quantum singularity. They've been storing a small particle of a black hole, which Verell says is the ultimate weapon. Matala attacks Crichton, and he calls for Aeryn, but Matala knocks everyone down and gets in the pod. Aeryn shoots at it as it lifts off, destroying everything including Moya!

Crichton then goes to have some food. D'Argo comes in, and Crichton tries to talk to him, but he doesn't want to talk about Matala, his personal life or his crime. He apologises for falling for a female during a crisis – but it's been too long. Crichton says he can definitely understand that!

Synopsis by Dani Moure

When D'Argo tells Verell that he is an escapee, Verell tells him he owes him his life, so he doesn't care what crime he committed. He tells D'Argo that the Ilanics are at war with a race called the Scorvians. Three cycles ago they unprovokingly attacked an Ilanic outpost, murdering over two million civilians, and it has been war ever since. The Luxans have gone far beyond the requirements of the mutual treaty to help the Ilanics. Meanwhile, Aeryn is examining the pod, when Matala appears and tells her she doesn't want her opening a hatch, since it contains over one cycles worth of data. Aeryn wants to continue, but D'Argo enters and Matala talks him into kicking her out of the pod.

* AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle: The Ilanics talk with it. Matala combines it with CreepyMonotone to very unsettling effect.

* CompleteMonster: The Scorvian atrocities are immense.

* IKnowKung-Faux

* FriendOrIdol: It's too early in the season but D'Argo is tempted by the prospect of joining in the war against the Scorvians.

* GroundhogDayLoop

* BlackHolesSuck