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* RightThroughTheWall: Rygel has been kept awake by the sound of Crichton and Aeryn's lovemaking from the other side of the bulkhead. Crichton trolls him a little by banging his fist against the wall and fake-moaning. On hearing this Aeryn says he was actually ''louder'' than that.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After pulling off his trap against the bounty hunters, Crichton is quite content to leave Crais to die as payback for his deceit. Crais argues that he was simply using assets to survive and what he says is more effective than Crichton would like to admit.
-->'''Crais:''' You think of your survival now. What if Aeryn is dead?\\
'''Crichton:''' She's not.\\
'''Crais:''' What if she is? How are you gonna command Talyn? How are you gonna get off this planet without me? And what if Aeryn isn't back at Talyn when you get there? What are you gonna do then?
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Aeryn tries to appeal to Xhalax by talking about their brief meeting all those years ago and what she said about her being conceived out of love. Xhalax retorts that the meeting was found out by her superiors, and she had to redeem herself for it.
-->'''Aeryn:''' What did you do to redeem yourself? How did you redeem yourself?\\
'''Xhalax:''' By killing your father.
* BatmanGambit:
** Aeryn is well-aware that Xhalax wasn't picked for this assignment by a pure chance. She knows the Peacekeepers know about her connection to Talyn and hope to throw her off her game by sending Xhalax after them. It still almost works.
** Crichton deliberately exposed Crais to the bounty hunters in order to lure them into an ambush.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After Harvey appears, Crichton immediately tells him to leave. Harvey reminds him that it was Crichton's own subconscious that summoned him.
* BigNo: Xhalax after watching the recording of her meeting with Aeryn as a child and being reminded of what she had repeatedly denied saying.
* BittersweetEnding: The group is safe from the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad, but Aeryn has been put through the emotional wringer and the damage that Xhalax inflicted on Talyn lingers.
* BreakTheCutie: Aeryn. Her mother repeatedly rejects any chance for redemption, denounces her as a disappointment for betraying their way of life, and even admits to killing her father.
* CallBack: "From [[Recap/FarscapeS01E22FamilyTies the moment you set foot on Moya]], you knew that this day was coming."
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou:
** As Crais successfully argues, Crichton can't abandon him without risking being stranded on the planet, as well.
** Xhalax says that Peacekeeper Command wasn't too concerned about losing Aeryn's father, as he was getting on in years, but she was still in her prime and thus more valuable.
* DeadGuyJunior: Xhalax is disgusted that Aeryn was sentimental enough to name a Leviathan after her father.
* DeathIsCheap: After getting slashed with the knife, Rygel actually did die, though Stark was able to revive him.
* ExactWords: Cornering Crais, one of the bounty hunters remarks that he's wanted alive but adds that half-alive still qualifies.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Cornered and facing being executed so she can't threaten them again, Xhalax balks at the idea of lying to save her own skin. She bluntly tells Aeryn that her suspicions are correct and calmly tells Crais to just pull the trigger already.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After explaining that Xhalax will just keep hunting them if she's spared, Crais agrees to kill her, but he tells Crichton and Aeryn to leave rather than witness this. In following episodes, Crichton suspects Crais cut a deal when no one was looking and is proven right (if unaware of the specifics).
* IgnoredEpiphany: The bounty hunters briefly consider Crais being all strung up as being part of some kind of trap, but they ignore this when they cannot sense anyone else nearby.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Crichton's view of leaving Crais behind, saying he stuck the knife in too many times.
* LittleNo:
** Aeryn on leaving Xhalax to be executed just before the pulse blasts go off.
** Rygel's reaction to learning he was briefly dead.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the end, Aeryn reasons they have to kill Xhalax or else she will simply keep pursuing them. Xhalax tells her she's absolutely right.
* TheReveal: Harvey reveals to Crichton that the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad is also after Crais.
* RightThroughTheWall: Rygel has been kept awake by the sound of Crichton and Aeryn's lovemaking from the other side of the bulkhead. Crichton trolls him a little by banging his fist against the wall and fake-moaning. On hearing this Aeryn says he was actually ''louder'' than that.that.
* TeamMom: When he joined with Rygel to revive him, Stark says he saw Zhaan. He tells Rygel that she's watching over all of them.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Crichton and Crais spend much of the episode on their own, arguing every step of the way. It gets worse when Crichton learns that the Retrieval Squad is also after Crais, who hid that from the crew.
* ThisCannotBe: One of the bounty hunters over suddenly losing Crichton and Crais's scents.
* WhamLine:
** Crichton asks Harvey if the bounty hunters are everything Crais claimed them to be.
--->'''Harvey:''' Oh, yes, in that at least, Crais has been completely forthright.
** Xhalax revealing that she killed Aeryn's father.
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* RightThroughTheWall: Rygel has been kept awake by the sound of Crichton and Aeryn's lovemaking from the other side of the bulkhead. Crichton trolls him a little by banging his fist against the wall and fake-moaning. On hearing this Aeryn says he was actually ''louder'' than that.
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'''Season 3, Episode 10''':
!Relativity

Setting down on a swamp planet to help Talyn recover from his recent injuries, the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad catches up with his crew and Aeryn squares off with her relentless mother, Xhalax.

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