'''Season 1, Episode 22''':
!Family Ties

Moya and her offspring are still in the same system as the Gammak Base and Crais' Command Carrier, still being pursued by Scorpius who still wants the wormhole knowledge that Crichton possesses. Rygel takes a transport pod and goes to the Command Carrier, trying to cut a deal with Scorpius for his own freedom in exchange for Moya's location. The rest of Moya's crew realise what Rygel is doing and prepare to either flee or fight when the Peacekeepers come. Crais informs Rygel that Scorpius has ordered his execution and the two make a deal: he helps Rygel return to Moya and requests asylum with the crew. At the same time, Crichton comes up with a plan to fill a transport pod with explosives and make a suicide run at the Command Carrier's bridge.

Crais vetoes the plan, claiming that Scorpius will detect the explosives and destroy the pod instantly. They come up with a new plan: Scorpius' Gammak Base is located on a moon with an oil surface, so they will detonate the pod in the moon's atmosphere and literally ignite the entire planet, destroying the base in the process. If Crichton flies the pod and destroys all of Scorpius' wormhole research, it will keep Scorpius sufficiently distracted for Moya and her offspring to escape. D'Argo and Crichton fly the pod towards the moon and bail out at the last minute -- Crichton in a spacesuit and D'Argo, being a Luxan, able to survive in vacuum for a quarter [[strike:hour]] arn -- and they wait for Aeryn to pick them up in her prowler. Scorpius redirects the Command Carrier to try and stop the pod, but they fail and the moon's surface is ignited.

However, while everyone else is distracted, Crais gets aboard Moya's offspring, which Aeryn has named "Talyn". Crais convinces Talyn to leave by flying into the asteroid field. Moya is initially unwilling to leave her offspring, but Crichton convinces her that the only way she can find Talyn is to save herself first. Moya starbursts away. D'Argo loses consciousness, having used up his quarter-arn of air, and Crichton is left to wait for pickup...

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!Tropes present in this episode include:
* BatmanGambit: The original plan to escape was for someone to crash a transport pod loaded with explosives into the Command Carrier's bridge--something acknowledged as a long shot. D'Argo proposes his own idea: target the research base on the oil-covered moon. To ensure that Scorpius takes the bait, though, Crichton has to be on the pod.
* BenevolentBoss: Scorpius demonstrates this when allowing Braca to speak freely--something Crais wouldn't allow with anyone when he was in command.
* {{Bookends}}: Recording a message on his tape recorder, Crichton recalls what Jack said in [[Recap/FarscapeS01E01Premiere the first episode]] about the chance to be his own hero. He says that time has come now at the end of the season.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Moya is forced to starburst away with half the crew.
* CallBack: D'Argo says [[Recap/FarscapeS01E21BoneToBeWild the botanist's maps]] have allowed Pilot to plot a starburst course to safety.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The reason why Crichton has to be on the transport pod. Peacekeeper scanners would detect the explosives immediately and shoot it down, but not if the guy with all that wormhole knowledge was aboard. Upon being informed of the situation by Braca, Scorpius is both frustrated and impressed with the crew's strategy.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
-->'''Crichton:''' Aeryn?\\
'''Aeryn:''' I'm still here, but I still can't get to you.\\
'''Crichton:''' May not matter. D'Argo's unconscious.
* ContinuityNod: Aeryn overhears Crichton recording a message to his father and asks if the real Jack Crichton is anything like the version she met in [[Recap/FarscapeS01E16AHumanReaction "A Human Reaction"]].
* DidYouActuallyBelieve: When warning Rygel of RewardedAsATraitorDeserves, Crais asks this when chastising him for trying to cut a deal with a Scarran half-breed (which is the first mention of Scorpius's mixed-race heritage).
* EnemyMine: Rygel and Crais reach a deal to save themselves.
* FireForgedFriends: The recurring theme is that the members of the crew who openly distrusted and despised each other have become TrueCompanions.
-->'''Crichton:''' A strange life here, Dad. It's different, but it's my own. I have people who rely on me, people who I care about, people who mystify me, and people who have become allies, friends; and people who teach me patience, and people who teach me other things.
* HeelRealisation: When Crichton calls Crais out for putting him through hell in his unjustified quest for vengeance, Crais accepts that he lost the plot long ago.
* HumanAliens: When Crichton talks about how he reminds him of Earth, Crais admits he does wonder if the similarities between humans and Sebaceans are more than a coincidence. He considers it a mystery worth solving.
* IOweYouMyLife: Chiana says Crichton saved her life and offers him RescueSex.
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Inverted, Crichton scornfully tells Rygel he can have his possessions upon his death and Rygel is rather hurt by it.
* {{Irony}}:
** Crichton admits Crais makes him homesick--being the closest thing he has to male-to-male human interaction.
** Crais says as much when noting he and Rygel are in the same boat of facing death sentences.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Just before initiating the plan.
-->'''Crichton:''' Hey, D'Argo. How come I'm not afraid?\\
'''D'Argo:''' Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Calm shepherds its certainty.\\
'''Crichton:''' I love hanging with you, man.
* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Aeryn finally reveals the name she's chosen for Moya's baby, several days after he was born and Pilot asked her for the name.
* LifeIsntFair: After it's revealed to the crew that Crais knew D'Argo was wrongfully imprisoned:
-->'''Crais:''' There is much in life that is unfair. We are all proof of that.
* LivingLieDetector: Scorpius can tell immediately when Rygel is lying to him.
* MeaningfulName: Aeryn names Moya's baby "Talyn" after her own father.
* MirrorCharacter: Crais and Rygel. Both have betrayed their respective groups and are fated to be executed for their actions, so they make a deal to save themselves.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: Discussed. Crais knew all along that D'Argo was innocent of the crime he was imprisoned for. He tries to excuse it by saying only a higher-ranking officer could've pardoned D'Argo.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Played with. Crichton tells everyone on Moya to starburst without them rather than risk being captured and, despite their reservations, they do. Aeryn has the option to try to return to Moya, but she refuses to leave Crichton and D'Argo floating out in space.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Crais is able to broker a deal with Rygel by pointing out how he, too, is facing being executed for his treachery and that he wants to survive by going on the run like the crew does.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Much is made of Crais being "a walking corpse" under the thumb of Scorpius and needing to ally with the crew just to have a chance of survival, but he throws everyone a curve by getting aboard Talyn and convincing the boy to listen to him.
* ParentalAbandonment: Aeryn notes she only saw her mother once and never met her father. Though it's later revealed this had more to do with Peacekeeper society than the choice of her parents.
* PetTheDog: After Crichton chides him for trying to sell out the crew, Rygel lowers his head sadly. Crichton gives him a little kiss on the head.
-->'''Rygel:''' Thank you... [[BlatantLies for the possessions]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Rygel immediately picks up on how Crais is practically "a walking corpse" under the thumb of Scorpius.
* RevengeMyopia: Crais admits this to Crichton.
-->"I thought it was about my brother. It should have been about my brother. Somewhere along the way, my priorities decayed. I realized I became more concerned with my image and career."
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Crais informs Rygel that the moment Scoprius gets what he wants, Rygel will be executed as an example.
* TakeThatKiss: Crichton plants a spectacular one on Crais, an early sign of his SanitySlippage.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Just before the suicide mission Rygel tells Crichton "I'd do the same for you if it made sense." (Beat) "No, wait, don't read into that!"
* VillainRespect: The crew's plan forces Scorpius to lose his Gammak Base, as the only other alternative is shoot down the transport pod and lose the wormhole knowledge in Crichton. Scorpius can't help but admire how the crew's strategy forces him into hanging back.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Deconstructed. The rest of the crew are openly angry about how Rygel tried to sell them out, regardless of his last-minute deal with Crais possibly giving them all a way out of this. Rygel spends much of the episode feeling guilty and regretful, with only Crichton showing him any kindness after seeing it's genuine.
* XanatosGambit: To escape back to Moya, Rygel and Crais tell Scorpius they can convince the crew to peacefully surrender. Scorpius actually doesn't believe it, but he lets them go because he benefits regardless: either the crew does indeed surrender or Crais is away long enough to be deemed irreversibly contaminated, which would leave the Command Carrier in need of a new captain. It's all lampshaded during the scene where Scorpius talks to Braca about "windows of usefulness."
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Inverted after Crichton says Rygel can have his possessions (calling him "a material kind of guy") and chides him for trying to sell out the crew.
-->'''Rygel:''' Look I-I know I can be selfish, but given a chance I can usually--\\
'''Crichton:''' Do what? Do the right thing?\\
'''Rygel:''' Yes.\\
'''Crichton:''' Rygel, I figure the right thing starts at the beginning of the day. Not after you've been caught.
* YoureInsane: Crais opens his argument to Rygel by forcing his head underwater. Rygel has this reaction when let back up.