History Recap / FarscapeS01E01Premiere

* NotSoDire: D'Argo announces he wants something to eat and opens the door to Aeryn and John's cell, so the latter's alarm. Turns out [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou they really do intend to feed them.]]

* ItsPersonal: Crais targets Crichton because his brother's Prowler crashed into Crichton's Farscape One module, sending it careening out of control into a nearby asteroid. He abandons the armada he's supposed to be in charge of and goes chasing after them with an entire command carrier. At the end after they escape into the Uncharted Territories, Aeryn points out that the fact that it's out of Peacekeeper jurisdiction is hardly going to stop him avenging his brother's death.

** A SpaceshipSlingshotStunt should not be able to outrun a spaceship capable of FasterThanLightTravel, which a [[TheBattlestar command carrier]] presumably is. Also skimming the atmosphere would have the opposite effect--slowing down a spacecraft by aerobraking.

** There's a command carrier powering up its frag cannons and Moya hasn't recharged for another starburst. Crichton suggests the same SpaceshipSlingshotStunt he developed for the Farscape project. Everyone thinks he's crazy but as Zhaan points out, [[ItsTheOnlyWay their only alternative is death.]]

** D'Argo accidently frees them from the control collar and orders an immediate [[HyperspeedEscape starburst]], even though Moya hasn't done this since they put the control collar on her.
-->'''D'Argo:''' She is a Leviathan! It is the [[DoesNotLikeGuns single defensive maneuver that she is capable of!]]

* StarshipLuxurious: From inside his tiny module, John can only gape in awe at how huge ''Moya'' is. "That's big...that's ''really'' big..."

* StarfishAliens: Crichton can only gape in astonishment at a two-foot-high FrogMan, a DreadlockWarrior HumanoidAlien, a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue Skinned Space Babe]] and whatever the hell Pilot is. When Aeryn takes her helmet off he's visibly relieved.

* InsignificantBluePlanet: No-one has heard of the planet ''Erp' and John doesn't even know if he's in the same galaxy anymore.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: D'Argo grabs Crichton in a NeckLift, then rips out parts of the control panel while Pilot tries to talk sense into him. Zhaan has an air of cool aloofness despite all the shouting. Rygel knocks down Crichton with his throne sled, but moments later is offering to help him if Crichton returns the favour. Crais barks to his NumberTwo that he doesn't care about casualties--he wants those escaped prisoners! [[BelligerentSexualTension Aeryn beats up Crichton, then throws him on the floor]] and [[SuggestiveCollision straddles him with her thighs]] while demanding answers from him.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted; when the DRD's force John to TheBridge he finds D'Argo and Zhaan speaking their own incomprehensable languages, and it doesn't help when D'Argo grabs him in a NeckLift and starts shouting in his face. Fortunately a DRD injects John with TranslatorMicrobes which are so quick-acting they translate what D'Argo is saying before he's finished his sentence.

* StarfishAliens: Crichton can only gape in astonishment at a two-foot-high FrogMan, a DreadlockWarrior HumanoidAlien, a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue Skinned Space Babe]] and whatever the hell Pilot is. When Aeryn takes her helmet off he's visibly relieved. Ironically the Sebaceans are the ones who cause him the most trouble.

* InsignificantBluePlanet: Noone has heard of the planet ''Erp' and John doesn't even know if he's in the same galaxy anymore.

-->'''Pilot:''' Yes. [[ServileSnarker We're someplace else.]] I'll...get back to you on the specifics.

* ForWantOfANail: The Prowler piloted by Crais's brother barely clips the wingtip of ''Farscape One'', but it's enough to send him spinning out of control into an asteroid. Without that, Crichton would likely have been working with the Peacekeepers instead of against them, as Aeryn points out.

-->'''Pilot:''' Yes. [[ServileSnarker We're someplace else.]] I'll...get back to you on the specifics.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: "Don't move! Or I'll fill you full of... [[RayGun little yellow bolts of light!]]"

-->'''Pilot:''' Yes. [[ServileSnarker We're someplace else.]] I'll...get back to you on the specifics.

* RefusingToEat: Averted. The escapees feed their prisoners because they need them alive for now for interrogation. Aeryn is a Peacekeeper, and they assume from the way Farscape One appeared out of nowhere that Crichton has access to superior technology they can use to escape. Aeryn eats because she knows they might not have another chance to do so and advises John to do the same, not knowing he's only reluctant because [[AlienLunch the food cubes look rather unappetising]].

-->'''Pilot:''' Yes. [[ServileSnarker We're someplace else.]] I'll...get back to you on the specifics.

* RefusesToEat: Averted. The escapees feed their prisoners because they need them alive for now for interrogation. Aeryn is a Peacekeeper, and they assume from the way Farscape One appeared out of nowhere that Crichton has access to superior technology they can use to escape. Aeryn eats because she knows they might not have another chance to do so and advises John to do the same, not knowing he's only reluctant because [[AlienLunch the food cubes look rather unappetising]].

-->'''Pilot:''' Yes. [[ServileSnarker We're someplace else.]] I'll...get back to you on the specifics.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Our heroes argue and squabble constantly and express open distrust and dislike for each other. The two who get along best are Zhaan and D'Argo who form an instinctive RedOniBlueOni relationship despite (or because) of the fact that they never even met before their escape. Crichton tries to form a similar relationship with Aeryn, but she doesn't make it easy.

* RaisedByOrcs: When examining John's charm ring, the Peacekeeper soldier thinks it's a "field resourcefulness exercise", apparently unfamiliar with the concept of puzzles.

* StarshipLuxurious: From inside his tiny SpacePlane, John can only gape in awe at how huge ''Moya'' is.
* TalkToTheFist: Exasperated over all the craziness and [[CoveredInGunge being on the receiving end of Rygel's sneeze]], John shouts: "What is the MATTER with you...''people?''" D'Argo replies by making him Talk To The Tongue.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Rygel demonstrates that he can fart helium when nervous or angry.

* VerbalBusinessCard: Justified as Aeryn thinks she's identifying herself to a fellow soldier.
-->'''Aeryn:''' Officer Aeryn Sun, Special Peacekeeper Commando, Icarion Company, Pleisar Regiment. ''Identify yourself.''
-->'''John:''' My rank...is Commander. I'm not military. At least not any military you know. I'm a damn scientist!

* NunTooHoly: Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan is a Delvian priest but claims to be something of an anarchist. She [[NaughtyNuns flirts with D'Argo]] and speaks coyly of having experienced what she calls [[FantasticArousal The Fourth Sensation]], [[YouNeedToGetLaid "though not lately"]].

* ShoutOut: After extended interaction with the crew, Crichton gripes, "Boy, was [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] ever wrong. [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind CloseEncounters]] my ass..."
* SpaceshipSlingshotStunt: This is what Crichton is attempting in Farscape One when he hits a NegativeSpaceWedgie and is thrown into a wormhole. He uses the same equation in Moya to outrun Crais' Peacekeeper Command Carrier.

* PlotDemandedManualMode: Pilot is too busy trying to hold ''Moya'' together to concentrate on Crichton's proposed slingshot manoeuvre, so D'Argo demands to be given manoeuvrability so he and Aeryn can [[EnemyMine operate the controls together]].
* NunTooHoly: Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan is a Delvian priest but claims to be something of an anarchist. She also [[NaughtyNuns flirts with D'Argo and speaks coyly]] of having experienced what she calls [[FantasticArousal The Fourth Sensation]], [[YouNeedToGetLaid "though not lately"]].

** You'd think Aeryn (let along Rygel when he was imprisoned) would be able to squeeze through those WidelySpacedJailBars if she just took off her spacesuit, but it enables the camera to shoot through them, especially when the bars are needed as a SceneryCensor for a naked John Crichton.

** A SpaceshipSlingshotStunt should not be able to outrun a spaceship capable of FasterThanLightTravel, which a [[TheBasestar command carrier]] presumably is. Also skimming the atmosphere would have the opposite effect--slowing down a spacecraft by aerobraking.