Farscape/Recap/S04/E22 Bad Timing
Season 4, Episode 22:
Bad Timing
Braca's command carrier catches up with Moya and demands the release of Scorpius, which Crichton and the others orchestrates in such a way so that the command carrier has to wait around to collect Scorpius (and Sikozu, who refuses to leave Scorpius) while Moya makes her escape. Braca also has a message for Crichton: a Scarran Stryker has been dispatched to the wormhole that leads to Earth. Crichton believes this is because of his slip-of-the-tongue to Staleek back on Katratzi, when he admitted that crystherium grows in abundance on Earth, and now Staleek plans of conquering the planet in order to harvest enough of the flower to support the Scarran invasion of the galaxy. Scorpius offers a deal: if Earth declares an alliance with the Peacekeepers, the Scarrans will (probably) call off their attack so as not to risk starting a war. Crichton declines, preferring to figure out a solution on his own. As this is going on, Crichton and Aeryn begin to question the future of their relationship again, commenting on what happened the previous year and all their "bad timing".
By the time Moya has reached the wormhole to Earth, Crichton realises that the only way he can protect the Earth is to seal up the wormhole, cutting himself off from his home forever. He decides to go ahead with it, knowing there's no other option, and Pilot agrees to be temporarily disconnected from Moya so that he can operate a transport pod in order to perform the very difficult and pinpoint flying necessary for collapsing the wormhole. Crichton, Aeryn and Pilot head through the wormhole to Earth and park on the moon while Crichton takes care of one last piece of business: visiting the flag that his father placed there decades ago, taking the Crichton family photo pinned there and leaving his tape recorder. And on Earth, Jack Crichton recieves a phone call:
Crichton: Hey Dad. |
With time running out, the transport pod takes off and Pilot begins the manoeuvre under Crichton's instructions. They have to fly the pod into the apex of a "bubble" that forms just prior to the opening of a wormhole, which will collapse the wormhole behind the pod as it flies through. Just as the Scarran Stryker starts heading down the wormhole to Earth, the transport pod comes up the other way, collapsing the wormhole behind it and destroying the Stryker.
To recuperate, Moya lands on a water planet and the crew take some R&R. Crichton and Aeryn row out onto the ocean, a little way out from where Moya is floating, so that they can clear the air and sort out their relationship. Aeryn reveals that when she was on the command carrier, she went to the medical unit and had her pregnancy released: she and Crichton are having a baby. Crichton is overjoyed, and even more enthusiastic than before to get down on one knee and propose using his mother's engagement ring. It's a real, honest-to-goodness happy ending...
...until a ship flies overhead, reporting to his commander that intruders have been sighted on the planet. Realising what's about to happen, Crichton and Aeryn kiss as the ship swoops over them and fires it's weapon. The blast turns the pair into millions of tiny crystals that spill not only across their boat, but over the side and into the ocean, leaving only the engagement ring intact.
Roll the Silent Credits.