Farscape Season 1, Ep. 8 "That Old Black Magic"

Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.
  • Directed by: Brendan Maher
  • Runtime: 51 minutes
  • Original air date: June 11, 1999
  • Network: New Video
 
 
 
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  Episode   Original Air Date
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1. Premiere
  March 19, 1999
Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module (Farscape 1) at high speeds but he is hit by a radiation wave and sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of the universe and straight into the middle of a space battle. After almost colliding another ship, which explodes shortly afterwards, he is brought aboard a ship full of escaping alien prisoners. After being partnered with a captured soldier (a Peacekeeper) Crichton is drawn into the prisoners daring plan to escape the clutches of the Peacekeeper forces and their insane military commander.
 
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2. I, E.T.
  May 7, 1999
A peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent its signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed but Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.
 
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3. Exodus from Genesis
  March 26, 1999
Moya gets infested with bugs who have come on board to breed. They turn up the temperature to speed up the process but this causes Aeryn to get heat delirium as she is cold blooded. The bugs seem to be able to replicate members of the crew. And as if that isn't enough, a peacekeeper ship shows up.
 
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4. Throne for a Loss
  April 9, 1999
When a group of Tavleks come aboard for trade negotiations, Rygel takes a vitally important crystal from Moya to make himself appear wealthy. The Tavleks kidnap Rygel to hold for ransom. Crichton, Aeryn and D'Argo attempt to rescue Rygel with the use of a Tavlek weapon. Meanwhile, Zhaan has interesting interactions with a wounded Tavlek left behind on Moya.
 
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5. Back and Back and Back to the Future
  April 2, 1999
The crew comes across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring the ship's escape pod aboard when he discovers that the ship's passengers are Ilanics -- long-time allies of the Luxans. Aboard the escape pod, Crichton gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, first of himself and one of the Ilanics, then of Moya's destruction.
 
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6. Thank God it's Friday. Again.
  April 23, 1999
The crew visits a planet full of happy workers. Soon D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship. Meanwhile Rygel's body fluids become explosive and Aeryn and Pilot must learn why before Rygel dies.
 
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7. PK Tech Girl
  April 17, 1999
The crew find an abandoned Peacekeeper ship adrift in space. On board they discover that Crais recently deposited a unit of techs to make repairs. Meanwhile Rygel learns that this was the ship where he was first held captive and starts getting paranoid. Things get worse when a group of fire-breathing aliens show up.
 
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8. That Old Black Magic
  June 11, 1999
Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.
 
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9. DNA Mad Scientist
  June 18, 1999
A scientist extracts DNA from several of Moya's crew, promising them that with it he will be able to find the locations of their home planets. Conflict arises when he asks for a sample from Pilot -- specifically, one of his arms.
 
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10. They've Got a Secret
  June 25, 1999
During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew.
 
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11. Till the Blood Runs Clear
  July 9, 1999
Crichton comes across the same conditions that created the wormhole that sent him to Moya. He and Aeryn leave Moya in his module in an attempt to create another wormhole and return home. Although a wormhole forms, it is unstable and damages the module. Crichton and Aeryn are forced to make an emergency landing on a planet to make repairs. There, they encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.
 
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12. Rhapsoday in Blue
  July 23, 1999
Moya responds to a distress call from another pregnant Leviathan. The crew learns, upon arrival at the planet from which the call originated, that they've been deceived. The call actually came from a group of exiled Delvians (Zhaan's people) who want to learn -- forcibly if need be -- how Zhaan overcame the madness caused by giving in to her anger.
 
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13. The Flax
  July 16, 1999
While on a transport pod piloting lesson with Aeryn, Crichton gets caught in an energy field which is invisible to their sensors. Meanwhile, back on Moya, a strange guest docks and comes aboard to warn the crew about The Flax, an invisible energy net created to catch ships.
 
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14. Jeremiah Crichton
  July 30, 1999
Several heated arguments with the crew prompt John to take his pod for a cruise. While in space, away from the ship, a problem with Moya causes her to starburst without warning, leaving John stranded. While separated from the others, he discovers a forgotten colony with an appalling secret; a secret that their religious leaders have gone to great lengths to conceal.
 
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15. Durka Returns
  August 13, 1999
When a Starburst goes badly wrong, Moya collides with a Nebari ship. On board is Durka, Rygel's former torturer, who has been mind cleansed and now serves the Nebari. Chiana, an attractive young rebel faces the same fate. Rygel takes it upon himself to take revenge on Durka and ends up undoing the cleansing and restoring him to his former, tyrannic incarnation.
 
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16. A Human Reaction
  August 20, 1999
After discovering a wormhole that appears to lead back to Earth, Crichton takes the chance that it might be his ticket home. He crash lands on a beach in Australia and finds that although Earth is exactly as he remembered it, it is not exactly what he was expecting.
 
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17. Through the Looking Glass
  September 10, 1999
Moya tries to starburst to prove to the crew that she still can. It goes slightly wrong though and she gets stuck in starburst and split into several different dimensions.
 
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18. A Bug's Life
  September 17, 1999
A Peacekeeper ship is approaching Moya, so Crichton and Aeryn pose as Peacekeeper officers on a secret mission whilst everyone else gets locked into cells to make the deception seem realistic. The Peacekeepers that come aboard have some strange cargo that escapes...
 
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19. Nerve
  January 7, 2000
Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a Peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and, as Scorpius want, to reveal the secrets of wormholes.
 
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20. The Hidden Memory
  January 14, 2000
Although still recovering from her near-death experience, Aeryn is determined to save Crichton, who is being held captive by the peacekeepers. Zhaan and D'Argo join her, while Chiana and Rygel stay behind with Moya who is about to deliver her offspring. Soon suspicion falls on Crais, after Gilina's technical manipulation of the Aurora Chair causes Scorpius to wonder if in fact Crais is responsible. This leaves Crichton open for rescue...
 
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21. Bone to be Wild
  January 21, 2000
Moya is hiding in an asteroid field from a Peacekeeper command carrier. They receive a distress call and Crichton, Zhaan and D'Argo go down to one of the asteroids to rescue a woman who becomes intent on eating them.
 
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22. Family Ties
  January 28, 2000
Rygel steals a transport pod and goes to the peacekeeper command carrier to betray the others. However he ends up returning to Moya with Crais, who wants asylum. Meanwhile, Crichton decides to destroy Scorpius' Gammak Base.
 
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Episode 8, "That Old Black Magic"
Synopsis: Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.
Original air date: June 11, 1999
Runtime: 51 minutes
ASIN: B001KYZJRY
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Farscape Season 1
Synopsis: Astronaut John Crichton assumes he'll be home in time for dinner. But a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults him across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield. Suddenly, he's trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology - a battle that 20th century sci-fi pop culture never prepared him for. Hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton begins his quest for home from a galaxy far, far away...
Season year: 2000
Network: New Video
ASIN: B001KZ4XDO
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