Since then, a detente situation developed between him and Moya's crew in Family Ties, which was not helped by Crais's kidnapping of Moya's baby. He and Talyn returned a few times to help Moya or to get help, and actually managed to be useful a few times. But with a Peacekeeper retrieval squad hot on the trail of both Talyn and his renegade captain, association with these two was proving to be dangerous to Moya's health long before their deaths.

As for coming back -- well, he showed up in command of the Zenetan pirates in Liars, Guns and Money, but only managed to hold that rank for about two scenes before Rygel handed him his head. Rather literally. We think it's safe to say that a) Durka ain't returning again and b) Rygel is over his Issues.

Not far enough, though --- he was back and kicking in Picture If You Will, out for revenge, psychic torture, and munchies, as usual. By the skin of their teeth Moya's crew managed to smack him down again, but as Zhaan very uncomfortingly says, beings like this just don't die. Look for him to recombine those pesky molecules and insinuate his way back among our intrepid heroes after a little time has passed, and they've had a chance to forget how much they hate this guy (we won't, though. No way!).

Scorpius worked for the Peacekeepers as a Pain Technician -- aka torturer--- and research specialist, and seemed to have a lot invested in making the Aurora Chair (Mental Dental Chair from Hezmana) work. These days, however, he's concentrating on wormhole technology--- to the point of tagging John with a 'nanochip' designed to download information about wormholes from John's subconscious. Ruthless and ambitious, he's responsible for getting Crais declared Irreversibly Contaminated--- mostly so he could get the guy's ship! (Which he promptly lost of Commandant Grayza, proving the existence of karma.) He's got a full-on hatred thing for Scarrens going, and likes to preach about how he's trying to develop wormhole technology before the Scarrens to keep them from taking over the universe.

Because of his mixed background, Scorpius can see into some portion of either the ultraviolet or infrared spectrum, since he knew John was not Sebacean at first sight; and he's stronger than your average Sebacean. His first assistant, Niem, didn't appear to be a hybrid Scarran/Sebacean, and neither did his second--- so we have reason to hope that Scorpy's the only one of his kind out there.

She turned up again on areally weird planet and tried to mind-frell Aeryn with an imposter pretending to be her father, apparently just to mess with her daughter before killing her. Aeryn was a little busy mourning the sescond Crichton, but she might have actually been getting through to mom -- before Crais intervened again and this time fired, sending Xhalax on a long fall off a tall tower. Still, we'll believe Aeryn's mother is dead when we see the body. In our experience, the Sun women are harder to kill than that.

As for Talyn Sr., we have no clue where he really is. Xhalax claims she really did kill him but, again, we want to see a body.

The fundamental weakness of the Scarren race lives in their dependence on mental steroids found in the Crystherium flower (which apparently grows on Earth, where it is known as a bird-of-paradise); it is these steroids that let the Scarrens get smart enough to go into space and begin beating up all the smaller kids. Crichton and company managed to destroy what may have been the only growing ground of these flowers, so who knows what the future will hold for the Scarrens.

[The writers, by the way, are possibly even more diabolical that previously suspected. Kiki's eagle-eyed baby brother, Spawn of Chaos' Parents, spotted birds-of-paradise in the background of the Scarrens' room in Look at the Princess 2. Coincidence, or coolness? You be the judge (until your Friendly and Persistent Tour Guides manage to nail a writer to the wall and demand answers).]

Since Crichton found a way around the oil, and royally humiliated Commandant Cleavage in the process, she's out for his blood, among other things. But she was also deeply involved in forming some kind of peace with the Scarrens -- no matter what the cost. Braca finally managed to wrest command away from her when she started getting actively suicidal, but don't count this lady (and I use the term loosely) down yet.

And we were right. Braca was acting as a double-agent, passing information on to his real boss, Scorpius. Ever think you'd be impressed by the little weasel's loyalty? But he was in command of the Peacekeeper carrier until Scorpius returned.

Cleavage and Braca were hauling Scorpius around ebcause they seemed to have held him personally responsible for the destruction of the command carrier -- which he kind of was, since he was the one who agreed to the truce that let Moya's crew aboard. He was doing it to get the wormhole information from John, but things kind of blew up in his face. So to speak. Cleavage apparently took over in the aftermath, and we got the delight of seeing Scorpy locked into his own Aurora Chair, to the severe detriment of his physical and mental well-being. It would have been cool if Commandant Cleavage wasn't so, so, so far beneath him on the relative scale of villainy.

Still, he somehow managed to dig his butt out of his own grave when they got tired of him, and show up in time to rescue Aeryn, using her as his ticket to asylum on Moya. Weren't nobody happy about it, except maybe Sikozu, who seems to have bonded with him < shudder >, and he's not telling anyone why he's there except the perennial favorite -- to keep John and the wormhole knowledge out of Scarren hands, or anyone else's. All Moya's crew cared about for a while there was figuring out how to make a cell he can't walk out of. Thankfully, they have managed to palm him back off on the Peacekeepers, and can breathe a sigh of Scorpy-free relief.

Actually, she seems to have gone the way of the dodo for the last part of second season, for which we give deep and profound thanks. Wow, we hated her. Almost as much as we hated Sikozu crawling all over everyone in the fourth season bumpers.

While we at TGUT were shocked and horrified at Sci-Fi's decision to turn its back on one of the few (good) original programs it still airs, particularly when that show was been so consistently so well-written and performed, we are delighted to report that yes, there is a 4-hour miniseries on the horizon! According to a Sci-Fi Channel press release:

"SCI FI announced it will be bringing back Farscape with an all-new miniseries ‹ called Farscape: Peacekeeper War ‹ slated to air in the fourth quarter of this year. The four-hour miniseries picks up where the cliffhanger series finale left off and will reunite John Crichton (Ben Browder), Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) and the rest of the Moya crew.

"Farscape creator Rockne O'Bannon and executive producer David Kemper wrote the miniseries, which was directed by Brian Henson. Peacekeeper War was produced by the Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, and executive produced by Robert Halmi Jr."

While Your Faithful and Disgusted Tour Guides admit to feeling great bitterness towards Sci-Fi for implying it had anything to do with bringing Farscape back aside from airing the mini-series, we are still delighted at the upcoming return of Our Brave and Psychotic Crew (and their amazing behind-the-scenes support team). Keep visiting Save Farscape for more news, campaign information, and general cool stuff. Above all, keep fighting the good fight, people -- Crackers Do Matter!

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