It's a quarantine lockdown on Farscape on a Scarran space station in a plot that finally makes something more of Noranti than a walking gag. Season Four, Episode Nineteen: We're So Screwed, Part 1: Fetal Attraction We have a chance to meet more Kalish, Sikozu's (Raelee Hill) people who are subjugated by the Scarrans and running the border station on which the episode takes place. When it turns out the ship carrying Aeryn (Claudia Black) is about to leave in thirty minutes, Noranti (Melissa Jaffer) hastily concocts a strategy that involves provoking a relapse of a highly contagious disease Rygel (Jonathan Hardy) had at some point in the past, when he was Dominar. This buys some time as the station administrator is forced to call a lockdown, detaining the Scarran ship. Since Kalish and Sebaceans aren't immune to the disease, Noranti has to work quickly to cure Rygel. Melissa Jaffer is a good actress--she'd been on the show previously as a dying Luxan in season two and she would go on to have a small role in Mad Max: Fury Road --so it's good to see Noranti being more than the omniscient, mysterious healer or the old lady who likes to gross out the young people. You can see her frantic as she tries to hold onto her identity as the mystic with all the answers, fronting a confidence as she digs through herbs and potions. Inevitably she has to face the fact that her solution for saving Aeryn results in the deaths of uninvolved Kalish and Sebaceans. It also gives Rygel an all too rare moment to reflect on his time as a Dominar in a way that shows him as more than caricature. As a ruler, he too, had to make decisions which would inevitably cause people to die with never any certainty that an alternative wouldn't be better. But Rygel concludes by saying, "Welcome to Moya " and, indeed, one of the nice things about Farscape is that it doesn't shy away from putting its characters in difficult positions. Physical as well as philosophical. Poor Aeryn endures more in season four than in the other three seasons put together. I suppose she hasn't quite caught up to all of the involuntary surgery and mind rape Crichton (Ben Browder) has been subjected to, though. Not the kind of competition you want to win. . . . Farscape is available now on Amazon Prime. This entry is part of a series I'm writing on Farscape for the show's 20th anniversary. My previous reviews can be found here (episodes are in the order intended by the show's creators rather than the broadcast order): Season One: Episode 1: Pilot Episode 2: I, E.T. Episode 3: Exodus from Genesis Episode 4: Throne for a Loss Episode 5: Back and Back and Back to the Future Episode 6: Thank God It's Friday Again Episode 7: PK Tech Girl Episode 8: That Old Black Magic Episode 9: DNA Mad Scientist Episode 10: They've Got a Secret Episode 11: Till the Blood Runs Clear Episode 12: Rhapsody in Blue Episode 13: The Flax Episode 14: Jeremiah Crichton Episode 15: Durka Returns Episode 16: A Human Reaction Episode 17: Through the Looking Glass Episode 18: A Bug's Life Episode 19: Nerve Episode 20: The Hidden Memory Episode 21: Bone to be Wild Episode 22: Family Ties Season Two: Episode 1: Mind the Baby Episode 2: Vitas Mortis Episode 3: Taking the Stone Episode 4: Crackers Don't Matter Episode 5: Picture If You Will Episode 6: The Way We Weren't Episode 7: Home on the Remains Episode 8: Dream a Little Dream Episode 9: Out of Their Minds Episode 10: My Three Crichtons Episode 11: Look at the Princess, Part I: A Kiss is But a Kiss Episode 12: Look at the Princess, Part II: I Do, I Think Episode 13: Look at the Princess, Part III: The Maltese Crichton Episode 14: Beware of Dog Episode 15: Won't Get Fooled Again Episode 16: The Locket Episode 17: The Ugly Truth Episode 18: A Clockwork Nebari Episode 19: Liars, Guns, and Money, Part I: A Not So Simple Plan Episode 20: Liars, Guns, and Money, Part II: With Friends Like These . . . Episode 21: Liars, Guns, and Money, Part III: Plan B Episode 22: Die Me, Dichotomy Season Three: Episode 1: Season of Death Episode 2: Suns and Lovers Episode 3: Self-Inflicted Wounds, Part I: Would'a, Could'a, Should'a Episode 4: Self-Inflicted Wounds, Part II: Wait for the Wheel Episode 5: . . . Different Destinations Episode 6: Eat Me Episode 7: Thanks for Sharing Episode 8: Green Eyed Monster Episode 9: Losing Time Episode 10: Relativity Episode 11: Incubator Episode 12: Meltdown Episode 13: Scratch 'n Sniff Episode 14: Infinite Possibilities, Part I: Daedalus Demands Episode 15: Infinite Possibilities, Part II: Icarus Abides Episode 16: Revenging Angel Episode 17: The Choice Episode 18: Fractures Episode 19: I-Yensch, You-Yensch Episode 20: Into the Lion's Den, Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter Episode 21: Into the Lion's Den, Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Episode 22: A Dog with Two Bones Season Four Episode 1: Crichton Kicks Episode 2: What was Lost, Part I: Sacrifice Episode 3: What was Lost, Part II: Resurrection Episode 4: Lava's a Many Splendoured Thing Episode 5: Promises Episode 6: Natural Election Episode 7: John Quixote Episode 8: I Shrink Therefore I Am Episode 9: A Prefect Murder Episode 10: Coup by Clam Episode 11: Unrealised Reality Episode 12: Kansas Episode 13: Terra Firma Episode 14: Twice Shy Episode 15: Mental as Anything Episode 16: Bringing Home the Beacon Episode 17: A Constellation of Doubt Episode 18: Prayer