Brief synopsis:
Crichton believes he has found a way home when a wormhole opens up, leading back to Earth. He goes through, alone, and makes it home. Here he is greeted by constant interrogations from people he knew before leaving Earth. Aeryn, D'Argo and Rygel come after him, and the four find themselves in great danger as the paranoid military men of Earth want to take them all apart. Aeryn and John soon find themselves alone and on the run, but are they really where they think they are?

The Main Story:
Chiana is already causing disruptions aboard Moya as she is found with one of Zhaan's possessions, and amongst all the disturbances, John discovers his first grey hair. It looks increasingly likely to John that he will grow old out in the Uncharted Territories. However, his fortune changes when Pilot detects a wormhole. When Crichton goes to investigate, he finds that it leads directly to Earth. This opportunity is one he can't refuse, and he says his tearful goodbyes to the crew. Aeryn doesn't feel she would fit in if she went with John, and it is sad to see them part.

John punches through the wormhole, and arrives back on Earth, on a beach in Australia. He is just beginning to enjoy the nice things about home, such as sun, sand and the sea, when a group of military commandos surround him, and knock him out using some kind of tranquiliser dart. He is then held in isolation and questioned repeatedly, by humans clearly paranoid about what could have arrived from space.

Luckily for John, his father, Jack Crichton arrives to help in the investigation. Jack goes to talk with John, and asks him about a fishing trip on John's 10th birthday. When John correctly tells Jack that he caught a trout that day, Jack trusts him completely, and arranges to have John let out of isolation. This is fortunate, as soon after, Rygel, D'Argo and Aeryn follow John through the wormhole, and had it not been for John's intervention it is likely that the unarmed pod would have been shot down.

The three are put in a similar isolation to John, and they all feel like prisoners once again. Rygel was tranquilised in a similar way to John, and begins to feel sick from its effects. He is taken for treatment, which goes badly wrong, resulting in the death of Rygel. John goes to Wilson, the project leader and tries to demand an explanation, but gets none. Worse, during that time, D'Argo is also taken away, prompting Aeryn to make an escape attempt. John and Aeryn team up and leave the base.

The pair make their way to a safehouse only John and Jack knew about, and here John and Aeryn get closer to eachother than ever before, spending the night together. The next day, they begin to plan their escape when Jack Crichton comes to visit. He tells them that they must go quickly and hide. As the two leave, Aeryn says something to Jack, which mysteriously, the human understands. However, things become more clear when John starts to figure out the mystery.

Walking through town, John recognises everybody, everything, everywhere he has been, he has seen before. All the magazines are 7 months old, and nobody seems to know anything beyond the time John left Earth. John freaks out a little, and heads for a pool house he used to go to. Here he finds a way to beat the mystery, he goes into the female toilets, a place he hasn't been before. With the realisation that this is not Earth, John figures out who's in charge of all this, Jack. He heads back to the research base, and confronts the being that is pretending to be his father.

Jack reveals himself to be a being from a species on the brink of extinction, the Ancients. A race with low power reserves, they can move their home only one more time, and need to be certain that the next place they visit will welcome them. John had seemed like a suitable target, but the tests had shown that not all people of Earth would be so keen to welcome aliens.

John is reunited with his crew, Aeryn, D'Argo, and even Rygel, the real Rygel, alive and well. He is sent on his way, the Ancient finishing by saying that maybe they will meet again one day, an interesting statement because of what the Ancients did to John that we don't yet know about.

References and continuity:

Why did Crichton leap down a wormhole? This was how he got here originally (see Premiere), and he was willing to take the risk that it would get him back home the same way.

How did 7 months pass? Don't forget that John was stuck on Acquara for about 3 months in the episode Jeremiah Crichton, and that the other four months could easily have passed by with the numerous other adventures the crew have had.

Who's the grey girl? That's Chiana, a Nebari who joined the crew in the last episode Durka Returns. She was a prisoner, but her captor was killed during the episode, and she was never handed over to the Nebari

Funny or interesting quotes: Crichton: "Hello sky!!!" Crichton is more than a little happy to see the sky as it has been so long. He is finally looking at Earth again.

Aeryn: "Rain. Is that what you call this? I like it."

John and Aeryn get caught in the rain, and Aeryn sticks her tongue out to enjoy the experience.

Crichton: "Been in there... Nothing new, but I've never been in there..."

Crichton beats the simulation by going into the female toilets, a place he has no memory of.

Episode Trivia:

• Crichton has his first grey hair, which he reports on tape.
• On John's 10th birthday, his Dad took him fishing at 4 a.m. and John caught a trout.

Justin Monjo wrote this episode, and also wrote:

Director:

The director of this episode was Rowan Woods who also directed:

Episode Aliens:

The Ancients, a species on the brink of extinction, looking for a new home to cohabitate with another species. They are clearly a powerful race, and we later know they have a good understanding of wormholes.

Farewell to:

• Rygel (the recreated version) taken apart by incompetent scientists from Earth.
• D'Argo (the recreated version) taken to another medical facility for similar treatment.

Guest Stars:
Kent McCord as Jack Crichton. Phillip Gordon as Wilson. Richard Sydenham as Cobb.

Personal Opinion:

This is the episode that really gets Farscape going as it sets up the main theme for the rest of the series. Though we don't yet know it, the Ancients leave something in John's head, and this has massive consequences in later episodes. However, it isn't just the after effects that make this episode great. One thing I really love about the episode is the music. One of the best Farscape themes is played whilst Crichton says goodbye, and this theme is repeated in similar moments for the rest of the series.

This brief return to Earth is a really good idea, even though it does turn out to be a recreation. The subtle clues suggesting it is all from John's memories are fun to watch, though some are far more obvious than others. Also, did Aeryn and John get together? In John's mind yes, and the recreation was pretty realistic, but was it the real Aeryn Sun? Nope.

	It all gets crazy from here!		9/10