Die Me, Dichotomy

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“Die Me, Dichotomy”
Farscape episode
John as the Scorpius clone
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 22
Guest stars	Hugh Keays-Byrne (Grunchlk); Wayne Pygram (Scorpius); Matt Newton (Jothee); Lani Tupu (Bialar Crais); Paul Goddard (Stark); Thomas Holesgrove (Diagnosan Tocot); David Franklin (Lt. Braca)
Written by	David Kemper
Directed by	Rowan Woods
Production no.	10222
Original airdate	January 26, 2001
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"Liars, Guns and Money Part III: Plan B"	"Season of Death"
List of Farscape episodes

"Die Me, Dichotomy" is an episode from the second season of the American television series Farscape, written by David Kemper and directed by Rowan Woods. It is the season finale, ending on a cliffhanger.

1 Synopsis
2 Guest stars
3 Production Notes
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The Moyans are visiting an ice planet with a Diagnosan—an alien skilled in medical matters—and he is working on healing Moya of the burns she sustained in Liars, Guns and Money Part III: Plan B. Meanwhile, John is desperately trying to hold on to his mind, and losing. The Scorpius chip finally takes over control of John, and heads over to the neural cluster to signal Scorpius his location. Aeryn tries to convince John to stop what he's doing, and she tells him she loves him. He seemingly tells her the same, but in actuality it is the neural chip manipulating Aeryn. Her guard down, he knocks her unconscious, then licks her nose. Then D'Argo arrives and tongues John unconscious. Aeryn is restored by the Diagnosan, but now John is handcuffed to prevent any further violence. The Diagnosan examines him and isn't sure he can help—his brain is riddled with tendrils from Scorpius' neural chip. While tied up and waiting, the Scorpius chip tricks Zhaan into letting John go, and he escapes in his module. Aeryn chases after him in her Prowler, threatening to shoot him down if he won't return with her. Scorpius agrees to surrender, then instead hits her ship with the landing gear of the module, crippling it. Aeryn ejects, but is going to land on a frozen lake. Her chair has landing jets that will weaken the ice, but she can't eject from her chair, it's stuck. John regains control of his body, and begs Aeryn to get out of the chair. She exchanges tearful words of farewell with him, then crashes through the ice and drowns.

The Moyans gather for Aeryn's funeral. She is lain in a stasis casket. D'Argo gives her his qualta blade; Rygel (who, as an amphibian, pulled Aeryn's body from the lake) gives her a medal of his that he took back from Durka. John cuts off a lock of Aeryn's hair to keep with him. He blames himself for her death.

Then it is time for John's surgery. The Diagnosan gets the chip out but the surgery leaves John aphasic, unable to speak intelligibly. Just as the Diagnosan is ready to help restore John's speech, Scorpius arrives with Braca and several others in a Marauder. Scorpius seemingly kills the Diagnosan (who was the one who gave Scorpy his cooling rods), then takes the freshly removed neural chip. He leaves John as-is, sentencing him "to live" with the agony of unfulfilled revenge, as John is now helpless, unable to speak, tied to a table, with his memories in Scorpius' hands, the love of his life dead by actions he blames himself for, and the one doctor who can help him lying prone by his feet. John screams impotently and unintelligibly.

End of episode.