Kansas (Farscape episode)

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“Kansas”
Farscape episode

D'Argo attempts to drive a police car
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 12
Written by Justin Monjo
Directed by Rowan Woods
Guest stars Raelee Hill;
Melissa Jaffer;
Kent McCord;
Rebecca Riggs;
David Franklin;
Carmen Duncan;
Jamie Croft;
Tyler Coppin;
Nadia Townsend;
Casey Burgess;
Louise Fox;
Kosta Doukas;
Amy Salas
Original airdate January 10, 2003
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"Kansas" is an episode from the fourth season of the American television series Farscape, written by Justin Monjo and directed by Rowan Woods.

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In the previous episode, "Unrealized Reality", John entered a wormhole and found himself floating above the earth, in a space suit but no ship. Meanwhile, on the other side of the wormhole, the Moyans are frantically trying to contact him. Finally they connect, and all of the Moyans head through the wormhole in D'Argo's ship, Lo'la, to get John, leaving Sikozu and Scorpius behind in Moya. After picking up John, they discover that they've arrived in orbit at the wrong date—it's October, 1985. They head on down to Earth so John can see if his appearance has affected the past in any way.

The Moyans camp out in an abandoned house near John's then-home in Florida. His father is preparing to lead the Space Shuttle Challenger on its next mission, and John knows that this was not supposed to happen, because this was the final mission of the Challenger, the one in which the space shuttle exploded and killed all crew members on board. He needs to get his father to pull out of the mission.

This is one of the funniest episodes, as the team arrives on Earth near Halloween, allowing the aliens to discover the American lifestyle, watch television, and even see a show with Kermit.

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There's a slight continuity error in this episode. In season 2's finale Die Me, Dichotomy, Crichton loses his memory of American presidents "Nixon to Clinton", yet at the beginning of the episode, he hears a radio broadcast claiming President Ronald Reagan as the current US president, and is able to immediately determine he's gone back in time.

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