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Out of Their Minds

Episode aired Jul 7, 2000
TV-14
46m

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8.1/10

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Space Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.

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Ben Browder

John Crichton…

Claudia Black

Officer Aeryn Sun

Virginia Hey

Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan

Anthony Simcoe

Ka D'Argo…

Gigi Edgley

Chiana…

Lani John Tupu

Captain Bialar Crais
(voice)
(as Lani Tupu)
…

Dominique Sweeny

Thomas Holesgrove

Jonathan Hardy

Dominar Rygel XVI
(voice)
…

Angie Milliken

Yoz
(voice)

Nick McKay

Tak
(voice)
(as Nicholas McKay)

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Trivia
Jim Henson's Creature shop recycled a couple of Skeksis from The Dark Crystal (1982) frameworks to create the Halosians.

Goofs
When the crew are attempting to convince Zhaan (after she takes over the enemy ship) to fire at Moya again to undo the body-swap, for several frames viewers can see Rygel's puppeteer in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

Quotes
[Moya and her crew have encountered a hostile ship]
John Crichton: Have we sent the "Don't shoot us, we're pathetic" transmission yet?

Connections
Featured in Farscape: Bad Timing (2003)

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10/10

Skeksis in Space!

Jim Henson's Creature shop made use of two Skeksi puppets from "The Dark Crystal" to create the Birdlike Halosians in this episode. It was always amazing that you forgot that these characters were puppets, and that is not lost in this episode.

Using the Shield Generator they got from The Zalbinion, Moya's crew fends off an attack from the Skeks- Er, Halosian ship, where Zotoh Zhan had gone to try to negotiate a Truce. But because the Shield was at 60%, it not only protected Moya, but like in the Stargate SG- 1 episode "Holiday" or the Star Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder", the crews minds get switched.

What ensues is one of the best examples of character acting in any unrealized reality.

Claudia Black convinces us, she IS John Criton. Ben Browder channels Rygel, Lani Tupu (Pilot/Bialar Crais) becomes Ka D'Argo, Gigi does Pilot, and Jon Hardy becomes Aeryn. But Claudia wins with the most perfect impression of Criton, especially what a guy might do if ever in a woman's body.

The actors in this series really understood not only their own identities, but each others as well. And that is what makes it stand the test of time. It was believable then, it is now.