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Crichton Kicks

Episode 4.01
USA (Sci-Fi): June 07, 2002
UK (BBC): September 23, 2002
Canada (Space): February 07, 2003
Writer: David Kemper
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Peter Whittle as Ilkog
  • Bob Nisevic as Nukana
  • Marc McCann as ?
  • Dinah Shearing as Elack’s Pilot (voice)

Continuing his work on wormhole theory and technology, Crichton has been eking out an existence aboard Elack—an old, dying Leviathan. His quiet existence is shattered when a female alien, Sikozu boards the ship with a squad of Grudek mercenaries intent on harvesting Elack’s neural tissue. When Crichton fights to protect his new home, the Grudeks sick a vicious and deadly alien canine called the Brindz Hound after him.

What Was Lost (Part I): Sacrifice

Episode 4.02
USA: June 14, 2002
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Tammy Macintosh as Jool
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as The Old Woman
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Steve Le Marquand as Oo-Nii
  • Elizabeth Alexander as Vella
  • Dinah Shearing as Elack’s Pilot (voice)
  • Kim De Lury as Tarnat

Crichton, Chiana, and Rygel are reunited with D’Argo and Jool at an archaeological site run by Jool’s people, the Interions. The purpose of the dig is to find a missing probe that might reverse the planet’s dangerous atmospheric conditions. Peacekeepers led by the evil Grayza land and capture the crew, and Crichton finds himself unable to fight back, mysteriously compelled to do Grayza’s bidding.

What Was Lost (Part II): Resurrection

Episode 4.03
USA: June 21, 2002
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Tammy Macintosh as Jool
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as The Old Woman
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Steve Le Marquand as Oo-Nii
  • Dinah Shearing as Elack’s Pilot (voice)

Facing Peacekeeper imprisonment, the crew concocts an escape plan that goes awry.

Lava’s A Many Splendored Thing

Episode 4.04
USA: June 28, 2002
Writer: Michael Miller
Director: Michael Pattinson
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • John Adam as Raa’Keel
  • Jack Finsterer as Gleeg
  • Alan Flower as Frool
  • Ross Newton as Sloggard
  • Teo Gebert as Weldon
  • Mick Roughan as Airek

After a forced landing, the crew is divided by an elaborate trap that leaves Crichton, D’Argo, Noranti and Rygel underground in a lava-filled system of caves. Chiana and Sikozu are left outside, trying to re-activate D’Argo’s ship. Inside, Crichton and the others are hunted down by mercenaries who are led by a monster impervious to the fiery lava.

Promises

Episode 4.05
USA: July 12, 2002
Writer: Richard Manning
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Braca
  • Richard Carter as Ullom
  • Anja Coleby as Ponara
  • Damian Hunter as Rinlo

Crichton, D’Argo, Chiana, and Rygel are finally reunited with their ship, Moya—and crewmate Aeryn Sun. The reunion takes a bittersweet turn when the crew discovers that Aeryn has brought an old enemy aboard. Tensions mount as Crichton confronts Aeryn about her pregnancy—and what debt she seems to owe their nemesis.

Natural Election

Episode 4.06
USA: July 19, 2002
Writer: Sophie C. Hopkins
Director: Ian Watson
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti

Crichton makes a breakthrough in his research and is successful in predicting the appearance of a wormhole. Moya becomes engulfed in a parasitic plant that begins to eat away at Moya.

John Quixote

Episode 4.07
USA: July 26, 2002
Writer: Ben Browder
Director: Tony Tilse
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Lani Tupu as The Ogre
  • Tammy Macintosh as Jool
  • Paul Goddard as Stark
  • Rowan Woods as Male Zhaan
  • Alyssa-Jane Cook as Gilina
  • Virginia Hey as Zhaan

It may look like fun, but for Crichton and Chiana a new virtual-reality game poses a deadly serious threat.

I Shrink Therefore I Am

Episode 4.08
USA: August 02, 2002
Writer: Christopher Wheeler
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Duncan Young as Axikor
  • John Schwarz as Bintog

When bounty hunters seize Moya and her crew, Crichton risks forging an alliance with Scorpius in an effort to retake control of Moya and free his crewmates.

A Perfect Murder

Episode 4.09
USA: August 09, 2002
Writer: Mark Saraceni
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Peter Whitford as Jabuka Clan Chieftain
  • Bruce Spence as Prefect Falaak
  • Ivar Kants as Gaashah
  • Brett Stiller as Zerbat
  • Jason Chong as E’Alet

On a chaotic world beset by civil conflict, Aeryn stands accused of assassinating a tribal leader.

Coup by Clam

Episode 4.10
USA: August 16, 2002
Writer: Emily Skopov
Director: Ian Watson
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Barry Otto as Doctor Tumii
  • David Field as Ho’Ock
  • Chris Mayer as Mekken
  • Sara Groen as Mujombre
  • Kelly Butler as Selva
  • Susan Prior as Kiryah

The Moya crew suffers odd symptoms after an alien doctor poisons them with unusual mollusks.

Unrealized Reality

Episode 4.11
USA: August 23, 2002
Writer: David Kemper
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • John Bach as Einstein
  • Virginia Hey as Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan
  • Lani Tupu as Captain Bialar Crais
    Paul Goddard as Stark
  • Tammy Macintosh as Jool
  • David Franklin as Lt. Braca
  • Murray Bartlett as DK
  • Erika Heynatz as Caroline Wallace
  • Katherine Thomas as Laura Kopecki
  • ??? as English Teacher
  • ??? as Football Coach
  • ??? as Reverend Miller

Believing that Crichton’s wormhole knowledge threatens the universe, an inter-dimensional being plans to execute Crichton.

Kansas

Episode 4.12
UK: December 30, 2002
USA: January 10, 2003
Canada: April 25, 2003
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Kent McCord as Jack Crichton
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Carmen Duncan as Leslie Crichton
  • Jamie Croft as Young John Crichton
  • Tyler Coppin as Sheriff Schelmacher
  • Nadia Townsend as Kim Kupperstein
  • Casey Burgess as Olivia Crichton
  • Louise Fox as Mrs. Dot Levy
  • Kosta Doukas as Deputy
  • Amy Salas as Skreeth

The Moya crew finally gets to Earth, 1985. Unfortunately, Crichton discovers that he has somehow disastrously changed the course of time—his father Jack is now slated to fly the doomed Challenger mission. Lying low in Crichton’s hometown, the ’aliens’ use the timely Halloween celebrations to remain (almost) anonymous, while Crichton tries to revert the timeline—in the process putting his younger self in mortal danger.

Terra Firma

Episode 4.13
UK: January 06, 2003
USA: January 17, 2003
Writer: Ricky Manning
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Kent McCord as Jack Crichton
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Murray Bartlett as DK
  • Geoff Morrell as T.R. Holt
  • Sarah Enright as Olivia Crichton
  • Katherine Thomas as Laura Kopecki
  • Erica Heynatz as Caroline Wallace
  • Amy Salas as Skreeth
  • Joshua Anderson as Bobby
  • Nicholas Hammond as Dr. Adrian Walker

The crew returns to Moya—in orbit around modern-day Earth—to find Jack and a contingent of Earth dignitaries waiting for them. The aliens are introduced to an amazed and apprehensive public, but soon find life in the public eye difficult. As Crichton tries to readjust to life on Earth, his relationships become strained, especially with Aeryn. Meanwhile, a monstrous assassin is sent by Grayza to hunt for Crichton.

Twice Shy

Episode 4.14
UK: January 13, 2003
USA: January 24, 2003
Writer: David Peckinpah
Director: Kate Woods
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Paula Arundell as Talikaa
  • Chris Pitman as Nazradu
  • Walter Grkovic as Outurak

Chiana purchases Talikaa, an abused slave girl from a passing trading ship.When the crew starts acting strangely and Talikaa disappears, they realize she may not be as innocent as she seemed.

Mental as Anything

Episode 4.15
UK: January 20, 2003
USA: January 31, 2003
Writer: Mark Saraceni
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Blair Venn as Macton
  • John Brumpton as Katoya
  • Rachel Gordon as Lo’Laan

Scorpius takes Crichton, D’Argo and Rygel into an advanced training camp where students learn mental discipline. D’Argo is confronted with the arrival of Macton, the Peacekeeper who murdered his wife, Lo’Laan, then framed him for the crime. When Scorpius forces Crichton into torturous anti-Scarran training, D’Argo must face the demons from his past… alone.

Bringing Home the Beacon

Episode 4.16
UK: January 27, 2003
USA: February 07, 2003
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Francesca Buller as War Minister Ahkna
  • Jonathan Pasvolsky as Pennoch
  • Peter Lamb as Rekka
  • Peter Fenton as Negotiator
  • Olivia Pigeot as Marella

The women of Moya stumble upon a secret meeting, one that will change the future of the Uncharted Territories.

A Constellation of Doubt

Episode 4.17
UK: February 10, 2003
USA: February 14, 2003
Writer: David Kemper
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Nick Tate as R. Wilson Monroe
  • Tyler Coppin as Robert Schelmacher
  • Joshua Anderson as Bobby
  • Sarah Enright as Olivia Crichton
  • Nicholas Hammond as Dr. Adrian Walker
  • Michael Barnacoat as Major General Stephen Walcott
  • Leo Christopher as ???
  • Dee Donovan as Reverend Nathan Buckley
  • ??? as Alana Lichtenstein
  • ??? as Dr Edith Anderson
  • ??? as Dr Garrett Hamilton
  • ??? as Ivan Chanderpaul
  • ??? as Dr. Jayne O’Connor
  • ??? as Dr. Jason Fletcher
  • ??? as General Harwell Zawicki
  • Cameos
  • Brian Henson as Dr. Edmund Johnston
  • David Kemper as "High Level Administrative Source"

Looking for clues to Aeryn’s disappearance, Crichton spends the trip back to the Uncharted Territories watching Alien Visitation. The sensationalistic program juxtaposes offbeat footage of Moya’s crew shot by Crichton’s nephew with obnoxious sound bites from spiritual, military and scientific talking heads. After screening it, Rygel concludes that Earth "is full of superstitious, xenophobic morons." Crichton hates the show too, but it may be his only lead in the search for Aeryn.

Prayer

Episode 4.18
UK: February 17, 2003
USA: February 21, 2003
Writer: Justin Monjo
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Sandy Gore as Nurse Vreena
  • Sacha Horler as Morrock
  • Jason Clarke as Scarran
  • Louise Crawford as Prisoner
  • Michael Duncan

Aeryn resists the Scarrans’ interrogation, and John’s search for her leads him into an unrealized reality.

We’re So Screwed (Part I): Fetal Attraction

Episode 4.19
UK: February 24, 2003
USA: February 28, 2003
Writer: David Peckinpah
Director: Geoff Bennett
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Sandy Gore as Nurse Vreena
  • Shane Briant as Dr. Trayso Talnell
  • Jason Clarke as Jenek
  • Rel Hunt as Karohm
  • Patrick Ward as Ralnaht
  • Ben Dalton as Zepa

Moya’s crew track Aeryn to a Scarran border station where they attempt to free her from imprisonment. However, Aeryn’s captor, the cunning Jenek, is a force to be reckoned with. Noranti releases a contagious disease to keep the ship docked and in quarantine.

We’re So Screwed (Part II): Hot To Katratzi

Episode 4.20
UK: February 25, 2003
USA: March 07, 2003
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
Director: Karl Zwicky
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Paul Goddard as Stark
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Duncan Young as Emperor Staleek
  • Francesca Buller as War Minister Ahkna
  • Jason Clarke as Jenek
  • Jason Chong as Rahzaro
  • Jonathan Pasvolsky as Pennoch
  • David Downer as Secretary Vakali
  • Dean O’Gorman as Zukash

Crichton and the crew travel to Katratzi, a Scarran base where Scorpius is being tortured for wormhole information. The planet is the home of two unfriendly alien races, who may hold the key to Scorpius’s rescue, but their attempt to free him doesn’t go quite as smoothly as planned.

We’re So Screwed (Part III): La Bomba

Episode 4.21
UK: March 03, 2003
USA: March 14, 2003
Writer: Mark Saraceni
Director: Rowan Woods
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Paul Goddard as Stark
  • Rebecca Riggs as Grayza
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Duncan Young as Emperor Staleek
  • Francesca Buller as War Minister Ahkna
  • Jason Clarke as Jenek
  • Jason Chong as Rahzaro
  • Jonathan Pasvolsky as Pennoch
  • David Downer as Secretary Vakali
  • Dean O’Gorman as Zukash

After thwarting Crichton’s escape plan, Scorpius denies that he’s a Scarran spy, and demands Crichton’s help to destroy a cavern of vital Scarran flor—claiming it will also provide them with a better means of escape. And while Rygel and Noranti fight an evil Stark, Sikozu must reveal her true colors if they are all to survive.

Bad Timing

Episode 4.22 (series finale)
UK: March 04, 2003
USA: March 21, 2003
Canada: July 04, 2003
Writer: David Kemper
Director: Andrew Prowse
Guest Cast
  • Raelee Hill as Sikozu
  • Melissa Jaffer as Noranti
  • Paul Goddard as Stark
  • David Franklin as Captain Braca
  • Duncan Young as Emperor Staleek
  • Francesca Buller as War Minister Ahkna
  • John Adam as "Alien"
  • Kent McCord as Jack Crichton (uncredited)
  • Jonathan Pasvolsky as Pennoch (uncredited)

Crichton risks the future of Earth to demolish the wormhole as the Moya crew tries to keep the Scarrans from using the wormhole to invade terra firma, which is rich in a flora valuable to the aliens. Although Crichton concocts a way to collapse the wormhole, he doubts he can pull it off, an insecurity Scorpius tries to exploit to forge an alliance with his nemesis. But Crichton has more on his mind… namely, what the future holds for his relationship with Aeryn.