Officer Sun makes an unlikely alliance to save John and D'Argo, while Scorpius continues his pursuit. Moya goes in search of her newborn, a warship now under the control of Captain Crais.
Zhaan is framed and put on trial for murder, and Chiana and Rygel must defend her. Desperate to find Talyn, Moya wishes to leave them on the planet and continue her search.
Crichton goes to great lengths to avoid getting killed, but finally consents to marry Princess Katralla and be turned into a living statue for 80 cycles.
Chiana brings aboard a parasite-eating Vorc when the crew suspects that their food has become contaminated. Crichton struggles with hallucinations as they search for the creature.
Crichton wakes up and finds himself back on Earth -- or so someone would have him believe. He refuses to fall for the ploy, especially when his alien friends begin showing up.
A temporal distortion traps Aeryn and John on a planet's surface, where they live out the rest of their lives -- while Moya remains trapped in orbit, experiencing only hours. Stark returns to the ship with news of D'Argo's son.
Crichton and company raise a team of mercenaries to help them rob the shadow depository, while Scorpius closes in on his prey. Meanwhile, Zhaan makes a desperate move to save Moya from an infestation.
Crichton gives himself up to Scorpius so that his brain implant can be removed, and the crew launch a final assault on the shadow depository to rescue him.