The crew goes over their situation. Moya can now starburst out of the asteroids, but she needs a head start. The baby can't starburst on its own, and even with its infant weapons systems it just isn't big enough to take on the command ship.

There is one possible way out: a Trojan horse attack ramming an explosive-laden pod into the command ship's bridge. To succeed, somebody would have to fly the pod in and sacrifice himself for the others.

Aboard the command ship, Rygel is having a third helping of food for his third stomach. Scorpius is increasingly convinced his venal guest is stalling, but Rygel makes the point that they will simply have to wait until he's ready to help them.

"I know him," Rygel says. "John Crichton will not be taken alive." Scorpius reluctantly agrees he's telling the truth, and that subterfuge is in order.

Later, Crichton tries to begin a final note to his father, but wonders, "Why don't I just start screaming and leave him a really happy memory?"

Aeryn overhears, and asks if his father is really like the alien version of him she met. ("Human Reaction") "You're lucky," she tells him. Aeryn only met her mother once, and knows little about her father.

Touched, Crichton offers her his recorder. "Leave him a message," he says. "Who knows, they might get it."

Oblivious to all of this, Rygel takes a bath aboard Crais' ship, even though he finds the Hynerian heads on display unnerving. Crais walks in and -- after nearly drowning him to get his attention -- shows Rygel a death warrant.

Scorpius doesn't think much of traitors, and has condemned Rygel to a slow death. Since Crais isn't in a much better situation, he submits that their only hope is to work together.

Soon, Rygel returns to Moya with Crais in tow to greet an understandably suspicious and mystified crew. Crais asks for asylum.

D'argo immediately pummels Crais until the captain admits D'argo's innocence in the murder of his wife.

After Crais is put in one of the cells, Rygel explains that captain was clearly in disgrace aboard the command ship. Rygel recognized his value, and the two of them persuaded Scorpius to let them go to Moya under a flag of truce, seeking the crew's surrender.

Aboard the command ship, Scorpius' searchers are closing in on the Leviathan, and it's increasingly clear Crais will not return. Lieutenant Braca asks Scorpius why he let Crais go, and the alien gives a cryptic answer about "windows of usefulness" and Braca's own improving career prospects.

While keeping watch on Crais, Crichton asks the captain how he's doing.

"I look at you and I get homesick," Crichton tells Crais.

As they sit together, they speculate about the similarities between humans and Sebaceans, and Crais apologizes for his obsessive hunt of Crichton.

"Somewhere along the way my priorities decayed," he says, but he now understands Crichton didn't mean to kill his brother.

Crichton finds he is crying.

Crais agrees to help the crew and joins in planning the attack. He points out the difficulty in ramming the command ship -- the overloaded pod's sluggish flight will give the plan away even if the ship fails to detect the explosives aboard.

D'argo has another idea: force Scorpius to pursue the pod by aiming it at the moon where he's doing his wormhole research.

Of course, this new plan's not perfect. Somebody still has to fly the pod, and if Scorpius is willing to sacrifice the base or simply blow up the pod, it's all going to be useless anyway.

D'argo puts himself in charge and decrees that he'll fly the pod. Aeryn is incensed that she has to stay behind.

Chiana can't believe Crichton is drawing Scorpius's attention by flying along with "that crazy Luxan." If Crichton must go, however, she intends to properly thank him for saving her life.

Crichton turns her down, kindly telling her, "Never before the big game, but thanks." They share a kiss and a moment of affection.

Aboard the command ship, Scorpius receives a message -- High Command has declared Crais "irrevocably contaminated."

Lt. Braca congratulates Scorpius on his new command and suggests broadcasting an appeal for surrender. Scorpius orders him to attack unannounced, crippling Moya and killing the baby if it can't be brought into Peacekeeper custody.

Aeryn shows Crais around the baby, and he admires it as a triumph of Peacekeeper technology. He is also excited by the "possibilities" of a Leviathan whose captain doesn't need a Pilot to communicate with the ship.

Crichton offers Rygel his stuff -- in case he doesn't make it back -- and confronts him about selling the crew out. Rygel confesses that the reason he stopped selling is that the Peacekeepers weren't buying, but insists that given a chance he usually does the right thing.

Crichton isn't impressed. "I figure the right thing starts at the beginning of the day," he says -- but just before he leaves, he gives an amazed Rygel a quick kiss on the forehead.

Chiana has prepared a last supper together, featuring everybody's favorite dishes. As the others share the meal, Crichton finally records his message to his father.

He remembers something his father told him the day he left Earth: "Every man has a chance to be his own kind of hero." ("Premiere") Now he knows what Jack Crichton meant, and that it's true, even though he no longer believes he will get home.

Zhaan prays over Crichton and D'argo and anoints them with oil. D'argo mutters, "I hate this stuff" to Crichton, who points out that chicks love it.

As they head for the pod, Rygel tells them, "You know I'd do the same for you if it made sense." Crais warns them to keep to a direct course since the Peacekeeper pilots will expect evasive maneuvers.

As Chiana tells them to come back, D'argo stops a moment and thinks. Then he gives Zhaan his holo of his mate, telling her to give it to his son and "make sure he remembers me."

Aeryn reminds them that if all goes well, the Peacekeepers will be so focused on the pod that they won't notice Crichton and D'argo in space. There's no margin for error, though, and D'argo points out that he can only survive in space for a quarter of an hour.

Crichton stops for a moment with Aeryn. "I wasn't going to say goodbye," he tells her.

"I wasn't either," she says. He goes to the pod, and she watches as the doors close.

The Peacekeepers spot the pod leaving the asteroid field, but Scorpius orders them to do nothing. "It could be Crais," he says. "It could be anything."

In the pod, D'argo tells Crichton how to add the lutra oil to the stored kronite. When Crichton asks how long Zhaan said the reaction will take, the Luxan replies, "She was vague to the point that I suspect she doesn't have a clue."

When scans show Crichton is in the pod, Scorpius orders a pursuit -- and warns the base to expect an attack.

Crichton asks D'argo how he's doing. "I have to pee," is his reply.

Moya now has enough running room to starburst. Rygel's ready to go now, but the others are determined to give Aeryn a chance to pick Crichton and D'argo up.

Scorpius orders the Prowler pilots to take the pod crew alive. In the pod, an increasingly stressed D'argo orders Crichton to arm the kronite.

Pilot informs Aeryn that the baby is not responding to Moya's commands, and Aeryn tells Pilot to call the baby by his name. She's finally chosen one -- it's "Talyn," after her father.

On the command ship, Lt. Braca and Scorpius have analyzed the attack, and there is a danger. Scorpius is both angry and impressed with Crichton -- his base is at risk, but he can't sacrifice the knowledge he believes Crichton has by shooting down the pod.

D'argo and Crichton get ready to jump ship. Crichton gives D'argo the good luck charm he got from his father -- when D'argo asks if it's effective, Crichton points out, "I'm alive."

Then, with a war cry of "Kirk and Spock, Abbott and Costello, first base!" Crichton hits the escape hatch and the two of them are blown into space.

Aeryn begins searching for them. Crichton worries they've done something wrong, but then the pod hits the moon's oily surface.

A brilliant burst of light silhouettes Crichton and D'argo as the explosion spreads rapidly across the entire moon.

Aeryn continues her search -- Crichton protests, but she sticks to the plan and tries to make the pickup. Suddenly, Pilot reports a new complication -- Crais has boarded Moya's baby.

Meanwhile, Crichton stares at the burning moon. "Hey, you bastards," he says. "John Crichton was here."

Crichton and D'argo are drifting, but D'argo's space-survival ability is rapidly running out. Unfortunately, Aeryn can't make the pickup with so many Prowlers around.

Crais has decided to save himself by hiding the baby in the densest part of the asteroid belt. He tells Aeryn that if she somehow survives her current situation, he hopes they'll have a better relationship away from the Peacekeepers.

With the moon in flames, Scorpius cuts his losses and turns back in pursuit of Moya. Crichton tells the others to starburst while they still can -- and Rygel's refusal is the loudest.

The humanoids aren't the only ones who won't leave their own behind. Moya won't leave without Talyn.

Crichton tells Pilot to patch him in to Moya, telling her that her only chance to rescue Talyn is to save herself first. "Thanks for everything," he says. "Now do what you have to do."

Moya starbursts. "Aeryn?" Crichton calls.

"I'm still here," she says, "but I still can't get to you."

"It may not matter," he tells her with a heavy voice. "D'argo's unconscious."

And as Crichton and D'argo drift in space, the Luxan's hand opens and the good luck charm slips away.