Farscape Season 1, Vol. 4 - PK Tech Girl/That Old Black Magic
Farscapeestablished itself as a darker, more volatile  alternative to the relative utopian ideals of theStar Trekuniverse,  right down to its gloomy, claustrophobic look, but nowhere is that more apparent  than its journeys into the hidden pasts of its fugitive heroes. The fourth volume of episodes features a peek into the pasts of Dominar Rygel and ninth level Priestess Zhaan as they hide from the fleets of Peacekeeper soldiers in the galactic frontier known as the Uncharted Territories.Rygel spent years imprisoned and tortured aboard the Zelbinion, the most feared Peacekeeper battleship of all time, and when they find it a drifting derelict inPK Tech Girl, his memories come back to haunt him. While he  battles his demons of the past, the defenseless crew takes on a fleet of  ruthless, froglike scavengers ("They spit fire? How come nobody tells me these things!") while American rocket jockey John Crichton finds romance with the a pretty Peacekeeper technician abandoned aboard the wreck (resulting in emotional fireworks from the jealous Aeryn).That Old Black Magicpits the crew against an evil magician that has been draining the souls of his planet for years and craves the fresh minds of Moya's crew. "I feed on death," the psychic vampire cackles while pitting  Crichton against his bloodthirsty nemesis, Peacekeeper Captain Crais, and only  Zhaan can save him by unleashing the angry, evil former self she had spent years  burying deep within her soul.--Sean Axmaker