Nov 19, 2024 2 min read

Sci-Fi TV Guide: Amnesia Slavery

I watch inordinate amount of Sci-Fi and as a result I have started to notice themes repeating across different TV shows. I have decided to start making note of these with an intention to put out a little collection list for every time I get to three of a kind.

Thanks to some background Sci-Fi I put on yesterday I have completed my first mini-collection for your next "movie" night. Enjoy with popcorn!

Theme: Amnesia Slavery

Farscape "Thank God It's Friday, Again"

S01.E6 aired Jan 17, 2000

Screencap from the episode showing Zhaan (left) and D'Argo happily harvesting tannot root in a field.

During an excursion to the planet Skykar, D'Argo decides he no longer wants to travel on Moya, but become a harvester of Tannot root like all the drone-like inhabitants of the planet. (...) Crichton works to free both D'Argo and Zhaan from the effects of the Tannot root before the Skykarian leader enslaves them all and takes over Moya.

Stargate SG-1 "Beneath the Surface"

S04.E10 aired Nov 8, 2000

Screencap from the episode showing O'Neill and Carter in their drab worker clothes, sitting on the ground against a backdrop of dimly lit exposed metal pipes and ducting. They look positively despondent. Carter is leaning on O'Neill and resting her head on his shoulder.

The SG-1 team awake to find they have lost their memories. They believe they are workers in an underground power station. They are told that they are helping to preserve life during an ice age. In truth, they are slave labor to a huge domed city above.

Star Trek Voyager "Workforce"

Two parts, S07.E15 and S07.E15 aired May 21, 2002 and Apr 28, 2002 respectively

Captain Janeway with her memories erased arrives for her first day at work. She's wearing a blue uniform and standing on an industrial-looking stairway holding the bannister and looking out.

Almost the entire Voyager crew has been abducted and brainwashed to serve as workers in a severely short-handed industrial alien society.

(Why yes, I also spend inordinate amount of time on TV Tropes as well, why do you ask)