Last Rewatch: 2022/12/28 - 2023/06/13


 

Plot (IMDb): Astronaut John Crichton, on an experimental space mission, is accidentally hurled across the universe into the midst of an intergalactic conflict. Trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology and hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton is on an epic odyssey more spectacular than anything he has ever imagined.

Farcape aired for the first time on March 19, 1999 on the Sci-Fi Channel! When the channel still had a good name! The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. Five seasons were planned but it got cancelled after 4 seasons with a cliff-hanger. Of course we all know a 3 hour miniseries was created afterwards to conclude the series in a satisfying way.

 

Since Farscape's cancellation there were many rumors of a continuation of some kind. A webseries in 2007 and in 2014 it was reported that there was a movie in development. None of this has ever come to pass, although a comic book miniseries was released in December 2008 that was in continuity with both the series and the hoped-for webisodes. There also has been a lot of social media action in the last 10 years to get Farscape back again in the best form possible: a TV show. Using #FarscapeNow. Unfortunately it did not yet resulted in something substantial.

 

Some 20 years ago I was aware of the show Farscape but in my country Farscape wasn't broadcast at first. It took a few years before this happened but it was broadcast on Sunday at noon or something. It was certainly not the ideal day and timeslot. In my country the first 8 episodes were released on DVD but because I think, due to low sales, it was discontinued. So it was in 2009 or so I purchased the complete set from Amazon and for me it was important it had English subs and till this release, DVD sets with English subs was hard to come by. For the first time I was able to watch Farscape from the pilot episode until the PKW.  Later I purchased the Blu-Ray set which also has English subs b.t.w.

 

I wasn't immediately a fan of Ben Browder's "John Crichton". The way he portrayed that character annoyed me for a long time. This changed because of Ben Browder's Cameron Mitchell character on Stargate SG-1


Farscape - Trailer & Season 1 Intro Version 1 Pilot Episode HD


Episode Guide

Season 1:

1. Premiere
2. I, E.T.
3. Exodus from Genesis
4. Throne for a Loss
5. Back and Back and Back to the Future
6. Thank God It's Friday... Again
7. PK Tech Girl
8. That Old Black Magic
9. DNA Mad Scientist
10. They've Got a Secret
11. Till the Blood Runs Clear
12. Rhapsody in Blue
13. The Flax
14. Jeremiah Crichton
15. Durka Returns
16. A Human Reaction
17. Through the Looking Glass
18. A Bug's Life
19. Nerve
20. The Hidden Memory
21. Bone to Be Wild
22. Family Ties

Season 2:

  1. Mind the Baby
  2. Vitas Mortis
  3. Taking the Stone
  4. Crackers Don't Matter
  5. The Way We Weren't
  6. Picture If You Will
  7. Home on the Remains
  8. Dream a Little Dream
  9. Out of Their Minds
  10. My Three Crichtons
  11. Look at the Princess Part I: A Kiss Is But a Kiss
  12. Look at the Princess Part II: I Do, I Think
  13. Look at the Princess Part III: The Maltese Crichton
  14. Beware of Dog
  15. Won't Get Fooled Again
  16. The Locket
  17. The Ugly Truth
  18. A Clockwork Nebari
  19. Liars, Guns and Money Part I: A Not So Simple Plan
  20. Liars, Guns and Money Part II: With Friends Like These...
  21. Liars, Guns and Money Part III: Plan B
  22. Die Me, Dichotomy

Season 3: 

  1. Season of Death
  2. Suns and Lovers
  3. Self Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
  4. Self Inflicted Wounds Part II: Wait for the Wheel
  5. ...Different Destinations
  6. Eat Me
  7. Thanks for Sharing
  8. Green Eyed Monster
  9. Losing Time
  10. Relativity
  11. Incubator
  12. Meltdown
  13. Scratch 'n' Sniff
  14. Infinite Possibilities Part I: Daedalus Demands
  15. Infinite Possibilities Part II: Icarus Abides
  16. Revenging Angel
  17. The Choice
  18. Fractures
  19. I-Yensch, You-Yensch
  20. Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter
  21. Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  22. Dog with Two Bones

Season 4:

  1. Crichton Kicks
  2. What Was Lost Part I: Sacrifice
  3. What Was Lost Part II: Resurrection
  4. Lava's a Many Splendored Thing
  5. Promises
  6. Natural Election
  7. John Quixote
  8. I Shrink Therefore I Am
  9. A Prefect Murder
  10. Coup by Clam
  11. Unrealized Reality
  12. Kansas
  13. Terra Firma
  14. Twice Shy
  15. Mental as Anything
  16. Bringing Home the Beacon
  17. A Constellation of Doubt
  18. Prayer
  19. We're So Screwed Part I: Fetal Attraction
  20. We're So Screwed Part II: Hot to Katratzi
  21. We're So Screwed Part III: La Bomba
  22. Bad Timing

 

Peacekeeper Wars (miniseries)


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Farscape on Blu-Ray


Characters

John Crichton

Aeryn Sun

Ka D'Argo

Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan

Chiana


Dominar Rygel XVI

Scorpius

Sikozu 

Pilot

Stark


Bialar Crais

Meeklo Braca

Utu-Noranti 



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