The first quality episode of Farscape is “PK Tech Girl.” It brings us deeper into the uncharted territories and introduces us to a new character and a new species. Most importantly, we get the first hints of the grand story arc. The opening of the episode is a testamentRead More →
The firth and sixth episodes of Season 1 are, to be perfectly honest, not very good and do not give us much new information or depth of our characters or further the grand story arc. So I will treat them together in this Deep Dive. “Back and Back and BackRead More →
I live in one of the European countries that Vlad Putin wants to take back under Russia’s orbit. So, his invasion of Ukraine is way too close and too real. It makes me think about how Farscape portrays war. In fiction, you need conflict, as I discussed in anRead More →
Embedded Video Text Transcript After we meet five truly alien aliens in the first few minutes of Farscape, we meet our first Sebacean. You may think you remember who that Sebacean is, but no, the first Sebacean shown is this guy – Captain Crais. And we are shown Crais’sRead More →
Our heroes on Moya are a family. A found family rather than a biological family. I am thinking about fathers in Farscape because my biological father died recently. I wasn’t close to my father because he was a distant, cynical man. On my other Web site InsertPhilosophyHere.com I wroteRead More →
How we learn each Farscape character’s name for the first time. (Presented in order of appearance). Embedded video below. Click to play. More to come! #FarscapeNow Read More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. Farscape’s Most Romantic Moment I think it’s not what most people would think.Read More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. If the question is, “who is the central character in Farscape?” the answer is easy: John Crichton, an astronaut; he got shot through a wormhole, or so I’ve heard. But though Crichton, a kind of hero, is the central and most essential character, heRead More →
One of the joys of Farscape is that it has numerous strong female characters. Zhaan, Aeryn, Chiana, Sikozu, and even Jool at times show independence and strength. I wrote about Zhaan and Aeryn before, and I will write about Chiana soon. Here I am going to focus on comparing andRead More →