Text Transcript <D’Argo’s panic clip> No, D’Argo, you aren’t dead, and neither am I! I’m here for Season 2 deep dive recaps. We return to the action, or nonaction, in Farscape shortly after the Season 1 cliffhanger—a cliffhanger miraculously resolved off camera. I know the episode started with an unrelatedRead More →
Text Transcript When Farscape was originally broadcast, the first season episodes didn’t have names. The episodes that later were named “Nerve” and “The Hidden Memory” are parts one and two of the same episode. So as we fade in to episode 20, we have the mess that episode 19Read More →
Text Transcript At the end of “A Bug’s Life,” we left Aeryn recovering from the stab wound that Laraq had inflicted on her. Turns out she is not fully recovered. <I didn’t lie to you clip> Crichton, of course, has a plan to save her. <argument clip> Crichton foolishlyRead More →
“A Human Reaction” planted a seed, “Through the Looking Glass” birthed a family, and now, in “A Bug’s Life,” the roller coaster lurches forward. <roller coaster clip> It’s time to walk head-long into the grand story arc. First, we need to deal with our visitors. Not surprisingly, Crichton has aRead More →
Video: Text Transcript: Through the Looking Glass. By now, the 17th episode of the original series, most viewers are hooked. Farscape has already shown it is something special, a show that stands apart from other science fiction. But this episode, is something truly special. Let’s dive in. As the episodeRead More →
The 16th episode of Farscape, the original series, is the true start of the grand story arc. They’ve established the characters, done the worldbuilding, now the fun begins. Now, the true genius of Farscape emerges. Yes, yes, the plan to deep dive into every episode. Yes, a human reaction,Read More →
<Kicks ass clip> Yes, deep dives into Farscape do indeed kick ass, and so will this one dissecting This episode has some light entertainment. We meet Rorf and Rorg, who are a little amusing, and Furlow, who is more than a little amusing. < just as much as you couldRead More →
The inhabitants of Moya just want to go home. The problem is they don’t know where they are, and they don’t know where home is. Desperate people don’t know discretion and can easily fall victim to crooks and fiends. That’s what happens in “DNA Mad Scientist.” NamTar is the fiendRead More →
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 →