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 →
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 Flax” and “Jeremiah Crichton.” I’m going to treat these two episodes together for several reasons. One is that “The Flax” is a lightweight episode of little lasting consequence. I’ll touch briefly on several things in it. The second is that “Jeremiah Crichton” is except for one major development, isRead 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 →
Embedded video. Click to view and hear. I’m back. The term is over, my book is finished, and time for Farscape Continues to continue. One comment I hear from viewers is how can there be a revival without the actor who voiced Rygel? It’s true that Jonathan HardyRead More →
Embedded video below <I’m Rygel clip> We never get to talk with any of his 600 billion subjects in the original series, save one. and she didn’t stay long. So, yes, with Hynerians we have a similar difficulty we have with Leviathans, Luxans, and Delvians – we meet so fewRead 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 →
The Value Of Forgiveness – Number 4 in the Lessons From Farscape Series Embedded video below. Click to play. Text Transcript: To err is human, and also alien. And when we make a mistake, we should apologize. No matter how difficult, if we love and respect others, we should askRead More →
Rygel has many great moments. Here is one of my favorites we seldom think about. Embedded video below. Click to play. The other time Rygel exclaims “yahtzah” is in “Taking The Stone” when he discovers a cache of burial goods to loot.Read More →
Embedded video below. Click to play. For much of Farscape the original series, Zhaan is the only person who gave Rygel any respect. Perhaps one reason for that is that Zhaan was the only one to see the vulnerable side of Rygel. For example, in this scene in PK TechRead More →