Farscape

Farscape

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Syfy Ended Action • Adventure • Science-Fiction

4 Seasons · 88 Episodes · Premiered March 19, 1999 · Ended March 21, 2003

Astronaut John Crichton assumes he'll be home in time for dinner. But a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults him across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield. Suddenly, he's trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology - a battle that 20th century sci-fi pop culture never prepared him for. Hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton begins his quest for home from a galaxy far, far away...

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Premiere
Sat, Mar 20 1999 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module Farscape 1 at high speeds but he is hit by a radiation wave and sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of the universe and straight into the middle of a space battle. After almost colliding with another ship, which explodes shortly afterwards, he is brought aboard a ship full of alien prisoners attempting to escape custody. After being partnered with a captured Peacekeeper soldier, Crichton is drawn into the prisoners' daring plan to escape the clutches of the Peacekeeper forces and their vengefully obsessed military commander.
E02
Back and Back and Back to the Future
Sat, Mar 27 1999 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The crew comes across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring the ship's escape pod aboard when he discovers that the ship's passengers are Ilanics -- long-time allies of the Luxans. Aboard the escape pod, Crichton gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, first of himself and one of the Ilanics, then of Moya's destruction.
E03
Throne for a Loss
Sat, Apr 10 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When a group of Tavleks come aboard for trade negotiations, Rygel takes a vitally important crystal from Moya to make himself appear wealthy. The Tavleks kidnap Rygel to hold for ransom. Crichton, Aeryn and D'Argo attempt to rescue Rygel with the use of a Tavlek weapon. Meanwhile, Zhaan has interesting interactions with a wounded Tavlek left behind on Moya.
E04
PK Tech Girl
Sat, Apr 17 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The crew find an abandoned Peacekeeper ship adrift in space. On board they discover that Crais recently deposited a unit of techs to make repairs. Meanwhile Rygel learns that this was the ship where he was first held captive and starts getting paranoid. Things get worse when a group of fire-breathing aliens show up.
E05
Thank God It's Friday... Again
Sat, Apr 24 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The crew visits a planet full of happy workers. Soon D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship. Meanwhile Rygel's body fluids become explosive and Aeryn and Pilot must learn why before Rygel dies.
E06
I, E.T.
Sat, May 1 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A Peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent its signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed but Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.
E07
Exodus from Genesis
Sat, May 15 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Moya gets infested with bugs who have come on board to breed. They turn up the temperature to speed up the process but this causes Aeryn to get heat delirium as she is cold blooded. The bugs seem to be able to replicate members of the crew. And as if that isn't enough, a Peacekeeper ship shows up.
E08
That Old Black Magic
Sat, Jun 12 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.
E09
DNA Mad Scientist
Sat, Jun 19 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A scientist extracts DNA from several of Moya's crew, promising them that with it he will be able to find the locations of their home planets. Conflict arises when he asks for a sample from Pilot -- specifically, one of his arms.
E10
They've Got a Secret
Sat, Jun 26 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew.
E11
Till the Blood Runs Clear
Sat, Jul 10 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Crichton comes across the same conditions that created the wormhole that sent him to Moya. He and Aeryn leave Moya in his module in an attempt to create another wormhole and return home. Although a wormhole forms, it is unstable and damages the module. Crichton and Aeryn are forced to make an emergency landing on a planet to make repairs. There, they encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.
E12
The Flax
Sat, Jul 17 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
While taking a piloting lesson on a transport pod with Aeryn, Crichton gets caught in an energy field which is invisible to their sensors. Meanwhile, back on Moya, a strange guest docks and comes aboard to warn the crew about The Flax, an invisible energy net created to catch ships which are then plundered by pirates.
E13
Rhapsody in Blue
Sat, Jul 24 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Moya responds to a distress call from another pregnant Leviathan. The crew learns, upon arrival at the planet from which the call originated, that they've been deceived. The call actually came from a group of exiled Delvians who want to learn -- forcibly, if need be -- how Zhaan overcame the madness caused by giving in to her anger.
E14
Jeremiah Crichton
Sat, Jul 31 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Several heated arguments with the crew prompt Crichton to take his module for a cruise. While away from the ship, a problem with Moya causes her to Starburst without warning, leaving Crichton stranded. While separated from the others, he discovers a forgotten colony with an appalling secret- a secret that their religious leaders have gone to great lengths to conceal.
E15
Durka Returns
Sat, Aug 14 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When a Starburst goes badly wrong, Moya collides with a Nebari ship. On board is Durka, Rygel's former torturer, who has been mind cleansed and now serves the Nebari. Chiana, an attractive young rebel faces the same fate. Rygel takes it upon himself to take revenge on Durka and ends up undoing the cleansing and restoring him to his former, tyrannic incarnation.
E16
A Human Reaction
Sat, Aug 21 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
After discovering a wormhole that appears to lead back to Earth, Crichton takes the chance that it might be his ticket home. He crash lands on a beach in Australia and finds that although Earth is exactly as he remembered it, it is not exactly what he was expecting.
E17
Through the Looking Glass
Sat, Sep 11 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Moya tries to Starburst to prove to the crew that she still can. It goes badly wrong, though, and she gets stuck in Starburst with reality split into several different and strange dimensions.
E18
A Bug's Life
Sat, Sep 18 1999 12:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A Peacekeeper ship approaches Moya, so Crichton and Aeryn pose as Peacekeeper officers on a secret mission while everyone else gets locked into cells to make the deception seem realistic. The Peacekeepers that come aboard, however have some strange and dangerous cargo aboard which wreaks havoc when accidentally released by Rygel and Chiana snooping through the Peacekeepers' possessions.
E19
Nerve
Sat, Jan 8 2000 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a Peacekeeper base to get a vital tissue graft for Aeryn, who will die without it. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and, as Scorpius wants, to reveal the secrets of wormholes.
E20
The Hidden Memory
Sat, Jan 15 2000 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Although still recovering from her near-death experience, Aeryn is determined to save Crichton, who is being held captive by the Peacekeepers. Zhaan and D'Argo join her, while Chiana and Rygel stay behind with Moya who is about to deliver her offspring. Soon suspicion falls on Crais, after Gilina's technical manipulation of the Aurora Chair causes Scorpius to wonder if in fact Crais is responsible. This leaves Crichton open for rescue.
E21
Bone to Be Wild
Sat, Jan 22 2000 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Moya is hiding in an asteroid field from a Peacekeeper command carrier. They receive a distress call and Crichton, Zhaan and D'Argo go down to one of the asteroids to rescue a woman who becomes intent on eating them.
E22
Family Ties
Sat, Jan 29 2000 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Rygel steals a transport pod and goes to the Peacekeeper command carrier to betray the others. However he ends up returning to Moya with Crais, who wants asylum. Meanwhile, Crichton decides to destroy Scorpius' Gammak Base.

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 3

22 episodes

Season 4

22 episodes

Cast

Ben Browder
Ben Browder as John Crichton
Jonathan Hardy
Jonathan Hardy as Dominar Rygel XVI
Claudia Black
Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun
Anthony Simcoe
Anthony Simcoe as Ka D'Argo
Lani John Tupu
Lani John Tupu as Pilot
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley as Chiana
Wayne Pygram
Wayne Pygram as Scorpius
Virginia Hey
Virginia Hey as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
Lani John Tupu
Lani John Tupu as Bialar Crais
Paul Goddard
Paul Goddard as Stark

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