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The Best Episodes of Farscape

Every episode of Farscape ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Farscape!

The Best Episodes of Farscape

A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

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  1. Background image for Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)
    9.0/10(803 votes)

    #1 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)

    S3:E21

    Crais gets Talyn to starburst inside the command carrier, causing it to collapse in on itself.

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  2. Background image for Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
    8.9/10(864 votes)

    #2 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)

    S2:E22

    The crew find a doctor that can heal Moya's burns and remove Crichton's neural chip. Things are complicated however when Crichton is informed he needs additional brain tissue from a donor in stasis who will die when the tissue is removed. Also Scorpius is beginning to take over Crichton's brain.

    Director:Rowan Woods
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  3. Background image for Nerve (1)
    8.6/10(993 votes)

    #3 - Nerve (1)

    S1:E19

    Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. 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 where Scorpius learns that Crichton has the secret to creating wormholes.

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  4. Background image for The Way We Weren't
    8.6/10(971 votes)

    #4 - The Way We Weren't

    S2:E5

    A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed a previous Pilot aboard Moya. The rest of the crew wants answers but Aeryn is recalcitrant about revisiting her past - especially her relationship with Velorek, the man charged with forcibly bonding a new Pilot to Moya. Pilot two refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's guide.

    Director:Tony Tilse
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  5. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
    8.6/10(811 votes)

    #5 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)

    S2:E21

    Crichton turns himself over to Scorpius in order to free Jothee. With all the mercenaries now aboard Moya, the crew form a plan to rescue Crichton and destroy the depository.

    Director:Tony Tilse
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  6. Background image for Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
    8.6/10(780 votes)

    #6 - Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)

    S3:E15

    Jack (The Ancient) unlocks the wormhole knowledge in Crichton's mind so together they can build a device to destroy the Scarran dreadnought.

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  8. Background image for Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
    8.6/10(728 votes)

    #7 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)

    S3:E20

    Crichton goes to the command carrier to sabotage Scorpius' wormhole research.

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  9. Background image for We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
    8.6/10(674 votes)

    #8 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)

    S4:E20

    Moya arrives at Katratzi. Crichton attends the peace talks between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers ...with a nuclear bomb.

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  10. Background image for We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
    8.6/10(676 votes)

    #9 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)

    S4:E21

    With the option to leave on the Peacekeeper Command Carrier no longer available and his nuclear bomb disarmed, Crichton must follow Scorpius' plan and destroy the Crystherium Utilia.

    Director:Rowan Woods
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  11. Background image for A Human Reaction
    8.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #10 - A Human Reaction

    S1:E16

    Crichton is sucked down a wormhole and crash lands on a beach...on Earth, Australia. Although the home he has returned to isn't as real as it seems. Everything gets worse when the rest of Moya's crew shows up and are experimented on...killing Rygel.

    Director:Rowan Woods
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  12. Background image for The Hidden Memory (2)
    8.5/10(983 votes)

    #11 - The Hidden Memory (2)

    S1:E20

    Scorpius attempts to extract the wormhole technology from Crichton's mind, while Aeryn mounts a rescue operation. Crais finds himself at Scorpius' mercy, and Moya gives birth.

    Director:Ian Watson
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  13. Background image for We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
    8.4/10(669 votes)

    #12 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)

    S4:E19

    Moya arrives at a station where the Scarran vessel transporting Aeryn is docked.

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  14. Background image for Bad Timing
    8.4/10(737 votes)

    #13 - Bad Timing

    S4:E22

    With their Crystherium stores low, the Scarrans must travel to Earth through a wormhole as those flowers grow there. With Pilots help, Crichton tries to collapse the wormhole leading back to Earth.

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  15. Background image for Family Ties
    8.3/10(925 votes)

    #14 - Family Ties

    S1:E22

    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. Crichton decides to destroy Scorpius' Gamac Base to give Moya time to escape.

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  16. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
    8.3/10(798 votes)

    #15 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)

    S2:E19

    Stark returns to Moya with a plan to rob a shadow depository and buy a contingent of slaves, one of which is D'Argo's son Jothee. D'Argo attempts the robbery on his own however and now the crew must recover him as well as the money they require.

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  17. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
    8.3/10(786 votes)

    #16 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)

    S2:E20

    Scorpius buys the slaves containing D'Argo's son before D'Argo can. Some of the crew leave Moya in search of mercenaries to rescue Jothee. Meanwhile back on Moya, the stolen money has turned into metal eating spiders that begin to consume Moya.

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  18. Background image for Season of Death (2)
    8.3/10(781 votes)

    #17 - Season of Death (2)

    S3:E1

    D'Argo and Stark try to heal John, left with his head open on an operating table, while Scorpius attempts to avoid discovery. Zhaan makes a great personal sacrifice, while Jothee and Chiana commit an indiscretion.

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  19. Background image for Terra Firma (3)
    8.3/10(720 votes)

    #18 - Terra Firma (3)

    S4:E13

    Moya arrives at Earth in present day, Christmas. The crew show their ships and technology to Earth's scientists. Crichton starts writing a journal. The creature left on board Moya by Grayza manages to get to Earth where it starts killing and hunting down Crichton.

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  20. Background image for Out of Their Minds
    8.2/10(941 votes)

    #19 - Out of Their Minds

    S2:E9

    An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.

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  21. Background image for Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
    8.2/10(862 votes)

    #20 - Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)

    S2:E13

    Now married, Crichton and Katalla are frozen into living statues so that they may watch over the presiding governments of the next eighty cycles. Immediately, Clavor and the Scarran emissary attempt another assassination and succeed in removing Crichton's head. The crew must save John and Chiana while escaping Scorpius.

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  22. Background image for Incubator
    8.2/10(738 votes)

    #21 - Incubator

    S3:E11

    Scorpius puts the neural chip into his own brain in an attempt to retrieve vital wormhole equations from Crichton.

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  23. Background image for Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)
    8.2/10(739 votes)

    #22 - Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)

    S3:E14

    Crichton must seek out an old friend who has gained too much knowledge about wormholes.

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  24. Background image for Won't Get Fooled Again
    8.1/10(949 votes)

    #23 - Won't Get Fooled Again

    S2:E15

    The Scorpius clone puts John into a dream world to prevent the Scarrans from getting any wormhole knowledge.

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  25. Background image for Self-Inflicted Wounds - Wait for the Wheel (2)
    8.1/10(771 votes)

    #24 - Self-Inflicted Wounds - Wait for the Wheel (2)

    S3:E4

    The crew work out a way of getting free from the other ship and out of the wormhole. Things become more complicated when their new 'friends' begin to sabotage Moya and Crichton picks up a transmission from Earth.

    Director:Tony Tilse
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  26. Background image for Kansas (2)
    8.1/10(711 votes)

    #25 - Kansas (2)

    S4:E12

    After accidentally returning to Earth, Crichton discovers it he is in 1985 and he has altered the time line, causing his father to be scheduled to fly on the doomed shuttle 'Challenger'.

    Director:Rowan Woods
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Best Episodes Summary

"Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)" is the best rated episode of "Farscape". It scored 9/10 based on 803 votes. Directed by Rowan Woods and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, it aired on 1/28/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Die Me, Dichotomy (1)".