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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(794 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)
    8.8/10(854 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 The Way We Weren't
    8.6/10(961 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
    8.6/10(806 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
    8.6/10(774 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
    8.6/10(672 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Nerve (1)
    8.5/10(983 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for The Hidden Memory (2)
    8.5/10(975 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
    8.5/10(724 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
    8.5/10(669 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for A Human Reaction
    8.4/10(1.1k votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
    8.4/10(664 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 Family Ties
    8.3/10(914 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
    8.3/10(793 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Terra Firma (3)
    8.3/10(716 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Bad Timing
    8.3/10(734 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
    8.2/10(781 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Season of Death (2)
    8.2/10(776 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Incubator
    8.2/10(732 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Out of Their Minds
    8.1/10(933 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
    8.1/10(856 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)
    8.1/10(733 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 Premiere
    8.0/10(4.1k votes)

    #23 - Premiere

    S1:E1

    Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module at high speeds. He is hit by a radiation wave and is sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of the universe--straight into the middle of a space battle.

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  25. Background image for Durka Returns
    8.0/10(981 votes)

    #24 - Durka Returns

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Tony Tilse
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  26. Background image for Look at the Princess - A Kiss is But a Kiss (1)
    8.0/10(862 votes)

    #25 - Look at the Princess - A Kiss is But a Kiss (1)

    S2:E11

    Moya arrives at a planet where the population test their genetic compatibility by kissing. Crichton kisses a princess, who is next in line for the throne, and discovers that his DNA is a perfect match for her. He must now marry her and they will rule together.

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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 794 votes. Directed by Rowan Woods and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, it aired on 1/28/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Die Me, Dichotomy (1)".