9.0/10756 votesLoading...#1 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/28/2002
Crais gets Talyn to starburst inside the command carrier, causing it to collapse in on itself.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.8/10814 votesLoading...#2 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1/26/2001
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
Writer: David Kemper
8.6/10911 votesLoading...#3 - The Way We Weren't
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2000
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
Writer: Naren Shankar
8.6/10768 votesLoading...#4 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 1/19/2001
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
Writer: Justin Monjo
8.6/10740 votesLoading...#5 - Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 8/2/2001
Jack (The Ancient) unlocks the wormhole knowledge in Crichton's mind so together they can build a device to destroy the Scarran dreadnought.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
8.6/10641 votesLoading...#6 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/2003
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
Writer: Mark Saraceni
8.5/10928 votesLoading...#7 - Nerve (1)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/7/2000
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.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Richard Manning
8.5/10921 votesLoading...#8 - The Hidden Memory (2)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/14/2000
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
Writer: Justin Monjo
8.5/10691 votesLoading...#9 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/2002
Crichton goes to the command carrier to sabotage Scorpius' wormhole research.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Richard Manning
8.5/10638 votesLoading...#10 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/2003
Moya arrives at Katratzi. Crichton attends the peace talks between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers ...with a nuclear bomb.
Director: Karl Zwicky
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
8.4/101,005 votesLoading...#11 - A Human Reaction
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/31/1999
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
Writer: Justin Monjo
8.4/10636 votesLoading...#12 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/2003
Moya arrives at a station where the Scarran vessel transporting Aeryn is docked.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: David E. Peckinpah
8.3/10870 votesLoading...#13 - Family Ties
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/28/2000
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.
Director: Tony Tilse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper
8.3/10755 votesLoading...#14 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/5/2001
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.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Grant McAloon
8.3/10684 votesLoading...#15 - Terra Firma (3)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2003
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.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Richard Manning
8.3/10702 votesLoading...#16 - Bad Timing
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/2003
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.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: David Kemper
8.2/10745 votesLoading...#17 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/12/2001
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.
Director: Catherine Millar
Writer: Naren Shankar
8.2/10736 votesLoading...#18 - Season of Death (2)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2001
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.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Richard Manning
8.2/10698 votesLoading...#19 - Incubator
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 7/12/2001
Scorpius puts the neural chip into his own brain in an attempt to retrieve vital wormhole equations from Crichton.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Richard Manning
8.1/10892 votesLoading...#20 - Out of Their Minds
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 7/6/2000
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.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Michael Cassutt
8.1/10817 votesLoading...#21 - Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 8/3/2000
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.
Director: Andrew Prowse, Tony Tilse
Writer: David Kemper
8.1/10699 votesLoading...#22 - Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 7/26/2001
Crichton must seek out an old friend who has gained too much knowledge about wormholes.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
8.0/104,040 votesLoading...#23 - Premiere
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/1999
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.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.0/10940 votesLoading...#24 - Durka Returns
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/12/1999
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
Writer: Grant McAloon
8.0/10822 votesLoading...#25 - Look at the Princess - A Kiss is But a Kiss (1)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 7/20/2000
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.
Director: Andrew Prowse, Tony Tilse
Writer: David Kemper
The Best Episodes of Farscape
Every episode of Farscape ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
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 756 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)".