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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!

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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. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Farscape Season 3 Episode 15 - Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
    8.3/10(699 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  2. Farscape Season 2 Episode 21 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
    8.1/10(734 votes)

    #2 - 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
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  3. Farscape Season 2 Episode 22 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
    8.1/10(781 votes)

    #3 - 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
    Writer:David Kemper

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  4. Farscape Season 1 Episode 16 - A Human Reaction
    7.9/10(996 votes)

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  5. Farscape Season 2 Episode 19 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
    7.9/10(715 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Grant McAloon

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  6. Farscape Season 2 Episode 20 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
    7.9/10(707 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Catherine Millar
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  7. Farscape Season 3 Episode 1 - Season of Death (2)
    7.9/10(704 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  8. Farscape Season 4 Episode 13 - Terra Firma (3)
    7.9/10(632 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  9. Farscape Season 1 Episode 19 - Nerve (1)
    7.8/10(925 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  10. Farscape Season 4 Episode 20 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
    7.8/10(580 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.

    Director:Karl Zwicky
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  11. Farscape Season 1 Episode 9 - DNA Mad Scientist
    7.7/10(1000 votes)

    #11 - DNA Mad Scientist

    S1:E9

    A scientist extracts DNA from several of Moya's crew, promising them that with it he would be able to use it to find the location of their home planets. Things get more interesting however when he asks for some of pilot.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Tom Blomquist

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  12. Farscape Season 1 Episode 20 - The Hidden Memory (2)
    7.7/10(912 votes)

    #12 - 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
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  13. Farscape Season 1 Episode 22 - Family Ties
    7.7/10(850 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.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writers:Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper

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  14. Farscape Season 2 Episode 5 - The Way We Weren't
    7.7/10(898 votes)

    #14 - 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
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  15. Farscape Season 3 Episode 21 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)
    7.7/10(705 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Rockne S. O'Bannon

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  16. Farscape Season 4 Episode 11 - Unrealized Reality (1)
    7.7/10(627 votes)

    #16 - Unrealized Reality (1)

    S4:E11

    Crichton falls into a wormhole and meets up with a strange man who shows Crichton the consequences of wormhole travel.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  17. Farscape Season 4 Episode 12 - Kansas (2)
    7.7/10(622 votes)

    #17 - 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
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  18. Farscape Season 4 Episode 19 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
    7.7/10(576 votes)

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

    S4:E19

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

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  19. Farscape Season 4 Episode 21 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
    7.7/10(582 votes)

    #19 - 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
    Writer:Mark Saraceni

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  20. Farscape Season 1 Episode 1 - Premiere
    7.6/10(4073 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Rockne S. O'Bannon

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  21. Farscape Season 1 Episode 18 - A Bug's Life
    7.6/10(878 votes)

    #21 - A Bug's Life

    S1:E18

    A peacekeeper ship is approaching 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 have some secret cargo. But when their secret cargo escapes, no one on board is safe.

    Directors:Tony Tilse, Rowan Woods
    Writer:Rockne S. O'Bannon

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  22. Farscape Season 2 Episode 10 - My Three Crichtons
    7.6/10(765 votes)

    #22 - My Three Crichtons

    S2:E10

    A strange globe appears on Moya, sucking in Crichton and duplicating him creating two additional people. One who is a de-evolved 'cave man' and another who has increased mental ability. Note: This episode features after the "Look at the Princess" trilogy on the DVDs.

    Director:Catherine Millar
    Writers:Grant McAloon, Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

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  23. Farscape Season 3 Episode 20 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
    7.6/10(640 votes)

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

    S3:E20

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

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  24. Farscape Season 1 Episode 8 - That Old Black Magic
    7.5/10(977 votes)

    #24 - That Old Black Magic

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Brendan Maher
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  25. Farscape Season 2 Episode 4 - Crackers Don't Matter
    7.5/10(944 votes)

    #25 - Crackers Don't Matter

    S2:E4

    The crew returns from a Commerce Planet with a load of Crackers and a meek alien called Traltixx, who promises he can alter Moya's electromagnetics to make her untraceable. Crichton is skeptical; it seems too good to be true. As they pass through a constellation of pulsars, an intense paranoia affects the crew, turning them violently again each other. Crichton must fight against his own paranoid delusions to work out what Traltixx is actually doing and how to stop him.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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Best Episodes Summary

"Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)" is the best rated episode of "Farscape". It scored 8.3/10 based on 699 votes. Directed by Ian Watson and written by Carleton Eastlake, it aired on 8/2/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)".