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The Best Episodes of Farscape Season 2

Every episode of Farscape Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Farscape Season 2!

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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
    Farscape Season 2 Episode 1 - Mind the Baby
    7.5/10(922 votes)

    #1 - Mind the Baby

    S2:E1

    Crichton, Aeryn and D'argo are stranded in an asteroid field while Scorpius searches for them. Their safety depends on Crais, who is nearby in Talyn. Aeryn teaches Crais how to control the young Leviathan - the only thing she can offer in return for the lives of her friends. When Moya returns to the asteroid field to look for her offspring, Crichton decides to remove Crais from control of Talyn. Scorpius finally sees his chance to strike.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  2. Farscape Season 2 Episode 2 - Vitas Mortis
    6.6/10(908 votes)

    #2 - Vitas Mortis

    S2:E2

    D'Argo takes part in a sacred ritual that helps an old Luxan, an Orican, to survive. During the ritual the Orican draws energy from who she thinks is D'Argo but is actually Moya. Consequently Moya starts to age rapidly.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Grant McAloon

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  3. Farscape Season 2 Episode 3 - Taking the Stone
    5.7/10(967 votes)

    #3 - Taking the Stone

    S2:E3

    Chiana leaves Moya and goes to 'grave planet' populated by reckless thrill seekers who play dangerous and life threatening games.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  4. Farscape Season 2 Episode 4 - Crackers Don't Matter
    7.9/10(1030 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Farscape Season 2 Episode 5 - The Way We Weren't
    8.6/10(986 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Farscape Season 2 Episode 6 - Picture if You Will
    7.3/10(853 votes)

    #6 - Picture if You Will

    S2:E6

    Maldus returns to torment the crew, convincing them that their friends have perished. One by one, the evil sorcerer drags them into his realm.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Peter Neale

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  7. Farscape Season 2 Episode 7 - Home on the Remains
    6.7/10(845 votes)

    #7 - Home on the Remains

    S2:E7

    With Moya out of food, Chiana leads everyone to a dead boudong where she once worked.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writers:Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

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  8. Farscape Season 2 Episode 8 - Dream a Little Dream
    6.8/10(854 votes)

    #8 - Dream a Little Dream

    S2:E8

    While waiting inside a transport pod to be picked up by Moya, Zhaan tells Crichton about being accused and tried for murder during his absence.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Rockne S. O'Bannon

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  9. Farscape Season 2 Episode 9 - Out of Their Minds
    8.2/10(955 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Michael Cassutt

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  10. Farscape Season 2 Episode 10 - My Three Crichtons
    7.6/10(858 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Farscape Season 2 Episode 11 - Look at the Princess - A Kiss is But a Kiss (1)
    8.0/10(881 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Directors:Tony Tilse, Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  12. Farscape Season 2 Episode 12 - Look at the Princess - I Do, I Think (2)
    7.9/10(852 votes)

    #12 - Look at the Princess - I Do, I Think (2)

    S2:E12

    Princess Katralla's mother brings in Scorpius promising Crichton that if he doesn't marry her daughter, she will hand him over. Meanwhile, Prince Clavor starts a plot to assassinate Crichton so that he may ascend to the throne instead of his sister.

    Directors:Tony Tilse, Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  13. Farscape Season 2 Episode 13 - Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
    8.2/10(874 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Directors:Tony Tilse, Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  14. Farscape Season 2 Episode 14 - Beware of Dog
    7.0/10(822 votes)

    #14 - Beware of Dog

    S2:E14

    The crew bring aboard an alien tracker to remove some creatures that came aboard hidden in some cargo.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  15. Farscape Season 2 Episode 15 - Won't Get Fooled Again
    8.1/10(961 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  16. Farscape Season 2 Episode 16 - The Locket
    7.7/10(870 votes)

    #16 - The Locket

    S2:E16

    A temporal distortion traps Aeryn and John on a planet's surface, where they live out the rest of their lives -- while Moya remains trapped in orbit, experiencing only hours. Stark returns to the ship with news of D'Argo's son.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  17. Farscape Season 2 Episode 17 - The Ugly Truth
    7.5/10(790 votes)

    #17 - The Ugly Truth

    S2:E17

    Crais and Talyn return. The crew are put on trial for an attack that Talyn made on an alien ship.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writers:Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

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  18. Farscape Season 2 Episode 18 - A Clockwork Nebari
    7.7/10(794 votes)

    #18 - A Clockwork Nebari

    S2:E18

    A Nebari group come aboard Moya and attempt to mind cleanse everyone using a drug. Pilot and Rygel are the only two who can resist the effects. Crichton also remains unaffected due to Scorpius' neural clone.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Lili Taylor

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  19. Farscape Season 2 Episode 19 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
    8.3/10(809 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Farscape Season 2 Episode 20 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
    8.2/10(796 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Farscape Season 2 Episode 21 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
    8.6/10(822 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Farscape Season 2 Episode 22 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
    8.9/10(873 votes)

    #22 - 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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Mind the Baby" is the best rated episode of "Farscape" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 922 votes. Directed by Andrew Prowse and written by Richard Manning, it aired on 3/17/2000. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Vitas Mortis".