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The Best Episodes of Farscape Season 4

Every episode of Farscape Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Farscape Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - Crichton Kicks
    7.3/10(748 votes)

    #1 - Crichton Kicks

    S4:E1

    Crichton, now aboard a dying leviathan named Elack, encounters an alien named Sikozu who aids him in stopping the Grudeks who are intent on obtaining toubray (Leviathan neural cluster tissue).

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  2. Farscape Season 4 Episode 2 - What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)
    7.1/10(696 votes)

    #2 - What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)

    S4:E2

    Elac arrives at the planet where D'Argo, Jool and Old Woman are investigating the ruins of an ancient civilization.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  3. Farscape Season 4 Episode 3 - What Was Lost - Resurrection (2)
    7.5/10(676 votes)

    #3 - What Was Lost - Resurrection (2)

    S4:E3

    Crichton must find the third probe to end the magnetic summer, while avoiding Grayza and Oo-Nii.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  4. Farscape Season 4 Episode 4 - Lava's a Many Splendored Thing
    7.2/10(668 votes)

    #4 - Lava's a Many Splendored Thing

    S4:E4

    When stopped off on a planet, Rygel leaves the rest of the group and is caught in an unbreakable orange substance while stealing treasures he discovers in a cave. When D'Argo, Crichton and Noranti go looking for him, the cave seals them in. Two huge grunts appear who have protective armor which protects them from weapons fires.

    Director:Michael Pattinson
    Writer:Michael Miller

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  5. Farscape Season 4 Episode 5 - Promises
    7.7/10(674 votes)

    #5 - Promises

    S4:E5

    D'Argo, Rygel, Crichton, Chiana and Sikozu get back to Moya only to find that Scorpius is there waiting for them along with Aeryn, now suffering from heat delirium. Aeryn has granted Scorpius asylum and claims that Scorpius saved her life.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  6. Farscape Season 4 Episode 6 - Natural Election
    7.2/10(670 votes)

    #6 - Natural Election

    S4:E6

    While in close proximity to a wormhole, Moya is preoccupied and doesn't notice a slowly moving object heading towards her. Moya collides with the object which then covers her entire hull, causing great discomfort to her as well as the crew.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Sophie C. Hopkins

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  7. Farscape Season 4 Episode 7 - John Quixote
    6.7/10(766 votes)

    #7 - John Quixote

    S4:E7

    While on a transport pod, Chiana nags Crichton to try out a virtual reality game. A transmission comes through from D'Argo concerning a problem with Scorpius. Despite this, Chiana pulls Crichton into one of the games, where they become trapped, and the only way out is to complete the game.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Ben Browder

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  8. Farscape Season 4 Episode 8 - I Shrink Therefore I Am
    8.0/10(697 votes)

    #8 - I Shrink Therefore I Am

    S4:E8

    A group of bounty hunters come aboard Moya and take everyone hostage. When Crichton arrives back with the Old Woman he destroys the bounty hunter's ship and goes aboard Moya to rescue everyone while the Old Woman puts herself into a coma where she can survive outside the ship.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Christopher Wheeler

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  9. Farscape Season 4 Episode 9 - A Prefect Murder
    6.7/10(686 votes)

    #9 - A Prefect Murder

    S4:E9

    Moya arrives at a planet where Aeryn gets accused of murder.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writers:Mark Saraceni, Christopher Wheeler

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  10. Farscape Season 4 Episode 10 - Coup By Clam
    7.1/10(688 votes)

    #10 - Coup By Clam

    S4:E10

    The crew consume food, sharing amongst themselves. Although if not ingested by the same person, it becomes toxic. They must quickly find a cure or they'll die.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Emily Skopov

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  11. Farscape Season 4 Episode 11 - Unrealized Reality (1)
    7.7/10(723 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Farscape Season 4 Episode 12 - Kansas (2)
    8.1/10(717 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Farscape Season 4 Episode 13 - Terra Firma (3)
    8.3/10(727 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Farscape Season 4 Episode 14 - Twice Shy
    7.2/10(668 votes)

    #14 - Twice Shy

    S4:E14

    Moya takes on a new passenger, Talikaa, when Chiana insists upon it. However Talikaa turns out to be an alien creature in disguise and is intent on harvesting the crew's neural energy.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  15. Farscape Season 4 Episode 15 - Mental as Anything
    7.3/10(664 votes)

    #15 - Mental as Anything

    S4:E15

    Scorpius signs D'Argo, Crichton and Rygel up for a training camp where the students learn mental discipline by battling in an artificial environment.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Mark Saraceni

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  16. Farscape Season 4 Episode 16 - Bringing Home the Beacon
    7.9/10(668 votes)

    #16 - Bringing Home the Beacon

    S4:E16

    The women of Moya travel to a dead Leviathan to buy a sensor beacon for Moya which will allow her to appear to be a different ship. While there Aeryn and Sikozu spy on a secret meeting between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  17. Farscape Season 4 Episode 17 - A Constellation of Doubt
    7.8/10(699 votes)

    #17 - A Constellation of Doubt

    S4:E17

    Crichton watches a documentary that Moya receives from Earth about their recent visit showing interviews with Crichton's relatives and other people who interacted with the crew.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  18. Farscape Season 4 Episode 18 - Prayer
    8.0/10(673 votes)

    #18 - Prayer

    S4:E18

    Crichton and Scorpius travel to one of the 'unrealized realities' where Crichton believes he heard Stark say "Katratzi." Meanwhile on a Scarran ship, Aeryn resists torture.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  19. Farscape Season 4 Episode 19 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
    8.4/10(674 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Farscape Season 4 Episode 20 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
    8.6/10(679 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Farscape Season 4 Episode 21 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
    8.6/10(682 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Farscape Season 4 Episode 22 - Bad Timing
    8.4/10(742 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Crichton Kicks" is the best rated episode of "Farscape" season 4. It scored 7.3/10 based on 748 votes. Directed by Andrew Prowse and written by David Kemper, it aired on 6/6/2002. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)".