A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
The best episode of "Farscape" season 4 is "Crichton Kicks", rated 7.2/10 from 692 user votes. It was directed by Andrew Prowse and written by David Kemper. "Crichton Kicks" aired on 6/6/2002 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)".
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
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
Crichton must find the third probe to end the magnetic summer, while avoiding Grayza and Oo-Nii.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Justin Monjo
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
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
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
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
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
Moya arrives at a planet where Aeryn gets accused of murder.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Christopher Wheeler, Mark Saraceni
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Moya arrives at a station where the Scarran vessel transporting Aeryn is docked.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: David E. Peckinpah
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
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
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