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The Worst Episodes of Farscape

Every episode of Farscape ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Farscape!

A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
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  • Taking the Stone
    5.7/10(909)
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    #1 - Taking the Stone

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 3/31/2000

    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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  • Vitas Mortis
    6.6/10(850)
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    #2 - Vitas Mortis

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 3/24/2000

    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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  • Home on the Remains
    6.7/10(793)
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    #3 - Home on the Remains

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 6/15/2000

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

    Director: Rowan Woods

    Writer: Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton

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  • Dream a Little Dream
    6.7/10(798)
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    #4 - Dream a Little Dream

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 6/22/2000

    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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  • John Quixote
    6.7/10(724)
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    #5 - John Quixote

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 7/25/2002

    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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  • A Prefect Murder
    6.7/10(648)
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    #6 - A Prefect Murder

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 8/8/2002

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

    Director: Geoff Bennett

    Writer: Christopher Wheeler, Mark Saraceni

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  • Thank God It's Friday, Again
    6.8/10(1,028)
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    #7 - Thank God It's Friday, Again

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 4/22/1999

    The crew visits a planet full of happy workers. Soon D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship. Meanwhile Rygel's body fluids become explosive and Aeryn and Pilot must learn why before Rygel dies.

    Director: Rowan Woods

    Writer: David Wilks

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  • Rhapsody in Blue
    6.8/10(929)
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    #8 - Rhapsody in Blue

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 7/22/1999

    Moya responds to a distress call from another pregnant Leviathan. On arrival at a planet they are contacted by a Delvian who informs them that the distress call was a deception. It was her way a getting Moya to come to them. The Delvians have a hidden agenda though. They want to forcefully take Zhaan's knowledge and learn how she overcame her insanity.

    Director: Andrew Prowse, Peter Andrikidis

    Writer: Ro Hume, Justin Monjo

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  • Jeremiah Crichton
    6.9/10(921)
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    #9 - Jeremiah Crichton

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 7/29/1999

    Crichton leaves Moya in his module for a drive. Moya starbursts leaving Crichton marooned and alone in space. He finds a planet and makes it his home where he lives for several months until the others find him. He is unwilling to accept however, that Moya didn't starburst intentionally.

    Director: Ian Watson

    Writer: Doug Heyes, Jr.

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  • Beware of Dog
    7.0/10(770)
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    #10 - Beware of Dog

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 8/10/2000

    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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  • Coup By Clam
    7.0/10(652)
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    #11 - Coup By Clam

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 8/15/2002

    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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  • I, E.T.
    7.1/10(1,029)
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    #12 - I, E.T.

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 5/7/1999

    A peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent it's signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed. Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.

    Director: Pino Amenta, Brian Henson

    Writer: Sally Lapiduss, Ro Hume

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  • Meltdown
    7.1/10(699)
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    #13 - Meltdown

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 7/12/2001

    Talyn gets the urge to fly into a sun. While in its vicinity Stark is contacted by an alien women who is being held against her will.

    Director: Ian Barry

    Writer: Matt Ford

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  • What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)
    7.1/10(657)
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    #14 - What Was Lost - Sacrifice (1)

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 6/13/2002

    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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  • Exodus from Genesis
    7.2/10(1,167)
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    #15 - Exodus from Genesis

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 3/26/1999

    Moya gets infested with bugs who have come on board to breed. They turn up the temperature to speed up the process but this causes Aeryn to get heat delirium as she is cold blooded. The bugs seem to be able to replicate members of the crew. And as if that isn't enough, a peacekeeper ship shows up.

    Director: Brian Henson, Rowan Woods

    Writer: Ro Hume, Babs Greyhosky

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  • Back and Back and Back to the Future
    7.2/10(1,110)
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    #16 - Back and Back and Back to the Future

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 4/1/1999

    The crew come across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring it aboard when he discovers that there are Ilanics on board. Crichton goes on to the escape pod he gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, firstly of himself and Matala, then of Moya's destruction.

    Director: Rowan Woods, Tony Tilse

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky, Nan Hagan

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  • Throne for a Loss
    7.2/10(1,068)
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    #17 - Throne for a Loss

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 4/8/1999

    A group of Tavleks come aboard for trade negotiations. Rygel takes a vitally important crystal from Moya to make himself seem wealthy. The Tavleks kidnap Rygel and take him down to the planet, leaving one of their wounded on board. Everyone goes to the surface to get him except Zhaan who stays on board to keep an eye on the Tavlek left behind.

    Director: Pino Amenta

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • They've Got a Secret
    7.2/10(945)
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    #18 - They've Got a Secret

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 6/24/1999

    During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew. .

    Director: Ian Watson

    Writer: Sally Lapiduss

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  • Till the Blood Runs Clear
    7.2/10(944)
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    #19 - Till the Blood Runs Clear

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 7/8/1999

    Crichton comes across the same conditions that initially created a wormhole. He leaves Moya in his module with Aeryn where he attempts to create a wormhole and return home. Although a wormhole forms it is unstable and the module gets damaged and he is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet to make repairs. On the planet he and Aeryn encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.

    Director: Tony Tilse

    Writer: Doug Heyes, Jr.

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  • Revenging Angel
    7.2/10(802)
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    #20 - Revenging Angel

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 8/9/2001

    There is an accident while D'Argo is demonstrating what his ship can do. He blames Crichton and knocks him out. In his unconscious state Crichton has some animated dreams.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: David Kemper

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  • Lava's a Many Splendored Thing
    7.2/10(632)
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    #21 - Lava's a Many Splendored Thing

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 6/27/2002

    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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  • Natural Election
    7.2/10(635)
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    #22 - Natural Election

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 7/18/2002

    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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  • Twice Shy
    7.2/10(628)
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    #23 - Twice Shy

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 1/24/2003

    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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  • That Old Black Magic
    7.3/10(984)
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    #24 - That Old Black Magic

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 6/10/1999

    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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  • Picture if You Will
    7.3/10(803)
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    #25 - Picture if You Will

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 4/20/2000

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Taking the Stone" is the worst rated episode of "Farscape". It scored 5.7/10 based on 909 votes. Directed by Rowan Woods and written by Justin Monjo, it aired on 3/31/2000. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Vitas Mortis".