A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
The worst episode of "Farscape" is "Taking the Stone", rated 5.7/10 from 889 user votes. It was directed by Rowan Woods and written by Justin Monjo. "Taking the Stone" aired on 3/31/2000 and is rated 0.8 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Peacekeeper Wars (1)".
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
60 days on and Rygel is retrieving pieces of John and Aeryn from the sea bed. The diagnosan (Season of Death) re-crystalises them and they start getting to know the species that live on that world. Meanwhile, Scorpius and Sikozu are aboard a Peacekeeper Command Carrier on a recon mission. They attack a Scarren ship which provokes the Scarrens into declaring war on The Peacekeepers.
Director: Brian Henson
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper
With Sikozu's help, everyone manages to escape from the Scarren prison. Joining up with D'Argo, Jothee, Chiana and other Luxans they cripple and leave the Scarren ship and return to Moya. Crichton returns to the wormhole where he gets Einstein to give him the ability to build a wormhole weapon.
Director: Brian Henson
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
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
With Moya out of food, Chiana leads everyone to a dead boudong where she once worked.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton
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
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
Moya arrives at a planet where Aeryn gets accused of murder.
Director: Geoff Bennett
Writer: Christopher Wheeler, Mark Saraceni
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
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
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.
The crew bring aboard an alien tracker to remove some creatures that came aboard hidden in some cargo.
Director: Tony Tilse
Writer: Naren Shankar
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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