Television
Back in the day, I believed in television as a breakthrough medium. During my youth, it shed its goo-goo ga-ga machine reputation to become the unifying fascination of the very online cultural critics of my formative years. I wrote my undergraduate thesis about television. One could say it was something
Farscape
What Was Farscape Season One? It was 22 episodes of science fiction television, each about 48 minutes long. It was not that remarkable. If Farscape had been cancelled at the end of season one, we would have no cause to discourse here, because Farscape would be another Earth-2 or Space:
Farscape
Farscape 1x21 & 22 Bone to Be Wild We have a light episode now. Moya and her baby hide together in an asteroid field, trying to avoid detection by Crais’ Command Carrier. Stark’s fucked off somewhere (though he’ll be back) so we’ve returned to Moya crew equilibrium.
Farscape
Farscape 1x19 & 1x20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! It’s like Christmas, but better: Scorpius is finally here. Nerve Aeryn is training hardcore, and John points out that maybe she shouldn’t be training so hard with a recent abdominal wound. She aggros him, then she vomits blood. Then she collapses. John tries
Farscape
Farscape 1x17 & 1x18 Through the Looking Glass The crew gathers in the dining room for dinnertime discourse (triggering to the recent Thanksgiving attendees among us): Zhaan, Rygel, and D’Argo want to abandon Moya because her pregnancy continues to interfere with her ability to starburst and thus escape pursuers.
Science Fiction
Farscape 1x15 & 1x16 Now we’re through the doldrums, the show can get good again. We’re going to immerse ourselves in puppet trauma and human drama. Durka Returns Moya has a minor traffic accident as her starburst malfunctions due to her pregnancy. When she allows the ship she
Television
Farscape 1x13 & 1x14 Well, here it is: the episode widely regarded as worst Farscape ever. But first--"Rhapsody in Blue", an episode of which I have no memory. Rhapsody in Blue Everybody awakens from sexy but sad dreams. We only see John’s directly: it’s a
Television
Farscape 1x11 and 1x12 Both episodes this week are rather dismal, yet we’re still one installment of this blog away from the episode widely considered Farscape’s worst. First seasons of science fiction television shows are functionally endurance tests. Til the Blood Runs Clear When Zhaan is in extremely
Farscape 1x09 & 1x10 DNA Mad Scientist Now the wheels of Farscape truly begin to turn. The villain of this episode is a 7-foot-tall, quadruple-kneed ratman wearing a yellow fishnet body-stocking and a baroque set of nipple clamps. His name? Namtar. Moya’s crew visit Namtar in the hope that
Television
An Intergalactic White Boy Grows Up Resident Alien, a SyFy/USA sitcom about a megalomaniacal alien stranded in an eccentric Colorado small town, ended recently. I’m a bit sad and a bit happy because I really enjoyed this show. I didn’t watch close to every episode, but that
Television
Farscape 1x07 & 1x08 I, E.T. I have a historic beef with this episode. Once I watched it with headphones on and I didn’t hear my apartment building’s fire alarm, because I thought it was the alarm in Moya. I was fifteen minutes late to the evacuation.
Television
Farscape 1x05 & 1x06 PK Tech Girl This is the first episode that brings the sauce. Moya stops to explore a derelict Peacekeeper Command Carrier, thinking it’s Crais’ ship. It’s not, but one of Crais’ tech officers is aboard. Her name is Gilina and she’s kinda cute.