Farscape
Space & sci-fiSpace, aliens and grand-scale science fiction.This show: 9/10Deep worldbuildingDense lore that rewards immersion.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 7/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 7/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ben BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeLani John TupuJonathan HardyGigi Edgley
Written by
Rockne S. O'Bannon
Starring
Ben BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeLani John TupuJonathan HardyGigi Edgley
Written by
Rockne S. O'Bannon
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Farscape Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | ||
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| S1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 8.3 | |
| S2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | |
| S3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 7.7 | |
| S4 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
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About
"Puppet-heavy space opera that turns surprisingly brutal"
John Crichton, an astronaut testing a experimental module, gets flung through a wormhole to a distant part of the universe and lands aboard Moya, a living ship crewed by escaped alien prisoners. Farscape is pulpy space opera with real emotional stakes: gorgeous Jim Henson Creature Shop puppetry, a genuinely strange rogue's-gallery of aliens, and a slow-burn found-family dynamic that turns increasingly dark. It starts as loose adventure-of-the-week fun before tightening into a dense, mythology-heavy serial that rewards patience and pays off hard by its later seasons.
Watch it for
the way absurd creature-shop aliens and puppets become some of the most emotionally real characters on television.
Maybe skip if
you need slick effects over practical puppetry or can't tolerate a slow narrative ramp-up.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 11999
7.624K2218h 21m
As season one begins, Astronaut and astrophysicist John Crichton becomes stranded on the other side of the universe when his Farscape module goes through a wormhole. He is taken in by the misfit alien passengers of the sentient ship Moya, a spacecraft that happens to be on the run from the militaristic “Peacekeepers.” Unfortunately, while the ship is docked and making repairs, Crichton tangles with a captive Peacekeeper named Aeryn --a beautiful and volatile woman who alerts her captain about the Moya, putting everyone on board in danger.
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Season 22000
7.717K2216h 52m
Season two finds John Crichton and the living ship Moya's crew with their hands full and as suspicious of each other as ever. Crichton possesses hidden knowledge that his new nemesis, Scorpious, will stop at nothing to get.
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Season 32001
7.815K2216h 52m
The journey has never been easy for lost American astronaut John Crichton, the escaped alien prisoners who are his friends, or their living ship, Moya. And in the third season the ride becomes wilder than ever when powerful issues of love, loyalty, and sacrifice loom large.
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Season 42002
7.713K2216h 52m
In season four, astronaut John Crichton and Aeryn end up together while the seeds of an uneasy alliance between Crichton and Scorpius comes to the rescue. Echoes of war begin as the reptilian Scarrans seek the wormhole technology Crichton knows to rule the universe.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Ben Browder John Crichton, Dominar Rygel XVI, Future Crichton
Claudia Black Officer Aeryn Sun, Chiana, Dr. Batina Fairchild
Anthony Simcoe Ka D'Argo, Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis, Chiana
Lani John Tupu Pilot, Captain Bialar Crais, Chiana
Jonathan Hardy Dominar Rygel XVI, Kahaynu, Douglas Logan
Gigi Edgley Chiana, Jessica, Ka D'Argo
Wayne Pygram Scorpius, Harvey, Drummer
Virginia Hey Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan, Dr. Jane Komenski
Paul Goddard Stark
Melissa Jaffer Utu-Noranti Pralatong, Dominar Rygel XVI, Female Pilot
Crew
Rockne S. O'Bannon
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