Of all the shows about starships, “Farscape” has by far the most muppets. “Roj Blake” dissects the Sci-Fi Channel’s big Friday marathon:
Farscape Chain Reaction
You haven’t seen enough “Farscape”? You’re unsure about tuning in on June 7th for the show’s 4th Season Premiere, “Crichton Kicks”? Well, Friday, May 31st could well be the answer to your quandary: beginning bright and early at 7 AM (Eastern) and lasting through the wee hours, the SciFi Channel presents a whopping 23-hour “Farscape” Chain Reaction.
The schedule of episodes is as follows:
Farscape Essential Season 3
- 7 am - Eat Me
- 8 am - Losing Time
- 9 am - Relativity
- 10 am - Incubator
- 11 am - Scratch N' Sniff
- 12 pm - Infinite Possibilities Pt 1
- 1 pm - Infinite Possibilities Pt 2
- 2 pm - Fractures
- 3 pm – I-Yensch, You-Yensch
- 4 pm - Into The Lions Den Pt 1
- 5 pm - Into The Lions Den Pt 2
- 6 pm - Dog With Two Bones
Fans Favorite Sexy (!?!?) Episodes (As voted on by fans at SciFi.com)
- 7 pm - The Flax (Season 1)
- 8 pm - Out Of Their Minds (S2)
- 9 pm - Meltdown (S3)
- 10 pm - The Way We Weren't (S2)
- 11 pm - Green Eyed Monster (S3)
- 12 am - Look At The Princess Pt 1 (S2)
- 1 am - Look At The Princess Pt 2 (S2)
- 2 am - Look At The Princess Pt 3 (S2)
- 3 am - Suns And Lovers (S3)
- 4 am - A Human Reaction (S1)
- 5 am - The Locket (S2)
The “Infinite Possibilities” and “Into the Lion’s Den” two-parters are near-perfect Farscape 101.
For those searching for something on the less traditional side: “Eat Me,” offers up the ‘Scape equivalent of “Night of the Living Dead” meets Hannibal Lector; “Scratch ‘N Sniff” is “Farscape” on LSD; “I-Yensch, You-Yensch” is ‘Scape ala Tarantino; “Out of Their Minds” (a long-standing fan favorite) gives the oft-used body/brain-switching concept a humorous spin; and “A Human Reaction” featured everyone’s favorite astronut, John Crichton, returning to Earth in a very “Twilight Zone”-ish kinda way.
Perhaps it is pathos as opposed to zaniness you crave?: “Relativity” equals “Mommie Dearest”; “Incubator” (Roj’s personal fave from Season 3) sheds some empathetic light on the villainous Scorpius; “The Way We Weren’t” (another fan fave) showcases a previously unseen side of heroine Aeryn Sun; “Green Eyed Monster” (written by series star Ben Browder) is one of the talkier, character-driven installments; the “Look at the Princess” trilogy is as Shakespearean as the show’s ever gotten; and finally, “The Locket” guarantees to tug at your grizzled heartstrings.
Ol’ Roj recommends breaking out your favorite stimulant Friday morning and overdosing yourself on SciFi’s “Farscape”.
Roj Blake…teleport now!
