Rewatching the show, it seems the actors were really into eachother. Claudia Black and Ben Browder had to had a affair. Whatchu think???

Is he ever mentioned outside of Incubator? I would have thought that he would have been at the top of Scorpius's hit list.

So, I'm guessing that Scorpy already killed him and it's just never mentioned or he can't find him.

Truthfully, seeing an episode where Scorpius and Wolesh go toe to toe would have been cool. But, maybe that's just me.

So with the advent of the 25th anniversary I've been keen to rewatch the series but I'm struggling with how to do it in the UK.

Amazon Prime has the first two seasons and Peacekeeper Wars Shout TV has the whole thing but is another subscription I don't want to pay for ITVX and Plex have them all, but have so many adverts per episode it spoilt my enjoyment (I gave up half way through the pilot because there were long ad breaks and not placed where they should be but mid way through scenes)

So I thought the best option would be to buy the whole series, then I can watch them whenever I like with no problems if they get removed from the services again and I can watch ad free. The only issue is that I can't find any digital storefront that sells them - I can't see the option on Amazon, they're not on the Google store, and I don't have iTunes or an apple account to buy them. Is there any way to get them? Or is there another country which has them on their store which I can use a VPN to add to my account?

Worst case scenario I'll subscribe to Shout for a couple of months to get through them all, but I'd like to actually own the series for the next time I fancy viewing them.

I didn't click it, because I immediately went to Google looking for info about it, but there maybe something coming.

I’m a Star Trek fan who wanted another science fiction show to enjoy, and figured I’d give Farscape a shot. I love Jim Henson, over the top alien prosthetics and design, and that 90s/2000s era of TV I grew up with.

I’m three episodes in and I love it! I honestly didn’t know what to expect, but it’s better than I imagined it would be. It has a levity to it without totally avoiding serious sci-fi stories that I really dig. And the art design/puppetry is honestly so refreshing, especially compared to most Trek aliens from that age and the decade before.

My question to this subreddit: is there anything I should know going further into this show that will enhance my inaugural viewing? Any tips for maximum enjoyment?

Thanks!

EDIT: Wow! Thanks for all the replies and enthusiasm! Loads of good advice in here. I appreciate everyone taking time to comment.

This reddit is great fun, but I was wondering if anyone knows of any active Farscape Discord servers?

I'm very into fanfiction right now and I've been told that a lot of the obsessive energy and fic sharing that used to happen on Live Journal and bulletin boards has moved to Discord now. With Farscape being so old, and thus having an older fan base, I don't know if there is even anything like this out there. I post to AO3 and FF.net, but they're not very active, and commenting has dropped off.

If anyone knows of a Discord where folks are still shipping and sharing,, hook a 'Scaper up?

It seems like there's a lot of use of classical music and opera excerpts in the Farscape soundtrack. The pieces are obscure enough that I can't really identify all that much of them though - outside of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. But during the destruction of the command carrier there's a very familiar piece playing; I want to say it's Mozart's Requiem - but I don't think that's what it is. There's also the scene where Aeryn is resurrected by Zahn in the diagnosin's lab on the ice planet. Can any classical and opera fans out there recognize any of them?

I'm really hoping that the series is now running in an endless loop on YouTube because a new series might have quietly gone into production; there was a lot of buzz about it before the pandemic - it sounded like it was a done deal - but there hasn't been anything about it since.

Star Trek has the comms badge. Star Wars has a couple of symbols. Even BSG has a Cylon head.

Does Farscape have anything that is easily recognizable as a symbol…..other than a silhouette of Rygel’s head?

There is surprisingly very little merch out there these days. What kinds of Farscape merch would you want? Personally, I would love some pins or a set of those 3d figural foam keychains. What are your ideas?

Just pretend it’s a parallel universe version of his mother, or a clone, or she gets resurrected… or something, either way she only meets Scorpius now, not when he was a kid. (Also is tagging this as a spoiler correct?)

Virginia Hey “Warrior Woman” has been defying the Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla, Lord Humungus since ‘81.

His camp depiction of Gary Regal. His mimicing of the other actors' mannerisms in the body switching episode. His awkward adoption of human expressions (particularly "I'm your daddy").

"John, I've never told anyone this...but I really, really.......love shooting things."

8 steps! Small legs human! SMACK ....cricket, cricket OK, ten steps.

All of these and more are just what come to mind instantly when thinking of Anthony Simcoe's comedic contribution to the show.

How do the cooling rods even fit in his head? I never caught an explaination for it

I just started watching Farscape and I love it! I havn't gotten to this dude's debut yet, but I just love his design!

I've been writing fanfiction and digging way too deep into Aeryn's mindset, and something that came to me is to question whether Rigel deserved it or not. Now obviously by our morality, being tortured for a hundred years is wrong no matter what his crimes, but being deposed and imprisoned? I think it can be argued that the show wanted us to understand that he was a terrible ruler and the Peacekeepers were doing what his people wanted

Peacekeepers are a fascist empire, but they have existed for thousands of years at least partially because they serve a purpose. They aren't just always evil and wrong. They do "good" things at least some of the time from some people's perspective. We know, for example, that Zhaan was an anarchist who seduced and assassinated the leader of her planet when he refused to cede power on schedule. Justified murder, perhaps, depending on your personal morality. But still murder. She deserved to be imprisoned.

D'Argo was framed. But he was framed with a real crime. What was unjust was that Crais knew he was innocent. If he weren't, D'Argo's imprisonment would also have been just.

Do we have any independent reason to believe that Rigel was wrongly imprisoned? His only Hynerian defender ("Fractures") was just sucking up to him to make it easier to seduce and betray him. We know that Rigel's idea of a good joke is making friends with his subjects so he can get them to talk shit about him, and then put them on trial for treason. We also know he's selfish, greedy, lazy, cowardly, indecisive, and a dirty old man. Are we supposed to assume that these are seen as good traits for Hynerians and it was some great injustice and his empire couldn't wait to restore him to his rightful throne?

Or should we instead assume that he was so odioius that his cousin was able to lead a coup and his gigantic empire was so relieved to be rid of him, that even after a hundred years no political faction had decided to rescue or ransom him back from the Peacekeepers in order to get rid of the current government.

I like Rigel as a character, and I don't think he needs to be good deep down or actually a victim of Injustice to be a sympathetic figure. And what makes the most sense to me is that Rigel was a terrible Dominar and his people were glad to be rid of him, and the only reason they paid to keep him locked up for 130 years was because they thought he might be needed if his cousin also turned out to be incompetent, venal, and a worse despot. Rigel going home and reclaiming his throne was always a pipe dream.

What do you all think?

Masculine vs Feminine Leads. Also, then there likely would have been a Male Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun counterpart. From Down Under.

This show of interest could spark more new content perhaps 👀 Regardless it's wonderful to see the passion of fans!

For those who dont know the series is being streamed on youtube live for free. Anywho. Theyre on the shadow depository arc right now and Netiru (or however its spelled) is a bit creepier being so alien looking but using a normal human tongue for her weird sex stuff with Scorpy.

Just sayin.

Has anyone seen the content on the Farscape: Launch into the Uncharted Territories CD that was in a SciFi magazine from 2000? It was promoting the season two premiere.

I read that it had behind the scenes footage and bonus scenes. Maybe bloopers. Very curious to see all that.

I've always wondered what exactly they were. Could hazard a guess, but..