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The Best Episodes of Farscape

Every episode of Farscape ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Farscape!

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A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Farscape Season 3 Episode 21 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)
    9.0/10(806 votes)

    #1 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)

    S3:E21

    Crais gets Talyn to starburst inside the command carrier, causing it to collapse in on itself.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Rockne S. O'Bannon

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  2. Farscape Season 2 Episode 22 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
    8.9/10(867 votes)

    #2 - Die Me, Dichotomy (1)

    S2:E22

    The crew find a doctor that can heal Moya's burns and remove Crichton's neural chip. Things are complicated however when Crichton is informed he needs additional brain tissue from a donor in stasis who will die when the tissue is removed. Also Scorpius is beginning to take over Crichton's brain.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:David Kemper

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  3. Farscape Season 1 Episode 19 - Nerve (1)
    8.6/10(1002 votes)

    #3 - Nerve (1)

    S1:E19

    Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and where Scorpius learns that Crichton has the secret to creating wormholes.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  4. Farscape Season 2 Episode 5 - The Way We Weren't
    8.6/10(981 votes)

    #4 - The Way We Weren't

    S2:E5

    A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed a previous Pilot aboard Moya. The rest of the crew wants answers but Aeryn is recalcitrant about revisiting her past - especially her relationship with Velorek, the man charged with forcibly bonding a new Pilot to Moya. Pilot two refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's guide.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  5. Farscape Season 2 Episode 21 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
    8.6/10(816 votes)

    #5 - Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)

    S2:E21

    Crichton turns himself over to Scorpius in order to free Jothee. With all the mercenaries now aboard Moya, the crew form a plan to rescue Crichton and destroy the depository.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  6. Farscape Season 3 Episode 15 - Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
    8.6/10(784 votes)

    #6 - Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)

    S3:E15

    Jack (The Ancient) unlocks the wormhole knowledge in Crichton's mind so together they can build a device to destroy the Scarran dreadnought.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  7. Farscape Season 3 Episode 20 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
    8.6/10(731 votes)

    #7 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)

    S3:E20

    Crichton goes to the command carrier to sabotage Scorpius' wormhole research.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  8. Farscape Season 4 Episode 20 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)
    8.6/10(675 votes)

    #8 - We're So Screwed - Hot to Katratzi (2)

    S4:E20

    Moya arrives at Katratzi. Crichton attends the peace talks between the Scarrans and the Peacekeepers ...with a nuclear bomb.

    Director:Karl Zwicky
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  9. Farscape Season 4 Episode 21 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)
    8.6/10(678 votes)

    #9 - We're So Screwed - La Bomba (3)

    S4:E21

    With the option to leave on the Peacekeeper Command Carrier no longer available and his nuclear bomb disarmed, Crichton must follow Scorpius' plan and destroy the Crystherium Utilia.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Mark Saraceni

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  10. Farscape Season 1 Episode 16 - A Human Reaction
    8.5/10(1079 votes)

    #10 - A Human Reaction

    S1:E16

    Crichton is sucked down a wormhole and crash lands on a beach...on Earth, Australia. Although the home he has returned to isn't as real as it seems. Everything gets worse when the rest of Moya's crew shows up and are experimented on...killing Rygel.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  11. Farscape Season 1 Episode 20 - The Hidden Memory (2)
    8.5/10(993 votes)

    #11 - The Hidden Memory (2)

    S1:E20

    Scorpius attempts to extract the wormhole technology from Crichton's mind, while Aeryn mounts a rescue operation. Crais finds himself at Scorpius' mercy, and Moya gives birth.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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  12. Farscape Season 4 Episode 19 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)
    8.4/10(670 votes)

    #12 - We're So Screwed - Fetal Attraction (1)

    S4:E19

    Moya arrives at a station where the Scarran vessel transporting Aeryn is docked.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  13. Farscape Season 4 Episode 22 - Bad Timing
    8.4/10(739 votes)

    #13 - Bad Timing

    S4:E22

    With their Crystherium stores low, the Scarrans must travel to Earth through a wormhole as those flowers grow there. With Pilots help, Crichton tries to collapse the wormhole leading back to Earth.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  14. Farscape Season 1 Episode 22 - Family Ties
    8.3/10(935 votes)

    #14 - Family Ties

    S1:E22

    Rygel steals a transport pod and goes to the peacekeeper command carrier to betray the others. However he ends up returning to Moya with Crais who wants asylum. Crichton decides to destroy Scorpius' Gamac Base to give Moya time to escape.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writers:Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper

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  15. Farscape Season 2 Episode 19 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
    8.3/10(802 votes)

    #15 - Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)

    S2:E19

    Stark returns to Moya with a plan to rob a shadow depository and buy a contingent of slaves, one of which is D'Argo's son Jothee. D'Argo attempts the robbery on his own however and now the crew must recover him as well as the money they require.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Grant McAloon

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  16. Farscape Season 3 Episode 1 - Season of Death (2)
    8.3/10(785 votes)

    #16 - Season of Death (2)

    S3:E1

    D'Argo and Stark try to heal John, left with his head open on an operating table, while Scorpius attempts to avoid discovery. Zhaan makes a great personal sacrifice, while Jothee and Chiana commit an indiscretion.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  17. Farscape Season 4 Episode 13 - Terra Firma (3)
    8.3/10(723 votes)

    #17 - Terra Firma (3)

    S4:E13

    Moya arrives at Earth in present day, Christmas. The crew show their ships and technology to Earth's scientists. Crichton starts writing a journal. The creature left on board Moya by Grayza manages to get to Earth where it starts killing and hunting down Crichton.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  18. Farscape Season 2 Episode 9 - Out of Their Minds
    8.2/10(948 votes)

    #18 - Out of Their Minds

    S2:E9

    An alien ship fires a weapon at Moya. Although the energy shield is active, some of the blast makes it through and causes everyone's consciousness to jump into another body.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Michael Cassutt

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  19. Farscape Season 2 Episode 13 - Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)
    8.2/10(867 votes)

    #19 - Look at the Princess - The Maltese Crichton (3)

    S2:E13

    Now married, Crichton and Katalla are frozen into living statues so that they may watch over the presiding governments of the next eighty cycles. Immediately, Clavor and the Scarran emissary attempt another assassination and succeed in removing Crichton's head. The crew must save John and Chiana while escaping Scorpius.

    Directors:Tony Tilse, Andrew Prowse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  20. Farscape Season 2 Episode 20 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
    8.2/10(789 votes)

    #20 - Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)

    S2:E20

    Scorpius buys the slaves containing D'Argo's son before D'Argo can. Some of the crew leave Moya in search of mercenaries to rescue Jothee. Meanwhile back on Moya, the stolen money has turned into metal eating spiders that begin to consume Moya.

    Director:Catherine Millar
    Writer:Naren Shankar

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  21. Farscape Season 3 Episode 11 - Incubator
    8.2/10(740 votes)

    #21 - Incubator

    S3:E11

    Scorpius puts the neural chip into his own brain in an attempt to retrieve vital wormhole equations from Crichton.

    Director:Ian Watson
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  22. Farscape Season 3 Episode 14 - Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)
    8.2/10(742 votes)

    #22 - Infinite Possibilities - Daedalus Demands (1)

    S3:E14

    Crichton must seek out an old friend who has gained too much knowledge about wormholes.

    Director:Peter Andrikidis
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  23. Farscape Season 2 Episode 15 - Won't Get Fooled Again
    8.1/10(953 votes)

    #23 - Won't Get Fooled Again

    S2:E15

    The Scorpius clone puts John into a dream world to prevent the Scarrans from getting any wormhole knowledge.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Richard Manning

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  24. Farscape Season 3 Episode 4 - Self-Inflicted Wounds - Wait for the Wheel (2)
    8.1/10(774 votes)

    #24 - Self-Inflicted Wounds - Wait for the Wheel (2)

    S3:E4

    The crew work out a way of getting free from the other ship and out of the wormhole. Things become more complicated when their new 'friends' begin to sabotage Moya and Crichton picks up a transmission from Earth.

    Director:Tony Tilse
    Writer:David Kemper

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  25. Farscape Season 4 Episode 12 - Kansas (2)
    8.1/10(713 votes)

    #25 - Kansas (2)

    S4:E12

    After accidentally returning to Earth, Crichton discovers it he is in 1985 and he has altered the time line, causing his father to be scheduled to fly on the doomed shuttle 'Challenger'.

    Director:Rowan Woods
    Writer:Justin Monjo

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Best Episodes Summary

"Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)" is the best rated episode of "Farscape". It scored 9/10 based on 806 votes. Directed by Rowan Woods and written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, it aired on 1/28/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Die Me, Dichotomy (1)".