The WORST episodes of Farscape

Every episode of Farscape ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Farscape!

Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his ship, Farscape 1, at great speeds across the solar system. He went much further though and was sucked down a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy and into the middle of a battle. He is rescued by a group of escaping prisoners and taken aboard their living ship. As the years went by, Crichton has made enemies, powerful and dangerous enemies. On his journey to find a way back home, he freed other captives who became part of the crew on Moya.

Last Updated: 2/25/2024Network: SYFYStatus: Ended
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Thank God it's Friday, Again.
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6.96
1422 votes

#1 - Thank God it's Friday, Again.

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/1999

The crew visits a planet full of happy workers. Soon D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship. Meanwhile Rygel's body fluids become explosive and Aeryn and Pilot must learn why before Rygel dies.

Directors: Rowan Woods
Writer: David Wilks
Revenging Angel
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6.99
740 votes

#2 - Revenging Angel

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/10/2001

There is an accident while D'Argo is demonstrating what his ship can do. He blames Crichton and knocks him out. In his unconscious state Crichton has some animated dreams.

Writer: David Kemper
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Scratch 'n Sniff
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7.04
810 votes

#3 - Scratch 'n Sniff

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/2001

Crichton, D'Argo, Jool and Chiana are forced to take a holiday by Pilot as he is fed up with their constant bickering.

Directors: Tony Tilse
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Rhapsody in Blue
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7.17
1239 votes

#4 - Rhapsody in Blue

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/23/1999

Moya responds to a distress call from another pregnant Leviathan. On arrival at a planet they are contacted by a delvian who informs them that the distress call was a deception. It was her way a getting Moya to come to them. The delvians have a hidden agenda though. They want to forcefully take Zhaan's knowledge and learn how she overcame her insanity.

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I, E.T.
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7.20
1434 votes

#5 - I, E.T.

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/8/1999

A peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent it's signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed. Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.

Directors: Pino Amenta
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The Ugly Truth
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7.20
976 votes

#6 - The Ugly Truth

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/8/2000

Crais and Talyn return. The crew are put on trial for an attack that Talyn made on an alien ship.

Directors: Tony Tilse
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The Choice
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7.20
795 votes

#7 - The Choice

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/17/2001

Aeryn goes to a planet in search of someone who can contact her father.

Directors: Rowan Woods
Writer: Justin Monjo
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Taking the Stone
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7.22
1092 votes

#8 - Taking the Stone

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2000

Chiana leaves Moya and goes to 'grave planet' populated by reckless thrill seekers who play dangerous and life threatening games.

Directors: Rowan Woods
Writer: Justin Monjo
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John Quixote
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7.23
635 votes

#9 - John Quixote

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/26/2002

While on a transport pod, Chiana nags Crichton to try out a virtual reality game. A transmission comes through from D'Argo concerning a problem with Scorpius. Despite this, Chiana pulls Crichton into one of the games, where they become trapped., and the only way out is to complete the game.

Directors: Tony Tilse
Writer: Ben Browder
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Fractures
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7.26
834 votes

#10 - Fractures

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/24/2001

A group of escaped prisoners come aboard Moya followed shortly by Aeryn, Stark, Crais and Rygel who have finally returned from Talyn.

Directors: Tony Tilse
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Vitas Mortis
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7.28
1024 votes

#11 - Vitas Mortis

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2000

D'Argo takes part in a sacred ritual that helps an old Luxan, an Orican, to survive. During the ritual the Orican draws energy from who she thinks is D'Argo but is actually Moya. Consequently Moya starts to age rapidly.

Directors: Tony Tilse
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Dream a Little Dream
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7.31
983 votes

#12 - Dream a Little Dream

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2000

While waiting inside a transport pod to be picked up by Moya, Zhaan tells Crichton about being accused and tried for murder during his absence.

Directors: Ian Watson
Writer: Steven Rae
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Home on the Remains
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7.33
1058 votes

#13 - Home on the Remains

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2000

With Moya out of food, Chiana leads everyone to a dead boudong where she once worked.

Directors: Rowan Woods
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Till the Blood Runs Clear
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7.38
1216 votes

#14 - Till the Blood Runs Clear

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/9/1999

Crichton comes across the same conditions that initially created a wormhole. He leaves Moya in his module with Aeryn where he attempts to create a wormhole and return home. Although a wormhole forms it is unstable and the module gets damaged and he is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet to make repairs. On the planet he and Aeryn encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.

Directors: Tony Tilse
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Crackers Don't Matter
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7.38
1165 votes

#15 - Crackers Don't Matter

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2000

The crew returns from a Commerce Planet with a load of Crackers and a meek alien called T'raltixx, who promises he can alter Moya's electromagnetics to make her untraceable. Crichton is skeptical; it seems too good to be true. As they pass through a constellation of pulsars, an intense paranoia affects the crew, turning them violently against each other. Crichton must fight against his own paranoid delusions to work out what T'raltixx is actually doing and how to stop him.

Directors: Ian Watson
Writer: Justin Monjo
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The Flax
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7.39
1180 votes

#16 - The Flax

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/16/1999

While on a transport pod piloting lesson with Aeryn, Crichton gets caught in an energy field which is invisible to their sensors. Back on Moya, a strange guest docks and comes aboard to warn the crew about The Flax, an invisible energy net created to catch ships.

Directors: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Justin Monjo
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Bone to be Wild
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7.41
1080 votes

#17 - Bone to be Wild

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/21/2000

Moya is hiding from a peacekeeper command carrier in an asteroid field. The crew receive a distress call and Crichton, Zhaan and D'Argo go down to one of the asteroids to rescue a women who has an unusual appetite.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
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Picture if You Will
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7.42
1082 votes

#18 - Picture if You Will

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/21/2000

Maldus returns to torment the crew, convincing them that their friends have perished.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Peter Neale
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That Old Black Magic
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7.43
1330 votes

#19 - That Old Black Magic

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/1999

Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.

Directors: Brendan Maher
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...Different Destinations
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7.43
878 votes

#20 - ...Different Destinations

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2001

Stark accidentally sends himself, Crichton, Aeryn and Jool back in time where they alter the time line and are forced to interfere further to restore it.

Directors: Peter Andrikidis
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Exodus from Genesis
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7.44
2079 votes

#21 - Exodus from Genesis

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/1999

Moya gets infested with bugs who have come on board to breed. They turn up the temperature to speed up the process but this causes Aeryn to get heat delirium as she is cold blooded. The bugs seem to be able to replicate members of the crew. And as if that isn't enough, a peacekeeper ship shows up.

Directors: Brian Henson
Writer: Ro Hume
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A Clockwork Nebari
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7.45
1121 votes

#22 - A Clockwork Nebari

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/15/2000

A Nebari group come aboard Moya and attempt to mind cleanse everyone using a drug.

Directors: Rowan Woods
Writer: Lily Taylor
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Thanks for Sharing
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7.45
909 votes

#23 - Thanks for Sharing

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/15/2001

Moya rendezvous with Talyn who is seriously damaged. They hide in the atmosphere of a planet to prevent the Peacekeepers from finding them. D'Argo and Rygel go down to the planet to find some Clorium, a drug that will help Talyn recover.

Directors: Ian Barry
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Back and Back and Back to the Future
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7.46
1818 votes

#24 - Back and Back and Back to the Future

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/1999

The crew come across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring it aboard when he discovers that there are Ilanics on board. Crichton goes on to the escape pod he gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, firstly of himself and Matala, then of Moya's destruction

Directors: Rowan Woods
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They've Got a Secret
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7.46
1450 votes

#25 - They've Got a Secret

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/25/1999

During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew. .

Directors: Ian Watson
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