Editorial Reviews
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The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais, who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. The writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development, while the CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry--courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop--continue to make Farscape the most original-looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. Despite some wildly erratic shifts in tone, this is exceptional TV science-fiction that continually pushes the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker
The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais, who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. The writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development, while the CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry--courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop--continue to make Farscape the most original-looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. Despite some wildly erratic shifts in tone, this is exceptional TV science-fiction that continually pushes the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker
Season 2
| # | Title | Original airdate | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23-201 | "Mind the Baby" | March 17, 2000 | #10202 |
| Crichton, Aeryn and D'argo are stranded in an asteroid field while Scorpius searches for them. Their safety depends on Crais, who is nearby in Talyn. Aeryn teaches Crais how to control the young Leviathan—the only thing she can offer in return for the lives of her friends. When Moya returns to the asteroid field to look for her offspring, and Crichton decides to remove Crais from control of Talyn, Scorpius finally sees his chance to strike. | |||
| 24-202 | "Vitas Mortis" | March 24, 2000 | #10203 |
| D'Argo takes part in a sacred ritual that helps a dying Luxan, an Orican, to pass on. During the ritual the Orican invokes a ritual of renewal, drawing from she thinks is D'Argo's strength. Consequently Moya starts to age rapidly. | |||
| 25-203 | "Taking the Stone" | March 31, 2000 | #10204 |
| Chiana leaves Moya and takes residence on a planet populated by a young group of aliens who take part in a dangerous and life-threatening rite. | |||
| 26-204 | "Crackers Don't Matter" | April 7, 2000 | #10205 |
| The crew returns from a Commerce Planet with a load of crackers and an alien called Traltixx, who promises he can alter Moya's electromagnets to make her untraceable. Crichton is skeptical; it seems too good to be true. As they pass through a constellation of pulsars, an increasing paranoia affects the crew, turning them violently against each other. Crichton must fight against his own paranoid delusions to work out what Traltixx is actually doing—and how to stop him. | |||
| 27-205 | "The Way We Weren't" | April 14, 2000 | #10207 |
| A datacam tape is uncovered showing Aeryn as part of a Peacekeeper firing squad that executed Moya's first pilot. The rest of the crew want answers but Aeryn is reluctant to revisit her past—especially her relationship with Velorek, the man who grafted the current Pilot into Moya's systems. Pilot refuses to communicate with the crew, not wanting to reveal his own complicity in the murky circumstances surrounding his installment as Moya's pilot. | |||
| 28-206 | "Picture if You Will" | April 21, 2000 | #10206 |
| Chiana is given a picture that predicts the future. It depicts the death of Chiana, followed by the rest of the crew who appear to die one by one in self-fulfilling prophecies. | |||
| 29-207 | "Home on the Remains" | June 16, 2000 | #10208 |
| Desperately short of food, Chiana leads the crew to a dead Budong where she once worked. Without any currency, they must work for food and supply the deteriorating Zhaan with meat. | |||
| 30-208 | "Dream A Little Dream" | June 23, 2000 | #10201 |
| When Zhaan and Crichton are stranded in a transport pod, Zhaan recounts the story of her time with Chiana and Rygel after Family Ties. They landed on a planet where 90% of the population are lawyers, and Zhaan was framed for murder. | |||
| 31-209 | "Out of Their Minds" | July 7, 2000 | #10209 |
| After an attack by the Halosians, the crew of Moya find their minds and bodies switched. They must find a way to get their minds back into their own bodies before the Halosians can power up again and destroy Moya. | |||
| 32-210 | "My Three Crichtons" | July 14, 2000 | #10212 |
| A strange energy ball enters Moya and engulfs John. Crichton emerges, followed by a Neanderthal-like version of himself, another version that appears to be a future evolved human. When communication with the energy ball is established, it states that it will leave without destroying Moya, but one of the Crichtons must be sacrificed for its research. | |||
| 33-211 | "Look at the Princess Part I: A Kiss is But a Kiss" | July 21, 2000 | #10210 |
| To avoid capture by Scorpius Crichton is forced to propose to a Princess— however there are competitors for the throne and a rival working with a Scarran plans to eliminate Crichton. | |||
| 34-212 | "Look at the Princess Part II: I Do, I Think" | July 28, 2000 | #10221 |
| After an assassination attempt Crichton is put into hiding on an orbiting cargo ship, delivering him to Scorpius. Aeryn goes on a hazardous rock-climbing trip with a local suitor. | |||
| 35-213 | "Look at the Princess Part III: The Maltese Crichton" | August 4, 2000 | #10211 |
| After being transformed into a bronze statue Crichton is beheaded. While Zhaan and Pilot confront one of Moya's creators, Crichton, D'Argo and even Scorpius must rescue Chiana from a Scaran. | |||
| 36-214 | "Beware of Dog" | August 11, 2000 | #10213 |
| Chiana buys a parasite hunting Vork, which creates chaos on board Moya. After several attacks it is suspected that the Vork itself may be the parasite. | |||
| 37-215 | "Won't Get Fooled Again" | August 18, 2000 | #10214 |
| Crichton wakes up on Earth after crashing Farscape One. He believes it to be an illusion, as in A Human Reaction, and tries to find a way out. As things become increasingly chaotic, he begins to lose his sanity. | |||
| 38-216 | "The Locket" | August 25, 2000 | #10215 |
| While travelling through a mist Aeryn scouts ahead for several hours, but when she emerges, she has aged 165 cycles. She informs Moya's crew that they have to leave lest they be trapped there forever. When she departs again, Crichton follows her only to get trapped on the planet with her, where he's forced to stay for several decades. Stark returns in this episode. | |||
| 39-217 | "The Ugly Truth" | September 8, 2000 | #10216 |
| After Placavian ship is destroyed by Talyn with Crichton, Aeryn, D'Argo, Zhaan, and Stark on board, they are put on trial by the Placavians. During their testimony, the story of their meeting with Talyn and Crais is told from a number of perspectives. | |||
| 40-218 | "A Clockwork Nebari" | September 15, 2000 | #10217 |
| Moya is hijacked by two Nebari who administer a mind-cleansing drug to the entire crew, and plan on taking Chiana back to Nebari Prime. Crichton and Rygel, who are immune, must figure out a way to stop their captors before the Nebari reach their rendezvous. | |||
| 41-219 | "Liars, Guns and Money Part I: A Not So Simple Plan" | January 5, 2001 | #10218 |
| Stark returns from the dead with a plan to save D'Argo's son and make them all rich in the process albeit through armed robbery. What they don't know is that it is Scorpius' money they are stealing. | |||
| 42-220 | "Liars, Guns and Money Part II: With Friends Like These" | January 12, 2001 | #10219 |
| With Jothee in Scorpius' hands, the crew of Moya recruit several former enemies to raid the Shadow Depository. | |||
| 43-221 | "Liars, Guns and Money Part III: Plan B" | January 19, 2001 | #10220 |
| The crew of Moya assault the Shadow Depository in hopes of rescuing Crichton, now in the hands of Scorpius. | |||
| 44-222 | "Die Me, Dichotomy" | January 26, 2001 | #10222 |
| The crew takes Moya and Crichton to an ice planet, hoping that both can be treated by a Diagnosan. Crichton's neural chip has taken control of his mind and body and will stop at nothing to survive, including harming Aeryn. | |||
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