Farscape Marathon, a review by DJ Doena
Disc 10
Bone to Be Wild
Synopsis: Moya and her child is hiding from the Command Carrier in an asteroid field when they receive a distress call from an asteroid. John, D'Argo and Zhaan go down there to help while Aeryn has to take care of the child. He doesn't communicate with his mother and Moya hopes Aeryn can help since it is a Peacekeeper hybrid. Down on the asteroid they find a scared young woman and some kind of monster who's chasing her. But things aren't as they appear to be.
My Opinion: "You are a plant??" Zhaan is flora, not fauna.
And I love these twisted episodes where you are constantly switching sides based on the "evidence" that is presented to you. And I really like the costume designers on that show. Even when they create aliens of the two-legs-two-arms-one-head-variety they still come up with some really cool ideas and not just some additional wrinkles in the face.
Family Ties
Synopsis: Due to his knowledge of Crais's secret Scorpius has practically taken over command of the ship. He doesn't care for the gunship or the prisoners, all he wants is Crichton. And he is lucky: Rygel has stolen a pod and defected to the carrier. He wants his freedom in exchange for the exact location of Moya in the asteroid field. But the others won't allow it. John devises a plan that includes a suicide run against the Command Carrier with the second pod in order to give Moya and her offspring the chance to clear the asteroid field and to starburst. But there's another variable in the equation: Crais.
My Opinion: That's why Ben Browder (John) was a worthy successor of Richard Dean Anderson (Jack) in
Stargate SG-1. You fight against a superior enemy and against overwhelming odds but your crazy idea is so crazy that your enemy doesn't expect you to go through with it. They destroyed the Gammak base and Scorpius couldn't do anything about it short of killing John - which he cannot do without losing the wormhole knowledge.
I also liked that Crais had to flee from his own ship and that his pursuit of John is effectively over. They did this for one season and to continue that story would become boring at some point.
Since this was a cliffhanger, I will continue watching immediately.
The Season - My Opinion: As I said,
Farscape is different than other series and it will stay that way till the end. There's not a single character I don't like or don't care for, even the puppets seem very real to me as they have their own and very unique characters. It's lovely to see Aeryn comforting Pilot (who by the way is voiced by Lani Tupu who also plays Crais) and ensuring him that nothing will happen to Moya and her child Talyn.
And from a collector's viewpoint: I have very few items in my collection that have such a nice package and cover art. While slim covers have become the standard for TV show season, these seasons come in a custom box containing 5 separate cases, each of them individually designed (no amaray or slim cases):
(From Farscape Marathon on March 29th, 2009)
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