Farscape - Season 4, Collection 4

Director: Tony Tilse, Geoff Bennett (II), Ian Watson (II)
Studio: Adv Films
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The fourth volume of Farscape's fourth (and final) season does all those things that the later stages of any season should do: individual episodes play interesting games with how we think television works, while the tension of the overall story arc builds and builds. Of the individual episodes here, "Mental as Anything" is an ensemble piece for the male members of Moya's crew: D'Argo's back-story gets some sort of resolution and Scorpius puts John Crichton through hell for the best of reasons. "Bringing Home the Beacon" is rather more fun--the women of Moya frustrate a Sebacean/Scarren peace treaty--but ends in stark tragedy. In "Constellation of Doubt," Moya picks up, and the crew obsessively watches, a documentary from American television about their recent visit to Earth: Crichton gets to see human paranoia and wishful thinking through cold, intelligent alien eyes. Finally, in "Prayer," Aeryn suffers terribly at the hands of her Scarren captors and Crichton makes a devil's bargain with Scorpius to save her. By this point the season is building to the surprises of its last episodes: Farscape was about to be canceled, but it never lost its edge. --Roz Kaveney

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Farscape is great!

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 3 review

Farscape Season 4

The only thing wrong with this Collection is that it ends!

I love this show

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 3 (Starburst Edition)
Director: Tony Tilse , Geoff Bennett (II) , and Ian Watson (II)
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ASIN: B000HCO8JU
Release Date: 2006-10-10

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Farscape is an enduring sci-fi franchise, thanks to thrilling yarns, plenty of space opera, and a menagerie of captivating aliens, courtesy of the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Now, thanks to the Starburst Editions, fans can load up on the ultimate Farscape experience, packed with brand new extras at a low low price!

Customer Reviews:

Farscape is great!.......2007-04-02

I started watching Farscape in Season 3. I watched all episodes and reruns I could get my hands on. I think they were INSANE to drop it from television.

I eventually bought the entire collection at once.

The only reason I gave this a 4 out of 5 stars, is because of the quality of the DVD. The inner clips of the box break very easily. The DVD always defaults back to subtitles between episodes, which is really annoying.

Even with the problems of the DVD, I love this set.

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 3 review.......2007-01-19

Great quality CD. Loved the series and had to have the collection. Well worth the price.

Farscape Season 4.......2007-01-12

Fabulous series. I loved the quirkiness of the characters, how they squabled but still remained close. It was funny and great escapizm.

The only thing wrong with this Collection is that it ends! .......2007-01-10

I am a big fan of SciFi and I started out as a Trekkie back when the only SciFi fans were Trekkies. (now I am told the politically correct thing to call yourself is "Trekker") But as SciFi has evolved so has my taste and for all you politically incorrect SciFi fans, Farscape is the ultimate SciFi experience. It is funny, heartbreaking, dramatic, action-filled, off the wall, smart, no-holds barred and visually first rate! Season 4, Collection 3 is the last of the series and it leaves you starving for more! Note to Brian Henson, Please stop stalling and get this show to the big screen!! Farscape all 4 seasons is a MUST for any true fan of SciFi!

I love this show.......2007-01-09

This was a great season. The story just kept getting better and better.
The only bad thing was knowing the show was almost over and there would be no more Farscape.
I am very thankful to have my DVDs of the show so I can rewatch a great piece of sci fi.

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 1 (Starburst Edition)

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Farscape is great!
Farscape is fantastic but, is it ADV's goal to annoy everyone?
Like it
Fantastic show
Can't get enough Farscape

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 1 (Starburst Edition)
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Release Date: 2006-06-13

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After a forced landing, the crew is separated by an elaborate trap that leaves Crichton, D'Argo, Noranti and Rygel in a lava-filled system of underground caves. While Chiana and Sikozu are on the surface trying to reactivate D'Argo's ship, Crichton and the others are being hunted down by mercenaries who are led by a monster impervious to the fiery lava.

Customer Reviews:

Farscape is great!.......2007-04-02

Farscape is fantastic but, is it ADV's goal to annoy everyone?.......2007-02-25

It's gets a 4 ONLY because the case it comes in is so bad, otherwise it's a 5.
You already know Farscape if you have made it to season 4, it's great and original. Albeit Season 4 is the weakest season of them all, so I'm going to tell you about the product and not the show.
ADV as many know totally screwed up the first 6 releases of Season 1 and 2 with there double sided problematic disc. So they fixed it with Season 3 and Season 4, but could ADV have picked a worst case design? I have yet to get a case were the tabs that hold the disc in weren't broken on at least one of the disc if not more. Everyone (case) a received came with loose disc and broken tabs, everyone! The overlapping disc make it difficult to get them in and out and while they seem to fall off the tab holders fairly easily they at the same time seem really hard to get out once they are secured by the tabs. I thought more than once I was going to break a disc getting them out.
Farscape is a 5 without doubt, season 4 extras are a little less but that's not a big deal to me. I just wish ADV the company that released the Starburst edition had a little quality control. Granted the Starbust is for the most part, affordable and packed with extras, but that doesn't give you a pass on quality. As I understand it, as of this writing Sony has aquired the rights to Farscape and ADV will not be releasing anymore sets. Perhaps Sony will re-release them in a quality set that is problem free.

Like it.......2007-01-28

The story has improved dramatically since the start. The special effects are reasonable. The acting is good. The characters, I think you will find need more work to make them look visually nicer. Overall the problem is the show it looks like it is on a small budget. Not that this makes a film not worth watching. Having said that I wish the producers had hired some science adviser's to check the science out of the stories as much of it is unplausible science. This would have costed them little.

Overall I would say the series is well worth watching although I do think it is not as good as some similar shows like B5 or firefly. Still after you have seen them. This is worth a look.

Fantastic show.......2007-01-04

In this exceptional show (I'm a tv junkie, and this is my favorite show by far), these episodes hold their own. The first episode goes in a totally different direction (new visuals, characters, ship, themes) and it works perfectly. The main character is losing his mind a little. These show goes where none have gone before.

Can't get enough Farscape.......2006-08-20

I have to say...I expected a little more in the extras department but the sound quality is far better than the original box set as it has been for all the Starburst additions. I also like that they are sticking with the single sided disks rather than those annoying double sided disks. If you are a true Farscape fan you will want this in your collection.

Farscape - Season 4, Collection 2 (Starburst Edition)

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Farscape is great!
Still One of the Best
Best...show...ever!
Sex, Chocolate and Farscape
Some of my Favorite Episodes of the Best Series Ever Put on TV

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ASIN: B000FWHVPK
Release Date: 2006-08-08

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Customer Reviews:

Farscape is great!.......2007-04-02

Still One of the Best.......2007-01-04

This series, all of it, is still one of the most original, well-written, well-acted science fiction adventure shows to come along in years. I've heard it said it picks up where the "bar scene" in Star Wars left off. But it goes way beyond that! It's a show that can be watched over and over yet always please visually, and stories are seldom predictable. Superior writing, excellent acting, and easily some of the best special effects seen anywhere. I only wish there had been a season five.

Best...show...ever!.......2007-01-04

The whole 4 seasons are fantastic. Season 3 was, imho, the best ever, but, season 4 was heartbreaking and breath-taking and second only to season 3. Buy it and watch over and over.

Sex, Chocolate and Farscape.......2006-11-10

. . .even when it's bad it's still pretty good.

If you love Farscape, why are you even reading this? Buy the DVD and beat yourself for waiting so long. If you don't have the money, get off of Amazon and get a job. It's worth having and if you don't have this one, how are you going to have all 12? "Gotta Catch 'em All"

Some of my Favorite Episodes of the Best Series Ever Put on TV.......2006-09-08

The Best? I don't know, but it's up there. Season four of Farscape starts out a little unevenly and without the intensity of season three, but here in collection two something starts. It begins in "A Perfect Murder," continues in "Coup by Clam," then it goes into overdrive in "Unrealized Reality," and it never looks back. I'm not going to try to judge which episodes of Farscape are the best, but the second half of season four, begining with "Unrealized Reality," together with "The Peacekeeper Wars," are the episodes I watch over and over and over and I never get tired of them. That is why it was such a tragedy that there was never a season five. Yeah, there's only one commentary; I'll live. This is Farscape, and this collection has some of the best episodes Farscape produced.

Average customer rating:

Great episodes, but wait for the Starburst Editions
PeaceKeeper's War
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The original run of "Farscape" comes to a too early end
FS sucks? I don't think so!!

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This final sequence of Farscape episodes is as effective and powerful a climax as those of earlier seasons. The three-parter "We're So Screwed" starts with "Fetal Attraction," in which the crew of Moya attempt to rescue the pregnant Aeryn Sun from her Scarren captors and end up starting a dangerous epidemic on a space station. They get Aeryn back and lose Scorpius; in "Hot to Katratzi," the necessity of saving his worst enemy--who just knows too much to be left a captive--forces John Crichton to gate-crash the Sebacean-Scarren peace conference and bluff his way to success. Seemingly betrayed by Scorpius, John snatches victory in "La Bomba," striking another deadly blow against the Scarren empire. The title of the last episode, "Bad Timing," refers both to the show's cancellation--the cast and crew felt real bitterness towards the SciFi Channel over this--and to the cliffhanger ending; the crew of Moya have to prevent a Scarren ship finding its way through the wormhole to Earth. Farscape was perhaps the best-ever television space opera and certainly the most sexy, stylish, funny, and dramatic. It will be greatly missed. --Roz Kaveney

Customer Reviews:

Great episodes, but wait for the Starburst Editions.......2006-05-25

This 2 DVD set gives you the final episodes of the Farscape series, and what a great series it is. Since there are enough good reviews on the actual episodes that you can find here I'm going to get to the point. If you can you really want to wait on getting this.

You see this DVD set has the final four episodes and some nice extras, but something better is on the way. As of this writing the previous three seasons of Farscape have been collected in sets called the Starburst Edition. These editions put seven episodes in one collection, digitally remaster the picture and sound, and throw in even more extras.

Mark my words. The Starburst Editions for the fourth season will come soon and you will have a chance to get the entire season on just three DVD sets instead of five for a good deal less money (30%-50% depending on where you look). Save space on your shelf AND save money at the same. All you need is a bit of patience.

PeaceKeeper's War.......2005-01-12

I really want farscape to continue, when Zan died I cried, then it got more painful when Dargo died and now we see Aeryn and Crichton with their child and I want to see more, I want to see what happens now!

Crichton-Ben Browder is a real kick! I just love his one liners, especially when Aeryn trys speaking like crichton it cracks me up cause she's so serious when she says

Bad Timing...!?.......2004-10-17

This review focuses on and contains spoilers for the series finale "Bad Timing". If you've not seen the episode yet, you've been warned.

So I'm a little late with my commenting on the end of Farscape as a regular series (Bad move Sci-Fi). I only just yesterday was able to see the series finale, when the Sci-Fi channel re-aired the episode in its buildup to the very highly anticipated Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars miniseries (dare I say it's even more anticipated than the first Star Trek movie?????).
All I know is, given the manner in which the cast and crew of Farscape were given the shaft, they handled closing out the series in a surprisingly effective, very Farscape manner.
Watching as Crichton and the others worked to close the wormhole leading back to Earth before the Scarran's could get there was stunning. As John proposed to Aeryn after finding out they're going to have a baby, I was in tears. As the mysterious alien ship flew overhead and shattered the two of them into a pile of crystals, I was stunned. As the fateful words "To Be Continued" came on screen, I was speechless.
In every way, this episode is the perfect example of what Farscape always did best. Namely, taking the viewer on a ride that would run them through the entire range of emotional responses.
While it was definitely a premature end for this remarkable series, had the powers that be not seen fit to grace us with "The Peacekeeper Wars", I could not think of a more effective...more Farscape way to bring it to a close.

The original run of "Farscape" comes to a too early end.......2004-09-02

With "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" premiering on the Sci-Fi Channel on October 17th my timing was pretty good for finishing the fourth and final season of "Farscape" on DVD. After seeing John Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) in the trailer talking about "unfinished business," the 5th and final collection for Season 4 explains exactly what they are talking about (in fact, that clip comes from the series final first run episode).

But before the cliffhanger finale we have the three-part "We're So Screwed," which begins with Moya's crew attempting to rescue the pregnant Aeryn from the Scarrans and then escalates into something bigger and better. Episode 19, "Part 1: Fetal Attraction" (Written by David Peckinpah, Aired February 28, 2003) has Scorpius playing the front man in the rescue attempt at a Scarran Border Station when the ship holding Aeryn is docked. Rygel pretends to have the deadly disease Hynerian dermapholiica, forcing the station's medical officer to order a lockdown. But when the pretense is about to be broken, Utu-Noranti Pralatong makes the disease real, which is another threat to Aeryn and her fetus. So Jenek decides to transplant the fetus into Chiana, who is immune to the disease because she is a Nebari. This is not exactly the sort of complication we need this close to the end.

Episode 20, "Part 2: Hot to Katratzi" (Written by Carleton Eastlake, Aired March 7, 2003) has Moya's crew heading for the secret Scarran base because when they rescued Aeryn they ended up leaving Scorpius behind and he has all that wormhole information in his head. As if that were not enough of a problem when they get to Katratzi they find Commandant Grayza in the middle of peace negotiations with Staleek, the Scarran Emperor. Crichton shows up and declares he has come to sell knowledge of the wormhole to the highest bidder and that he is wearing a nuclear bomb that will explode if he gets hurt or worse. Meanwhile, his crewmates are trying to save Scorpius, or kill him, before he breaks. Exciting, huh?

Episode 21, "Part 3: La Bomba" (Written by Mark Saraceni, Aired March 14, 2003), reveals there are plans within plans within plans. Crichton has rescued Scorpius only to be betrayed, but Scorpy is not really after Crichton. He wants to use the wormhole knowledge to destroy the Scarrans and their invasion fleet, while Crichton is still walking around with a nuclear bomb that could come in handy at the right moment. I was reminded of the second season of "24" by this episode in that if you are going to make a nuclear bomb a big part of the plotline then you should not cheat and avoid having the thing go boom. There are some wonderful character moments in this one when the crew think they are once again facing death.

The final episode is entitled "Bad Timing" (Written by David Kemper, Aired March 21, 2003) not only because it takes a shot at the Science Fiction channel for canceling its signature series when clearly there was a fifth season's worth of stories needed to resolve everything, but because the usual Farscape bad luck applies to Crichton and Aeryn when they finally try to sit down and have a quiet little moment where they can deal with their relationship. Of course there are other problems. Moya's crew learns that Scorpius is working with Captain Braca, so they strand Scorpy and Sikozu in deep space so they can go back with Braca. Then there is the fact that the Scarrans are about to send their invasion fleet through a wormhole to Earth and the only hope for Crichton to collapse the wormhole and save his home planet is if his module is flown by Pilot.

"Bad Timing" could have served as the ultimate "fini" for "Farscape" given the Earth invasion plotline and a final scene between Crichton and his father, but then the very last scene gives us another "Farscape" cliffhanger at Crichton and Aeryn's expense. If I did not know we are getting a mini-series to continue the story next month then I would have been as outraged and agitated as all the other "Farscape" fans who suffered through the shock of cancellation. The four episodes on this final DVD really do focus on the Crichton-Aeryn-Scopius (fill in the blank) triangle, with everybody else left pretty much in the background (although Pilot gets a big moment for once). While "Farscape" did not have the master five-year plan of "Babylon 5" it certainly did have a sense of progression through each year, something the original "Star Trek" could not claim. This series should still be the crown jewel of the Sci Fi Channel. "Stargate SG-1" is a superb series, but you need lots of flashy aliens in a galaxy far, far away to be your signature show.

FS sucks? I don't think so!!.......2004-08-16

No offense to C. McCorkle "daddeo" - PUHLEASE FS is way better than Andromeda!! FS is a thinking person's show...maybe that's why so many don't like it...they have to think a bit while watching it.

FS is the best scifi show ever. Action, adventure, wee bit o' romance and cool puppets! I have always like the fact that the eps weren't ever wrapped up in a nice neat little package with a pretty little bow at the end of each one. Meaning, unlike any incarnation fo ST, FS characters were not all happy and "everything is right with the world" at the end of each and every eps. FS is more like reality than any "reality" show out there. The characters are real and it has been a joy to watch each of them develop into better people/aliens/whathaveya and into a working, caring team.

Long LIVE FS!!

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Good series, but don't get this edition.
Crichton actually asks Scorpius for help in finding Aeryn

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The fourth volume of Farscape's fourth (and final) season does all those things that the later stages of any season should do: individual episodes play interesting games with how we think television works, while the tension of the overall story arc builds and builds. Of the individual episodes here, "Mental as Anything" is an ensemble piece for the male members of Moya's crew: D'Argo's back-story gets some sort of resolution and Scorpius puts John Crichton through hell for the best of reasons. "Bringing Home the Beacon" is rather more fun--the women of Moya frustrate a Sebacean/Scarren peace treaty--but ends in stark tragedy. In "Constellation of Doubt," Moya picks up, and the crew obsessively watches, a documentary from American television about their recent visit to Earth: Crichton gets to see human paranoia and wishful thinking through cold, intelligent alien eyes. Finally, in "Prayer," Aeryn suffers terribly at the hands of her Scarren captors and Crichton makes a devil's bargain with Scorpius to save her. By this point the season is building to the surprises of its last episodes: Farscape was about to be canceled, but it never lost its edge. --Roz Kaveney

Customer Reviews:

Good series, but don't get this edition. .......2006-05-25

Simply put this is a great sci-fi television series and these episodes are worth watching. The thing is I don't recommend getting this DVD collection. Oh sure it has a great collection of episodes and some nice extras that put many other TV series on DVD to shame, but something much better is coming along.

The last three seasons have been released on what is called the Starburst Edition. These DVD collections put an entire season on three DVD sets instead of five. That means you get about seven episodes per collection as opposed to just four. Also the Starburst Edition DVDs have a retail price thats about 40% less than the standard collections. AND the Starburst Editions come with more extra features as well.

In other words wait for the Starburst Edition to come for this season. You won't be sorry.

Crichton actually asks Scorpius for help in finding Aeryn.......2004-07-31

The end game for the fourth and final season of "Farscape" emerges in the four episodes on this DVD as Crichton and Moya's crew learn that one of their members has to be rescued. The four episodes here pair up, with the first two dividing the crew by gender and giving each an opportunity to get away by Moya for what is supposed to be fun but ends up being much more serious. The second two establish a new and surprising relationship between Crichton and Scorpius:

Episode 415, "Mental as Anything" (Written by Mark Saraceni, Aired January 31, 2003) finds Scorpius taking the boys to a training camp to learn a little mental discipline from Katoya. However, they discover that also there for the training is Macton, the Peacekeeper who murdered D'Argo's wife, Lo'lann, and then framed him for the killings. Of course, D'Argo wants to kill Macton but there are doubts about what happens and we are treated to a series of flashbacks about what may or may not have happened. Providing closure like this for D'Argo is certainly an indication that the end of the show is in sight.

Episode 416, "Bringing Home the Bacon" (Written by Carleton Eastlake, Aired February 7, 2003) gives the women of Moya their time away when they visit a space station in order to get a camouflage device for Moya. Their surprise is that they also discover a secret meeting between Commandant Grayza and the Scarrans. With the threat of a Scarran Dreadnaught on their tales, Moya's crew needs to discover the beacon on board their ship, which leads to another great "Farscape" shock.

Episode 417, "A Constellation of Doubt" (Written by David Kemper, Aired February 14, 2003) begins the search for Aeryn while Crichton is watching a videotape of an expose from Earth television about the alien crew's visit. This episode was filmed after the cast found out "Farscape" had been cancelled by the Sci Fi Channel and it adds a certain poignancy to the performances. Fans are either going to love this episode or find it an unwarranted digression, but I like the issues raised by the faux documentary, which does a good job of covering the range of responses humans would have to the aliens while giving Moya's crew their own chances to comment on the ways of Earth. It was nice to see the usual paranoia and delusions of supremacy of Earthlings is confronted with the prospect of advanced alien technology showing up in sub-orbital space.

Episode 418, "Prayer" (Written by Justin Monjo, Aired February 21, 2003) reveals that Aeryn is on a ship on its way to the Scarrans secret base at Katratzi, where she is being interrogated by Jenek, a Scarran of the Ruling Order. Meanwhile Crichton and Scorpius make a return trip to the alternative reality of "Unrealized Reality" to try and discover Katratzi's location so they can rescue Aeryn. But the chief part of this episode is that Aeryn is being tortured and her baby is being used against her, because we know that even bound to a gurney you do not bet against Aeryn.

At this point we have reason to believe that all of the elements for the endgame of the fourth season are in place. Crichton has a purpose and being allied with Scorpius is going to make things pretty interesting. I pity the Scarrens when Moya catches up with them, but I also am not stupid enough to predict a happy ending for this series and its characters.

Average customer rating:

Great Show, rotten DVD Mastering
Funniest episode ever
Farscape Rocks
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Two Crichtons proves to be one Crichton too many

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Contains:

Episode 314: Infinite Possibilities Part 1: Daedalus Demands
An Ancient - again taking the form of Crichton's father Jack - appears on Talyn and accuses Crichton of sharing wormhole stabilizing technology with the Charrids, a vicious race allied with the Scarrans. Crichton realizes that Furlow, the mechanic from Dam-Ba-Da depot who once repaired Crichton's module, is the real guilty party. With a Scarran Dreadnought on the way, Jack must unlock the wormhole technology in Crichton's brain to build the ultimate weapon - but must first confront the evil Scorpius Clone in Crichton's mind.

Episode 315: Infinite Possibilities Part 2: Icarus Abides
After disposing of the Scorpius Clone, the Ancient 'Jack' unlocks the secrets to wormhole technology in Crichton's mind-allowing them to build the 'ultimate weapon' to destroy the Scarran Dreadnought before it escapes with Furlow's data. Seeing the value of the weapon, Furlow kills Jack and takes off with it. In the ensuing chase, Crichton is fatally exposed to the highly reactive Partanium that fuels the engine. With nothing left to lose, Crichton volunteers to launch the weapon at the Dreadnought, experiencing first hand the terrifying power of wormhole technology.

Episode 316: Revenging Angel
A fight between D'Argo and Crichton over the malfunction of D'Argo's mysterious new ship ends with Crichton knocked unconscious. The Scorpius Clone in Crichton's mind tries to convince him that revenge against D'Argo is the only way to settle the conflict, but John prefers to resolve it in his own head, acting out a Crichton vs. D'Argo cartoon battle set in Road-Runner land. Meanwhile, the ship malfunction leads to the activation of a self-destruct sequence that threatens to blow Moya to pieces.

Episode 317: The Choice
Grieving for Crichton, Aeryn travels to a planet of mystics and frauds and makes contact with a man who claims to be Talyn Lyzcak, her father. Talyn puts her in touch with Seer Cresus, a creature who is able to 'channel' the dead Crichton. Meanwhile, Stark and Rygel search for Aeryn, but first come across an old enemy. Lurking on the planet with malign, warped designs of her own is Aeryn's mother, Xhalax Sun.

Episode 318: Fractures
Not far from Moya and Talyn's expected rendezvous point, Moya picks up a badly damaged Leviathan Transport Pod carrying a Scarran, a Hynerian and a Nebari - all escaped prisoners - and their Peacekeeper hostage, complicating the long awaited reunion between Moya and Talyn's crew. When the Scarran is shot, it's clear that someone on board is a traitor. DVD Features: a printed insert with official episode synopses; a behind-the-scenes interview with Anthony Simcoe ("D'Argo"); commentary for "The Choice" with Claudia Black ("Aeryn Sun"); updated character histories-Lieutenant Braca, Rygel XVI; cool Farscape Facts; Aliens Encountered; Sets, Props, & Costumes Gallery; deleted scenes; Farscape trailers; and Previews. Spoken Languages: English.

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Great Show, rotten DVD Mastering.......2004-05-22

I love Farscape. It had to be one of the best shows on TV until the SciFi channel went soft and stopped playing anything even remotely interesting.

Anyway my grip is not the show. I don't like the mastering. Depending on your DVD player you may be forced to watch the comercial previews. I find this unexceptable since I'm paying for the stuff and don't want to be force fed comercials.

Funniest episode ever.......2004-03-07

This cd collection is probably one of the best from Farscape to date. Not only is it one of the best seasons, but it contains some of the best episodes from that season. Revenging Angel is easily one of my favourites on the dvd. Funniest episode of anything I have seen in a while. While on death's door and in a coma, John creates a Looney Tune type world to cope. With John as the Road Runner and D'argo as Wile E Coyote, this episode will be sure to keep you laughing for a while. Amazingly, this extremely light and humerous episode is followed by one of the darkest and serious episodes in the show, let alone the season. Yet despite the change in tone from Revenging Angel to The Choice, the plot fits easily and smoothly and was well thought out.

Warning, if you have not seen previous shows in the series, there are two different John Chritons on two different ships. You want to see how they got to this point in the series before you watch these shows.

Farscape Rocks.......2004-02-02

Why is it on a very rare occasion we are able to catch a series that doesn't completely suck, and just when you get used to television that isn't mind-numbingly dumb they take it away from you? Ahh, another disappointment. Farscape Rocks and this DVD rocks along with all their other DVD's. It's a shame the SciFi channel has sold out and replaced Farscape with crap like Scare Tactics. It's tragic. I love Farscape!

Separate Ships Make Separate Ships: Tales of Two Crichtons.......2003-12-19

Up until now, many things have happened to the beloved astronaut, John Crichton. He's voyaged through that infamous wormhole and into a strange portion of the universe, has been fated to be shuffled into a ship full of escaped prisoners as they try to flee the mighty Peacekeepers, and he's made droves of enemies. While he's been doing all those things, he's managed to acquire droves of enemies and a few friends, information about said "wormholes" - possibly a revolution in travel and weaponry all rolled into one, and a reputation for coming out both alive and kicking. He's blown up a Peacekeeper installation, a Shadow Depository, messed up a few entire planets, and has even had a few things come out well for him. Place into that the fact that he's now been "twined" (yes, there's two Chritons now), that one of the Crichtons is kicking it on board Moya with his obsession for wormholes and the other on board Talon with Aeryn, and you're ready for the episodes contained on 3.4.

The two episodes on Disc 1 are two parts of the "Infinite Possibilities" whole. Together they weave a tragic tale, with one of the Ancients coming to Crichton again wearing the image of his father, Jack. This time, however, he tells Crichton that wormhole technology is being abused and sold to the highest bidder, introducing him again to the long-lost character/mechanic Dam-Ba-Da.

I personally like Part 1: Daedalus Demands and Part 2: Icarus Abides in many respects because they focus on several pieces of the Crichton puzzle without losing the other main characters in the process. With the introduction of the Charrids, for instance, we find Rygel and some of the depravity he is willing to dish out because of past barbarism. We also find Stark being a as mad as Stark often is, Talon working his way into the plot, and we delve into Aeryn and how she feels about a certain human. This has always been the strongest portion of the Farscape saga, truth be told, with the characters and their relationships working just as well as the exquisite artistry in costuming and storylines. That means that you can laugh with the characters when they succeed, but you can also hurt for them as well. You also get a bit of Harvey in the fold, and Harvey spells fun.

Disc 2 adds three episodes that bounce back and forth on their focal point, with an episode on Moya's crew, one on the grief left behind when Disc 1 ends, and one merging the two as the crews meet up once more.

In "The Choice," our main focus is Aeryn she goes to a planet in search of a mystic that can commune with the past. While there, she encounters a mysterious being claiming to be her father and more trouble than the rest of the crew wants to have branded on their heads. While I can't say too much about this without giving away Disc 1, I will say its a good piece and really seems to belong on the timeline right behind Disc 1. It brings closure to some things that have been going on while letting Talon's crew continue on their way to trying to once again contact Moya.

In "Revenging Angel," D'Argo finds himself confronting the inner demon, rage, as it leaves Crichton clinging for life in a "loony Toons" setting. While many of my friends don't seem to like this episode, I thought it was well done because it found Crichton dealing with Harvey (the Scorpius in his head) and finding some mutual footing. It also holds a little piece of the puzzle in it when it comes to replacing lost ships and finding something the crew needs desperately - firepower - as they seem to tick off the universe. Granted, it is somewhat silly but that has its place amongst the crew, too.

Finally, in "Fractures," Moya and Talyn meet up once more and the events that have transpired up until now bring with them a weight for both crews. While that is transpiring, Moya also finds herself adding to the trouble as she picks up a transport pod of escaped prisoners that carries a Hynerian, a Nebari, a Scarran, and a Peacekeeper. Some of the events happening herein have ripples that course through the remaining episodes in the series, with the "human" drama becoming all-the-more painful and the scars showing. Added to that is the continued manifestation of Chiana's strange "ability" - that started when she was "hosting" a rider in a previous episode - and that plays a role in future episodes.

If you want to know more about Farscape, don't start here watching here! This is a series that links together and flows, not allowing you to miss an episode without losing something. Sometimes that may be as small as a joke, but other times that can be something as large as the whole motivation behind the characters. I'm not much of a television addict, but I highly recommend Farscape as a complete picture - with only one warning. It is highly addictive.

Two Crichtons proves to be one Crichton too many.......2003-11-05

The major themes of Season 3 of "Farscape" were that of separation and death, which is amply proven by the episodes on this pair of DVDs that provide a resolution to the two Crichton story arc and finally brings Moya and Talyn back together:

Episode 14, "Infinite Possibilities Part 1: Daedalus Demands" (Written by Carleton Eastlake, Aired July 27, 2001) has the Ancient who shows up as Jack, Crichton's father, shows up on Talyn to accuse John of giving his wormhole information to the Charrids, who are allied with the Scarrans (i.e., as bad, but not quite as powerful). Crichton connects the dots and knows that it has to be Furlow, the mechanic we met earlier, who studied his module and must have pieces together enough to duplicate the technology. As Crichton tires to access the infromation in his brain by getting past "Harvey," the remnant of Scorpius, things get progressively worse in this episode, which is why it is "to be continued." (4 Wormholes)

Episode 15, "Infinite Possibilities Part 2: Icarus Abides" (Written by Carleton Eastlake, Aired August 3, 2001) does offer some good news as Crichton is finally free of the Scorpius clone and unlock the wormhole technology in his mind. Unfortunately that Scarran dreadnought is still on its way and Crichton has to work with the Ancient, who looks like his father Jack, work on a weapon that can defend them. Unfortunately Furlow is still trying to take every side involved for everything she can and the price of survival this time around is as high as it has ever been. (5 Wormholes)

Episode 16, "Revenging Angel" (Written by David Kemper, Aired August 10, 2001) is in the running for the funniest "Farscape" episode ever. Crichton and D'Argo have another one of their stupid fights, but this time John ends up in a coma. Meanwhile, just to make things fun, a strange ship is bent on destroying Moya. However, this is nothing compared to what is happened in Crichton's mind, where the Scorpius clone is trying to convince him to take revenge against D'Argo. That does not sound like much, but I should mention that these flights of fancy are animated in the grand style of Chuck Jones cartoons; i.e., think Coyote and Roadrunner lost in space. After the end of the previous episode, this is a welcome bit of comic relief before we continue the downward spiral. (5 Wormholes)

Episode 17, "The Choice" (Written by Justin Monjo, Aired August 17, 2001) has the grieving Aeryn traveling to a planet of mystics, seers, and frauds to try and contact Crichton. However, once there she learns she can make contact with someone who could be her father. There is some question as to whether or not this is really Talyn Lyczac, but there is no doubt that lurking in the shadows is Xhalax Sun, Aeryn's mother (who we though Crais had killed earlier in the season). So much for the idea that your parents can provide conflict when the man you love dies. (4 Wormholes)

Episode 18, "Fractures" (Rockne S. O'Bannon, Aired August 24, 2001) shows that the long awaited reunion between the divided crews on Moya and Tayln is not going to be any bed of roses. But first Moya's crew encounters a trio of escapees from Peacekeeper prisons: a Nebari, a Scarran and a female. This proves to be another one of Season 3's "road not taken" episodes since we see parts of the "Farscape" crew refracted in these visitors. However, all that really matters is that Aeryn and the other Crichton get to see each other again. (5 Wormholes)

You have to be impressed with any television series that manages to kill off half of the original characters halfway through a season, especially when most of those characters actually stay head. Especially when each of those deaths is made especially meaningful. Traditionally one of the great kisses of death (a.k.a. as "jumping the shark") for a series is when the male and female leads, who have been resisting get together, finally get together and the entire dynamic of the show changes. As we see by these episodes, in Season 3 of "Farscape" they manage to have their cake and eat it too.

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In its fourth season, Farscape is as much dramatic and romantic fun as it's ever been and it's even more stylish than ever before. A pity, then, that this season is also the show's last, following its abrupt cancellation by the Sci-Fi Channel. If at times the tone seems a little lighter here than in its gloriously doom-laden predecessor, that is because its story arc is the first half of what was intended to cover two seasons and some of the material is clearly here for the long run. It is, for example, probably no coincidence that the priests' chant in "What Was Lost" has been part of the show's signature tune from the beginning.

There are five episodes here. In "Crichton Kicks," Crichton has been a castaway for months on a senile Leviathan which is waiting its time to die. He has worked out wormhole technology, trained an orchestra of DRDs to sing the 1812 Overture, and is generally content, until his worldly resignation is shattered by the arrival of the beautiful, bossy, and untrustworthy Sikozu, a bunch of aggressive butchers and a somewhat battered Chiana and Rygel. "What Was Lost, Part 1: Sacrifice" takes them to an archaeological dig where they join Jool, D'Argo and the mysterious, annoying old woman Noranti and start to uncover lost secrets that change everything. In "What Was Lost, Part 2: Resurrection" Crichton, drugged into bed by the seductive evil Peacekeeper Grayza, regains his self-respect by helping save yet another world. "Lava's a Many-Splendored Thing" is a puzzle episode: how to rescue an amber-encased Rygel from the bottom of a pool of lava without getting crisped or shot by renegades and how to use D'Argo's ship to rescue him when it is keyed to his DNA. Finally, "Promises" takes everyone back to Moya to find a dying Aeryn Sun and a Scorpius she has promised to protect--the issue here is how to outwit both a Peacekeeper torpedo and an extortionist with a big ship and a taste for hiding behind holograms. --Roz Kaveney

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Great episodes, but wait for Starburst Edition.......2006-05-25

If you haven't gotten this collection yet then please wait. They will be making a Starburst Edition DVD collection very soon. What's that? It's essentially a bigger and better collection of Farscape Episodes. Instead of getting four episodes you get seven. Intead of paying $35 retail you pay $20. You get all the cool extras that are on this collection along with even more cool extras.

Look for the Starburst Edition for season four. If it's anything like the previous seasons they will release three volumes (as opposed to the five with this collection). See? Another added bonus... more shelf space.

Beginning the final season of "Farscape".......2004-07-16

This is the start of the fourth and final season of "Farscape," and with this first five episodes Moya's crew reassembles and John Crichton gets some good news and bad news by the end of this 2-DVD set. As always you will find some fan friendly extras along with the episodes:

Episode 401, "Crichton Kicks" (Written by David Kemper, Aired June 7, 2002) starts off the season back in the Uncharted Territories with a bearded Crichton reunited with Chiana and Rygel aboard the decaying Leviathan Elack. A group of Grudek mercenaries intent on harvesting the Leviathan's rare neural tissue mercenaries show up and have to be stopped. Moya's crew is not back together by the end of this one, but at least Crichton shakes off the cobwebs and starts getting acclimated to the idea that Aeryn is out there somewhere carrying his baby...or is she?

Episode 402, "What Was Lost, Part 1: Sacrifice" (Written by Justin Monjo, Aired June 14, 2002) has more of Moya's crew showing up on a planet where Interion scientists are conducting an archeological dig. Then Commandant Grayza shows up and uses a sensual spell to try and get to Crichton's secrets and the Old Woman, convinced Crichton will crack, figures killing him would be a good thing. Fortunately they put the second part on the same disc here as the story continues.

Episode 403, "What Was Lost, Part 2: Resurrection" (Written by Justin Monjo, Aired June 21, 2002) has the Farscape gang trying to stop the Peacekeepers on Arnessk from recovering an alien weapon of mass destruction while Crichton tries to resist Grayza's sensual assault. D'Argo and Jool have a plan, but you know how well those things work out. Fortunately, the dying Leviathan Elack makes for one heck of a trump card and it looks like maybe Crichton will not have Scorpius to kick around any longer (yeah, right, but Moya does lose a crewmember).

Episode 404, "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing" (Written by Michael Miller, Aired June 28, 2002) has the crew still searching for Moya but being forced to make an emergency landing on a desolate planet. There Tarkan freedom fighters capture Rygel inside a cavern filled with lava after Sparky's love for shiny objects gets him in a stick situation once again. Chiana and Sikozu become the new bickering couple for the series but manage to avoid coming to blows for the time being. This is a comic relief episode that, for many reasons, strikes me as a tongue in cheek homage to the original "Star Trek." But I am probably reading too much into it.

Episode 405, "Promises" (Written by Richard Manning, Aired July 12, 2002) starts off with good news and bad news. The good news is that Moya is finally reunied with her crew and Crichton gets to see Aeryn. The bad news is that she is in the company of Scorpius (you thought he was gone for good?) and in the throes of Heat Delirium. To prove his good intentions, Scorpius finally removes "Harvey," his neural clone, from Crichton's mind. Then a giant Lukythian Ship rockets up to Moya, preventing starburst, and its captain accuses Aeryn of being part of team of assassins who killed the Prime Lukythian. The Lukythians infected her with Heat Delirium and will provide an antidote in exchange for the names of those who ordered the hit. If this was not enough fun, Grayza has a prototype Peacekeeper missile for killing a Leviathan.

The Best Damed SiFi ever!!!.......2004-03-18

Damed Because it was Just too good to last.This is what wide screen, hi-def., TV's with surround sound were made for.
there is nothing on the tube that can compare to the all around quality of Farscape. I really miss this show.
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I Love Farscape.......2004-01-03

Farscape: Season 4 begins..........2004-01-02

Well, as this final season of "Farscape" is brought to DVD, a few changes come along with it. The most obvious is the widescreen presentation of the episodes, but the other noteworthy change is (unlike the show's previous gloom-and-doom season premieres) some much-needed laughs after several emotionally tough and dramatic episodes. Our hero john Crichton was left alone at the end of the previous season, but when we see him again, he has managed to find a dying Leviathan to call home and find time to study his knowledge of wormholes (while growing a Jim Morrison-esque mane to boot). But, things can be quiet in the world of "Farscape" for so long before circumstances drag him out of exile and into reunions with his old friends. But the biggest shock of all is the one person John Crichton distrusts more than anyone may need Crichton's help to survive. While the first five episodes in this set bring our band of misfits back together, it also sets up a tense atmosphere that plays out rather well throughout the season. Mind you, the REALLY GOOD stuff of season four isn't on DVD yet, but the epsiodes, including the two parter "What Was Lost" and the dramatic reunion of John and his love Aeryn in "Promises" manages to keep things interesting. All in all, a must-own for "Farscape" fans, and for those non-fans, well...

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Apparently John can go home again, along with Moya's crew
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In the episodes contained in this volume, Farscape's fourth season finally kicks into gear and does some of the most surprising things a television show has ever done. The first three episodes are all Farscape classics, which take our expectations and jump up and down on them. "Unrealized Realities" takes John Crichton (Ben Browder) through a wormhole to be interrogated by a creature who regards the Ancients (who put the knowledge of wormhole technology in his brain) as annoying bumblers and who tells him a lot about time and about alternate universes. This gives the cast a chance to play each other again--Claudia Black's performance as Chiana is particularly disorientating. In "Kansas" John finds himself finally back on Earth, during his own adolescence, with the task of ensuring that his father does not die in the Challenger explosion and alter his personal history. The visit to his long-missed home continues in "Terra Firma," when the crew of Moya have to cope with Bush's America and John discovers the hard way--politics, family, old girlfriends, alien assassins--that you cannot go home again. Lastly in the moderately weaker "Twice Shy," Chiana (Gigi Edgeley) and the others learn that no good deed goes unpunished, as a slave they rescue turns out to be one of the more deadly individual menaces they have ever faced. --Roz Kaveney

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Apparently John can go home again, along with Moya's crew.......2004-07-29

On "Farscape: Season 4, Collection 3" we get to a point in the series where the show could have jumped the shark. After all, in the very first episode Commander John Crichton, out testing his new acceleration theory, is flung through a wormhole into a galaxy that is really far, far away, and for three-and-a-half seasons while dealing with Crais, Scorpius, and all the other problems (not to mention his crewmates on Moya) Crichton has been trying to find his way home. Well, on this DVD, we get to the episodes where he finds himself back home. Fortunately, the results are what fans of the series would hope for and, as we have come to expect, the proverbial much more.

Episode 411, "Unrealized Realities" (Written by David Kemper, Aired August 23, 2002) sets the stage by having Crichton sucked through a wormhole where he gets interrogated by a being who has a connection to the Ancients. On the one hand we have semi-deep philosophical discussions about the nature of time and alternative realities, while on the other this is another episode where the "Farscape" cast get to play each other. These fit together because they are teaching Crichton the rules by which the wormholes operate, and this makes many things possible. So this episode not only stands on its own but at the end Crichton is floating above Earth.

Episode 412, "Kansas" (Written by Justin Monjo, Air Date January 10, 2003) starts with Moya joining Crichton above Earth. The good news is Crichton is home, but the bad news is that he is fifteen years in the past and his father is about to commander the space shuttle Challenger on its ill-fated final voyage. The solution to this is for the aliens to hide out in an abandoned house while they try to fix the past. This means kidnapping the young John Crichton, in whom Chiani takes a helpful interest, and learning English so that they can explain things to the local cops. Then we get to the end and things get really interesting.

Episode 413, "Terra Firma" (Written by Richard Manning, January 17, 2003) has Crichton finding out that the Earth has changed about as much as he has since he left. The show wisely takes 9/11 into account in the ways in which Crichton's family, friends, and government react to his return and his shipmates. But then there is also the Skreeth that Grayza has sent after Crichton and how our hero is bumping heads with his father over how the alien technology should be shared with Earth. I really wish this one should have been a two-parter or the start of more of a minor story arc.

Episode 414, "Twice Shy" (Written by David Peckinpah, Aired January 24, 2003) is a letdown in comparison to the high drama of the other episodes. You have to get to the next disc and "A Constellation of Doubt," which is the ideal episode to complete the Earth quartet. Chiana insists that Talikaa, a slave girl they encounter on a planet where they are making a trade, be bought and brought on Moya. This turns out to be a bad thing and a rather ordinary "Farscape" episode, although the setup for the next big twist in the story of John and Aeryn comes at the end of this one.

Of course, we know that "Farscape" is going to get cancelled during the fourth season, which is rather infuriating when you see how the series is uping the ante at this point. Lots of things are falling into place for the finale story arc and you just want to enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts. You also want to make sure you are all caught up on "Farscape" before the mini-series on the Sci Fi Channel comes out this fall.

Excellent.......2004-07-09

If your tired of Star Wrek you really should look at this Series. It is funny, smart, touching and full of action!! This is the only reason I watched the Sci Fi Network, it was a travesty what they did in canceling it, but with the NEW Mini Series coming this FALL you really need to watch Season 1 thru 4. I cant say enough how much I loved the fast paced stories and action of Farscape as well as the interplay of the crew of Moya and the growth of John and Aeryn's love. Its got it all if your looking for something good to watch this is it. For more info check out www.watchfarscape.com

Watch it!!.......2004-04-26

I've been watching Farscape since it began and it's one of the best secrets on TV!This DVD collection answers some of the questions and resolves some of the issues in true Farscape fashion. In "Unrealized Realities", Critchon learns how dangerous his wormhole travelling can be, as well as ends up back at Earth. The situation escalates in "Kansas" where Critchon and the crew must deal with the ramifications of his wormhole travel. "Terra Firma" is probably the best of the 4. It has elements of previous episodes "A Human Reaction" and "Dog with 2 Bones". Finally on Earth, Critchon has to reconcile his former life with the life he has now and realizes the old saying is true: you can never go home again.
Tensions between Aeryn Soon and Critchon are resolved in the mercurial "Twice Shy" as we find out the truth behind Critchon's actions and it's outcome.
At the end of the 4th season, it was disappointing that we may never see the resolution to many subplots that have been developing for 3 years. It's one of the few shows that can't actually be judged in any category, it's so good. Even better that the loose ends are rumored to be taken care of in the 4 hour miniseries Farscape: Peacekeeper War.
But in my opinion, it needs another season or two to make sure all the questions are answered. Buy it, watch it, love it.

Farscape is over or is it ?.......2004-04-08

I have to say I started watching farscape in the first year and then I stop Why ? I don't know Ok I do It came on on Friday nights and I wanted to go out and have some fun but know I have the all the seasons on DVD and can stay home on Friday night and see it all that I missed and thank god for DVD I love Love this show it is and always will be one of the Best shows on TV and now almost at the end I can't help but cry. and now there is Hope Farscape will be back and I can't wait to see it all

Some of "Farscape"'s best episodes EVER!.......2004-04-03

After a good half season, things really take off in this collection of episodes from the show's fourth season. The first episode, "Unrealized Reality", starts it all off with our hero John Crichton getting taught about the true danger involved with his knowledge of wormholes, along with a rather shocking conclusion. One great kick of this episode (especially for the hard-core fans)is the cast's appearances as different crew members throughout the episode. The next two episodes, "Kansas" and "Terra Firma" are as good, if not among the show's very best. Even the "ship in a bottle" episode "Twice Shy" is pretty good. For a show that was about to be cancelled, you wouldn't be able to say it was on account of quality. Highly recommended.

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Moya gets attacked four episodes in a row and other fun
Brilliant - totally frelling brilliant
A GREAT SET
A GREAT SET
A collection of good episodes (but not the best...)

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Episodes 6-10 of Farscape's fourth season continue the themes set at the start of the year while concentrating on one-off adventures. John Crichton is still upset that Aeryn Sun has not confided in him about her pregnancy; Aeryn is still trying to cope with the loss of his dead copy; Chiana is trying in her lascivious way to get them back together; Scorpius and Sikozu are gradually becoming integrated into the life of the crew, and John and the others are trying to learn to trust their former arch-enemy. In "Natural Election," the process of choosing which of the crew shall be captain becomes more urgent when the living ship Moya is attacked by a space-dwelling plant that hangs around wormholes; "John Quixote" has Crichton and Chiana trapped in a surreal gameworld full of old friends and enemies; in "I Shrink, Therefore I Am," Crichton has to rescue his friends from bounty-hunters who have shrunk them and hidden them in their heavily armored bodies. Aeryn finds herself compelled to homicidal violence in "A Prefect Murder" and time goes wonky on her; Crichton has to get into drag and Scorpius has to vomit a lot to save their crewmates from getting caught in the cross-fire of "Coup by Clam." These are enjoyable albeit routine episodes of the most imaginative space opera ever to hit the TV screen, though they only hint at the wonders that were to come later in this final season. --Roz Kaveney

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Moya gets attacked four episodes in a row and other fun.......2004-08-01

The common denominator for four of the five episodes collected on volume 2 of the fourth season of "Farscape" is that Moya gets attacked. Usually that is the subplot for these episodes, but it is starting to get to the point where Pilot is going to leave the crew stranded somewhere and take Moya to a safe quadrant of the universe:

Episode 406, "Natural Election" (Written by Sophie C. Hopkins, Aired July 19, 2002) begins the attacks on Moya when a large organism attaches to hull and starts eating her skin and penetrating her systems. All this is after Crichton successfully predicts the opening of a wormhole, which is going to be a handy talent down the road. The crew also finally picks a captain for Moya (and I guessed right!). So the beginning and ending have some importance and the middle gives the crew something to run around and do in between.

Episode 407, "John Quixote" (Written by Ben Browder, Aired July 26, 2002) is a wild episode where Chiana gets Crichton trapped in a virtual reality simulation and have to win a game run by an unstable Stark to get out alive. This is another one of those "Farscape" episodes where things get totally weird. D'Argo is the Wicked Witch, Aeryn the Princess that needs to be rescued, Rygel the Black Knight, and you have to see what happened to Zhaan. Meanwhile, Moya is in danger of being attacked from within by Scorpius, which is not going to be a good thing. There is little to do with the fourth season story arc here, but the absurdity does comment on the characters and their involved relationships.

Episode 408, "I Shrink Therefore I Am" (Written by Christopher Wheeler, Aired August 2, 2002) is another fun episode as a gang of ruthless bounty hunters seizes Moya to capture Crichton and shrinks the crew. Then they can slip the wee folk into their body armor as a way of protecting themselves from Crichton. But then it turns out that Axikor, the head bounty hunter, turns out to be something other than he pretends and with a different agenda from the rest of the gang. Things get a bit silly in the end, but that is what happens when people can change sizes at the punch of a button. Still, there are some key developments with Scorpius, who is obviously going to play a role in something important this season, but at this point we have no clue of what it might be.

Episode 409, "A Perfect Murder" (Written by Mark Saraceni, Aired August 9, 2002) has the crew trying to get assistance on a world ruled by warring clans. The peace process gets derailed when Aeryn is accused of assassinating the next leader of the clan while Chiana cannot help but say the wrong thing pretty much every time she opens her mouth. This one gets a bit convoluted and to no great end in terms of the larger picture.

Episode 410, "Coup by Clam" (Written by Emily Skopov, Aired August 16, 2002) finds an alien doctor named Tumii has poisoned Moya's crew with deadly mollusks while they are being held in quarantine and will not give them the anecdote unless they pay through their collective noses. Things progress to the point where Aeryn and Sikozu have to go into a club for "gentlemen," but before you get excited about that you need to know that this one ends up with Crichton and D'Argo in drag. Of course, in the context of "Farscape" this is actually a good thing.

These are entertaining episodes, which is pretty much a constant for the "Farscape" series, but collectively they are just treading water. However, things pick up big time with the third DVD in this series as Crichton discovers that apparently you can go home again.

Brilliant - totally frelling brilliant.......2004-02-19

I'm British and I get the region 2 DVDs, but I CAN say that these episodes, while not being the best of the seasons, are a welcome return to the season one stories. Although many think that season four is the weakest, while I agree to a degree, Farscape still remains as the best written, best acted SF show on telly.

And to that guy who thinks that A Prefect Murder is edited wrongly by ADV, maybe he should watch the episode again. The first four scenes are repeated over and over for the first ten minutes of the show from the different character's perspectives. It's an artistic thing, a different way to tell a story, it's EXPERIMENTAL, and it's one of the reasons why I love the damn show.

A GREAT SET.......2004-02-17

This is an incredible collection!

By the way, another review on this page - "Farscape is great but this collection has problems" written by "a viewer from peeksill" COMPLETELY misses the point of the episode "A Prefect Murder." There's nothing at all wrong with the DVDs. What's happening in the shots he describes is a PREMONITION. Aeryn is having a premonition of violent acts she later is compelled to commit. It's what the episode is about! The shots are repeated because she is experiencing the events again.

This collection is great. There's a wonderful and funny interview with Jonathan Hardy, who is the voice of Rygel, and LOTS more. FARSCAPE is an educated, exciting show!

A GREAT SET.......2004-02-17

This is an incredible collection!

This collection is great. There's a wonderful and funny interview with Jonathan Hardy, who is the voice of Rygel, and LOTS more. FARSCAPE is an educated, exciting show!

A collection of good episodes (but not the best...).......2004-02-02

For this collection of episodes from season 4 of "Farscape", we get a set of good episodes (not the best this season has to offer, but enjoyable nevertheless) which focus on the crew of Moya as their problems seem to get worse and worse. Crichton and Aeryn seem to be unable to connect, their nemesis Scorpius is now residing with them, and the tension from everyone else is noticeable. Episodes include the surreal "John Quixote", which features memorable faces from the show's run and enough references to Max Headroom and Monty Python to tide you by; "I Shrink Therefore I Am", which involve Crichton's attempt to save the crew from bounty hunters with the help of Scorpius; and "A Prefect Muder", in which Aeryn becomes an unwilling assassin. Of course, a few episodes later, things really pick up, but that's another story... The special features are good, and the video and audio aren't all bad. Recommended for fans.

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Last Dance

Lost in Space: Season 2, Vol. 2

Anti-Trust [2001]

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Crazy People