I’ve got another week before I’m back to Farscape reviews, and I’m procrastinating at work. Let’s do this! Episode titles are a beautiful thing. Sometimes they’re consistently themed, like on Friends; sometimes they’re all over the place. Sometimes they point … Continue reading Tournament of Episode Titles: Nominations
“I am in control of me!” There’s a simplicity to “Die Me, Dichotomy” that I find incredibly satisfying. Like “Family Ties” before it, it’s a season-ender that’s significantly smaller than the multi-part episode that preceded it. The stakes are very … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×22, “Die Me, Dichotomy”
“We’re gonna rob a bank?!” “Liars, Guns, and Money” is just so full. The basic story of the episodes, as a friend once pointed out to me, is summed up in the subtitles: “A Not So Simple Plan,” “With Friends … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×19-2×21, “Liars, Guns, and Money”
This review was like pulling teeth and I’ve got to conserve my energy for next week’s three-parter, so fuck it, we’re doing this one Five Things style. Five Things About Farscape 2×18, “A Clockwork Nebari” This episode is really the … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×18, “A Clockwork Nebari”
“Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.” “The Ugly Truth” is fun because any half-decent Rashomon episode is going to be fun. Rashomon is a fun concept, and even more fun when applied to characters … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×17, “The Ugly Truth”
“Take a look inside. You’ll see his image. The only love of my life.” In my decade-plus of talking to Farscape fans of all kinds, I’ve found “The Locket” to be one of the show’s most polarizing episodes. People who … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×16, “The Locket”
“You’ve changed.” “People change to survive.” Redoing a concept that your show has done before is risky. Redoing the concept of one of the best episodes your show has ever done is perhaps bordering on self-sabotage. There’s so much potential … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×15, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
“I’m not gonna lose my mind. It’s all I’ve got left.” “Beware of Dog” lives in my head as a completely generic episode of Farscape—alone of all 88 episodes, all of which I’ve seen multiple times, I have no particular … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×14, “Beware of Dog”
“There’s never been anything we couldn’t overcome together.” “Except each other.” “Look at the Princess” is only Farscape’s second multipart episode. (I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to say that there will be numerous others.) The show’s … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×11-13, “Look at the Princess”
It’s another quick and dirty review this week. We should be back to regular reviews next week. The biggest problem with “My Three Crichtons” isn’t that it’s stupid, although it is pretty stupid. The episode’s biggest problem is that it’s … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×10, “My Three Crichtons”
Okay guys, it’s been a solid month since I watched this episode and frankly I’m not any less busy now than I was last week, but it’s time to bring Farscape reviews BACK, so we’re doing this one quick and … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×09, “Out of Their Minds”
“Trust me. I’m a lawyer.” Is this the silliest episode of Farscape? We’ve got funny hats, Chiana taking speed, helium fart voices, and Chiana and Rygel doing their best Law & Order impression. “Dream a Little Dream” was (in a … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×08, “Dream a Little Dream”
“I’m evolving as an individual.” I wish I had more to say about “Home on the Remains.” It’s not bad, except for a couple places where it is. It’s also not very good, except for a few scenes. Mostly, it’s … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×07, “Home on the Remains”
“I don’t know art, but I know what I don’t like.” Maldis’s original episode, “That Old Black Magic,” works because it has clear emotional stakes for every character involved, and because the mechanics of the magic are straightforward, if vague: … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×06, “Picture If You Will”
“I am what I am, and I did what I did.” Farscape is, for the most part, a very forward-thinking show. The characters have secrets and backstories, and those histories do matter, but even when engaging with where a character … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×05, “The Way We Weren’t”
“Humans are SUPERIOR!” I love “Crackers Don’t Matter” because outside of “We’re So Screwed,” it has maybe Farscape’s most direct title. The crackers don’t matter thematically, but they also literally don’t matter—they’re a MacGuffin that does nothing except exist for … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×04, “Crackers Don’t Matter”
“But whatever you want… you cannot want to die.” CN: Discussions of self-harm and suicide. Obviously, there are problems with “Taking the Stone.” The effects are bad. The costumes are really silly. All of the guest characters speak in a … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×03, “Taking the Stone”
“And holy women never go bad?” Unusually for Farscape, the cold open of “Vitas Mortis” fails to set up any obvious compelling conflict. D’Argo, Zhaan, and John visit a Luxan priestess (or, I suppose, “orican”), but they don’t need anything … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×02, “Vitas Mortis”
“You want to have a midlife crisis? Fine. Ditch the firm, head off to Maui, shack up with a supermodel. But you do not get to keep the Porsche!” The set-up for “Mind the Baby” is pretty similar to the … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×01, “Mind the Baby”
The people have voted, and the results are in. Your April Madness winner is… KIM WEXLER! It was a fierce competition, but Kim took it by three votes in the end! Sorry, Grover. Maybe next year. Thank you all for … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Winner!
HERE WE ARE. The final showdown! The biggest bracket! But first, an acknowledgement of our beloved, fallen competitors: JanetAngela Abar In the first corner, representing Drama: Last year’s runner-up, it’s KIM WEXLER! In the other corner, representing Youth: The monster at … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Championship!
