What is your all time favorite Farscape episode?

[Darth Buddha]

What is your all time favorite Farscape episode?

O.K., I used the Seasons 1 through 4 polls to drop any episodes that got less than 5% of the votes AT THE TIME I PUT THIS TOGETHER, because they didn't really stand a chance in the final round.

If one of your favorites got dropped, I am very sorry. I'm just trying to keep this manageable.

One vote, people! And remember, this is just for fun!

If you haven't voted in the other "What is your favorite", "Who Is Hot?" or "Would You Subscribe to Showtime?" polls, please check them out.


How do you watch? Which of the following describes your television service? by vhsiv
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=378923#post378923

Which of the following describes your television service? by vhsiv
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21148

Do you own a Tivo? by vhsiv
http://www.savefarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20810owtime

Would you subscribe to ShowTime to see a Farscape Season 5?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11184Which are your favorites?What's your favorite Season 1 episode?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11519

What's your favorite Season 2 episode?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11520

What's your favorite Season 3 episode?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11521

What's your favorite Season 4 episode?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11523

What is your all time favorite Farscape episode?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12029

Which Farscape Relationships Do You Find Most Interesting (vote for 5 to 10)?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21011

What is your favorite season of Farscape (so far)?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14408How to win/how many converts to Farscape?How many Farscape converts have YOU made since the cancellation?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17575

Which Five Episodes to Gain Farscape Converts?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17602Who is evil, who is hot, and who is not?Which Gal is Hot (the Moya Crew edition)?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11776

Which Guy is Hot (the Moya Crew edition)?
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11775

Goodliest PK Awards by Ouroboros
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13238

Evilest Moyan Awards by Ouroboros
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12683Who are you most like?Ladies, which female character are you most like? by chri-baby
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums...;threadid=19233

Gentlemen, which of these characters are you most like? by chri-baby
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums...;threadid=19235And finally, how do you want to see things end?How would you like the mini resolved? by chri-baby
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19395

[Frunium Slip]

Actually Buddha this was the easiest poll yet, I had already done all the strenuos work on the other polls. Still maybe I would have voted for all of the above if that had been an option...

Still waiting for the least liked episodes polls...

Hope you don't die a flaming death... :flamethro

[Darth Buddha]

Do you really think I should try a least favorite poll?

[Frunium Slip]

Sure, why not, it's not like they can actually get to you, and I for One would be interested in the result. I'm sure there will be disagreements but even a 'bad' episode of Farscape is better than anything else on TV.

Don't worry if you start to get flamed I'll step in and be a character witness, if you think it would help...

[Darth Buddha]

Once this one dies down, that'll be my next poll.

[LoneFerret]

Hey there Darth Buddha ...

Should change the "Series Finale" to "Season Finale".
Let's have some faith! :)

LoneFerret
===========================
PeaceKeeper Psychology:
Resistance is futile! (eh.. wrong show damn it)

[Darth Buddha]

Yep, I noted that this was a temporary status only in the Season 4 Favorites poll, but forgot to here.

Good catch.

[Lucky]

I voted of ItLD: Part 2

It always seemed to be the most epic episode to me, and it has some of my favorite Farscape moments.

[aeryn_14]

Í voted for the episode that 1st made me cry: Different Destinations.

[haesan]

I can't vote. There's so much to love -- so much to consider -- in each of the episodes, it's so hard to make sure you've thought of everything. I don't want to, by voting for one episode, inadvertently say that another isn't as good.

(Now, if you do the worst episode poll . . . THAT, I'll vote on.)

[grapeshot]

I voted for A Human Reaction. It's the first time Crichton begins to identify with his alien friends rather than with the planet-full of humans.

However, this is still a VERY tought list, and I'll be happy with whatever wins, or whatever makes it to the top five, or the top ten. whatever.

[Darth Buddha]

This isn't about which episode wins for me. Just as the "best of seasons" polls weren't about winners. They are interesting to me to find out what other people like, and they help inform what episodes to play to win new converts.

THIS poll, on the other hand, is just pure curiosity, though I guess it could also be about what to show when I've got a group that's already seen 'em all once.

[seattlescaper]

I voted for A Constellation of Doubt. This episode just is superb. The T.V. show interviews of Aeryn and the other Moyan's, John's desparation, losing it at times, Chiana and D'Argo, building to the tag scene with John and Scorpios. WOW!

[ichinen]

Well, my favorite was among the choices and I voted for it..."Unrealized Reality". It was interesting that two episodes I would definately have in my top ten or so were not listed. Call me crazy, but I really enjoyed "Thanks for Sharing", and "A prefect murder".

[Xev]

There are so many brilliant shows it's crazy hard to pick a favorite. Though I did pick one: Die Me, Dichotomy. That and Season of Death, man, they just ahhhh, they're fan-frelling-tastic!!

[Strj500]

It's gotta be Cracks Don't Matter for me....

[Mike@Pilots Chamber]

Bad Timing. In my opinion, the perfect Farscape episode.

Apart from it didn't frell with your head. But then that can't really be done well in an ep like that.

[Darth Buddha]

I find these results really interesting so far.

Again, no single run-away. Hopefully we can get some more counts and get a better read, but it seems like Season 2 and 3 had more than their fair share of hits.

I WILL do a least favorite poll too... just to see how the reverse question pans out.

[Kaiwaz]

Voted for CDM, I've seen it AT LEAST 50 times and I can't say that to anyone else. It's the ep I use to get others to see the show because it's the one I saw when I fell in love with the show.

BTW, worst episodes for each season (IMHO):

1- Tie between I, ET & They've got a secret (a crucial but kind of boring ep).
2- Dream a Little Dream (I think that's the title, the one with Zhaan), though I hated the Locket as well (I know it's very shippy so it will never lose though).
3- Haven't seen them all, so far though my least favorite is the one w/the Talyn crew after Crichton's death. Second choice would have to be "Green Eyed Monster", mostly because I'm not a huge fan of Lani's acting (aside from as Pilot).
4- tie betwen Mental as Anything and Bringing Home the Beacon.

[Eiley]

I voted for Dog with Two Bones because the end just killed me. I thought it was great writting.

I haven't seen a few of the others on the list, like the last 4 eps of season 4, crackers don't matter and look at the princes. I'm waiting to borrow those from someone. I've heard great things about all of them.

[auroraSun]

I have to agree, Dog with Two Bones is my favorite because of the ending. The script was wonderfully written. The flax was good too, mainly because of the ending and the control on the part of the writers.

[Dudicus]

Impossible to decide... I could not find an episode that was not exceptional...

[Third EYe]

My favorite is the first ep, without that one, there wouldn't have been any others.

[Sawyer's Miller]

For me, this seems to change from week to week, but currently, my favourite has to be "John Quixote", from the fourth season. The nods to Douglas Adams (the elevator that wants to go sideways), the nod to Monty Python "None shall pass". This is one of the more self-indulgent episodes, but so what - it was also very very funny.

If you haven't seen it - DO!

[seattlescaper]

My favorite is usually the episode I currently watching (with a few exceptions like JC). But I voted for Constellation of Doubt. I loved it start to finish, loved the desperate look on John's face, the interaction of the crew with John and their reaction to the program, the talking heads with their "expert" opinions. The pitch perfect tone of the host of the t.v. show, captured just the right mix of skeptism and wonder. And of course, the tag scene. WOW!

This episode was so perfect it deserves an emmy.

[dktigger]

After having read all of the above, I can't say which episode is my favorite. For now, the best episode is the one I'm going to watch tonite. And according to the "frelled" up schedule, next week, and the week after that, etc.

[Darth Buddha]

I envy you, dktigger. I have nothing left but re-runs and dvd's.

That's exactly what hooked us all on Farscape when it was new to the rest of us.

[who45]

It was hard to pick just one, but I voted for Different Destinations. I have seen that episode many times and it always makes me laugh and cry. It's such a strong episode.

[Roland]

I know it is not ONE episode. But LATP triology got everything.
Politics, love, humor, violence, sex, mysticism, Jonathan Hardy, Fran Buller, Bianca Chiminello, Braca's face :eek: seeing John go farbot..................

..............You get the picture! :)


Ps! Aeryn kissing Rygel! :cool:

She is such a lucky girl...... :rollin:

[Darth Buddha]

From this poll, it looks like Seasons 2 & 3 had a larger share of favorites than Season 1 and Season 4.

You'd never have guessed that from the Season by Season polls, where the distributions looked pretty much the same: roughly the same number of episodes getting equal percentages... no season had more runaways, more extreme runaways, or more apparent less favored episodes.

[blue]

Since season 3 is playing NOW, and season two is also recent, this may be why you're seeing more season 2, 3 in the choices of this particular poll. The question is--would results be the same if season one were what most people are watching or rewatching now---or season 4? Like what Seattlescaper or Tktigger said.

[Darth Buddha]

You are correct to point out those confounders, but the answer to that question is essentially unknowable. I will give it a try anyway.

Given the number of responses per season, you'd have suspected that the confound FOR season one would have been pretty strong, but it isn't, and season 4 has more votes in the by season poll than season 3.

Season by season responses from the individual polls:

1 - 88 votes
2 - 77 votes
3 - 72 votes
4 - 74 votes

Remember that recency effect has most effect when the differences are marginal. Preferences for episodes seem to run pretty heavy (some episodes really do get a lot more votes), so that would also argue that the confound would be minimal.

I really do think there is some evidence here that seasons 2 and 3 were perhaps a little stronger. As a fan of seasons 1 and 2 more than 3 and 4, that's not what I expected, but I'll take what the numbers seem to say.

[blue]

Yes-the answer is unknowable. And maybe you need to get more votes entered before speculating about the results. I was just offering a confound to consider--and it's still there.

"Given the number of responses per season, you'd have suspected that the confound FOR season one would have been pretty strong, but it isn't" Actually I wouldn't expect that at all.
Don't look at the numbers of the total votes of the polls of individual seasons to correspond to the number of votes per season in THIS poll--The total number of votes of each of the other four polls is not a measure of popularity, just an accident of who noticed which poll and voted in it-people didn't see all the polls and decide to only vote in the season 1 poll and not the season 3 poll--they just didn't go to the page where the season 3 poll was as often as they went to the season one poll location, so there are more votes in the season 1 poll--it doesn't mean anything about the relative popularity of the seasons.
To compare the four seasons in THIS poll, you might want to add the totals of each season within this one poll, although you then have not only the confound I mentioned before (what episodes were seen recently when the poll was filled out) but also the different number of candidates offered within each season, so you might want to then divide by the number of eps representing each season, and look at those four numbers.

"season 4 has more votes in the by season poll than season 3"
There is only a two vote difference, not a significant difference--You know that is not a valid statistical argument--The two votes could as easily be in the other direction-and may be as more people notice one or another of those polls and vote in them.
You also don't have very many votes yet (85 at the moment) compared to places they can go (29 episodes)--Close to three votes for each as an expected mean doesn't leave too much room for almost two standard deviations up and down (if you want to go for the traditional .05 probability that the results differ from chance expectation). I don't have a calculator handy, but I'm guessing only the 7 votes for Crackers Don't Matter and for Dog with Two Bones would be significantly higher than chance variation.

[DRD 1812]

Mine would have to be the Liars Guns and Money Trilogy. I liked Meltdown too, because of J/A. :)

[Darth Buddha]

All Season Poll 95 counts.

Season 1 Poll 90 counts.

Season 2 Poll 80 counts.

Season 3 Poll 74 counts.

Season 4 Poll 88 counts.

blue, you are quite right if I were using the numbers like that.

My intent to deal with the confound of "number of people familiar with a season" as measured by the total counts in that poll was to use those as a frequency or weight in the model. I'd consider Those weights would be inverse to the counts, so Season 2 and Season 3 moderately "undercounted" at this point.

Moroever, I'd also use a Poisson model, as the counts have accrued in sort of that fashion. Therefore differences between a few counts (like 1) and more counts (like 7) are going to mean more than in other models.

I'd do that because I also have the fact that the counts had temporal information. I've take a few "snapshots" - as such there IS more information than just the counts. I know a little more about the numbers in terms of accrual (I was actually more worried about somebody pulling a multiple ID, or a Pisher, and blowing my polls).

However, what I DO find somewhat more of a concern than the Scifi airings in terms of recency are the overseas viewers, where I actually have seen a real jump in the Season by Season votes as, say, Canadians see the end of Season 4. Those votes DO seem to come in all at once, and DO seem to perhaps have some recency effect (the last event actually occurred between my summary and this reply to your critique).

So, while I really didn't buy that there was the sort of recency effect that you were arguing for THEN, and I had more concern about the weights of those familiar, I DO have far more of a concern about the recency effect NOW.

As measured by the accrual of counts, both in total counts and in terms of a recent surge in votes for the Season 4 and overall polls, however, that would actually put Season 4 at an advantage, if that is a good proxy for the recency effect (I think it probably is), and yet Season 2 and Season 3 STILL are coming out ahead.

In other words, the confounds for which I can find any evidence would actually still tend to give at least Season 4 an advantage, and perhaps arguably Season 1. That's the opposite of current trend.

Finally, in ALL measurements, there are ALWAYS unknowable confounds. Always. Even in "hard sciences" like chemistry and solid state physics, where I've designed far and away too many experiments already this lifetime! You do the best you can with them.

I WISH I had been with it enough to track all the schedules, and save a snapshot every day, because I have numbers for only some of this. I'm comfortable using a Poisson distribution, I'm comfortable saying there IS probably a recency effect in the Season by Season polls for those who have just finished up seeing a season vs. those for whom the season is old hat. But I'll bet had I been sharp enough to capture more info, I could have done a lot more that was a lot more concrete.

Thanks, though, for keeping me on my toes, blue. Your critique was on target given the information I provided. I just didn't want to wax on and on, because I figured nobody would be interested in how I'm looking at this.

[SueDonym]

Mine isn't on the list.

And many people didn't like it at all when it first aired.

But it's still my favorite stand alone ep.

I Yensch...

Yep. That one.

I just liked the way it put the people of FarScape in a story that wasn't part of their normal milleu...that didn't, and in fact, shouldn't have concerned them at all...and then let them figure a way out of it. Plus the Scorpy/Sparky interaction was lovely.

:D :aok: :D

I guess Crackers ranks pretty high there too, just because it's so wonderfully silly.

Pizza and margarita shooters, anyone?

[Wererat42]

Why isn't Season of Death on this poll? That has got to be one of the best all-time FS episodes.

The scene with Zhaan and Aeryn on the 'Other Side' was great. John and D'argo fighting the Scarren was awsome.

But, anyway, Scratch 'n Sniff wins in my book as the most memorable, funniest, feel-good episode. All the flashbacks, flashforwards, rewindings, voiceovers, and Dancing D'argos define it as a classic.

The Look at the Princess trilogy comes in second, and Roland pretty well covered everything good about it.

[blue]

" In ALL measurements, there are ALWAYS unknowable confounds. Always."

I couldn't agree more. Its always good to mention the confounds that one can think of, and know that there are surely others as well that one hasn't thought of or one doesn't have a measure to detect. That's why statistics can be so deceptive--it often sounds to many people like certainty, but isn't. Just like scientific "facts" in general.

[Darth Buddha]

And, of course, without statistics, all we'd be doing is completely BS'ing ourselves.

Problem USUALLY is, from my experience, scientists who aren't statisticians who run the wrong stats (getting either false positive or false negative results thereby), statisticians who don't understand the science for which they are running stats (so same problem), or people DELIBERATELY running the wrong stats.

All cause and effect has statistics. The rest is merely.... rumor.

[PauNthWorlds]

Revenging Angel

Which I do not see listed above.

[ctheokas]

Oh, so cruel! How can I be forced to choose only one!?! It would be much easier to pick those eps which I hated the most (Dream a Little Dream) than to pick my favorite. There are so, so many.

[blue]

Actually, there's plenty of science that uses no statistics, DB. I'm not anti-statistics, but I need no statistical argument, for instance, when a previously unnoticed bone in the jaw is suddenly discovered for the first time (recently!) that was not in any medical text up to that time-- not in Gray's Anatomy. Careful observation used for discovery is not always in need of statistics.
And its not always using the wrong stats-but often starting with the wrong assumptions, or the wrong input (consider here, for instance, that you have not allowed some people to vote on their favorite because it wasn't included in the choices), or lack of considering confounding variables that can lead to questionable conclusions. My comments have just been to temper any conclusions to come with caveats mentioning other possibilities, which it is always a good idea to do.

[Darth Buddha]

Originally posted by blue
I'm not anti-statistics, but I need no statistical argument, for instance, when a previously unnoticed bone in the jaw is suddenly discovered for the first time (recently!) that was not in any medical text up to that time-- not in Gray's Anatomy. Careful observation used for discovery is not always in need of statistics.

I think you'd want more than one observation, and I'm sure that case involved more than one observatrion. Replicates are a type of statistics. You might not be used to thinking of it that way, but in natural sciences we do generally think of it that way. A single event is also just a rumor.

Originally posted by blue
And its not always using the wrong stats-but often starting with the wrong assumptions, or the wrong input (consider here, for instance, that you have not allowed some people to vote on their favorite because it wasn't included in the choices), or lack of considering confounding variables that can lead to questionable conclusions. My comments have just been to temper any conclusions to come with caveats mentioning other possibilities, which it is always a good idea to do.

(note - edited after I checked the airing schedule over at Skiffy)

blue, your comments have been anti-conclusion, any conclusion, and that is fine. However, I'd rather hear what effects you'd think would have the effect you hypothesize, and cite evidence for the effect.

As of July 3, I'd have said I saw NO evidence for recency effect. Checking the schedulebot, though, I see that Lambs to the Slaugher aired then, and in the last week on the Season by Season poll, that episode shot up something fierce. So, as of THAT point, I'd say maybe there is some evidence. For an advantage to Season 3. Prior to that, I don't see it. Season 3 was in the lead well before that. I do have to question votes since then.

I also have seen a burst in voting on the Season by Season poll for Season 4, with the same preference toward the end of the season, arguing for a recency effect from non-U.S. first time airings, where enough people ARE being influenced all at once to worry about recency. That hasn't played out in voting in the all time favorite ep poll, however.

I don't think that recency effect is going to be that great for anyone who has been a fan of the show long term. I know (from other posts in a "favorite trilogy" poll) that you worry about YOUR vote being affected by recency, but there are a lot of people, I'd argue a majority of people, who are going to have more definitive preferences. Lots of respondents felt the need to even post their favorite in addition to voting. That's certainty, not recency.

So what I'm saying is that I see your confounds, and they don't phase me to the degree of making results unintelligible. That's what I've been trained to do in the analysis of social science and medical data, and it is what I do 20 hours a week. I've also gone bug-hunting for confounds as a natural scientist and experimental design expert among chemists for ten years in industry. Doing this sort of analysis of confounds, their effects, and whether or not you think them to be a kill in interpretation is just part of the job.

I'm sure you can do these sorts of assessments too, so what would your read be on the likely effects? I mean what's the outside evidence for it, and what directionality would you think the effect would have?

[blue]

"Those effects and others I've already mentioned would dilute any advantage of Season 2 & 3 releative to 4, and would put Season 1 at a disadvantage. So I do feel pretty safe in saying Seasons 2 & 3 have performed more strongly than I would have expected. I'm worried that Season 4 may actually have an unfair advantage, and that Season 1 may have an unfair disadvantage."

I agree with most of this--and I actually would have expected Season 2 and 3 to be the most popular--I still have trouble with your idea that you can use your individual season polls the way you seem to want to--I've already said why I thought you should look at weights of seasons only within this poll by breaking it into its seasons and correcting for uneven numbers of episodes--not by looking at the other individual polls--because not everyone paid attention to each of those, not because they didn't like the season as much, but just because they didn't go to where the polls were, or didn't fill some of the polls out--Let me give you an example--I would only look at the individual seasons sections very occasionally, if I happened to notice a new post by someone whose posts I particularly liked to read in general--since I've been on the board longer than these new season categories, I have already read many much older threads about what is again being discussed about various episodes, so I would mostly ignore the new "broken down by seasons" categories. So I would not have filled out your polls in some of the seasons--I have since gone back and filled them all out for you, but here's another problem that may relate to your numbers--I found that I liked SO MANY of the season 3 episodes that I didn't fill that poll out for a long time, and finally filled it out almost at random, since I didn't have a "best" episode in it--too many were fighting for that position. There may be others like me, who just find the task too hard, and unlike me, didn't compromise with a "well, its not clearly my favorite, but its one of the many favorites of the season." This problem can also lead to fewer votes.

Oh, and here's another possibility for your lower season 3 count in the individual poll--Some people here who have newly discovered the show have actually never seen all of season 3 yet. It finishes in the US next Sunday and it is not yet available on DVD. So there may be people holding off on voting on the season 3 poll until they actually see all of season 3.

[Darth Buddha]

Yep, apparently I was editing my initial post to account for the current Season 3 schedule as you were responding.

If there's a big jump in the Season 3 poll concurrent with that airing AND a jump in the overall favorite poll, then I'd be rather suspcious of a recency bias in the overall poll.

[Umbra]

Ahhh, I can't pick just one...........but a certain episode does come to mind for no particular reason.

Scratch n Sniff because it's just too funny. Listening and watching John retell his drunken version of events is just too much.:rollin:

Maybe it just hits a little too close to home.....:beergood:

[Imlego]

Luckily I can't vote yet, but of the first two seasons I've seen, I'd vote for Won't Get Fooled Again although Die Me, Dichotomy is very close too. But I won't vote until I've seen 'em all.

God, I wish that season 3 r4 boxset would be here like n-o-w.

Sigh.

Be patient, be patient, be patient.
Rewatch seasons one & two, rewatch seasons one & two, rewatch...

:D

[Roland]

Buddha, When did you become Pinhead? Or is that you when the conditioner bottle is empty?

"No Hapooda, Just my Buddha!" :bowdown:

[asur]

Just had to put a plug in for one of my favorite ep's and that is
"EAT ME". Alot of folks don't care for it that much,but I always thought Jool shined in this one.



asur

[fiona-maria]

What's that one where John says something like "go ahead, shoot me [in the hand]. Kill my sex life?"

I liked that one.

Fiona

[Imlego]

Originally posted by fiona-maria
What's that one where John says something like "go ahead, shoot me [in the hand]. Kill my sex life?"

I liked that one.

Fiona

That would be Look At The Princess, part 2. Yes, excellent scene that one.

[canadadoc]

Okay-top episode IMHO is Dog with Two Bones-just so perfect-but close second is Won't Get Fooled Again-I have trouble choosing between them but my shipper heart just melts for the angst of DWTB.
Of course there are no really BAD episodes of FS.

c.

[Darth Buddha]

Sorry, PauNthWorlds, I dropped those that did not perform well in the "What's your favorite from Season #(x)".

A decision I have come to regret.

[Coinean Crichton]

Had to vote for Scratch and Sniff. D'Argo Dancing...John in those hose in the window...it was just too much fun!

Damn I miss this show.....I wish someone would hurry up and come to their senses!

[scorpy808]

Crackers Don't Matter .....

[Jellyfish]

Got to be Season of Death can't understand why it doesnt get more votes....

[Kerrigan]

'Coz I for one voted for HTK. ;) It's memorable and I mean it -- I practicly memorized it. Some eps may have been more moving or more epic but this one stuck with me as my favourite. The acting, the filming, the lines, the sets, the looks on everybody's faces... priceless!

[AnnieBW]

Dude, you forgot to list MY favorite - Revenging Angel! Actually, I picked TWWW. That one never fails to get me. It doesn't hurt that Velorek is a hottie, too.

[stellar]

I voted for Dog With Two Bones because I voted for it for Season 3 and Season 3 is, I believe better on the whole than the as-of-now 4 seasons.

I am conflicted picking one over the others though... I think DW2B is the most emotionally charged (IMHO) and is based around a very complex arc (for any show).

- Stellar

[MJS]

When we get the "least favorite" poll?

[Krash]

There is just so many good episodes to choose from. Most of the ones with the highest number of votes are some of my favorites.

Scratch 'n' Sniff is just a great episode...love how everything is told as John recollection of what happened to Pilot, and the scene in the window was classic!

Dog With Two Bones is a tough one for me to watch, because of recent events in my personal life. Right now, the woman I love is gone...and all my friends just got sucked down a wormhole.

Crackers Don't Matter is another of my favorite John Crichton episodes. Some classic lines from that one!

[Scaper_S]

That was really really hard. In the end I voted for the Locket (because I'm an old romantic), but I could have voted for DWTB, BT, WGFA, DMD, the Flax, JQ, THM & of course CDM as they also my "10 out of 10" episodes. Others that I also love but weren't listed are Season of Death, Prefect Murder & Twice Shy. It would be interesting if, when the voting is done, if you narrowed it down to the 5 most voted for eps and get everone to vote again. (sorry if someone said that already).

[Krash]

In the end, I voted for Liars, Guns, and Money: Plan B...because it is just a good old fashioned action episode!

This was the 1st time the crew ever really took the offensive against Scorpious and the Peacekeepers. And i love the scene where John is being drawn to Scorpious during the "jail break"

And the chess scene at the end was the perfect metaphor for the battle between John and the neural clone!

[Farsight]

I couldn't vote on this one - too many favorites for too many reasons... A Human Reaction was our first real hint at the 'big picture'. Different Destinations was the first episode of Farscape I saw that made me say, "No other show would EVER do that!" (referring to the dark & twisted ending). Crackers Don't Matter, Won't Get Fooled Again, Out of Their Minds and Scratch n Sniff are the most hilarious sci-fi/drama episodes of any show I've ever seen. The multi-part epics are truly theatrical in nature, and would have been the best scifi movies of their respective years. And Bad Timing is a powerful episode on so many levels.

I can easily pick a least favorite episode though. :) I ET and Dream a Little Dream both seemed like generic Star Trek episodes. At least DaLD had some funny scenes w/ Chiana & Rygel and some dramatic ones w/ Zhaan, but I can definitely see why it was kicked from being the season 2 premiere as was planned - it would've been quite a letdown. I ET was just lacking on all fronts, the biggest being that a whole planet of people who had never seen an alien could speak their language(s), when the previous episode (the premiere) had been pretty clear in establishing that wasn't possible. The episode itself was also lacking that 'Farscape twist' we've since come to know and love. I ET might be the only episode of Farscape that you could substitute our favorite crew with characters from Trek or Stargate and still have the same episode. And that's no good. :)

[JrMissToughChick]

Okay I voted WGFA, but my other favorites are Different Destenations, WSS:HK, CDM, and, JQ ok and about 10 others but thats the short list WGFA is my favorite.

Much Love,
~JrMTC~

[cullyn80]

I voted Terra Firma, I enjoyed watching how the characters (John included) reacted to earth and humans.

[scaperoo]

:flee: Hi, this was actually a no brainer for me!!
:achoo: "DWTB"!! Even though it was sad and depressing.

:et2: The Locket was the saddest, but, oh what a great episode. Only Farscape could've pulled off the aged characters and everyone still love it.

:joy:
Vonnie

[Selena]

I think that my absolute favorite is the Premiere because without that one there would have been no others ... but for fun, mirth and merriment it has to be Out of Their Minds ... it was brilliantly acted and very funny.
Of course I have a heap of others I just :love:

[Fyodor]

I'd say.... i'm not gonna name all the great episodes so..... Die me, Dichotomy.

[BadGirl]

I voted for Dog with two bones it was a pretty emotional episode which made it pretty awsome. My all time favourite ep is Season of death because that was the first ever ep i saw and it was pretty cool!

[MrX]

For me, nothing may ever beat Into the Lion's Den Part II. From the second Talyn starbursted up to the end, I was just amazed. What a great ep.

[Doc Holiday]

I like the premere episode. I also was amazed at Lion's Den II. Hell I love all Farscape.

[Nessus]

I voted for 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. I think it's one of the funniest episodes, and it's also really effective in driving home just how much Crichton is up against. That last scene where Scorpy makes John forget all about the chip in his head always gets me jumping up and down, cursing Scorpy to hell. Man is he evil in that episode, and i loved it.:)

...Or maybe it's just that WGFA is the last episode I've watched.:)

[Tee Morris]

I voted for CRACKERS DON'T MATTER just for that great moment where John hums Wagner and everyone just looks at him from the deepest, darkest place...

...and then Aeryn states what everyone is thinking: "We are going to die." :rollin:

But I'm trying to remember, which episode was John coma that wound up being a "Chuck Jones" cartoon? Help me out, folks?

[BadGirl]

Are you thinking of Revenging Angel?

[Tee Morris]

Originally posted by BadGirl
Are you thinking of Revenging Angel?

Just checked it out on the web...and yes, it is "Revenging Angel"...thank you, Bad Girl! :)

So between "Revenging Angel," "Crackers Don't Matter," and "John Quixhote," it was close...

...but now that I think of it, which one works best for me, Aeryn with the deadpan "We are going to die..." or Aeryn dressed as a Southern Belle saying, "Are you really John Chriton? We are goona be ssstho happy togethhhha! Stho, you wanna find a plathe to sthethe that sthord o' yourths?"

Sexy Claudia Black with a lisp...damn, thatsth funny!

[Cyber-Raga]

"Out of their Minds" is my fav episode. I still laugh so hard watching this ep

[skchwojko]

You didn't put this as an option BUT. . . THE CHOICE without a doubt is pure gold!!! What a dark, surreal, & magnificent episode. Claudia Black's own simple, yet poignant, "choices" in her performance allows the audience to experience the process of grief with her. This episode greatly affects my own experience of grieving the loss of my unborn child . . . and quite possibly the dream of ever becoming a mother in this life on Erp.

I hope to oneday thank the writer (Justin Monjo), director (Rowan Woods), and Ms. Black for their great care, honour and respect while dealing with the sensitive yet universal experience of grief and staying dedicated and true to the unique artistry of FARSCAPE which we all adore.

[abbadon]

We'll this was difficult...Everytime I thought I had it I changed my mind....hmmmm..
.*Dog With Two Bones ...No...*Crackers...No....*Out of Their Minds ....
and then I nailed it...
My favorite Episode of Farscape is...

The next one....always the next one..... :yes:

[faustus]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" the ep turned me into a farscape fan or nut take your pick

[Tee Morris]

You didn't put this as an option BUT. . . THE CHOICE without a doubt is pure gold!!! What a dark, surreal, & magnificent episode. Claudia Black's own simple, yet poignant, "choices" in her performance allows the audience to experience the process of grief with her.

Was that the episode where she is drinking herself silly in an apartment somewhere, haunted by images of Chriton of present and future?

If so, I will probably never forget the image of her standing in fron tof the open window, calling out for him...pretty friggin' powerful!!!

[stlscape]

That's it, Tee.

[MotorWerk]

The Locket, because it made me laugh and cry at the same time.

It is probably the best episode I've seen of any TV show, the script is beyond belief.

[TheEeshew]

You dare to ask waht my all-time favorite episode is? You force me to choose between so many great episodes? :eek: :faint:


This is a torture...! :headbang: :headbang:

[SteelMagnolia867]

I had a hard time choosing between Meltdown and DWTB but in the end I made my final decision. What is Meltdown!? And Yes Alex, that is my final decision.

[Redmen]

Crackers Don't Matter coz John kicks some alien ass and shows that humans are superior

[friday_at_8pm]

Although I would pick, from the above list, "We're So Screwed, Part 3: La Bomba"....But my all-time favorite is "Jeremiah Crichton"....

[ctheokas]

Gotta agree with skchwojko, and say "The Choice." And it should have been a choice.

[blueaeryn]

Was that the episode where she is drinking herself silly in an apartment somewhere, haunted by images of Chriton of present and future?

If so, I will probably never forget the image of her standing in fron tof the open window, calling out for him...pretty friggin' powerful!!!


And don't forget the opening sequence when she is contemplating suicide. She holds the knife, twirls it in her fingers, and then there is the shot of her pulse pistol. Great camera work and conveying a thought without saying a word.

BA

[Milaya]

No, I can't still choose.So many great eps.But one thing is for sure, it's from season 2.

[woolhoss]

I liked Terra Firma. The whole idea behind Humans and Aliens gettin a crash course in meeting eachother was pretty interesting.

[SpaceSlut]

Scratch 'n' Sniff

the best so far

[TheEeshew]

After much head-banging, I finally went with "Into the Lion's Den, Part 2".

Crais' farewell and the destruction of the command carrier were two of the most powerful sequences in the whole series, I think.

[blitzed]

it seems i'm in a bit of a minority here - three of my absolute favorite episodes are not listed: crichton kicks, and what was lost 1 and 2. i love when crichton is on his own (not that i don't love when he's with aeryn); and what was lost has all those lovely underwater scenes.

on the list i was torn between WGFA and unrealized realities - both have such a surreal quality. in the end voted for UR. had to be from season 4, i guess.

[argan]

Into the Lion's den 2. Amazing.

[00Robin]

Into The Lions Den-when Scorpius is standing on the stairs with the water running down..it was one of the most arresting scenes. I still get goose bumps when I watch it.

[AerialPuma]

00Robin--I agree with you about that scene--it's fantastic!

:eek: What a difficult choice!! I love them all!

For heart wrenching drama, acting and overall shippiness I adore "Hot to Katratzi"

For funny, "Out of Their Minds" is a total hoot! ;)

[Sid]

MY favorite episode is Revenging Angel, but that's not in the poll. So, I went with my runner-up - Scratch n Sniff, because watching D'Argo dance never gets old, lol.

[Noddin]

My favorite is Picture If You Will, was quite disappointed not to see it in the poll, but not everyone likes same as everyone else!!!

Voted for Wont Get Fooled Again, certainly my 2nd favorite of them all

[Crackers DO Matter]

CDM !!!