Episodes which made you think

[Mike@Pilots Chamber]

And now for something completely different... episodes which made you think. Episodes which made you go "well, that's different" for whatever reason. Episodes which showed us Farscape wasn't a run-of-the-mill sci-fi.

I'll begin with three episodes and, of course, HUGE AMOUNTS OF SPOILERS!!!

1.04 - I, E.T.
Originally I think this was supposed to be the second episode. This, I feel, was a good way to start Farscape by showing us that, even though the planet's inhabitants and their society very much resembled mankind, John was still in an alien universe and, to make matters even worse, is now regarded as an alien himself.

3.05 - Different Destinations
Yep, it's your standard time travelling (well, not quite) with various moments of "we can change the past to create a better future" except... well, they don't. Whilst the episode is brilliant, the last moments where John sees what their actions in the past, and in particular his own actions, caused, makes the episode for me.

3.22 - Dog With Two Bones
So what if John did manage to return to Earth? Surely that's his dream? Or is it any more? Here Moya's fight to bury Talyn plays second-fiddle to John coming around to realize that, if he did manage to return to Earth, his friends may not follow or even resent coming with him. I think D'Argo sums it up best with something along the lines of "every moment you dream of returning to Earth, don't begrudge us having dreams".

In any case, discuss your own!

[Crackers DO Matter]

Good topic .... 1st off ... I would say the obvious answer ... ALL OF THEM.

Okay, with that said ... I'll agree with your 3 above ... plus:

"EAT ME" - I would have bet that they would have just killed off the 2nd John, but that would have been too easy.

"REVENGING ANGEL" - What show has ever had the mivonks to attempt something like that. It got over & all you could think was "what was that ... cartoons in a live action sci0fi show". But it couldn't have worked better !!

[Nicola]

Unrealized Realities, Constellation of Doubt and Prayer.

Also John Quixote.

Fantastically rich and layered episodes.

[odedh]

Well this is a good subject, so let's see

DNA Mad Scientist - For cutting off Pilot's arm as the price of going home, and the fact that Aeryn had no home to go to

A Human Reaction - For how people of Earth treated the Aliens, and how will we as humanity will deal with that question should it ever arise

Bone to be Wild - For Delvians being a Plant, kind of make you think, we all think of animals as intelligent and alive, but we don't think that way of plants, weird ha...

The Way We Weren't - For how sins of the past come to hunt you down

My Three Chrichtons - For the fact that being smart is not as important as being a good human being

Die Me, Dichotomy - For the death of Aeryn

Self Inflicting Wounds, Part II, Wait for the Wheel - for the Wheel Analogy, and for the final Scene, the fact that John knows that he was the main person who was at fault

...Different Destination - Don't mess with the past, you'll only ruin the future

Scratch n' Sniff - Amazing Editing and Directing

Revenging Angel - Genius Concept

The Choice - Loss, and Claudia Black in all her glory

DWTB - Coin Toss, make your own future

Terra Firma - What kind of world do we live in? and will we ever be able to unite it

Prayer - Because of the begining when Aeryn talks about the Sebecean God, the "Becaue I can" line is briliant

We're So Screwed, Part III, La Bomba - For John understanding that he killed a lot of people with an Atomic Bomb and realizing all that pain

Bad Timing - Because Timing is Everything