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Farscape: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Mar 19, 1999 Updated Jul 21, 2026

Farscape is a science fiction television series. It premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday segment. The series was originally conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. It premiered on 19 March 1999. The series is set in a distant part of the universe. Astronaut John Crichton becomes stranded after a freak accident during an experimen

Season overview

Farscape is a science fiction television series. It premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel's SciFi Friday segment. The series was originally conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment. It premiered on 19 March 1999. The series is set in a distant part of the universe. Astronaut John Crichton becomes stranded after a freak accident during an experimental space mission. He is taken in by the misfit alien passengers of the sentient ship Moya. The ship is on the run from the militaristic "Peacekeepers."

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Episodes

S1·E1

Premiere

Mar 19, 1999 · 50 min

Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module at high speeds. He is hit by a radiation wave and is sucked through a wormhole into a distant pa

S1·E2

Exodus from Genesis

Mar 26, 1999 · 50 min

Moya gets infested with bugs who have come on board to breed. They turn up the temperature to speed up the process but this causes Aeryn to get heat delirium as she is cold blooded

S1·E3

Back and Back and Back to the Future

Apr 1, 1999 · 52 min

The crew come across a ship that is molecularly de-stabilizing. D'Argo makes everyone bring it aboard when he discovers that there are Ilanics on board. Crichton goes on to the esc

S1·E4

Throne for a Loss

Apr 8, 1999 · 50 min

A group of Tavleks come aboard for trade negotiations. Rygel takes a vitally important crystal from Moya to make himself seem wealthy. The Tavleks kidnap Rygel and take him down to

S1·E5

PK Tech Girl

Apr 15, 1999 · 50 min

The crew find an old abandoned peacekeeper ship adrift in space, on board they discover that Crais was there recently where he deposited a unit of techs to make repairs. Meanwhile

S1·E6

Thank God It's Friday, Again

Apr 22, 1999 · 50 min

The crew visits a planet full of happy workers. Soon D'Argo and Zhaan start working and refuse to return to the ship. Meanwhile Rygel's body fluids become explosive and Aeryn and P

S1·E7

I, E.T.

May 7, 1999 · 50 min

A peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent it's signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and

S1·E8

That Old Black Magic

Jun 10, 1999 · 50 min

Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negati

S1·E9

DNA Mad Scientist

Jun 17, 1999 · 50 min

A scientist extracts DNA from several of Moya's crew, promising them that with it he would be able to use it to find the location of their home planets. Things get more interesting

S1·E10

They've Got a Secret

Jun 24, 1999 · 50 min

During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to thi

S1·E11

Till the Blood Runs Clear

Jul 8, 1999 · 50 min

Crichton comes across the same conditions that initially created a wormhole. He leaves Moya in his module with Aeryn where he attempts to create a wormhole and return home. Althoug

S1·E12

The Flax

Jul 15, 1999 · 50 min

While on a transport pod piloting lesson with Aeryn, Crichton gets caught in an energy field which is invisible to their sensors. Back on Moya, a strange guest docks and comes aboa

S1·E13

Rhapsody in Blue

Jul 22, 1999 · 50 min

Moya responds to a distress call from another pregnant Leviathan. On arrival at a planet they are contacted by a Delvian who informs them that the distress call was a deception. It

S1·E14

Jeremiah Crichton

Jul 29, 1999 · 50 min

Crichton leaves Moya in his module for a drive. Moya starbursts leaving Crichton marooned and alone in space. He finds a planet and makes it his home where he lives for several mon

S1·E15

Durka Returns

Aug 12, 1999 · 50 min

When a Starburst goes badly wrong, Moya collides with a Nebari ship. On board is Durka, Rygel's former torturer, who has been mind cleansed and now serves the Nebari. Chiana, an at

S1·E16

A Human Reaction

Jul 31, 1999 · 50 min

Crichton is sucked down a wormhole and crash lands on a beach...on Earth, Australia. Although the home he has returned to isn't as real as it seems. Everything gets worse when the

S1·E17

Through the Looking Glass

Sep 9, 1999 · 50 min

Moya tries to starburst to prove to the crew that she still can. It goes slightly wrong though and she gets stuck in starburst and split into several different dimensions.

S1·E18

A Bug's Life

Sep 16, 1999 · 50 min

A peacekeeper ship is approaching Moya, so Crichton and Aeryn pose as peacekeeper officers on a secret mission while everyone else gets locked into cells to make the deception seem

S1·E19

Nerve (1)

Jan 7, 2000 · 50 min

Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called

S1·E20

The Hidden Memory (2)

Jan 14, 2000 · 50 min

Scorpius attempts to extract the wormhole technology from Crichton's mind, while Aeryn mounts a rescue operation. Crais finds himself at Scorpius' mercy, and Moya gives birth.

S1·E21

Bone to Be Wild

Jan 21, 2000 · 50 min

Moya is hiding from a peacekeeper command carrier in an asteroid field. The crew receive a distress call and Crichton, Zhaan and D'Argo go down to one of the asteroids to rescue a

S1·E22

Family Ties

Jan 28, 2000 · 50 min

Rygel steals a transport pod and goes to the peacekeeper command carrier to betray the others. However he ends up returning to Moya with Crais who wants asylum. Crichton decides to