Farscape Season 3
SPOILERS TOTAL. Â You've been warned.
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301: Season of Death 2001 March 16
(First watched 2010-07-20) Â Big stuff. Â Aeryn was of course mostly dead. Â Jothee and Chiana consumate their relationship. Â Scorpius fakes death again. Â John gets his brain fixed with the full-death of one of the frozen people.
The simplicity of people going into and out of freezing reminded me of Futurama.
Then there's the all-new opening sequence with a new theme song and the addition of Stark, Crais, and Scorpius to the main cast. Â That's big.
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302: Suns and Lovers 2001 March 23
(First watched 2010-07-28) Â So the shit hits the fan. Â I'm starting to see that the whole D'Argo/Chiana thing only came into being so D'Argo could be crushed by Jothee/Chiana.
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303: Self-Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a 2001 March 30
(First watched 2010-08-11)
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304: Self-Inflicted Wounds Part II: Wait for the Wheel 2001 April 6
(First watched 2010-08-11) Â I know these episodes were a big deal with Zhaan going and all, but... maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind; I didn't follow a lot of what was going on. Â So this other ship crashes literally INTO Moya in the wall of a wormhole, got it. Â So once they separate only one ship will survive, got it. Â Different people have different opinions on which ship should attempt to exit safely, got it. Â But then all the members of the other ship started allowing themselves to die for... some reason?
A lot of people shat on John as being obsessed with wormhole technology, but I didn't see it that way. Â It wasn't so different from what happened at the end of the episode. Â It was like...
John: Only one ship can survive. Â Moya and Pilot are already in awful shape, and the flight of my module proved Moya's parts would get fried anyway. Â There's no chance, so unfortunately we should look for alternatives.
Others: YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH WORMHOLES AND HATE YOUR FRIENDS, ASSHOLE. Â WE SHOULD TAKE THE INFINITESIMAL CHANCE OF SUCCESS!
Then later it's basically the reverse situation.
Zhaan: I'm dying, but there's no reason everyone else should need to die with me. Â So let me do the dangerous thing while you guys stick where it's safe.
Others: You know we were like an arn from a planet that might be good to save you, right?
Zhaan: SHUT UP, NOT LISTENING, LET ME DIE HEROICALLY AND IN THE GOOD GRACES OF GODDESS.
I can't say I'm too sorry to see Zhaan go. Â If I was stuck on Moya she seems like she'd be the easiest to get along with--and really that's the problem. Â The show gets so much from the other characters being in conflict with each other, but whenever she got into that it seemed a stretch. Â Like the whole ripping off of Pilot's arm. Â Then there was that so often they just left her on the ship while the other people went off adventuring anyway; she really wasn't being used for much.
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305: ...Different Destinations 2001 April 13
(First watched 2010-08-12) Â So the first Zhaan-less title sequence.
Heeey, finally some time travel that wasn't just a reset button. Â After screwing things up horribly they set things back to as they were... mostly.
Interesting that Peacekeeper accounts of the event were so screwed up when there is literally a way to watch the past. Â I suppose they just had their legend going on and never bothered to come around and visit to verify.
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(First watched 2010-08-13) Â What a creepy situation. Â Repeatedly eating a Pilot's regrowing arms. Â I totally didn't believe it when D'Argo appeared to die. Â After the way Zhaan's exist was built up, no way was he going to go out unexpectedly in the first half of an episode. Â The doubling thing... ethically troublesome. Â Chiana just left "herself" to die. Â It is pretty typical of episodic sci-fi that only one of Chiana and D'Argo survived so the status quo remains--the surprise is that we've ended up with two Johns.
Also, what's the deal with Jool? Â She's not playing very important roles in the episodes, so it's not like it's an arc concentrated on her. Â She's not in the main credits, so she's not intended as a full replacement for Zhaan--at least not yet. Â It's like she's a junior cast member?
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307: Thanks for Sharing 2001 June 15
(First watched 2010-08-13) Â The surprise at the end of the last episode was that there were two Johns. Â The surprise at the end of this episode is that there are STILL two Johns. Â I thought they'd dispense of one pretty quickly, but this odd situation will last at least a few episodes. Â I like that they've established there's no noticeable difference between the two of them--it helps it remain unobvious which one will be the regular remaining John in the end.
Also of note, they make clear Jool can do medical stuff--so perhaps more a replacement for Zhaan than I previously realized.
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308: Green Eyed Monster 2001 June 22
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313: Scratch 'n Sniff 2001 July 20
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314: Infinite Possibilities Part I: Daedalus Demands 2001 July 27
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315: Infinite Possibilities Part II: Icarus Abides 2001 August 3
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316: Revenging Angel 2001 August 10
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317: The Choice 2001 August 17
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319: I-Yensch, You-Yensch 2002 April 5
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320: Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter 2002 April 12
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321: Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 2002 April 19
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322: Dog With Two Bones 2002 April 26
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