Farscape: Season 1

1999 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 1 of Farscape

John Crichton, an American astronaut, is testing a module in Earth orbit when a malfunction hurls him to a remote point in the Milky Way. There he lands in the middle of a prison break by inmates fleeing the Peacekeepers, a militaristic organization that holds them captive. His refuge is Moya, a living ship with an organic look that becomes the improvised home for everyone. Crichton wants to return to Earth, but first he must live with crewmates with clashing personalities, escape the authorities hunting them, and survive in a hostile universe. Among the conflicts stands out Aeryn Sun, a Peacekeeper prisoner who alerts her captain to Moya's presence and puts the entire crew in danger.

22episodes

Mar 19, 1999released

Jan 28, 2000Latest episode

18.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Premiere
Mar 19, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.6
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 part of the universe--straight into the middle of a space battle.
Directing: Andrew Prowse · Writing: Rockne S. O'Bannon · Starring: Christine Stephen-Daly, Colin Borgonon, Greg Blandy, Damen Stephenson
1x02 Exodus from Genesis
Mar 26, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.4
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. The bugs seem to be able to replicate members of the crew. And as if that isn't enough, a peacekeeper ship shows up.
Directing: Brian Henson, Rowan Woods · Writing: Ro Hume, Babs Greyhosky · Starring: Damian de Montemas, Jodie Dry
1x03 Back and Back and Back to the Future
Apr 1, 1999 · 52 min · ★ 7.3
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 escape pod he gets a shock and starts experiencing strange visions of the future, firstly of himself and Matala, then of Moya's destruction.
Directing: Rowan Woods, Tony Tilse · Writing: Babs Greyhosky, Nan Hagan · Starring: John Clayton, Lisa Hensley
1x04 Throne for a Loss
Apr 8, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 6.5
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 the planet, leaving one of their wounded on board. Everyone goes to the surface to get him except Zhaan who stays on board to keep an eye on the Tavlek left behind.
Directing: Pino Amenta · Writing: Richard Manning · Starring: Jeremiah Dupre, Zoe Dimakis, Api Bavardra, Tim Mieville
1x05 PK Tech Girl
Apr 15, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.2
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 Rygel learns that this was the ship where he was first held captive and starts getting paranoid. Things get even worse though when a group of fire breathing aliens show up.
Directing: Pino Amenta, Tony Tilse · Writing: Sally Lapiduss, Nan Hagan · Starring: Alyssa-Jane Cook, Peter Astridge, Peter Knowles, Christopher Truswell
1x06 Thank God It's Friday, Again
Apr 22, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.0
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 Pilot must learn why before Rygel dies.
Directing: Rowan Woods · Writing: David Wilks · Starring: Tina Thomsen, Angie Milliken, Ken Blackburn, Karen Jacobson
1x07 I, E.T.
May 7, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.2
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 explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed. Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.
Directing: Brian Henson, Pino Amenta · Writing: Sally Lapiduss, Ro Hume · Starring: Mary Mara, Cayde Tasker, Boris Brkic
1x08 That Old Black Magic
Jun 10, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.4
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 negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.
Directing: Brendan Maher · Writing: Richard Manning · Starring: Christine Stephen-Daly, Chris Haywood, Grant Bowler, Jake Blundell
1x09 DNA Mad Scientist
Jun 17, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.7
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 however when he asks for some of pilot.
Directing: Andrew Prowse · Writing: Tom Blomquist · Starring: Adrian Getley, Sarah Burns, Julian Garner
1x10 They've Got a Secret
Jun 24, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.1
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 think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew. .
Directing: Ian Watson · Writing: Sally Lapiduss · Starring: Alison Fox, Grant Magee
1x11 Till the Blood Runs Clear
Jul 8, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.0
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. Although a wormhole forms it is unstable and the module gets damaged and he is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet to make repairs. On the planet he and Aeryn encounter a holographic message sent by Crais, offering rewards for: D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel.
Directing: Tony Tilse · Writing: Doug Heyes, Jr. · Starring: Magda Szubanski, Johanna Kerrigan, Jeremy Sims
1x12 The Flax
Jul 15, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.4
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 aboard to warn the crew about The Flax, an invisible energy net created to catch ships.
Directing: Andrew Prowse, Peter Andrikidis · Writing: Justin Monjo · Starring: David Bowers, Rhys Muldoon, John Batchelor
1x13 Rhapsody in Blue
Jul 22, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 6.8
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 was her way a getting Moya to come to them. The Delvians have a hidden agenda though. They want to forcefully take Zhaan's knowledge and learn how she overcame her insanity.
Directing: Andrew Prowse, Peter Andrikidis · Writing: Ro Hume, Justin Monjo · Starring: Darlene Vogel, Max Phipps, Kate Raison, Michael Beckley
1x14 Jeremiah Crichton
Jul 29, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 6.9
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 months until the others find him. He is unwilling to accept however, that Moya didn't starburst intentionally.
Directing: Ian Watson · Writing: Doug Heyes, Jr. · Starring: Natalie Mendoza, Kevin Copeland, John O'Brien, Deni Gordon
1x15 Durka Returns
Aug 12, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.3
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 attractive young rebel faces the same fate. Rygel takes it upon himself to take revenge on Durka and ends up undoing the cleansing and restoring him to his former, tyrannic incarnation.
Directing: Tony Tilse · Writing: Grant McAloon · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Tiriel Mora, David Wheeler
1x16 A Human Reaction
Jul 31, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.8
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 rest of Moya's crew shows up and are experimented on...killing Rygel.
Directing: Rowan Woods · Writing: Justin Monjo · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Phillip Gordon, Richard Sydenham, Frankie Davidson
1x17 Through the Looking Glass
Sep 9, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Ian Watson · Writing: David Kemper · Starring: Gigi Edgley, June Salter
1x18 A Bug's Life
Sep 16, 1999 · 50 min · ★ 7.5
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 realistic. The peacekeepers that come aboard have some secret cargo. But when their secret cargo escapes, no one on board is safe.
Directing: Rowan Woods, Tony Tilse · Writing: Rockne S. O'Bannon · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Paul Leyden, Zoe Coyle, Richard White
1x19 Nerve (1)
Jan 7, 2000 · 50 min · ★ 7.9
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 the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and where Scorpius learns that Crichton has the secret to creating wormholes.
Directing: Rowan Woods · Writing: Richard Manning · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Paul Goddard, Imogen Annesley
1x20 The Hidden Memory (2)
Jan 14, 2000 · 50 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Ian Watson · Writing: Justin Monjo · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Paul Goddard, Imogen Annesley
1x21 Bone to Be Wild
Jan 21, 2000 · 50 min · ★ 7.2
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 women who has an unusual appetite.
Directing: Andrew Prowse · Writing: Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Francesca Buller, Marton Csokas
1x22 Family Ties Season Finale
Jan 28, 2000 · 50 min · ★ 7.7
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 destroy Scorpius' Gamac Base to give Moya time to escape.
Directing: Tony Tilse · Writing: Rockne S. O'Bannon, David Kemper · Starring: Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, David Franklin