Scripted series · Nine Network
Farscape
My name is John Crichton, an astronaut. I'm just looking for a way home.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ben Browder
John Crichton
88 eps
Claudia Black
Aeryn Sun
88 eps
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Grunchlk
2 eps
Jonathan Hardy
Dominar Rygel XVI (voice)
88 eps
Anthony Simcoe
Ka D'Argo
88 eps
Gigi Edgley
Chiana
74 eps
Wayne Pygram
Scorpius
61 eps
Virginia Hey
Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
50 eps
Tammy Macintosh
Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis
18 eps
Rebecca Riggs
Commandant Mele-On Grayza
10 eps
Paul Goddard
Stark
26 eps
Raelee Hill
Sikozu
22 eps
Lani John Tupu
Captain Bialar Crais / Pilot
88 eps
Melissa Jaffer
Noranti
25 eps
Duncan Young
Emperor Staleek
5 eps
Imogen Annesley
Niem
2 eps
Christine Stephen-Daly
Lt. Teeg
2 eps
Magda Szubanski
Furlow
3 eps
Alyssa-Jane Cook
Gilina Renaez
3 eps
Carmen Duncan
Leslie Crichton
2 eps
David Franklin
Lt. Meeklo Braca
21 eps
Angie Milliken
Volmae
2 eps
Anthony Hayes
Molnon
3 eps
Selina Muller
Woman on Beach
2 eps
Grant Magee
Jothee
2 eps
Chris Haywood
Sorcerer Maldis / Igg / Haloth
2 eps
Anthony Kierann
Lieutenant Heskon
2 eps
Aaron James Cash
Dregon Carzenova
4 eps
Linda Cropper
Xhalax Sun
5 eps
Patrick Ward
Zylar
3 eps
Richard Carter
Kabaah (voice)
2 eps
Gavin Robins
Keedva
2 eps
Bianca Roe
Jenavian Charto
3 eps
Felicity Price
Princess Katralla
3 eps
Matt Day
Councilor Tyno
3 eps
Tina Bursill
Empress Novia
3 eps
Sandy Gore
Nurse Vreena
3 eps
Felix Williamson
Prince Clavor
3 eps
John Adam
Bekhesh
5 eps
Jennifer Fisher
Peacekeeper Nurse
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Farscape actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Farscape reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 88 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
2001105 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199922 episodes
7.3IMDbAs season one begins, Astronaut and astrophysicist John Crichton becomes stranded on the other side of the universe when his Farscape module goes through a wormhole. He is taken in by the misfit alien passengers of the sentient ship Moya, a spacecraft that happens to be on the run from the militaristic “Peacekeepers.” Unfortunately, while the ship is docked and making repairs, Crichton tangles with a captive Peacekeeper named Aeryn --a beautiful and volatile woman who alerts her captain about the Moya, putting everyone on board in danger.
Best episode · S01E16 A Human Reaction
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200022 episodes
7.4IMDbSeason two finds John Crichton and the living ship Moya's crew with their hands full and as suspicious of each other as ever. Crichton possesses hidden knowledge that his new nemesis, Scorpious, will stop at nothing to get.
Best episode · S02E21 Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200122 episodes
7.2IMDbThe journey has never been easy for lost American astronaut John Crichton, the escaped alien prisoners who are his friends, or their living ship, Moya. And in the third season the ride becomes wilder than ever when powerful issues of love, loyalty, and sacrifice loom large.
Best episode · S03E15 Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200222 episodes
7.2IMDbIn season four, astronaut John Crichton and Aeryn end up together while the seeds of an uneasy alliance between Crichton and Scorpius comes to the rescue. Echoes of war begin as the reptilian Scarrans seek the wormhole technology Crichton knows to rule the universe.
Best episode · S04E13 Terra Firma (3)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E15
Infinite Possibilities - Icarus Abides (2)
Jack (The Ancient) unlocks the wormhole knowledge in Crichton's mind so together they can build a device to destroy the Scarran dreadnought.
S02E21
Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B (3)
Crichton turns himself over to Scorpius in order to free Jothee. With all the mercenaries now aboard Moya, the crew form a plan to rescue Crichton and destroy the depository.
- Directed by Tony Tilse
- Written by Justin Monjo
S02E22
Die Me, Dichotomy (1)
The crew find a doctor that can heal Moya's burns and remove Crichton's neural chip. Things are complicated however when Crichton is informed he needs additional brain tissue from a donor in stasis who will die when the tissue is removed. Also Scorpius is beginning to take over Crichton's brain.
- Directed by Rowan Woods
- Written by David Kemper
S03E01
Season of Death (2)
D'Argo and Stark try to heal John, left with his head open on an operating table, while Scorpius attempts to avoid discovery. Zhaan makes a great personal sacrifice, while Jothee and Chiana commit an indiscretion.
S02E20
Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These... (2)
Scorpius buys the slaves containing D'Argo's son before D'Argo can. Some of the crew leave Moya in search of mercenaries to rescue Jothee. Meanwhile back on Moya, the stolen money has turned into metal eating spiders that begin to consume Moya.
- Directed by Catherine Millar
- Written by Naren Shankar
S02E19
Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan (1)
Stark returns to Moya with a plan to rob a shadow depository and buy a contingent of slaves, one of which is D'Argo's son Jothee. D'Argo attempts the robbery on his own however and now the crew must recover him as well as the money they require.
- Directed by Andrew Prowse
- Written by Grant McAloon
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E105
Directors Cut - Broadcast Comparison - Episode 10
S00E104
Directors Cut - Broadcast Comparison - Episode 09
S00E82
Memories of Moya: An Epic Journey Explored
S00E81
From The Archives On The Last Day
S00E80
Farscape: The Story So Far
S00E78
Rockne S. O'Bannon
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Rockne S. O'Bannon
Showrunner
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Carleton Eastlake
Writer
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Ro Hume
Writer
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Mark Saraceni
Writer
Lili Taylor
Writer
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Michael Cassutt
Writer
Ben Browder
Writer
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Clayvon C. Harris
Writer
Matt Ford
Writer
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Tom Blomquist
Writer
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Harry Werksman
Writer
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Steve Worland
Writer
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David Wilks
Writer
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David Kemper
Writer
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Peter Neale
Writer
Doug Heyes, Jr.
Writer
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Grant McAloon
Writer
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Gabrielle Stanton
Writer
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Michael Miller
Writer
Naren Shankar
Writer
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David E. Peckinpah
Writer
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Emily Skopov
Writer
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Sally Lapiduss
Writer
Justin Monjo
Writer
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Babs Greyhosky
Writer
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Richard Manning
Writer
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Sophie C. Hopkins
Writer
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Nan Hagan
Writer
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Christopher Wheeler
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rockne S. O'BannonProducer
- Brian HensonProducer
Writing
- Carleton EastlakeWriter
- Ro HumeWriter
- Mark SaraceniWriter
- Lili TaylorWriter
- Michael CassuttWriter
- Ben BrowderWriter
Direction
- Pino AmentaDirector
- Karl ZwickyDirector
- Geoff BennettDirector
- Rowan WoodsDirector
- Peter AndrikidisDirector
- Kate WoodsDirector
Cinematography
- Craig BardenDirector of Photography
- Russell BaconDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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