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Mark and Gerry's Science Fiction Reviews, continued
Farscape Season 3 Episode Polls
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Rank the first 18 Episodes of Farscape's Season 3
(from 8-24-01 to 8-31-01)
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Participants in the poll rated the first 18 episodes of Season 3 in order from 1st (their top favorite) through to 18th (least favorite). The results were then weighted, and mean scores found. The highest possible score for an episode is 18.0; the lowest possible score is 1.0. The poll was conducted at the scifi.com/farscape message board; the web address is given below.
RESULTS:
Rank Score Episode
01 15.7 Green-Eyed Monster
02 14.8 Fractures
03 14.5 Infinite Possibilities, pt. 2, Icarus Abides
04 13.2 Infinite Possibilities, pt. 1, Daedalus Demands
05 11.4 Season of Death
06 10.4 Relativity
07 09.6 Revenging Angel
08 09.5 Self Inflicted Wounds, pt. 2, Wait for the Wheel
09 09.4 The Choice
10 09.0 ...Different Destinations
11 08.8 Self Inflicted Wounds, pt. 1, Could'a, Would'a, Should'a
12 08.6 Thanks For Sharing
13 07.2 Meltdown
14 06.9 Scratch 'N' Sniff
15 05.8 Eat Me
16 05.7 Incubator
17 05.2 Losing Time
18 04.9 Suns and Lovers
Mini-Summaries of the Episodes:
1. Green-Eyed Monster (ep. 308): written by Ben Browder; directed by Tony Tilse: split crew/Talyn episode. While Stark and Rygel are off on a transport pod, tensions are running high on Talyn between Crichton and Crais (who controls Talyn - or does he?), and Aeryn has to decide whether she wants to share control of Talyn with Crais. Then Talyn is swallowed by a Budong, and a bad situation gets much worse.
2. Fractures (ep. 318): written by Rockne S. O'Bannon, directed by Tony Tilse: the split crew is reunited on Moya, minus one Crichton and Stark. Also a group of escaped Peacekeeper prisoners comes about Moya, including a Hynerian, a Scarran, a Nebari, a torn apart Boolite and a PK tech (who was one of their captors). One of the escaped prisoners is believed to be secretly working with the PK tech. Aeryn, still in mourning for the TalynCrichton, ignores the MoyaCrichton, and MoyaCrichton learns what TalynCrichton accomplished with wormhole technology, and what needs to be done next.
3. Infinite Possibilities, pt. 2, Icarus Abides (ep. 315): written by Carleton Eastlake; directed by Ian Watson: split crew/Talyn episode. Conclusion to Infinite Possibilities pt. 1. Crichton has the wormhole knowledge unlocked by Jack, and works to create a weapon with it. Stark and Crais have to fight off a Scarran attacker; Aeryn and Crichton have to stop the Scarrans from obtaining that knowledge, while fighting Charrids and dealing with an untrustworthy Furlow.
4. Infinite Possibilities, pt. 1, Daedalus Demands (ep. 314): written by Carleton Eastlake; directed by Peter Andrikidis: split crew/Talyn episode. One of the Ancients, taking on the form of Jack Crichton, contacts Crichton, concerned that someone (Furlow) has obtained wormhole knowledge, and might pose a threat. The crew returns to Furlow's planet to find out what Furlow has done, and deal with her and the Charrids, before the Scarrans show up. Crichton also has to deal with the presence of mental Scorpius in his head, who is also considered a threat by Jack (and vice versa).
5. Season of Death (ep. 301): written by Richard Manning; directed by Ian Watson. Resolves the season ending cliffhangar from season 2, which left Aeryn dead, Crichton missing part of his brain and speechless, Scorpius with the neural chip from Crichton's brain, and the rest of Moya's crew ready to leave the ice planet and go their separate ways.
6. Relativity (ep. 310): written by Rockne S. O'Bannon; directed by Peter Andrikidis: split crew/Talyn episode. While Talyn heals on a jungle planet, the Peacekeeper Retrieval squad finds him. The squad is led by the cruel and bitter Xhalax Sun, Aeryn's mother, leading to a very unhappy reunion between mother and daughter. And the squad is hunting Crais as well as Talyn.
7. Revenging Angel (ep. 316): written by David Kemper; directed by Andrew Prowse: split crew/Moya episode. D'Argo's rage with Crichton reaches a breaking point after D'Argo thinks Crichton has messed up his mystery ship, and D'Argo accidentally seriously injures Crichton. While in a coma, Crichton's mind enters his own world of animated characters, while mental Scorpius appeals to him to pull himself together, and seek revenge. Meanwhile, D'Argo must learn how to master the mystery Luxan ship before it self destructs, and destroys Moya.
SUMMARY of Episodes continued on page 35, link here
There were 24 participants in this poll. Their choices can be found at http://www.scifi.com/bboard/browse.cgi/1/5/984/78762
(and a few entries can also be found at
The results, given here, also can be found at
Earlier Farscape polls for Season 2 and Season 1 can be found at page14 of Mark and Gerry's Science Fiction Reviews
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