This week, "Back and Back and Back to the Future." That was fun! It was like Groundhog Day with aliens. And Aeryn cleavage. And—gasp!—D'Argo character development.

I noticed that top of Aeryn's. I have no recollection of it anywhere else in the series (not that there isn't other cleavage).

Ah, the gasp of the Newbie. Yeah, it keeps going.

There was a recurring comment on the commentaries. There's not been a lot of Sci-Fi filmed in Australia, so a lot of big names were on the show and took hold of the opportunity to play aliens, took it to 11, and then chewed on it a bit. Ok, the last bit is my reading, but still.

Ah, the gasp of the Newbie. Yeah, it keeps going.

I didn't doubt it would, but the episodes so far have seemed so ridiculously self-contained (like, they start out in some place and I have no clue how they got there and something catastrophic is happening, and ta da, you have an A plot), I was wondering whether I could, you know, miss them and still follow. Because for some reason, the DVR didn't record the WGN showing yesterday, so I had it pick up tonight's WB showing. Glad I did!

Except I don't even remember what D'Argo's fake crime is. I'll assume his true crime is way cooler.

There's not been a lot of Sci-Fi filmed in Australia, so a lot of big names were on the show and took hold of the opportunity to play aliens, took it to 11, and then chewed on it a bit. Ok, the last bit is my reading, but still.

Heh. Uh, yeah, I wasn't too impressed with Lisa Hensley, if she was supposed to be a big name. Very much 11 chewing.

I didn't doubt it would, but the episodes so far have seemed so ridiculously self-contained (like, they start out in some place and I have no clue how they got there and something catastrophic is happening, and ta da, you have an A plot), I was wondering whether I could, you know, miss them and still follow.

I think it's pretty standard for shows to try to start off with a few stand-alone eps, so there's a few weeks of easy-jumping-in-for-word-of-mouth-advertising. After that, it starts getting really hard to catch up.

Except I don't even remember what D'Argo's fake crime is. I'll assume his true crime is way cooler.

For values of "cooler" that equal "more angst and interesting plot implications". What he said before was that he killed his CO.

Heh. Uh, yeah, I wasn't too impressed with Lisa Hensley, if she was supposed to be a big name. Very much 11 chewing.

The other one that sticks in my mind is, I think, next week's (at least, according to Rosie). TGIFAgain makes me want to take the guest star aside and say, "yes, she's an alien, but aliens are people, too"

I think it's pretty standard for shows to try to start off with a few stand-alone eps, so there's a few weeks of easy-jumping-in-for-word-of-mouth-advertising.

Yeah, I get that. Although shows like VM and Lost started developing an arc immediately, within those stand-alone eps. But I'm definitely excited for the show to get arc-y. The characters and their dynamics are growing on me. Rygel still doesn't seem like anything more than a plot device at any given time, though. I mean, technically, neither does Pilot, but I'm much more positive about him.

For values of "cooler" that equal "more angst and interesting plot implications".

Angsty D'Argo? This I must see to believe.

Angsty D'Argo? This I must see to believe.

Hoo boy.

Better buckle in.

Farscape is very...cumulative.

Do the special effects get any better?

Let me explain. No, there is to much. Let me use a visualization exercise.

Imagine watching The Season 1 Finale of VM having seen nothing else.

Times 10. At least. And that's just Season 2.

That, IME, is more or less standard reaction to Pilot and Rygel. Pilot's the puppet that makes you cry. But Rygel does get more tolerable as time goes on.

Yaaaaay.

I loved how Crichton just started cutting everyone off once he'd had a couple futureflashes.

Oh, and this exchange was priceless:

"What's wrong with him?"
"He is Crichton."

But the sex dreams turned out to be totally gratuitous and pointless. Though I was surprised by how much they got away with.