I never fell for Farscape the way you guys did. And 90% of that was Rygel. I'd have punted him out an airlock in early S1.

I really want to do a FS rewatch now, but. 'Tis not the season to, well, do much but work, sadly. Poor Cratchetty me. I even have those gloves with the holes in them - they're awesome, actually.

I finally watched the latest Fringe. Ouch. But realistic. I mean, what I'd imagine to be realistic if I'd been stuck in parallel universe and came home to a bunch of people, and one in particular, who'd been fooled by FauxMe (eved though I'd mostly fooled my parallel people. Whatever. Fair has nothing to do with it). And... she touched all my stuff. All. New. Stuff.

The reanimation line was creepy. Lord, the dance scene. Yikes. I was impressed by the actor's moves, though. I was trying to figure out whether she was really being manipulated by wires or whether she was doing it. Or a combination, I guess. Anyway, it was super effectively creepy. And when she woke up, the terrified confusion and just sort of blankness. Shiver. Poor thing.

I liked Rygel. So unapologetically awful, setting off the rare moments of likeability.

Rygel makes me laugh. I actually enjoy all of the main characters, and that's impressive, I think.

You all should rewatch! That would be fun for me. I'm glad you guys are enjoying me posting reactions, because I've got a lot of show left.

I just watched 1x16, so I'm glad it starts to really take off now.

I don't think I ever liked Rygel, but I eventually learned to tolerate him.

I never learnt to tolerate other people's tolerance of him. He seemed a net minus for the crew, so I felt like he was kept around to amuse the audience, not for any strong in-universe rationale. Which bugged.

the trilogy of "Unrealized Reality/Kansas/Terra Firma"

That's when I stopped watching. Well, UR concerned me, and then I fell asleep during Kansas and realized that I just didn't care anymore. It was like they'd sat down with a list of things I'd liked about the show, just so they could do the opposite of each one.

He seemed a net minus for the crew, so I felt like he was kept around to amuse the audience, not for any strong in-universe rationale. Which bugged.

I agree with you there, though. I never could figure out what he actually added.

I just watched 1x16, so I'm glad it starts to really take off now.

Ah, yeah, that really is where the series kicks off. What I am about to say would be a spoiler for Mark in that it hints at future events even though it doesn't really say anything specific, so I will whitefont it: in retrospect, it is the single-most important episode of the series. That won't become apparent for a while, though. I remember when I first saw it, I think I was sort of disappointed by the ending, but I grew to appreciate it.

zuisa, I reviewed each season of Farscape on my LJ. If you check my tag, I have reactions to each episode in the posts. (Like you, I was posting my reactions here.)

Ooh, yay, I will check that out! And I am always impressed at people with nicely tagged LJs. I have the same LJ I've had since 2003, and there are... no tags. So it's always thrilling for me when I try to find anything!

I don't mind non-specific spoilers, and yeah, I obviously can't see how or why, but it sort of makes sense that that episode would end up being very important.

I don't remember - which one is 1.16? And who is Mark?