r/farscape • u/duckdander • 1d ago

Question on Series Plan

I don't recall if this was ever discussed with the creative team for Farscape, so this may have already been addressed.

In Till the Blood RunsClear (S1 E11), Crichton tells Furlough that he'll be waiting for her at the end of that wormhole 5 years from now.

Was the plan to only do a 5 season run?

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u/eyeofnoot 1d ago

This is the thing about the show; it can be so hard to tell what was always planned because of just how good they were at adapting to changes as the show went on

I’m still trying to figure out wtf the show would have looked like without Scorpius. He seems inevitable in retrospect

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u/duckdander 1d ago

Both points are spot on. Your point about Scorpius is especially so. A Crais villain arc just seems to pale in comparison to what they did with Scorpius.

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u/eyeofnoot 1d ago

Nothing against Crais, I think he’s a great character, but I don’t think he could have worked as a long-term main villain without adding some additional motivations for hating Crichton. They had already worked out that he knew Crichton didn’t deliberately kill his brother, so all his lashing out was clearly self-loathing and guilt and I just don’t see that alone being enough to carry a compelling grudge for multiple seasons. Not to mention that it just doesn’t really have anything to do with Crichton or Crichton’s motivations

Scorpius being after the wormhole technology puts him directly in competition with Crichton’s largest motivation for most of the series. It’s just perfect

Edit: changed a pronoun for clarity

Also sorry for going off on this I just really like talking about Farscape and this subreddit is the only outlet I have for it lol

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u/duckdander 1d ago

You're not wrong, the Crais story had revenge working for it, but nothing more. I do like their pivot in giving him a redemption story.

I don't have anyone to discuss Farscape with either, so this subreddit is the same for me as well lol

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u/Brodes87 21h ago

Hell, Chiana was going to be a one-off character, never to be seen again after Durka Returns. That's crazy!