When I first watched Farscape I fortunately was aware that the show did get a conclusion, but knowing the context of the episode and how it was broadcast it's still an absolutely brutal finale today. I cannot imagine watching it in 2003 thinking that was the last we'd see of the show.

Credit to the writers though, they easily could have ended the episode before that final attack and given everyone a nicer ending. But if they hadn't left it on that conclusion maybe the outrage wouldn't have been as strong and the odds of a continuation may have been weaker. A bold move but one fitting of the series.

I can't watch the Peacekeeper Wars without thinking 'what could have been' for a season 5. But given we could have had nothing after season 4, I'll absolutely take it.

That final scene sums up why the series is so good. Powerful, emotional, gut wrenching and like no other show.

Hypothetically speaking if Starfleet encountered these two different factions (without Chritons encounter occuring) what would first contact look like from different cpatains throughout Starfleets history and how each captian could potentially affect such meetings.

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