Trivia
Final Flashback: Although filming on this episode was virtually complete when Farscape was cancelled by the US Sci-Fi Channel, the editing wasn't. So Bad Timing's unhappy position as the last Farscape is reflected in the quick-fire flashback of everything that's happened so far, and the doleful voiceover from Ben Browder, "And now, finally on Farscape".
Although the circumstances surrounding Farscape's cancellation are bad, there has been worse. Twentieth Century Fox's sci-fi show Alien Nation ended abruptly, with a cliffhanger ending, when the show was cancelled between seasons.
To Be Continued...? The decision to end the episode with a To Be Continued message was also taken by the production crew after the cancellation news. It's a mark of their determination that somehow the Farscape story will be continued. After long thought, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ decided to leave the message on out of respect for the intentions of Farscape's producers.
Interviewed by Cult, Henson's US President of TV Juliet Blake told us that the company is looking into continuing Farscape in movie and in anime form. So there is hope yet.
Also determined to keep the show going is the Save Farscape campaign. Watch an interview with some of the people involved with the campaign to see what they, and you, think can be done to bring Farscape back.
Full circle: Possibly as another homage to Farscape's short but very sweet history, Crichton reprises his message to Earth, as heard on every credit sequence. There's a few differences - he states the time he got shot through the wormhole as four years rather than five, but basically it's the same. Could this, perhaps, have been the season five title sequence voiceover in embryo?
First and last words: Cast out of the airlock, Sikozu's parting words to Crichton are "weak species." So, her opinion of him hasn't really changed since they met in Crichton Kicks. That's what she said to him then, too.
Don't Banik: Stark's back, and as mad as ever. Still, his experience of controlling Talyn, back in Meltdown seems to have come in handy.
Walking on the Moon: John picks his father's landing site on the moon to leave his last message. The site, Serenity Ocean, has never been the actual location of a manned lunar mission.
Quiet Exit: Uniquely, and in keeping with the sad occasion of this last Farscape episode, there is no music on the closing credits.
The John Crichton guide to pop culture.
I couldn't Kailish: John dubs Sikozu "Goldilocks" - an obvious one, and "Miss Brittanica" - referring to the fact that like the multi-volume Encyclopaedia Brittanica, she's a know-it-all. Commenting on her relationship with Scorpius, his advice is to dial 1-800 Counselling - probably an option not available in tormented space.
And all who sail in her: The command carrier is referred to as the Queen Mary by John, after the famous ocean liner. The ship was one of the biggest and most powerful vessels for many years - so much so that while serving as a troop carrier during the Second World War, she crashed through a British cruiser and ripped it in half - sustaining only very minor damage herself.
Cracking the code: John says all he needs is a Rosetta Stone to decode wormholes, he says. The Rosetta Stone, kept in the British Museum, is a huge piece of basalt engraved with greek, demotic Egyptian and hieroglyphics. Its discovery in 1799 allowed the decipering of ancient Egyptian texts for the first time.
Evil egg hunt: Harvey pops up in his most ludicrous costume yet - this time as the Easter Bunny. This will have been spotted by many as a reference to the 1950 film Harvey - the origin of our Harvey's name. In it James Stewart plays a man with an unusual friend, Harvey the six-foot tall invisible white rabbit.
It's the final countdown: Once again, John counts to the wormhole's appearance in Spanish, like the southern boy he is.
