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Stephen Brennan
Farscape's annual visit to Earth proves that there’s still life in the series by turning its own conventions on their head.
This episode effectively took John's predicament of being a human in a world of aliens and reversed it. This was a risk, but it worked very well.
The Peacekeeper sub-plot was woven into the episode neatly, and the tension created when Braca and Scorpius met was well built, though this plotline was underplayed.
The writers were still sticking with the psychological emphasis of recent weeks, but the different angle of Crichton's reaction to seeing his family again was a refreshing change, and reminded me how well Farscape can evoke pathos as well as humour.
Kansas was excellent.
Angela Dunn
Wow! This is Farscape at its best!
From the nice twist of Karen Shaw being Chiana to Aeryn getting a chance to test her English, the whole episode was superb, with a few surprises. Who would have guessed that Braca was Scorpy’s spy?
After the first part of this arc being full of technobabble this was refreshingly free of it. The best bit had to be Aeryn learning English from Wheel of Fortune and calling Rygel Kermit. A nice piece of inter-textuality from another Henderson classic.
Seeing John meeting his family and taking the opportunity to tell his Mom how much he loves her was almost heartbreaking to watch.
The whole episode clicked together very well with the full cast as superb as ever.
Graham
After a bit of a downer last week, we are back on top form.
The script was witty, and the performances superb. I particularly enjoyed Rygel being described as a toy and thrown across the room.
Although everyone put in a good turn, Claudia Black was stunning, - and not just when she changes into the hippy clothing. Watching her interact with Sesame Street, repeating the alphabet, was a clever piece of writing, beautifully delivered. Her human appearance with her other worldly style made you feel that aliens could be among us.
The script writers did resort to a few old tricks to pull it off, like Halloween, sending a message through a mystic etc, but with Farscape you take that as a knowing wink to existing conventions, rather than a straight rip-off.
Amid all of this we still have Grayza plotting, and the neat twist that Braca may not be as self-serving as he usually appears. It all ends with a cliff-hanger to die for – is it the Ancients, his father, or is someone messing with John's mind?
