"Bone to Be Wild": While hiding in an asteroid field from Crais' Command Carrier, Moya picks up an urgent distress call. As Aeryn stays on board to help the Leviathan bond with her newborn, Crichton, Zhaan, and D'Argo answer the call in hopes of finding charts that will steer them through the field. But the garden-like asteroid from where the distress signal originated holds only two inhabitants. One is a feral female; the other, a massive plant-like male. When each proclaim the other is a ruthless killer, Crichton, Zhaan, and D'Argo are forced between the two aliens--a place that makes them easy prey for one... or both! "Family Ties": When the crew fails to evade the pursuing Peacekeepers, one of Moya's own steals a transport and flees to the Command Carrier to betray the others in exchange for his own life! To deal with the treachery, Crichton devises a dangerous, possibly fatal mission that places them all in jeopardy. But the traitor finds a surprising collaborator on the enemy ship--one who will change the crew's destiny forever. Discover the nerve-shattering cliffhanger that had critics on the edge of their seats and fans screaming for more!
The two episodes (numbers 21 and 22) contained in this, the 11th and final volume from Farscape's first season, carry on with the series' entertaining brew of drama, humor, superior production values, credible special effects, and, perhaps best of all, the clever commingling of human and humanoid characters with puppets designed by the Jim Henson Company. Episode 22, "Family Ties," ends with a cliffhanger guaranteed to bring viewers back for more, as the duplicitous Rygel plans to turn traitor, which eventually leaves the fates of Crichton (Ben Browder) and D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe) up for grabs and "living spaceship" Moya's young offspring under the control of the conflicted villain Crais, among other developments. Television viewers already know how it all turns out, as the third season completed its run in April 2002. The rest of us, however, must be content to wait until subsequent Farscape seasons are issued for the home video market. --Sam Graham
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