Farscape 3.5 [DVD] [1999]

Amazon.co.uk Review The final four episodes of Farscape's remarkable third season prove conclusively that this is the show's best and bravest year to date. Powerful issues of love, loyalty and sacrifice remain to be resolved, but after enduring a vertiginous emotional roller-coaster ride in recent episodes, Moya's reunited crew have no time to recuperate as Crichton determinedly calls them to arms for their sternest challenge yet. Scorpius and his Wormhole research must be destroyed at any price. Thus the scene is set to conclude the series' biggest story arc in a climactic confrontation aboard the Peacekeeper Command Carrier. In "I-Yensch, You-Yensch" the plan is set in motion, as a canny Rygel bargains with Scorpius and gains his grudging respect during an unexpected and tragi-comic heist by two murderously incompetent criminals. Then the two-parter "Into the Lion's Den" takes everyone onto the Command Carrier, where Aeryn is confronted by her past, Crichton's subconscious finally releases its Wormhole secrets, and Crais persuades Talyn to do something extraordinarily noble. By the end, it's hard not to sympathise with poor put-upon Scorpius. In the final episode, "Dog with Two Bones", Moya's crew seem finally free to go their separate ways as a mysterious refugee helps Crichton confront his worst fears about Aeryn. Emotions reach a climax and remain tantalisingly unresolved at the cliffhanger ending. On the DVD: Farscape, Volume 3.5 carries all the usual gallery of extra features--including deleted scenes, "Info-Pods" on Rygel, Crais and Scorpius, "Farscape Facts", trailers and stills--plus of course four uncut episodes. --Mark Walker Product Description Episodes 19 to 22 from the third season of the popular sci-fi television show. In 'I-Yensch, You-Yensch' Rygel and D'Argo try to negotiate a truce with Scorpius. In 'Into the Lion's Den 1: Lambs to the Slaughter' the crew are required to go aboard the Command Carrier as part of the on-going negotiations around knowledge of the wormhole technology. In 'Into the Lions's Den 2: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' Crichton tries to persuade the crew to destroy the Carrier. Finally, 'Dog With Two Bones' finds Crichton torn between his feelings for Aeryn and his wish to return to Earth.