Product Details

• Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black
• Format: Color, DVD, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 1020 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (169 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002GP7ZV4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,287 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Flung through a cosmic wormhole, American astronaut John Crichton finds himself fighting for his life in the middle of an alien prison break, inside a Leviathan — a living space ship — on the far side of the galaxy. Hunted by the relentless Crais, a commander of the galactic enforcers known as Peacekeepers, Crichton joins forces with the alien convicts — hulking warrior Ka D’Argo; blue-skinned Priestess Zhaan; diminutive Dominar Rigel XVI; the giant symbiote Pilot and the “irreversibly contaminated” Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun. Each desperately seeks a way home, but first, they have to find a way to trust one another. Daring escapes and selfless acts of courage forge a measure of loyalty, friendship and even love.

The first season’s breakneck action heats up with the introduction of the coquettish thief Chiana and the sinister Scorpius with his dreaded Aurora Chair. Arrival and departure, birth and death, rescue and betrayal, all lead up to a season finale cliffhanger that is, literally and figuratively, breathtaking.
DISC 1: Premiere / I, E.T. / Exodus From Genesis / Throne for a Loss
DISC 2: Back and Back and Back to the Future / Thank God It's Friday... Again / PK Tech Girl / That Old Black Magic
DISC 3: DNA Mad Scientist / They've Got a Secret / Till The Blood Runs Clear / Rhapsody in Blue
DISC 4: The Flax / Jeremiah Crichton / Durka Returns / A Human Reaction DISC 5: Through the Looking Glass / A Bug's Life / Nerve / The Hidden Memory DISC 6: Bone To Be Wild / Family Ties / Bonus Features
BONUS FEATURES: Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, and Much More

Customer Reviews

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78 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Farscape's first season, October 4, 2002

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Virgil "Virgil" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farscape - The Complete First Season (DVD)

Farscape is arguably the best SF ever produced for television. It takes a fairly common storyline of a group of travelers thrown together and being pursued by individual of near obsessive (and evil) qualities. This formula has gone bad before in several genres, western, SF, road movies etc. Here, an contemporary American astronaut is sucked through a wormhole into another side of the galaxy where he is immediately caught up in a "prison break" in space. What makes Farscape so successful is a mixture of qualities.

First the casting is excellent. Filmed in Australia, most of the characters (except the lead, John Crighton's) are from there giving it an "off" feel to American ears which contributes to it's alieness. Each of the character's is part colorful stereotype, has weaknesses and is extremely individual. The chemistry is fantastic, especially after the first two or three shows in the series. Especially notworthy is the chemistry between the love interests played by Claudia Black and Ben Browder (John Crighton).

Another plus is the writing. Non-stop action and story telling is the hallmark of this series. Little time is spent creating mood or atmosphere (that is done by the characters and background), everything advances the plot line. Additionally, most episodes are connected in that previous storylines are built upon and create a chronology of events for the later stories.

Farscape space is inhabited by aliens who pass gas, burp, have intimate relations, love, hate, get hungry and can be fairly dirty in their habits. Add to this the great cultural references made by Crighton, the viewer gets the feeling that this is a bit like what space would really be like. A far cry from the antiseptic cleanliness and "wonder" of the Star Trek franchise.
Lastly Farscape has a timeline in the sense that it's not an endless variety of adventures for no particular reason there is an actual endstate the writers and producers have in mind at the end of the series.

Let's hope that Sci Fi Channel has the good sense to let Farscape complete its last season and reverse its cancellation. Shows of this quality and with such a loyal fanbase are rare.

60 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Help Save Farscape, and Buy these DVD's!!!, September 14, 2002

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J. Menard "Lord of Grayskull" (Eternos, Eternia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farscape - The Complete First Season (DVD)

Farscape is the most imaginative, creative, and awe-inspiring program I have ever watched. With the use of only a handful of episodes, I have been able to get anyone hooked on this fantastic program. The creatures, costumes, sets, and locales featured in the show are examples of how film-quality production can be done on the small screen.

Farscape is the best show on television! It is the best thing that the Sci-Fi Channel has, has ever had, and probably ever will have! Farscape is better then the new Star Trek, "Enterprise," and the last two Star Wars films, combined. For some reason though, (they claim ratings and cost, but it's been the #1 show for them for four years, and advertisers love it), Sci-Fi Channel has just cancelled this wondrous program.

To all Farscape fans: We must support this program, and help bring back the show. You can go to savefarscape.com to find out what you can do, and make sure to support the show by buying these DVD's, the video game, t-shirts, posters, etc., to show your appreciation for the series, and to show Sci-Fi that Farscape is their greatest asset, and that it should remain on their programming schedule for years to come!

225 of 258 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great show, but currently relatively expensive, May 10, 2005

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Daniel Lloyd (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farscape - The Complete First Season (DVD)

This is a great show. However, at $120 per season, it comes to a rather expensive $6.55 per hour of entertainment.

If you compare that to:

24 Hours: $2.33/hour
Alias: $3.18/hour
Westwing: $2.36/hour
Firefly: $3.11/hour
Six feet Under: $4.92/hour
Sopranos: $5.74/hour

and even movies like

Star Wars episode I: $6.32/hour
Star Wars episode II: $5.92/hour

Farscape's pricing is over the top. I'll wait until the prices come down before adding Farscape to my collection.

Hope this helps