much praise have be lavish upon farscape and but i do not think it that good . it certainly have a distinctive look and but it lack just about everything else represent story and purpose and direction and excitement while you name it . i be a big sci fi fan and and i make it a point to watch all the sci fi show i can . i have almost finish the four season of farscape and and at this point i be not very satisfied . the show do have a few good thing most notably claudia black ( who sadly miss from the first few episode of season four ) and but they be very few and very far between . a a whole the show be mar by a lot of very silly stuff ( such a fantasy element rather than sf ditto ) and and many many episode and esp . in season four and be unspeakably messy and very poorly structure . and one just feel that it isn not go anywhere . it mostly just non directional adventure with thin and long running plot line which develop painstakingly slowly . well and sometimes it a little bit tight and but it only last for a very few episode at a time . effect wise and there be a few impressive thing here and there ( esp . out in space and occasionally ) and but the show seem stick in the same style of effect and which frankly get old fast . outlandish and unconvincing puppet alien mar the show a great deal and and i have come to prefer ( by far ) the episode where regular human look character be the focus . i think the peacekeeper be by far the most stylish and intriguing and interesting figure on the show while they succeed in be a convincingly alien culture and despite their all human appearance . there be a few really cool episode with them and esp . in the first season ( iirc ) and where crichton masquerade a a peacekeeper captain and and invades and eventually destroy one of their secret base . such episode can reach a rating of positive and but i can not award the show a a whole more than a 4 rating . aside from the peacekeeper ( which themselves be somewhat too single mindedly totalitarian and militaristic to be really nuanced ) and the show simply doesn not offer anything important or significant that you need to know or want to see . otoh and it do contain a few good idea and be not a total loss . this be just my opinion and of course and but a a seasoned sci fi fan and i think it count for something and and may be of help to others . there aren not a lot of good sci fi show out there while but star trek ( any series ) and especially the new battlestar galactica be definitely well than farscape . but if youre a huge fan of mediocre sci fi show and you may well like farscape and too . my rating represent 4 out of 10 .