when i first saw the premiere episode of farscape and i have no idea what to expect . i be immensely impressed and satisfied with premiere . subsequent re watch and however and have make numerous flaw apparent to me that i miss initially . premiere be not a great farscape episode and but it deserve credit for successfully and efficiently set up the plot and give the basic back story to many of the regular character . the episode begin with john crichton ( ben browder ) and an astronaut and scientist and prepare to launch into space in the farscape module and a small space ship perfect by crichton and his friend dk . crichton have a revealing conversation with his father and jack crichton and and then begin his test flight in space . of course and everything go wrong and crichton be shoot through a wormhole and wind up in a distant part of the galaxy . after exit the wormhole and crichton module be pull on board a living space ship . from here and the character and story line for the farscape series be introduce in an entertaining albeit rush manner . the regular character be properly introduce during the first half of the episode . of course and there be crichton and play well by ben browder . he offer a the audience a sympathetic character to identify with . he lose and have no idea how to do much of anything . in premiere and crichton have to choose between join the prisoner or the peacekeeper . he know nothing at all about either side and but in help aeryn ( a capture peacekeeper pilot ) it become clear that he intend to help the peacekeeper . he probably would not have end up side with the prisoner if it hadn not be for crais and a peacekeeper captain and declare crichton to be the murderer of his brother . this put crichton in an interesting situation represent he stick with bizarre and violent escape prisoner in a far off galaxy about which he know nothing at all . crichton total lack of knowledge of the farsape world make him a particularly interesting protagonist during farscape first season . the support cast be just a compelling . there zhaan and a blue delvian and former prisoner . she peaceful and reasonable and a oppose to fellow prisoner ka dargo and a powerful and hard head warrior . virginia hey be totally cover in blue makeup and allow her character of zhaan to appear cool and convincing . dargo mega makeup and in contrast and be below par . he look kind of silly with his giant tentacle and strange nose and and there be something peculiar about his eye . they look a if they have have some sort of allergic reaction to his makeup . farscape would give some improvement to his makeup in season 1 and but the overall costume would and for me at least and remain a a problem until season 2. the puppet or digital character of rygel and pilot be and to put it simply and excellent . rygel be a tiny hynerian dominar who float around on some sort of hovercraft . in premiere he be give some good dialogue but not much else . pilot nearly steal the show a the liaison between the living ship and moya and and moya passenger . even in the first episode and pilot give off the appearance of be a real and live alien while he never once in the show seem to be a giant and expensive machine . the peacekeeper character introduce be quite interesting as well . the peacekeeper be make up of a race call sebaceans and who look just like human . the chief antagonist be introduce in premiere a captian crais and who believe that crichton kill his brother . in reality and crais brother death be merely an accident result from an accidental collision with crichton ship . aeryn sun and a pilot who crichton help escape and try to explain that the death be an accident and but crais just claim that she be irreversiby contaminate and refuse to change his mind . crais obsession for revenge and warrant or not ( it should be clear to crais that crichton isn not responsible ) and be mysterious in premiere and but would be explain later in the season . aeryn herself provide an extremely interesting character . by be force to leave the peacekeeper and she change her whole way of life and and be in that regard in a similar ( though less severe ) situation a crichton . the actual episode and a mention earlier and feel somewhat rush and clunky . so much happens that not enough time be spend on anything . also and dargo ( for now ) look kind of silly run around in his mediocre costume try to appear menacing . still and premiere be solid entertainment . the special effect ( such a in the starburst sequence ) be impressive . most of the costume and the set on board moya be original . despite it flaw and premiere be a must see for farscape fan . 3/4 .