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Farscape Season 1, Vol. 9 - Through the Looking Glass / A Bug's Life Customer Reviews (1 - 3 of 4 Reviews)

A good place to start your Farscape adventure FULL SKULL BABY!

Both episodes are superior pieces of work from the first season of Farscape.

"Through the Looking Glass" is a supurb stand-alone episode that is, IMHO, the best introduction to those new to the Farscape universe. All of Moya's crew gets to shine is this interesting set-piece when Moya gets stuck in starburst and is split into four separate environments representing normal, light, sound, & giddyness (I guess). Note how the show begins and ends with the crew eating together and just how different the mood is between both scenes. Also note Chiana's rather cat-like growl at John in the "happy" section.

"A Bug's Life" in notable for being the first in the five-episode run that ended the first season. It's best viewed with the rest of the episodes so you can fully enjoy the storyline.

A hearty recommendation and bon appetite!

Two Favorites in one DVD FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff.
Add this volume to the "Best Of" compilation and you will have nearly everything you need of season 1 ("They've Got a Secret" is also important). TTLG is one of my favorites, allowing the cast to have some fun and a mini-mystery. Bug's Life is pivotal to the storyline in the finale arc (Farscape delivers some of the most amazing finales in tv, definite movie calibre!).

One of the better season 1 dvd's FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff.
Maybe it's just my poor timing, but I find these episodes to be ones that haven't often turned up on Scifi. They're both excellent. Without spoilers, the first one begins with the crew hilariously munching out and trashing each other while occasionally throwing food, interrupted by Moya splitting into dimensions. The dimensional shifts are handled differently than usual, which is quite interesting. In A Bug's Life, Crichton masquerades as a Peacekeeper captain in order to deal with a peacekeeper crew landing on Moya, but much else goes on, with Erin particularly good in this episode believably attracted to someone other than John. The "extra" focuses on Lani Tupu. It is terrible, like all the extras on the Farscape dvd's, but is redeemed by his talking of how he voices Pilot!

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