Farscape Season 1, Vol. 9 - Through the Looking Glass / A Bug's Life
Farscapeis genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal ofBabylon 5and the continuing success of theStar Trekfranchise, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics, and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, theFarscapeconcept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. In "Through the Looking Glass," the crew and Moya are thrown into a dimensional schism inhabited by a strange creature; and, in "A Bug's Life," an intelligent virus is released on the ship after an encounter with Peacekeepers.--Mark Walker