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Okay, I've been watchin Farscape religiously since the show first debuted four seasons ago. I just finished watching the series finale. If you're not familiar with what's happened, let me bring you up to speed:

The show follows the trials and tribulations of John Crichton, an Earthling astronaut cast into universe through a wormhole. He develops a group of close friends who travel with him through many adventures and eventually becomes the focus of intense interest from different galactic powers because of his ability to manipulate wormholes -- a means of traveling anywhere in the universe instantly, and a technology that no one else has mastered.

Anyway, the show is spectacular. From the costume design to the acting, CGI to set design to the creature effects, everything about Farscape is top notch. There's only one problem: It's not terribly episodic. It has a long arcing storyline that's intricate and involved. And it's been consistently losing ratings for the past couple of years. That I would have expected -- people are morons.

Unfortunately, The Sci Fi Channel pulled the plug on it late last year after production of the fourth season wrapped. It's a complete kick in the junk, too, because the fourth season ends with Chricton and his lady love, the dark and sultry Aeryn Sun, being blasted to particles by some heretofore unknown assassin.

It's not gonna come back last year. The sets have been broken down, the costumes and props have been put away, and the actors have gone looking for other work. The show still ended defiantly with "To Be Continued," though, which gives me hope that maybe the story arc will see some sort of completion with a mini-series or a movie, kinda like Babylon 5.

Bah.