Happy Tuesday! It’s time for So Farscape 1·12: Sanctity Roots Don't Grow On Trees. Check the thread for some neat background on this episode, and tune in to our irascible discussion here:

sofarscape.com/episode/112

We discuss “Rhapsody in Blue”: An encounter with Zhaan's people… … may have detrimental effects on the Delvian and the others are powerless to help when they become trapped in their own fantasies.

Written by David Kemper & Ro Hume, and directed by Andrew Prowse.

When the evil Maldis whisks hapless John Crichton into his magical, demented realm in #Farscape’s episode 8, with set design by Ricky Eyres, what’s the first thing you notice?

That’s right…

The Profiteroles!

A THREAD While galactic peace and John’s life hang in the balance, we’re kept on the edge of our seat by the threat to those tall edifices of sugary delight.

The towers symbolize the heights to which we can aspire when we cling to one another; toffee as a metaphor for communication.

In our review of #Farscape episode 108 (That Old Black Magic) it occurred to us what a riot of colours, both to suggest that Maldis’ world is far larger than the fantastic sets on which it was filmed, and to illustrate the emotional journey Crichton and Crais take.

First, blue: Perhaps paralelling the cool tones of the PK Command Carrier, the food-festooned hall of Haloth’s palace is lit in a cool and mysterious teal-blue. It feels like moonlight, or an underwater scene.

This week on So Farscape: “A Willy for Maldis”

sofarscape.com/episode/108

We discuss @Farscape episode “That Old Black Magic”, written by the splendiferous @froonium, in which a malevolent over-actor pits Crichton and Crais against one another in a battle to the death. Guest starring Kay’s cat, as always in the throes of the Fourth Sensation (hunger)

This was a wild episode in Farscape’s early experimental phase, showing how many directions they’re willing to explore. And Chris Haywood was clearly having SO much fun with his role(s) :)