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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 598056" data-attributes="member: 2525">I am pretty sure the heavy serilization starting mid-way through the third season actually, so it is no wonder you could pick it up.  This show was originally non-serialized with a generic plot of "Earth man lost in space with an alien crew on a living startship fleeing from an oppressive and obsessed military guy".  It changed to someone completely unrecognizable to me sometime in the third season I believe.  I find your comments on this show extremely objectionable coming close to offensive, but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I would, if I were you, give the show another try.  That's all I will say on that subject.Now here is where I think you have gone crazy.  Puppets/Muppets were main characters! And just LOOK at this costume:<img src="http://scorpius.150m.com/master/visions2/00scorpi1b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />I mean come on now! This show often looked cheap, in combination with expensive perhaps, but cheap looking in places fairly often.As serialization increases, popularity (in terms of ratings) decreased with this show.  It is pretty much a direct correlation, and would make a lovely graph.  Serlization did not make this show popular, it hurt it in every way that counts.Look, weekly cliffhangers is one thing. Having every show depend on your having seen ALL past episodes (not just the week before), is NOT the cliffhanger tradition, nor is it "good" storytelling.  Think of the best novels, the best comic books, and the best movies.  Most of those relied on you having read/seen no more than two prior episodes to get it.  Farscape went way beyond that.  I understand you disagree, and liked the serialization. Me, I don't go for shows that require that you be part of the "In" crowd just to understand the show.  I like shows that give you the information you need to pick them up within no more than 3-4 episodes.  Farscape was no longer that show, and I think that is why it failed (as does Sci-Fi channel it seems, and some others here).</blockquote>

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