Wednesday, February 05, 2003

Twisty

I've been hearing rumors that somewhere in the next few episodes of Farscape there's going to be a Great Big Plot Twist, something that "nobody is going to see coming." Considering how much really, really out-there speculation people have been spinning this season, it's hard to imagine just what the writers could possibly come up with that the fans haven't already thought up, but I have considerable faith in their mind-frell abilities, anyway. This suggestion has, however, led me to come up with my own list of plot twist possibilities. (Warning: list contains spoilers for the 4th season thus far.)

Farscape Plot Twists We Probably Won't See:
  • Scorpius reveals that he is John Crichton's father.

  • Aeryn discovers that her baby is... D'Argo's?!

  • Braca turns out to have been simultaneously working for Scorpius and Grayza and the Scarrans and the Nebari. And Furlow.

  • Chiana joins a convent, taking up vows of poverty and chastity.

  • John discovers that he is still in the virtual reality game from "John Quixote," and nothing since then has in fact been real.

  • Scorpius actually is dead. That's his ghost haunting Moya.

  • Due to a horrific accident involving an unstable wormhole, the Farscape 1 module and Noranti's pixie dust, the entire universe is destroyed. Oops.

  • Scorpius didn't actually remove Harvey from John's head. He removed John. The person we've been seeing on our TV screens ever since "Promises" is actually Harvey pretending to be John.

  • A (different) horrific wormhole accident wipes out all life in the Uncharted Territories. The only survivors are John Crichton, who was in a laka-induced state of suspended animation; Pilot, completely insane after spending three million cycles alone; a hologram of the dead Rygel; and a life-form that evolved from 1812.

  • John proposes to Aeryn. She says yes, but leaves him at the altar and runs off with Scorpius.

  • Episode 4.22 will end with a Sci Fi executive popping up during the credits and saying "April Fool's! We're really not cancelling the show, after all!" (Yeah, I know, we only wish.)

  • Sikozu revealed to be an agent planted to prise the secret recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken from John's brain.

  • Special guest appearance by William Shatner.

  • The Scarrans turn out to be gentle, peace-loving beings who've simply gotten a lot of bad PR. Once this is understood, their differences with the PKs are sorted out by means of a group hug.

  • Aeryn reveals that she isn't actually the female of her species, after all.

  • John says "screw it all," turns around and goes back to Earth, and opens up a used car dealership.


  • I know, I know. I'm really gettin' punchy here... I'll stop.

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