The one hundred and seventieth TV show: #577 Farscape
I've been looking forward to watching a bunch of SF series, with the likes of Farscape coming from a particular high in the series - in response to Star Trek: The Next Generation and the rise of the Sci-Fi Channel and its original brief, we got some great original SF series that had a lighter tone even as the budget wasn't quite as high. Farscape is one of the notable entries in that list, with the Henson Company's muppets adding a lot to the show, introducing more alien aliens and a strange world.
The show does not disappoint, creating an interesting setting that doesn't quite hit the ground running but soon sets up a band of misfits that works quite well together. While following some stereotypes, the characters never feel a lot more real than that and the stories work well, including some really good SF stories. Within a season, it has really gripped me, and while I have a lot more to go, I'm just looking forward to seeing more of this world and how its storylines will develop.