Well, this sucks. I just woke up from a nap to read that Farscape has been cancelled. In typical internet geek fashion I went and scanned around for other info on it. Slashdot has a bit about it, where I found a link to Caitlin Kiernan's Journal with a post about it:
I've surprised myself, getting so upset at the cancellation of a television series. But I am. I think maybe Farcsape had come to represent, for me, the hope that something good can come of the system, of the meat-grinder that is mainstream pop culture. Television is a wasteland. There's a clich̩ for you. It's as true now, or truer, than when Harlan Ellison was writing the "Glass Teat" columns back in the 1970s. The crap floats, the cream sinks. This is especially true for science fiction and fantasy programming. And, in the midst of that, we were lucky enough to get four brilliant seasons of Farscape, a series that has defied convention and expectation and has been truly intelligent, truly witty, at times profoundly dark and moving. In short, too good for television.
I caught Farscape from the 2nd or 3rd episode. I really wasn't sure to expect. The episode was "Back and Back and Back to the Future" and I was just kind of blown away by it (it's still one of my favorites). Yes, I did feel that this season was a little uneven. But I also felt like they were taking interesting risks with the kinds of stories they were trying to tell. From the sound of it we'll get to see the rest of the remaining season and it will end. I do hope to hear more official word about this. Right now it's real trippy to go to SciFi's Farscape page and see their gushing about how great the show is.
