This week, your favorite former puppeteers blast off into the strange, slimy, and spectacular universe of Farscape—the cult sci-fi show that boldly asked the question: what if space opera had more puppets… and weirder ones?

Created by Rockne S. O’Bannon and brought gloriously to life by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Farscape filled its galaxy with unforgettable alien characters—like the towering warrior "definitely-not-a-Klingon" Ka D'Argo and the delightfully grumpy Dominar puppet Rygel XVI.

We dive into how the show fused ambitious science fiction storytelling with jaw-dropping creature work, why Rygel might be the most expensive fart joke in television history, and what it’s like to act opposite a co-star who’s operated by five puppeteers and a small miracle. Along the way, we celebrate the show’s fearless weirdness and the way it pushed puppetry far beyond children’s television and into the outer limits of adult sci-fi.

It’s tentacles, tyrants, and top-tier animatronics—a reminder that sometimes the most alien thing in the galaxy… is sculpted foam latex.

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