Farscape

Recently I've started watching TV on the Internet. In particular, I've been catching up on Farscape - a Sci-Fi type show that began it's run in 1999.

I believe that Farscape was originally on the Sci-Fi channel, so I never saw it because I never bothered with cable. But the show did catch my interest when it went into syndication on the public airways, shortly after the series ended. Unfortunately, it was one of those shows that only got air time at midnight on Saturdays, or some such. I only managed to watch a handful of episodes - maybe six - in a more or less disjointed fashion.

Since then, I've always wanted to see the first couple episodes to see how the show started and get the full backstory. Plus, I kind of liked the show, so I just wanted to watch more of it.

Behold, the wonder of the internet. Season one is freely available. There are still commercials, but those are about 15 second interruptions - as opposed to the 3 minute ones on broadcast TV. Really, a single 15 second commercial is pretty tolerable. Now I can finally watch this show that I've been missing for almost a decade.

The sad part here is that the entire series doesn't seem to be available. I suppose that makes sense. They give you the first season for free, but force you to pay for the rest - either by buying or renting the DVDs, or some other mechanism that I haven't discovered yet.

I don't think I'm actually ready to spend money on seasons 2-4. At least not a LOT of money. I do know a store that sells used DVD collections at a decent price, so I might look there for a set.

Although I like the show, I'm really not convinced that I'm ever going to want to watch any of the episodes more than once. Buying a DVD just doesn't make sense to me.

However, I am sure I want to watch them once! I'm glad the first year is online.