Recommend shows with Claudia Black

Is Farscape any good?

Farscape is some of the best sci-fi TV ever made. It feels weird to even have to be saying that.

OK... It's Buck Rogers (ordinary modern Earth astronaut displaced into another world), but with an alien universe that actually feels alien. This is in no small part thanks to the incredible work of Jim Henson's creature shop, which still mostly holds up today. Take that premise and mix it with a heavy dose of Blake's Seven; instead of noble do-gooders our heroes are a band of convicted criminals on the run.

The main reason to watch is that the characters are great. Genuinely great. John Chricton (played by Ben Browder who you also know from Stargate) starts as the displaced everyman and over four seasons and a miniseries slowly loses every last fuck he has to give, until he's a borderline basket case who's a danger to anyone who gets in his way, no matter what kind of empire they lead.

Claudia Black is playing a foot soldier in a fascist empire who gets tossed to the curb by their insane racial purity laws and gets to spend the entire show slowly unpacking that and building a new identity for herself. It's a hell of a character arc and some of the best acting you'll ever see from her.

The supporting cast are all fantastic too. If you don't fall in love with D'Argo and Rigel there's something wrong with you (give them time, the characters in this show all start out pretty fucked up, that's the point).

It's fun. It's gloriously and defiantly weird. It's willing to be over the top insane and it's also willing to give you massive space battles and gun fights and galaxy defining stakes that actually feel real and believable. It's the pinnacle of oddball nineties sci-fi because it arrived in the 2000s and got to steal all the best bits of everything that came before it.

There's an episode set in a video game that feels like an acid trip. There's a Looney Toons episode that makes complete sense diagetically and is one of the best episodes of the show. There's a three parter where they rob a criminal space bank and it's some of the coolest shit you'll ever see on TV.

Farscape broke all the rules and in doing so it basically invented modern television. Even though it will feel dated in places, it's absolutely a show that everyone should see.

If you're a fan of Claudia Black, this is her magnum opus.

Farscape is great! It’s also weird and very horny.

Farscape is even directly referenced in SG-1's 200th episode, by Vala.

Farscape is great. Give it a try.

Farscape is the reason she's on SG-1, lol

Farscape is weird and borderline cringe sometimes, but still good.

Farscape is excellent!

I like the episode of The Dresden Files with Claudia Black in it. It's just that one episode, though.

Ok, I'll be the first to recommend it...

I really like Final Space. I like how much Olan Rogers fought for this show. I thought it was pretty trite until the end of S01. Though, one of the most gut-punch moments in the series comes at S01E06.

Mind you, that's one.

It's a show with heart, strong character arcs, appropriate stakes, wit, and a charm all its own.

Olan Rogers didnt get to finish this as show, but the graphic novel closer just dropped. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick one up used somewhere because I can't justify $175 for a book unless it's for an academic degree.

Her character doesn't show up until S02. She's a total badass.