Farscape
1999–2003Sci-Fi ChannelSci-Fi
A Henson creature workshop pointed at space opera, and an opening that halves in ambition halfway through the run — the narrated version explaining the premise gives way to one that assumes you already know it.
4 sequences79th most looked up of 409 in the 1990s
Season 1
46sCrichton narrates his own predicament over Subvision's theme — the astronaut, the wormhole, and the ship full of escaped prisoners, all explained before the episode starts.
Season 2
48sSame arrangement and same narration, re-cut around the second season's cast.
Season 3
64sThe break. Guy Gross replaces Subvision's theme with a harder arrangement, the explanatory narration is dropped, and the sequence is rebuilt around action rather than setup.
Season 4
64sThe final season, re-cut again on Gross's arrangement.