The folks over at the Sci-Fi Channel are asking us to vote for the sexiest episodes of Farscape for the all-day Chain Reaction on the 31st. OK, is it just me, or do the marketing people at Sci-Fi seem just a little too sex-obsessed? I mean, between this and the advertising approach they took to Lexx... Sheesh. And the thing is, while Farscape is definitely aimed at adults, and while it's as bold in its treatment of sexual issues as it is with anything else, it's... well, it's definitely not Lexx. "Sexy" isn't really one of the main items on its agenda, if you ask me, and while I'm certainly interested in the characters' relationships, sexual and otherwise, and while I have noticed that there's a cute guy or two on the show, I can't honestly say that I've ever exactly found an episode of Farscape sexy.

I know, I know, "sex sells." But still, it would have been better, in my opinon, to ask us to vote for the most humorous episodes, or the biggest mind-frells[*], or the episodes with the best action sequences or something. I would have had no trouble voting on those. As it is, though, I'm kind of stumped. I'm really tempted to just vote for any episode that involves Zhaan and Stark cuddling, being as I am a lonely supporter of Farscape's Most Neglected Relationship. Maybe my problem is just that I'm not one of the rabid John/Aeryn shippers[**] they're obviously trying to attract.[***]

[*] To use the Farscape terminology.
[**] From "relationshippers."
[***] Not that I don't think their relationship is interesting.[****]
[****] I also think footnotes are interesting. Or at least fun to do.