What We Aren't Going to Get

Just finished reading through the latest (which is also -- *sniff* -- the last) issue of Farscape magazine. And you know something? I thought I was finally getting over it. Finally moving into that "acceptance" stage. Finally being able to tell myself, "Listen, it's only a TV show. So you don't get to find out how all the plot threads come out. It's not the end of the world. Ten years from now, what will it matter?" and actually kinda-sorta talk myself into believing it. Then I read this bit from producer/writer David Kemper's final magazine column, in which he answers questions sent in by readers:

"With Farscape ending prematurely (sob), there are a lot of plotlines left dangling and many potential stories remain unexplored. Which story, out of all the planned storylines, do you really wish you could have brought to fruition?" Martin Eden (yes, our Martin Eden [i.e. the magazine's editor]), Titan Towers.

Well, Mart, that's a good question. Obviously, the easy response is the Crichton/Aeryn relationship. However, since I've known that one for so long, it seems too easy an answer. I'm very intrigued by the Crichton/Scorpius relationship, and we had some remarkable turns in mind for the last season. Nevertheless, after actually thinking about it for a bit, I'd have to say -- and this is not a put on -- that I'm sorry you won't get to experience Crichton coming to grips with himself, since the resolution to that dilemma will surely influence all the others. There was a plan in the works to allow Crichton to finally accept and feel comfortable with his new place in the universe, far from Earth. How that was to be accomplished is the what and why of the fifth season.

Also, as a postscript. I lament you not seeing the single greatest action sequence [producer] Andrew [Prowse] and I have ever planned, which was scheduled to take up most of acts two, three, and four of the last ep of season five. That one sequence alone is something that's been driving me for three years now, and I feel incomplete that I didn't get to write it.

Aaaaaargh!!! Dammit, I wanna see this stuff! I wanna see this great character development, this fantastic action sequence, this series finale that he'd been working towards for the past three years! And I particularly want to see these "remarkable turns" in the Crichton-Scorpy relationship, since I've always found the interaction between those two characters deeply fascinating.

Yeah, I definitely think I've gone and slipped from "acceptance" all the way back to "anger" again. Sigh...