Kannibal Klown that is not true.
Hensons had a two season contract for Season 4 and season 5 which Sci fi trumpeted about as being such a coup at the time. So they already had a firm commitment to two seasons.(sci fi used their "out clause" at the last moment) The finale cliffhanger ie the final scene in the boat had *already* filmed *before* they had been told it as cancelled. So the last scene is what they were going to do anyhow regardless of Season 5 or not. When they were told there was only a few days worth of filming left for what is called "pick ups" and the last actual scene filmed was the scene between John Crichton and his sister on Moya for "A constellation of doubt."(Where JC's nephew is secretly filming them talking.)
After the cancellation had been announced the writers and producers ect got together and thought about whether to try and alter the already filmed ending to try and have some last minute resolution or to leave it as it was with that original last final and defiant "To Be continued."
They decided that to try and duct tape together some last minute ending and fix was a cop out and would not be respectful to the show or the fans so they left it was it was and was meant to be. The *only* changes to that ep were the change of JC's voice over "finally on Farscape", the flashback bit at the start and the absence of the music at the end credit titles. Everything else was as it would have been if S5 had been a go.
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Kannibal Klown that is not true. Hensons had a two season contract for Season 4 and season 5 which Sci fi trumpeted about as being such a coup at the time. So they already had a firm commitment to two seasons.(sci fi used their "out clause" at the last moment) The finale cliffhanger ie the final scene in the boat had *already* filmed *before* they had been told it as cancelled. So the last scene is what they were going to do anyhow regardless of Season 5 or not. When they were told there was only a few days worth of filming left for what is called "pick ups" and the last actual scene filmed was the scene between John Crichton and his sister on Moya for "A constellation of doubt."(Where JC's nephew is secretly filming them talking.) After the cancellation had been announced the writers and producers ect got together and thought about whether to try and alter the already filmed ending to try and have some last minute resolution or to leave it as it was with that original last final and defiant "To Be continued." They decided that to try and duct tape together some last minute ending and fix was a cop out and would not be respectful to the show or the fans so they left it was it was and was meant to be. The *only* changes to that ep were the change of JC's voice over "finally on Farscape", the flashback bit at the start and the absence of the music at the end credit titles. Everything else was as it would have been if S5 had been a go.