I liked Firefly but it tried to hard to mirror Westerns. And Farscape spent too much time on disgusting bodily fluids and lost too much of its audience. Too bad, too, because it finally seemed to be getting back on track.
I'm with you! The series was pretty good - nowhere near B5 caliber - but could have been better. They got off on unnecessary gross-ness, as well as the occasional utter disregard of physical laws which any intelligent grade-schooler would know. (Crichton surviving minutes outside in the total vacuum and absolute zero of space is the one I have in mind.)
I also think that Crichton was a pu**y WAY too many times! There were SO many instances when I had to grit my teeth in frustration, as he let yet another enemy live, who later came back to haunt him. ARGH! To get by, I pictured what Garibaldi, Delenn, Sheridan, Ivanova, or almost any major B5 a**-kicker would have done in the same situation. SPLAT!
Delenn at the helm of a warship was a fearsome sight. Remember the stem-to-stern hosing of that alien "zoo" prisoner ship early on in the series? Or her simple order to Lennier on another occasion: "End this!" My kind of woman!
As for Farscape, sadly, these last few episodes of Farscape have been among the best, and I am very sorry to see the series go.