 In 2012, "Entertainment Weekly" listed the show at #22 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years," calling it "one of the trippiest space sagas ever, with portions of some episodes taking place in Crichton's subconscious" and remarking, "Before "Battlestar Galactica" popularized "frak" as geek slang, there was "Farscape"'s very liberal use of "frell".