Farscape
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I’ve always thought it was deeply unfair, as he is an incredible bad guy.
Farscape’s cancellation in 2003could easily have been the last time Scorpius appeared onscreen.
Then, he was a mainstay for seasons 3 and 4, andThe Peacekeeper Wars.
It was duringFarscapeseason 2 that Wygram’s presence among the cast started to get complicated.
He was a senior figure within the Peacekeeper organization, but he had a surprising journey to the top.
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The xenophobic group was comprised almost entirely of pureblooded Sebaceans - an alien race who look identical to humans.
Scorpius was an outlier in this respect, as he was half Sebacean and half Scarran.
Although Scorpius' divergent lineage did afford him certain advantages, he required constant treatment and monitoring.
As such,Scorpius' very physiology was always at war with itself.
Their act of procreation was not consensual, and Scorpius' mother died giving birth to him.
Pygram’s character implanted a chip in Crichton’s brain that contained a neural clone of Scorpius.
Harvey is pretty much only ever in scenes with Crichton, and very rarely anyone else.
However, this didn’t mean he wasn’t “real.
Eventually, it becomes very easy to differentiate between the two characters.
Pygram found ways both impressively subtle and startingly obvious to make each of his two characters stand apart.
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