Reception
"Bad Timing" received acclaim from fans, many of whom regard it as the best episode of the series. Critics, too, widely praised the episode.
IGN bestowed an Editor's Choice Award on the episode and gave it a rating of 9 out of 10, offering particular praise for the ending. IGN's review noted, "Fans will feel like they have been kicked in the chest when the credits roll...The final shot in this episode shows why Farscape fans have stuck around for so long – the unexpected is commonplace and the results worth waiting for."
A BBC reviewer called it "a worthy end to a wonderful series" but also noted that while most loose ends are tied up, "a few stray threads left an irritating sense of incompleteness" and that the ending prevented a happy sense of closure that the rest of the episode could have achieved. Nevertheless, the BBC reviewer praised the decision: "No compromise right to the end - how could we not have loved this programme?" and concluded, "Tense, emotional, and conclusive, Bad Timing had everything a finale needs, including a sense of finality."
The cliffhanger that ends the episode, as well as most remaining plot threads, would be resolved 18 months later when the two-part miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars aired on Sci-Fi.
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