The way that Farscape works, it would be impossible for one of the cast members to direct an episode. There�s two units running at any one time, an A unit and a B unit and so that means that we�re shooting more than one episode at a time. Any time you may think we have some down time, we don�t. If we�re not shooting on A unit we�re shooting on B unit. If we�re not shooting on A and B unit we�re doing ADR (Additional Dialogue Replacement).

Shooting an episode of Farscape, because it really is such a big, involved and detailed show, takes so much pre-production, not only in terms of negotiating sets and costumes and guest sets but also negotiating the shots with the CGI house and the CGI people. Then you�ve got to shoot it and edit it and then you�re got to re-meet with all the CGI people. It�s a really long process to direct an episode of Farscape, so if you think about taking a cast member out and putting them inside that process you realise it�s an absolutely impossible thing to do.