"Crackers Don't Matter" is the fourth episode from the second season of the Australian-American television series Farscape, written by Justin Monjo and directed by Ian Watson.

Ultimately, John captures the rest of the crew and explains to them that it's not the pulsars causing them to act so strangely, but rather T'raltixx, who is sucking all the power out of Moya to create intensely bright light.

Writer Justin Monjo had to pen the episode in an extremely short time because delays in the completion of "Picture if You Will" forced the rapid production of a shipbound story.

[1] Ian Watson described the episode as "the Shining retold"[1] (Ben Browder referenced the film by ad libbing "Heeeere's Johnny" at one point).

Watson stated he intentionally made odd production choices, such as ending John and Aeryn's shoot-out with them both running out of bullets, and the use of martial music in a romantic scene: "I was trying to do the unexpected.

"[2] After the main unit finished filming, Watson added the controversial near-rape scene: "I was looking through a rough cut of the episode and I thought, 'This hasn't gone dark enough for me.'

[1] The prosthetic makeup used for the T'raltixx character mean that Danny Adcock had to look through a series of mirrors in order to see, which is why there is a small door on top of the head that opens and closes periodically.

It didn't make some up that could then be resolved with a hug in the epilogue...Farscape is definitely at its peak when it places true conflict in science fiction settings and the fights between the crew were by far the best elements of this story.

"[5] The reviewer found the plot involving T'raltixx less interesting but enjoyed "the revelation that Crichton's ability to fight the problem was down to his deficiencies rather than just down to his being the series lead.