Episode Report Card Strega: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Bank Shot
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 19 | Aired on 01.04.2001
Moya. Crichton shouts that this is Stark's fault, and then grabs Stark and almost punches him. Stark whimpers that D'Argo had to do what he did to rescue Jothee. Crichton shoves Stark toward Aeryn, who pushes him against a wall and asks what the plan is. They're playing pinball with Stark. Excellent. Stark stammers, "The plan to get D'Argo back, and to rob the depository." Crichton pins Stark's head to the floor as Stark tries again. He says, "Because D'Argo's breached their system, they'll scramble their codes. And while they're resetting their security codes I can link in, and they'll never even know. But I have to work quickly." He wrenches himself out from under Crichton and tells them to leave him alone, because he only has six hours before the codes are reset. Crichton isn't quite done, though. He shoves Stark again and screams, "How the hell are we supposed to get D'Argo back?" Stark insists that it's all part of his plan. Oh, good. Crichton hisses, "You manipulated us," and releases Stark. Stark calmly says that the plan will work. Bets?
Depository. D'Argo has been fastened to a big metal jungle gym in the back room. Natira strolls in and confers with Akkor. There's nothing really important about their conversation, so I feel free to wonder if Akkor normally has to supervise interrogations in addition to running the bank. That's a diverse skill set he's got. Anyway, they torture D'Argo for a while.
Moya. Rygel whines that he wants 10% of the goodies, not just 7%. Chiana twists his eyebrow and tells him he'll be happy with 7%. Oh, Dominar, you know you've lost status when even Chiana can intimidate you. We see that a DRD is encasing Rygel in some kind of metallic mold. That it can generate. With its eye-stalk-ray. Quite a handy feature. Chiana expositions, "Stark's gadget will switch our container for the valuable one." She drops something into the casing with Rygel, and plucks off his comm, explaining that a transmission would be detected. Rygel whimpers, "What if something goes wrong?" Zhaan, fiddling with a canister, smoothly assures him, "We have complete confidence in you, Rygel, especially where money is concerned." Rygel chuckles happily at that, and then Zhaan gives Chiana a pill to protect her from "the effects of the Melar gas." Zhaan pops a pill, and Rygel farts in his container. That's not the kind of gas she meant. Zhaan goes on fiddling as she explains that the gas will suspend Rygel's biological functions so that he won't be detected in a scan. She wishes Rygel luck, and then sprays the contents of the canister at his face. Rygel, with helium-voice, gripes, "Ten percent, do you hear me?" And then he slumps a little, unconscious. Zhaan frets that the gas should have knocked him out immediately, and says that she'll adjust the mist's potency while Chiana playfully adjusts Rygel in the container.