Episode Report Card Strega: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Princess Bride
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 07.27.2000
The transport pod. Crichton has finally changed out of his hot pink outfit (that is, the color is hot pink. The outfit is not hot.) and back into his Peacekeeper duds. Praise the lord. He, Ro-Na, and a couple of guards are on their way to the ship o' presents. It's a Jakent junket! As they prepare to take off, Ro-Na hands Crichton the thingamajig, and claims, "Dominar Rygel said you must insert this before ascending." Crichton says that he's already changed the ident codes for the ship, and then complains about the fact that his friends won't know where he is. One of the guards bleats about security, and Ro-Na wheedles, "Councilor Tyno will be looking for this new code on his tracking screen." Crichton gives in, and pops the thingamajig into the console. Ro-Na moves back and sits down while Crichton does some kind of flight attendant shtick, pointing to the exits and so on. Then he sidles up to Ro-Na and grumps, "I'm driving." She lets him take the captain's chair.
Zhaan runs into Pilot's chamber and gasps, "Moya cannot be doing this willingly!" Pilot, rather calmly under the circumstances, says that Moya is shutting down her systems and he can't stop it. There's an external shot of a dark Moya sinking into the space-clouds. Zhaan calls to Moya, insisting that Kahaynu isn't looking out for her interests. Kahaynu swooshes into the room. His costume seems to made out of mosquito netting. With epaulets, of course, because otherwise how would you know he's important? He harrumphs, "As if your way were the only way." Zhaan gets all fierce and insists that "all life cherishes life." Except in Texas. Kahaynu says that Moya must be decommissioned because she can produce gunships. He adds that she trusts his decision. Zhaan stiffly says that he'll never convince her that Moya agreed to die. Kahaynu says, "Then let her do it," and makes a dramatic gesture. A slightly distorted , musical voice rings through the room as Moya says, "Moyhaaaaa. Fulfillllled." Zhaan gasps and falls her to knees as Moya adds, "Moyhaa. Go. Willing. Willing. Willing. Yeees. Peace." Zhaan cries and says this is an abomination. And then she wins the "funniest line of the episode" award, probably for the first time, by saying, "I am so filled with uncharitable rage." Heh. She's good at articulating her feelings! Then the lights go out. Kahaynu is gone, and Zhaan cries, "Nooooo!" and we go to another external shot of a dark Moya drifting in space like a dead squid. If dead squids drifted in space.