Taking the Stone

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“Taking the Stone”
Farscape episode
Chiana amongst the grave people
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 3
Written by	Justin Monjo
Directed by	Rowan Woods
Production no.	10205
Original airdate	March 31, 2000
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"Taking the Stone" is an episode from the second season of the American television series Farscape, written by Justin Monjo and directed by Rowan Woods.

1 Synopsis
2 Guest stars
3 Production Notes
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Chiana is distraught--she has a "life disk" implanted in her abdomen, which lets her know if her brother Nerri is still alive or not. Through it she learns he is dead, and, when Crichton is too busy to talk to her, she steals Aeryn's Prowler and travels to a nearby cemetery planet, where she encounters a bunch of teenagers living a strange, wild life there. The Moyans pursue her, and Rygel robs a grave of its many valuables and takes them back to Moya. Aeryn and John find Chiana. They discover that the planet emits a radiation that deforms, then kills everyone when they reach a certain age, so everyone is supposed to kill themselves before they reach that point. They do so by jumping into a big pit, where there is a PK sound device that creates an anti-gravity cushion to break their fall. If they don't do it a certain way, they are killed by the fall, in an action called "taking the stone." They also consume hallucinatory mushrooms that frequently result in death. The increasingly erratic Crichton consumes one mushroom in order to gain the confidence of their leader. He tries to convince Chiana to return to Moya, but she is drawn to the wild teens. Eventually, she becomes convinced when Crichton shows how their leader is deceitful and does things harmful to the others, and she returns. But first, she wants to jump into the pit, face upward, to see if she is brave enough. She does, and she and Crichton exult. Meanwhile, mysterious things happen in the wake of Rygel's theft, and he becomes convinced of there being ghosts, and he returns the loot.