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Zhaan, still carrying Stark's mask, has somehow convinced the rest of the crew to spend some time searching for him, believing him to be alive. The crew though are getting impatient, especially as the auction for D'Argo's son, Jo'thee, is mere days away, and begin thinking Zhaan is going mad in grief. That is until they actually find Stark and bring him aboard.
Stark relays to them a plan to rob a bank, a shadow depository filled with stolen items. They rob the bank, they have enough cash to buy D'Argo's son's lot from the slave traders. No hassle, except that the lot is 10,000 slaves and are not sold individually. However, the plan starts sounding a bit risky and John and the others refuse to participate. In a mood, D'Argo goes down on his own. Aeryn and John chase after him to the depository, where they witness D'Argo trying to break in and captured.
John and Aeryn get annoyed at Stark, believing he'd set D'Argo up. But Stark reveals that it is all part of his plan, which was now to proceed as it meant that they get D'Argo back and may as well also get the money. At that moment Zhaan, Chiana and Rygel were getting ready for phase two.
Zhaan and Chiana arrive at the depository in disguise and talk to Natera, the depository's weird owner. They say that D'Argo is their's and they were using him to test the security of the depository. Since he didn't get in, it's secure enough, and would like to make a short-term deposit for one day.
Of course they didn't mention that Rygel was part of the deposit, having been encased within a statue.
However, John is seeing Scorpius again, and not just in his mind. Scorpius has decided to arrive on the scene, being an old friend with Natera. John sees him over the security cameras, he and Aeryn posing as part of Zhaan's party, and even spots Scorpius's weakness - his cooling rods which he, as a half-Scarren half-Sebacean, need. Still undetected, Zhaan gets D'Argo back, and all apart from Rygel return to Moya.
Back on Moya, Stark seems quite alarmed that Scorpius is there. John accuses him of putting all their lives on the line for revenge, by stealing Scorpius's stuff. Stark says that his people are also in Jo'thee's lot, and if it's Scorpius's stuff that frees them, then all the better.
Back at the depository, Scorpius and Natera are having a bit of an argument. Natera got rid of Scorpius's stuff because she thought he'd died when his Gammak base was destroyed. Scorpius though demands his stuff back, plus additional compensation, and Natera makes the necessary arrangements.
John has an idea for revenge on Scorpius though. Having seen his coolant rods, he asks Zhaan to create a mixture that will react with heat. Meantime, Rygel goes into action and, using a gadget Stark gave him, swaps his container for Scorpius's new stuff, and gets into the new one just in time, as Zhaan and Chiana return to take their stuff back and John takes Aeryn on his own personal mission - to get hold of one of Scorpius's coolant rods and smear Zhaan's lethal mixture on it, and put it back. They manage this - just - undetected.
Meantime, Zhaan, Chiana and Rygel are managing to get away with Scorpius's new stuff, just as Scorpius decides he wants to make a withdrawal. Natera realizes that the stuff that comes out is Zhaan's stuff, and Scorpius immediately senses Crichton is behind it all and orders security to go out and find them.
Everyone manages to get to the exit, John and Aeryn being delayed slightly thanks to John having Scorpius in his head again. Whilst the others though load the transport pod, John stays behind to guard their escape. Scorpius though has other ideas, and takes John by surprise, explaining about the chip in John's head, until the coolant rod in Scorpius's head starts to malfunction. John starts laughing at his plan working so well, and Scorpius ejects the rod. His nurse takes it but it explodes, reacting with the heat. Now there's nobody to help Scorpius but John who cannot control himself thanks to the chip. After a battle of will, he manages to leave Scorpius to die and get back to the others to return to Moya.
Back on Moya nearly everything's alright. D'Argo is happy and for once thanks Stark, and Rygel is left dreaming what share of the money he'll get from the money left over. Meanwhile, John is getting seriously worried about the state of his mind thanks to Scorpius's chip, and there's a bit of a rumble coming from the stolen money...

What I thought
Top-class episode. Plenty of action and storyline and new aliens - Natera was excellent! The action was frantic as Stark hacks into the systems whilst the others down on the depository try to evade security. And Zhaan's nice cat-suit with eye-patch looks cool as well. Overall, 5 out of 5 here!

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