One of Our Pylons Is Missing

"The Zarn"
Land of the Lost episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 4
Directed by	Gordon Wiles
Written by	Bill Keenan
Original air date	September 27, 1975
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"One of Our Pylons Is Missing" is the fourth episode of the second season of the 1970s American television series Land of the Lost. Written by Bill Keenan and directed by Gordon Wiles, it first aired in the United States on September 27, 1975 on NBC.

Plot

The Marshalls (along with Cha-Ka) decide to follow the pylons, which are each located a quarter mile apart, to see if the pattern holds true. Cha-Ka, who is carrying a lunch basket, is scared off by Spot. A hole mysteriously appears in the ground and swallows Spot up before disappearing, to Cha-Ka's relief and surprise. Unbeknownst to him, the hole reappears and swallows up the lunch basket.

The Marshalls find Cha-Ka, who explains that the ground swallowed the coelophysis and the lunch basket up. At first the Marshalls are doubtful, but the hole reappears and swallows Cha-Ka. Will and Rick, who recognize that this is where the next pylon should be located, head for the last pylon while Holly keeps watch.

Holly ties a vine around her waist and begins digging in the dirt. She discovers a large metal circle. Meanwhile, Will and Rick enter the pylon and are given a vision of Holly as she too falls through the hole. They rush back and Rick secures himself with a vine to rescue Holly.

The vine suspending Holly in the hole breaks and she falls. Finally she slows down and begins to orbit a red, pulsating, irregularly shaped object, around which circle Cha-Ka, the lunch basket, and Spot as well. Rick falls in moments later and begins to orbit the object(which he likens to "a generator or a giant heart"). The Generator shoots out a beam of light which causes Spot to be absorbed. Rick takes out his code mirror and bounces a beam back into the Generator, which ultimately causes the orbiting people to be propelled back up through the hole to Will, followed shortly thereafter by the lunch basket.

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