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Episode Studies by Clayton Barr
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"The Sleestak God"
Written by David Gerrold
Directed by Dennis Steinmetz

The Marshalls discover the ruins of a lost city and encounter dangerous lizard-men known as Sleestak.

Read the complete story summary by Nels Olsen

Didja Notice?

Holly seems to be afraid of not only the thing in the pit, but the distance of the fall to the bottom of it. A nice foreshadowing of her acrophobia as revealed later in the episode "Elsewhen".

Pakuni translations
Time on DVD Pakuni English
4:25  Cha-ka says "Humani. Wirra, Horry." "Humans. Will, Holly."
6:24 Cha-ka says "Humani wocasani." "Humans (are) strange."
7:45 Cha-ka says "Amenda." "Amenda" is not in any known glossary, but from the context it would seem to mean either "triceratops" in general or "Spike" in particular.
9:17 Cha-ka says "Osu." "Water."
11:10 "Sarisataka!" and "Yo, sarisataka!" "Sleestak" and "Yes, Sleestak!" (Notice that "sarisataka" is not really a Pakuni word...it's a Paku's attempt to pronounce the word "Sleestak" since Pakuni do not use an "L" sound in their language! Makes you wonder who taught them the word in the first place since they certainly couldn't read it off the rock!"
12:04 Cha-ka says "Wirra, Horry. Sarisataka. Wirra Marashara." "Will, Holly. Sleestak. Will Marshall." Given the context, I think Cha-ka was meant to say "Ricka Marsashara" to indicate he was going to warn Rick Marshall that his kids were in danger; possibly Philip Paley just misspoke his line.
13:31 Cha-ka says "Wirra! Wirra, Horry! Yo. Sarisataka. Yo, Sarisataka! Bisa. Bisasa. Tusa. Tusasa. Doma, gosa, nichi." "Will! Will, Holly! Yes. Sleestak. Yes, Sleestak! Big. Very big. Tall. Very tall. Ugly, fierce, nasty."
15:12 Cha-ka says "Sarisataka", "Yo, Sarisataka" and "Wirra. Horry." "Sleestak", "Yes, Sleestak." and "Will. Holly"
17:20 Cha-ka says "Osu." "Water."
17:43 Cha-ka says "Sarisataka." "Sleestak."
17:50 Cha-ka says "Ota! Meni dena ota!" and "Ota! "Ye nu ota!" "Fire! We (need) fire!" and "Fire! Yo (make) fire!" I am guessing on the meanings of "Dena" and "nu"; they are not in any known glossary.
18:53 Cha-ka says "Sarisataka!" "Sleestak!"
22:08 Cha-ka says "Me ku wachi." "I go now."

Memorable Dialog

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People, Places and Things (Provided by Michael Taylor)

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