Blake's 7 1x03: Cygnus Alpha

[oceloty]

Really, finally, it's the conclusion of the pilot episode. Blake, Jenna, and Avon collect Vila and Gan from Cygnus Alpha (which still only makes five people and one computer on the ship, but oh well), the crew discovers the communications/teleport bracelets (two plot devices in one!), and Blake finally declares their mission: to fight back against

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[executrix]

Cygnus Alpha has, however, given us the term New Souls for the Faith for...individuals such as yourself.

The mystic bond between Jenna and Zen disappears never to be heard from again.

Later on the series, references are made to rebellions on "dozens of planets" (and the Liberator crew manages to trip over one of the rebellions in the course of doing something else) so if I had an enormous spaceship I would give some consideration to filling it up with actual rebels instead of a small gang...miNUTE, to quote "Loot"...of criminals.

My answer to anyone who isn't overly impressed by Cygnus Alpha is...just wait till you see Time Squad! (And, no, nobody has ever found a comprehensible explanation for why it's called that, or for that matter why SpaceFall is called SpaceFall.)

I hope he comes up with some better ideas for the actual take-the-fight-to-the-Federation part.
If wishes was horses, we'd all be eatin' steak.

[oceloty]

Blake is a bit of a paradox to me. He's got vision and natural leadership skills, but not much common sense that I can see. He's clearly lacking in both quality and quantity of rebels, yet persists in keeping Avon around.

I liked Jenna at first, but if the trend persists she's going to be a pointless space bimbo by the end of the run. Which would be a pity, because I likes me some feisty women characters.

[executrix]

Yeah, both Jenna and Cally pretty much turned into Crazy Space Waitresses, and the actors who played them both eventually quit the show (as did Gareth Thomas, i.e., Blake). It must have been a happy set indeed.

I am always contemptuous of Blake's leadership abilities because, in the episodes where Blake somehow trips over an actual rebel, the rebel can't flee fast enough. Of course you can imagine the motives I ascribe to him for keeping Avon around (and, for that matter, Avon's motives in not removing the portable objects in the Treasure Room and teleporting the hell out of there).

Without slash goggles, however, Avon is supposed to be one of the few humans who can operate that rare and exotic object, the computer. And you can tell that Blake is the kind of person who could burn the house down trying to program the VCR.