Arnold
Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoBlakes 7 - Bounty
February 28th 2007 05:18
This episode starts smack bang in the middle of a mission. Blake and Cally are on a forest-y kind of planet (the early scenes showing Federation troopers surveying the area foreshadow ‘Return of the Jedi'), with hopes to rescue/kidnap the ex-president of a Federation-captured colony. It is Blake’s hope that he can turn this disgraced president, the once idealistic Sarkov – now a broken man obsessed with 20th century Earth paraphernalia, into a figurehead for the rebellion.
Meanwhile, the Liberator waits above the planet. They detect an unidentified ship that refuses to announce itself… this blip on the radar screen seems very ominous and eventually transpires to be a group of alien smugglers/slavers who have come to kidnap the Liberator’s crew for a lucrative reward offered by the Federation.
This was an alright episode. Jenna gets some story-action for once (rather than just overlooking the ship’s computers and offering her cautious advice to Blake, which seems to be her role in most of the episodes prior to this). The down-and-out antique-collecting Sarkov was pretty good, played byT.P. McKenna, who should be familiar to Doctor Who fans as the duplicitous Captain Cook from ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’, and film fans in general as Major John Scott from 'Straw Dogs'. McKenna's character provides most of the episode’s thrust (well, him and Jenna – but I won’t talk about Jenna as I don’t want to spoil this episode for anyone who wants to watch it).
We get to see the red esky again (Blake carries it down to the planet) and mention is made of Cally’s telepathy for the first time since she was introduced (though it is implied that she can sense the presence of others – which is a bit different to her ability in Time Squad). The first half of the episode takes its time to get to the point, but things get going pretty good in the later half.
Some quotes...
BLAKE: Be as quick as you can and don’t take any stupid risks. We’re taking enough of them down here.
JENNA: Don’t worry.
BLAKE: I will if you’re not back in time to get us out.
VILLA: I’m entitled to my opinion.
AVON: It’s your assumption that we’re entitled to it as well that is irritating.
VILLA: I told you I couldn’t do it!
AVON: I believed you all along.
VILLA: If I get it wrong – bang! No head.
BLAKE: I trust you.
VILLA: But if it blows up and I’m right behind you…
BLAKE: That’s why I trust you.
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