Arnold
Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoBlake's 7 - Horizon
March 21st 2007 09:56
"Let's have a cuddle!"
The Liberator crew are tired, overstressed and in danger of fatigue shock. The last 17 or so episodes have seen them take the good fight to the Federation over and over again and the strain is starting to show. What looks set to be a more laid-back character-driven episode soon becomes another crazed mission against the Federation though.
What follows is the standard anti-imperialist, pro-culturalist run-around all too common in liberal science-fiction television shows. The power struggles between the native puppet-leader and his Federation masters might have been interesting once but I'm afraid I've seen it all before. Blake, Jenna and Vila all end up in the mines for their interference, and Blake and Vila get their shirts off for some sweaty hard yakka.
One by one, everyone goes down to rescue Blake and co. until only Avon remains onboard The Liberator. Of course, Avon decides he wants to do a runner and leave everyone behind. Instead, he ends up coming to save the day at the eleventh hour, but even this isn't a surprise.
Some quotes...
BLAKE: Where are we going to find a centre that will take us in for a month's rest and rehabilitation?
VILA: Well that shouldn't be a problem - what's the point of being famous if you can't get a last minute booking?
BLAKE: That freighter's gone to Horizon for some good reason.
AVON: Which is more than you could say for us.
VILA: Well, I never had a chance did I? I chose the wrong parents.
AVON: I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.
RO: I rule this planet.
BLAKE: Do you? I thought it was a Federation colony.
RO: I dislike the word 'colony'.
BLAKE: Which word would you prefer?
RO: I rule here, and you're my prisoner.
BLAKE: I dislike the word 'prisoner'.
RO: What are you going to do with him?
KOMMISAR: Put him to work. It seems he's never done any his whole life.
VILA: Work?
AVON: About time. More last minute heroics?
BLAKE: I thought that was your strong suit?
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