Arnold
CibbuanoBlakes 7 - Space Fall
January 16th 2007 11:30
Space Fall
This is the second episode of the first series of Blakes 7. Picking up straight away after the last episode, Blake and his newfound prisoner-pals, the cowardly thief Vila (comic relief) and interplanetary smuggler Jenna (token female, so far rather ambiguous in her motivations as far as I can tell), are sitting pretty on board the transport ship London, headed for the remote prison planet Cygnus Alpha. Things aren't looking good, especially when it's rumoured that the prisoners might be instead dumped into space by the ship's crew (so they can collect payment for an easier trip) rather than taken to Cygnus Alpha. To make things even less pleasant, the ship's sub-commander, Raiker, is a rather sadistic, cruel and cold-hearted individual.
We're introduced to two more of the main cast in this episode who will become, along with Jenna and Vila, part of Blake's 'seven'. These are Olag, a friendly but extremely strong fellow, and Avon, a computer-fraud genius who cares very little for anyone but himself. Most of this episode goes into setting up the dynamic between Avon and Blake, and it's very clear that Avon's presence is going to make things interesting in future episodes... he's a rather duplicitous character, crafty and without loyalty, and takes a lot of reasoning on Blake's part to even get Avon interested in working with him. Avon is the sort of love-to-hate character that makes television worth watching.
Blake and co. decide to try and take over the ship, the first two thirds of the episode deals with this power struggle. The last part of the episode concerns the arrival and discovery of a mysterious alien ship. This ship looks like it is going to be very important to the series on the whole, and it's introduction is kind of spooky.
Some of this episode dragged a little, I was pretty much just waiting for it to get on with it, to get to the bit where Blake gets his team of seven together and starts fighting the good fight, ha ha ha. I liked Avon heaps though, I think he is my favourite character so far.
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