Do you not think that this is a general policy on her part with young officers - suggest to them that they might be on a promise, then act on it as time, policy and inclination dictate?

She had Tarrant sussed from the first time she saw him.

The sand is a very effective adversary - there's no bathos as there is with too many of the monsters. It's genuinely creepy, and a special effect that really works.

The sand is a very effective adversary - there's no bathos as there is with too many of the monsters. It's genuinely creepy, and a special effect that really works.

She had Tarrant sussed from the first time she saw him.

I think she has them all sussed. She plays Avon like a fiddle in Terminal, and again in Gold. It's a real pity we never saw her with Blake.

Probably beneath her dignity.

That said, I think it doesn't really work with Vila - he just isn't interested. And she probably underestimates the women.

Yeah, he wasn't even an Alpha.

That said, I think it doesn't really work with Vila - he just isn't interested. And she probably underestimates the women.

She did try with Vila in Traitor but it wasn't the time or place. And Vila uses the stand-up comedian to disassociate himself from certain kinds of action. And I agree with you totally about the women. They're not on her radar at all.

Also opening the door - very stupid.

She did try with Vila in Traitor but it wasn't the time or place. And Vila uses the stand-up comedian to disassociate himself from certain kinds of action. And I agree with you totally about the women. They're not on her radar at all.

But it didn't work because Vila is straight-up scared of her. There's no tension at all, sexual or otherwise.

The probability square is the way David Bowie said he wrote some of his lyrics: just shuffled them until they worked.

Joking is his displacement behaviour.

I think the reference to Sarcophagus is crass - but I do like that Vila is clearly still mourning Cally.

I love the way Servalan comes back from this apparently fragile moment to swindle the lot of them in Gold.

I love the way Servalan comes back from this apparently fragile moment to swindle the lot of them in Gold.

She had to - for her own self-respect. And she pointedly ignores Tarrant and flirts with Avon.

She's only partly fragile. A good actress knows how to turn on the waterworks to her own benefit.

What, as if nothing happened? (har har har).

(I said 'apparently'!)

She has to show that nothing did.

I think She's forgotten it already. Tarrant's the one that has to pretend it didn't. Avon doesn't forget, though.

She's only partly fragile. A good actress knows how to turn on the waterworks to her own benefit.

You mean she faked it??????

I think this is a thing I like about this episode. She knows that Tarrant is the chivalrous type, so she's playing up the damsel in distress - but to me, at least, it's clear that it's not all an act. Where the one starts and the other stops is the thing that it is so hard to determine.