Everyone else around him is a convicted criminal. He's innocent, so he's being careful.

Very. He doesn't consider anyone else significant enough to confide in. My way or the highway. Like many a TV evangelist.

If there is only one habitable planet, it would not be unreasonable to refer to it by the name of the star. And in any case, Cygnus is a constellation, with many stars. Cygnus Alpha should be the brightest star, Deneb - but I think Blakes 7 fanlore decides that this can't be a planet orbiting Deneb, as it is too far from Earth.

It would have to be a more recently discovered system as Deneb, like most bright stars, has a medieval Arabic name. This planet seems to be intentionally isolated from others.

Although Avon is also being less than candid. I think we know that at this point he has already killed someone - as has Jenna, who asks the question.

Yes, I was googling it. Deneb is from the Arabic word for tail - but the Arabs thought the tail of a hen, whereas to us it's a swan. It was at one point called Rosamund in German, and also the parson's nose.

This planet might be orbiting another star in Cygnus - perhaps Cygnus Alpha because the first colony in Cygnus?

Someone on Cygnus is stitching hooded cloaks.

Sorry people, I just fell asleep!! It’s been a very long horrible week. This is the first time I’ve sat down to relax - and I think my body took the relaxing way too seriously.

Sorry people, I just fell asleep!! It’s been a very long horrible week. This is the first time I’ve sat down to relax - and I think my body took the relaxing way too seriously.

They make the next lot of prisoners clear away the bodies?

Sorry people, I just fell asleep!! It’s been a very long horrible week. This is the first time I’ve sat down to relax - and I think my body took the relaxing way too seriously.

Ah, torture. Frankly, at this stage, we were all expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

Perfectly understandable. I had a week which started with 3 days-worth of migraine. Woke this afternoon (late night) thinking it was Sunday and I'd missed the rewatch.

But that's the thing: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition.

And there you have it. Avon says it exactly how it is. They will never have the same chance again. And they will get dragged into Blake's crusade. It's all Jenna's fault.

And human sacrifice. Cliche upon cliche.

And human sacrifice. Cliche upon cliche.

I actually don't think it's too far from how a lot of people behave. It doesn't take much. Our governments do it all the time on little to no pretext.

But it works for Vargas and friends. I wonder if V was the first to set up the sickness thing or if he inherited the secret from someone else?

Ritual human sacrifice?

Ritual human sacrifice?

But it works for Vargas and friends. I wonder if V was the first to set up the sickness thing or if he inherited the secret from someone else?

Indeed! To their ideologies.

Maybe it's the robes. Once they're wearing them, people suddenly start singing Gregorian chants, offering scrifices etc.

What ideologies? I see only a desperation to remain in power here at the moment.

Maybe it's the robes. Once they're wearing them, people suddenly start singing Gregorian chants, offering scrifices etc.

Well, I suppose that Vargas and his ancestors were from Earth, and were people of limited culture and imagination, so went with all the cliches - the robes, the chanting, the torture, the sacrifices. And it makes for a lively backdrop for the real meat of the episode, which is Blake's attempts to build a crew. But I would still have liked something more interesting.

But busily smashing to bits people in other countries, and, should I add: that's all part of convincing you that they are keeping at bay all those wicked people who might challenge your (our) culture. Our pathetic lot are doing it too. Sacrificing others to prove to a domestic market how terrific they are.

Well, I suppose that Vargas and his ancestors were from Earth, and were people of limited culture and imagination, so went with all the cliches - the robes, the chanting, the torture, the sacrifices. And it makes for a lively backdrop for the real meat of the episode, which is Blake's attempts to build a crew. But I would still have liked something more interesting.