Vila finally gets to spend the night with two girls, and he’s not happy about it! LOL

Slave's dying speech doesn't have nearly the same affect on me as Zen's.

Given that Avon is going mad, and that Tarrant had a tryst with Servie in Sand, and bragged about it, Vila is suddenly the most eligible bachelor on Scorpio.

Slave's dying speech doesn't have nearly the same affect on me as Zen's.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

Oddly, I find it more moving...

Love how Michael plays this - there's nothing in the dialogue that connects Tarrant's disappearance with what happened in Orbit. But the way he asks the question suggests it's what Vila is thinking.

Interesting. Why do you think that is?

I think perhaps I always felt that Slave had more of a personality - like ORAC. Zen always seemed more computer to me.

A new dawn - the last they'll see!

Zen was certainly more alien. But he was part of the family, one of Blake's original Seven.

Oddly, I find it more moving, but I suspect that I'm alone in that.

But as I started watching at the beginning of series 3, that didn't have so much of an effect on me.

And yes, in terms of the drinking game, Jenna counts. She's reported dead by someone who knew her and there's no contradictory evidence.

And yes, in terms of the drinking game, Jenna counts. She's reported dead by someone who knew her and there's no contradictory evidence.

If you think about the structure of this episode now, it's unusual. There's less than 10 minutes to go and it feels that we're not even mid-story. It's a clue that it will end very suddenly...

Sally has a differing opinion.

Sally: I'm not dead. Who said I was dead?
Interviewer: Blake
Sally: waves a dismissive hand What does he know.

Is it because Slave is talking mostly to himself? Itself.

If you think about the structure of this episode now, it's unusual. There's less than 10 minutes to go and it feels that we're not even mid-story. It's a clue that it will end very suddenly...

But as I started watching at the beginning of series 3, that didn't have so much of an effect on me.

But no proof, either.

Avon might think he's a psychopath, but I'm not convinced. Stressed, immoral, self-serving, yes.

But there's only psychopath and she's not in this episode.

Perhaps. Perhaps also because it's the first time he addresses someone by name, rather than saying 'Sir' or 'Master'?

Here we go...

Is it really the first time?! I never noticed that.

She's not in the episode, though. Blake is!

It adds to the disconcerting feeling one has when watching. We're kind of instinctively used to the '3-act' structure of stories / eps, and this still feels like early Act 2.