History Recap / BlakesSevenS3E5TheHarvestOfKairos

* WomenPreferStrongMen[=/=]ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Presumably why Servalan puts up with Jarvik [[WhatsUpKingDude aggressively manhandling the President of the Terran Federation]] in her own control room.

** Jarvik is hauled before the President of the Federation after he's heard bad-mouthing her tactics. His response it to announce, "Woman, you're beautiful" and give Servalan a ForcefulKiss. When Servalan orders him sent to the punishment cells, [[PutTheirHeadsTogether he bangs her guards' heads together]], picks up a weapon and points it at Servalan...and then casually puts it aside, saying he's not here to brawl with her minions.

* WriterOnBoard: Servalan has to act seriously out-of-character [[IdiotPlot for the plot to work]]. She's been entirely willing to rely on cunning in the past -- now she's an IceQueen who's [[StrawVulcan overly reliant on battle computers]]. Servalan allows Jarvik to give orders and manhandle her on her own command deck, despite being obsessed with her own authority and ego. She even balks at having Jarvik executed when it looks like his cunning plan has turned out to be a disaster.

* StrawVulcan: Servalan who's been entirely willing to rely on cunning in the past, is portrayed as an IceQueen who's overly reliant on battle computers.

* WriterOnBoard:

* SeriesContinuityError: Tarrant's backstory doesn't match what's said in this episode, though that may be due to the confusion created with the writer's bible (Tarrant was originally to be a Federation deserter played by an older actor). This may also be why Tarrant is portrayed as the captain of the Liberator and Servalan's main target, rather than Avon.

* RatedMForManly: Jarvik is a throwback to when Men were Real Men and Women liked it.[[note]]And creepy alien spider-monsters were actually terrifying, but you can't have everything.[[/note]]

* CleavageWindow: Dayna, though Jarvik also spends half the episode with his jumpsuit unzipped, showing Servalan the goods.

** The planet Avon retrieves his Sopron rock from requires breathing masks.

** Subverted; Avon sets a condition that Servalan must beam them down to a planet with earth-like conditions. Servalan sends them down to [[DeathWorld Kairos]].

* TheGeneralissimo: Servalan introduces himself as "[[TheMagnificent President and Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation]]", showing that she's taken over both political and military commands.

* WhatsUpKingDude: Exactly why Servalan would care what a lowly construction worker thinks of her battle tactics is uncertain, but when Jarvik aggressively manhandles Servalan and shows no fear of her power, [[BestHerToBedHer she's quite impressed.]]
* WomenPreferStrongMen[=/=]ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Presumably why Servalan puts up with Jarvik aggressively manhandling the President of the Terran Federation in her own control room.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Ben Steed was told to write an episode focusing on Tarrant, which is why Avon is unusually wrapped up in his own interests rather than snarking with Tarrant over which one of them captains the Liberator.
* DecliningPromotion: Jarvik is offered command of the Liberator as a reward for capturing it. However he rejects this, saying he'd have stayed in the military if promotion was all he was after. He prefers to be HotConsort to the [[WeCanRuleTogether ruler of the Federation instead]].

* CleavageWindow: Dayna. Jarvik spends half the episode with his jumpsuit unzipped, showing Servalan the goods.

* KeepTheReward: Jarvik is offered command of the Liberator as a reward for capturing it. However he rejects this, saying he'd have stayed in the military if promotion was all he was after. He prefers to be HotConsort to the [[WeCanRuleTogether ruler of the Federation instead]].

* QuitYourWhining: When Tarrant gives Avon a WhatTheHellHero for ignoring their crisis, Avon pointedly comments that Tarrant shouldn't have any problem as he's the most talented space captain flying the most advanced spaceship in the galaxy. "Or so you keep telling us."

* AuthorTract: Another Ben Steed episode, another lecture about how women need to [[StayInTheKitchen shut up]] and [[WomenPreferStrongMen give in to their desire for Manly Men like Jarvik]]. Includes lots of gratuitous OutOfCharacter moments - suddenly Servalan hunts the Liberator using Non-Manly computers and science, instead of her usual scheming, manipulation and vicious cunning. She seems to want the approval of someone she'd [[BadBoss kill out of hand in other episodes.]] Avon, an equal-opportunity misanthrope, is suddenly a misogynist instead. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Dayna loses to a guy she'd demolish if someone else wrote it.]] Add in the SpecialEffectFailure and you're left with an episode that can really only be enjoyed as {{Camp}}.

* BadassBoast: Avon claims he's the only man could reprogram Zen.

* ContinuityNod: Programming a condition into Zen that the crew have to be teleported to safety before handing over control was first suggested by Section Leader Klegg to Avon in "Powerplay".

* TookALevelInBadass: Tarrant has suddenly become the Federation's most wanted instead of Avon.

* WomenPreferStrongMen / ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Presumably why Servalan puts up with Jarvik aggressively manhandling the President of the Terran Federation in her own control room.

* DoABarrelRoll: In this case an aileron roll, to [[TakeOurWordForIt imply the clever manoeuvres]] our AcePilot is putting the Liberator through on NoBudget.

* DoABarrelRoll: In this case an aileron roll, to imply the clever manoeuvres our AcePilot is putting the Liberator through on NoBudget.

** Stuck in a primitive spacecraft with no weapons against the most powerful ship in the galaxy, Avon tells Tarrant to call up Servalan and demand her surrender. It works because while Servalan has everything to lose, Avon (while as much interested in self-preservation as she is) has nothing to lose, as their only other options are die in space or die down on the planet.

* DeathByMaterialism: Anyone stranded on Kairos can't resist picking up a crystal or two in case they're rescued. Unfortunately the spider-creatures eat Kairopan, and anyone who is carrying it. Even if they realize this and throw the crystal away, they'll still have particles of Kairopan on their skin and clothing which the creatures can sense, especially [[HorrorHunger when all the crystals have been devoured and the creatures are starving]].

-->'''Villa:''' Just one pocket full. [[IfIWereARichMan I suppose I could retire to the lakeside of Gardinos]] and be waited on by those cute, little--

* SmoochOfVictory: Villa and Dayna share a Hug of Victory after destroying a Federation warship.

-->'''Villa:''' Just one pocket full. I suppose I could retire to the lakeside of Gardinos and be waited on by those cute, little--

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Does Servalan submit to Jarvik because WomenPreferStrongMen, or is she just enjoying the [[CasualKink novelty of being dominated]] by another boy-toy that she'll discard as soon as his Alpha Male posturing ceases to amuse her? Did she go along with his plan in the first place because she wanted a scapegoat if Tarrant escaped again?

* FightSceneFailure: The reputation of this episode is not helped by bad choreography during the fight scenes, most notably when Jarvik gets killed by friendly fire -- he steps in front of Shad's gun a fraction too soon so it looks like Shad plugs him deliberately.

* HoYay: The unintended result of an episode full of Alpha Male posturing and disdain for Women that ends up with Tarrant and Jarvik rolling around in the grass on top of each other.
* IdiotPlot: Servalan hears a lowly construction worker is badmouthing her. Instead of dispatching Security to rearrange his seditious brainwaves, she invites him to the control room to smirk at his opinion.

* {{Narm}}: Three words: [[FluffyTheTerrible Brian the Spider]]. Oh, you wanted a little more detail? The episode called for a terrible alien life-form that makes Kairos uninhabitable for most of the year. The special-effects department delivered a giant orange snail with legs, which wobbled oh-so-slowly towards our heroes as the otherwise scarily competent Dayna forgot how to use her own legs. (For this and other reasons, this episode is often seen as SoBadItsGood by fans.)

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Well when the ''better'' of the two alien creatures seen is modeled by a rock...