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* WhatAreYouInFor: The moment Blake [[WorldOfSnark meets his future companions]] the SnarkToSnarkCombat commences.

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* WhatAreYouInFor: The moment Blake [[WorldOfSnark meets his future companions]] companions the SnarkToSnarkCombat commences.[[WorldOfSnark commences]].
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* WhatAreYouInFor: The moment Blake meets his future companions the SnarkToSnarkCombat commences.

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* WhatAreYouInFor: The moment Blake [[WorldOfSnark meets his future companions companions]] the SnarkToSnarkCombat commences.



-->'''Jenna:''' Of course it is.

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-->'''Jenna:''' [[SarcasmMode Of course it is.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: Vila nicks Blake's watch while he's sleeping, but has to hand it back when Jenna pointedly asks Blake for the time.
-->'''Vila:''' Just taking care of it while you were unconscious. The place is full of criminals.


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* WhatAreYouInFor: The moment Blake meets his future companions the SnarkToSnarkCombat commences.
-->'''Jenna:''' What's your story?
-->'''Blake:''' Well, I'm innocent; of what I was charged with anyway.
-->'''Vila:''' We have something in common, then. We're all victims of a miscarriage of justice.
-->'''Blake:''' It's true!
-->'''Jenna:''' Of course it is.
-->'''Blake:''' What about the others?
-->'''Vila:''' Oh, a very antisocial bunch. Murderers, liars, cheats, [looks at Jenna] smugglers...
-->'''Jenna:''' [Returns the favor] Thieves...
-->'''Vila:''' --and they're the nice people.
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* AppealToNature: Averted; neither Blake or Varon are very impressed with the Outside.
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* MasterOfUnlocking: Not Vila yet, but a resistance member opens a hatch to the outside world while leaving the MasterComputer thinking it's still closed. Averted with Varon, who apparently borrowed a lockpicking kit yet is instantly detected (though he may have already been under surveillance).

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* MasterOfUnlocking: Not Vila yet, but a resistance member Richie opens a hatch to the outside world while leaving the MasterComputer thinking it's still closed. Averted with Varon, who apparently borrowed a similar lockpicking kit yet is instantly detected (though he may have already been under surveillance).
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-->'''Foster:''' You were captured. So were most of our followers. They could have killed you. But that would have given the Cause a martyr. So instead they put you into intensive therapy. They [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased areas of your mind]], they [[FakeMemories implanted new ideas]]. They literally took your mind to pieces and rebuilt it. And when they'd finished, they put you up and you confessed. You said you'd been "misguided." You appealed to everyone to support the Administration, hound up the traitors. Oh, they, they did a good job on you. You were very convincing. And then they took you back and erased even that.

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-->'''Foster:''' You were captured. So were most of our followers. They could have killed you. [[DontCreateAMartyr But that would have given the Cause a martyr. martyr.]] So instead they put you into intensive therapy. They [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased areas of your mind]], they [[FakeMemories implanted new ideas]]. They literally took your mind to pieces and rebuilt it. And when they'd finished, they put you up and you confessed. You said you'd been "misguided." You appealed to everyone to support the Administration, hound up the traitors. Oh, they, they did a good job on you. You were very convincing. And then they took you back and erased even that.

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* {{Brainwashed}} / LaserGuidedAmnesia

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* {{Brainwashed}} / LaserGuidedAmnesia{{Brainwashed}}
-->'''Foster:''' You were captured. So were most of our followers. They could have killed you. But that would have given the Cause a martyr. So instead they put you into intensive therapy. They [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased areas of your mind]], they [[FakeMemories implanted new ideas]]. They literally took your mind to pieces and rebuilt it. And when they'd finished, they put you up and you confessed. You said you'd been "misguided." You appealed to everyone to support the Administration, hound up the traitors. Oh, they, they did a good job on you. You were very convincing. And then they took you back and erased even that.
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood
-->'''Vila:''' I steal things. Compulsive, I'm afraid. I've had my head adjusted by some of the best in the business. But it just won't stay adjusted.
-->'''Blake:''' A professional thief.
-->'''Vila:''' More a vocation than a profession. Other people's property comes naturally to me.



* ReleasedToElsewhere: The dissidents who took part in Blake's rebellion were deported to colonies on the Outer Worlds, only to be executed on arrival. Blake's family was among them, though he gets faked messages from them regularly.

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* ReleasedToElsewhere: The dissidents who took part in Blake's rebellion were deported to colonies on the Outer Worlds, only to be executed on arrival. Blake's family was brother and sister were among them, though he gets faked messages from them regularly.



* ThatManIsDead: "There's not much of the old Blake left."

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* ThatManIsDead: Foster states re Blake: "There's not much left of the old Blake left."man I knew." It turns out there is some of the RebelLeader left in him, though it only starts to emerge in the next episode.

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* EvilWearsBlack / FacelessGoons: The infamous GasMaskMooks of the Terran Federation make their debut with a massacre.



* GasMaskMooks / EvilWearsBlack: The infamous Federation soldiers make their debut with a massacre.

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* DontCreateAMartyr

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* DontCreateAMartyrDontCreateAMartyr: As there's an increasing view among the rebellious youth that Blake's trial was a fake, it would only fuel those rumors if he died. So the Administration decide to discredit him instead.
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* AbandonedArea: The rebels have their meeting in a network of tunnels (filmed in the Central Ammunition Depot in Corsham).

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* AbandonedArea: The rebels have their meeting in a network of abandoned tunnels (filmed in the Central Ammunition Depot in Corsham).

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Blake is put in a holding cell where he meets Jenna Stannis and Vila Restal, a smuggler and a thief, respectively. They are scheduled to be shipped to the penal colony on Cygnus Alpha in about a day, so the lawyer visits him and asks for additional information that could be used to prove his innocence. Blake tells him everything he can remember, and the lawyer takes this information, as well as the faulty records he found to his boss, but discovers that the man is actually a part of the plot himself. He and his girlfriend go to look for the place where the dissident meeting was held, while the prison ship's launch is moved ahead of schedule. The lawyer gets photographs and other evidence from the scene of the massacre, and is rushing back to get a holding order for Blake, but is murdered on the way by a Federation agent. Meanwhile, Blake and the others are loaded onto the prison ship, and as the earth gets farther away through a window, Blake assures one of the guards that he's coming back.

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Blake is put in a holding cell where he meets Jenna Stannis and Vila Restal, a smuggler and a thief, respectively. They are scheduled to be shipped to the penal colony on Cygnus Alpha in about a day, so the lawyer visits him and asks for additional information that could be used to prove his innocence. Blake tells him everything he can remember, and the lawyer takes this information, as well as the faulty records he found to his boss, but discovers that the man is actually a part of the plot himself. He and his girlfriend go to look for the place where the dissident meeting was held, while the prison ship's launch is moved ahead of schedule. The lawyer gets photographs and other evidence from the scene of the massacre, and is rushing back to get a holding order for Blake, but is murdered on the way by a Federation agent. Meanwhile, Blake and the others are loaded onto the prison ship, and as the earth Earth gets farther away through a window, Blake assures one of the guards that he's coming back.



!!Tropes:
* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: After another brainwashing session, [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr Havant]] tries to convince Blake that what he saw was an illusion.
* AbandonedArea: A tunnel-bunker network in Corsham was used for the location of the rebel meeting.
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Dr Havant claims that the memory blocks are infallible in a healthy mind, but a nervous breakdown may affect this.

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!!This episode has the following tropes:

* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: After another brainwashing session, [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr Havant]] tries to convince Blake that what he saw was an illusion.
* AbandonedArea: A tunnel-bunker The rebels have their meeting in a network of tunnels (filmed in Corsham was used for the location of the rebel meeting.
Central Ammunition Depot in Corsham).
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Dr Havant claims that the memory blocks are infallible in a healthy mind, but a nervous breakdown may affect this. Blake remembers what happened, and later episodes show that that his previous memories are returning as well.



* BadDreams: As Blake's conditioning starts to break down, he has {{flashback}}s of himself being brainwashed, and fleeing down a tunnel only to be struck down by a soldier with a club.
* BaitAndSwitch: Del Tarrant is shown to be covertly following Blake to the secret meeting. Fortunately it turns out he's not a spy, but is attending the meeting. Then he's revealed to be a spy after all.

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* BadDreams: As Blake's conditioning starts to break down, he has {{flashback}}s of himself being brainwashed, and fleeing down a tunnel only to be struck down by a soldier with wielding a club.
* BaitAndSwitch: Del Tarrant is shown to be covertly following Blake to the secret meeting. Fortunately it turns out he's not a spy, spy but is actually attending the meeting. Then he's revealed to be a spy after all.



* BBCQuarry: A subversion; the rebel meeting was filmed in the Central Ammunitions Depot ''underneath'' Eastlays Quarry.

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* BBCQuarry: A subversion; the rebel meeting was filmed in the Central Ammunitions Depot WW2 ammunition storage bunkers ''underneath'' Eastlays Quarry.



* CassetteFuturism: Newstapes and picture-tapes.

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* CassetteFuturism: Newstapes and picture-tapes."I get vistapes a couple of times a year."



* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: Defense and Prosecution load their arguments and evidence into a "judgement machine" which then delivers a verdict.
* CoolClearWater

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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: The Defense and Prosecution load their arguments and evidence into a "judgement machine" which then delivers a verdict.
* CoolClearWaterCoolClearWater: Ravella invites Blake to taste the water from the stream. He doesn't like the taste much.
-->'''Ravella:''' The stuff we get's been recycled a thousand times, and it's dosed with suppressants.



* GovernmentDrugEnforcement / TamperingWithFoodAndDrink

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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement / TamperingWithFoodAndDrinkGovernmentDrugEnforcement: The Administration has been [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink putting suppressants in the city's food and drink]] to cut down the level of dissidence. Blake is told not to eat or drink for a day and a half before being taken to the meeting, so the effects will wear off.



* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Glynd promises Varon that he'll send out a survey team to find the tunnels that would corroborate Blake's allegations. But Varon never mentioned that the illegal meeting was held in tunnels.
* InsistentTerminology: Jenna is a free trader (smuggler)

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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Glynd promises Varon that he'll send out a survey team to find the tunnels that would corroborate Blake's allegations. But Varon never mentioned that the illegal meeting was held in any tunnels.
* InsistentTerminology: Jenna is a free trader (smuggler)(smuggler).



* KarmaHoudini: Dev Tarrant, the man who sold out Blake and got his allies killed, is never seen again after this episode.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: The rebels offer no resistance, but are shot on the spot. Blake is the SoleSurvivor other than Del Tarrant, which leaves the authorities with a problem when the brainwashing doesn't take a second time.

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* KarmaHoudini: Dev Tarrant, the man Security agent who sold out Blake and got his allies killed, is never seen again after this episode.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: The rebels offer no resistance, but are shot on the spot. Blake is the SoleSurvivor other than Del Tarrant, which [[LeaveNoWitnesses leaves the authorities with a problem problem]] when the they fear his brainwashing doesn't take might not work a second time.



** The authorities decide not to use a PerfectPoison on Blake, as it won't stop him being a martyr.

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** The authorities decide not to use a PerfectPoison on Blake, as it won't his death natural or otherwise would not stop him being a martyr.ConspiracyTheory.



* OrgyOfEvidence

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* OrgyOfEvidenceOrgyOfEvidence: The evidence against Blake is overwhelming, so Varon concentrates his defense on arguing mitigating circumstances, but Blake denies all charges of molestation and claims that he's being framed. Afterwards Varon thinks that everything was too perfect and starts digging.



* RevealShot: Dev Tarrant and his soldiers watches the ''London'' being launched despite Varon and Maja having found evidence that would acquit Blake. He then looks down at Varon and Maja lying dead at his feet.



* ScreamingWoman: One is hauled off by guards in the transit cell.

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* ScreamingWoman: One is hauled Hauled off by the guards in the transit cell.



* [[WouldHitAGirl Would Shoot A Girl]]: Richie is gunned down with the other rebels, as is Maja with Varon.

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* [[WouldHitAGirl Would Shoot A Girl]]: Richie Ravella is gunned down with the other rebels, as is Maja with Varon.
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* BadDreams: As Blake's conditioning starts to break down, he has {{flashback}}s of himself being brainwashed, and fleeing down a tunnel only to be struck down by a soldier with a club.

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* ShootTheMoney: Most of the budget for the entire season was thrown into the pilot episode.

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* ShootTheMoney: Most This episode went so far over budget it affected the rest of the budget for the entire season was thrown into -- and became one of the pilot episode.best stories in the series.
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* ShootTheMoney: Most of the budget for the entire season was thrown into the pilot episode.
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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: Defense and Prosecution load the statements and evidence into a "judgement machine".

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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: Defense and Prosecution load the statements their arguments and evidence into a "judgement machine".machine" which then delivers a verdict.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The PenalColony on Cygnus Alpha.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Blake is shipped off to the PenalColony on [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha.Alpha]].
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Blake was left alive to discredit LaResistance, and possibly as TheBait for any further dissidence.

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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Blake was left alive to discredit LaResistance, and possibly as TheBait for any further dissidence.future revolutionaries.
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* AskAStupidQuestion
-->'''Blake:''' Well, since you were so insistent I've done without food or drink for thirty-six hours.
-->'''Ravella:''' How do you feel?
-->'''Blake:''' Hungry and thirsty, of course!
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* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Dr Havant claims that the memory blocks are infallible in a healthy mind, but a nervous breakdown may affect this.
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-->'''Blake:''' Even if you could prove me innocent, the charges have been made. I've got to hand it to them. [At the security camera] YOU'VE DONE A BRILLIANT JOB!
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-->''Blake is craning his head to look out the porthole at a receding Earth and Moon.

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-->''Blake -->''[Blake is craning his head to look out the porthole at a receding Earth and Moon.]''



-->'''Blake:''' [[TheDeterminator No, I'm coming back.]] [End credits]

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-->'''Blake:''' [[TheDeterminator No, I'm coming back.]] [End credits]''[End credits]''
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-->''Blake is craning his head to look out the porthole at a receding Earth and Moon.
-->'''Guard:''' Take a long look. That's the last you'll ever see of it.
-->'''Blake:''' [[TheDeterminator No, I'm coming back.]] [End credits]

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* MasterOfUnlocking: Not Vila yet, but a resistance member opens a hatch to the outside world while leaving the MasterComputer thinking it's still closed.

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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident:
** The authorities decide not to use a PerfectPoison on Blake, as it won't stop him being a martyr.
** Varon and Maya are shot, and Dev Tarrant orders his soldiers to arrange a 'transporter accident' to explain their deaths.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Not Vila yet, but a resistance member opens a hatch to the outside world while leaving the MasterComputer thinking it's still closed. Averted with Varon, who apparently borrowed a lockpicking kit yet is instantly detected (though he may have already been under surveillance).
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* ShackleSeatTrap: Blake hasn't done up his restraints for the launch, so he's [[MakeAnExampleOfThem held in confinement with a metal cable]].
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* CassetteFuturism: Newstapes.

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* CassetteFuturism: Newstapes.Newstapes and picture-tapes.
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* SurveillanceStationSlacker: The operator at the Public Records Department is more interested in jiving to the music on his headphones than handling Varon's inquiry. However he has no problem calling Security after overhearing Varon and Maya discussing the implications of their case.

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* SurveillanceStationSlacker: The operator at the Public Records Department is more interested in jiving to the music on his headphones than handling Varon's inquiry. However he has no problem calling Security after overhearing Varon and Maya discussing the implications of their case. Averted with the Security soldier monitoring the exit door that Varon goes through.
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* InsistentTerminology: Jenna is a free trader (smuggler)
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Will the lawyer find enough evidence for a holding order before Blake is shipped off to a PenalColony that no-one ever returns from?

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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: A "judgement machine" is referred to in Blake's civilian trial.

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* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: A Defense and Prosecution load the statements and evidence into a "judgement machine" is referred to in Blake's civilian trial.machine".
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* BBCQuarry: A subversion; the rebel's meeting was filmed in the Central Ammunitions Depot ''underneath'' Eastlays Quarry.

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* BBCQuarry: A subversion; the rebel's rebel meeting was filmed in the Central Ammunitions Depot ''underneath'' Eastlays Quarry.

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