History Recap / BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Two cultists cross their spears to bar the way; Blake just dives over the spears.

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: The armoury is designed so you can only take one firearm each.

* TeleFrag: During his MotiveRant, Vargas inadvertently steps onto the teleport pad. [[GoodIsNotNice Blake doesn't miss his opportunity.]]

* ExplosiveDecompression: When Vargas is beamed out into space, he ''explodes''.

* YouCanNeverLeave: Blake is nearly killed in the belief that he's a deserter from the cult.

-->'''Vargas:''' My ancestors came here on that first shipment. They had ''nothing!'' The Federation gave them no ''tools'', no ''supplies.'' So they worked together. [[NoIndoorVoice THEY WORKED HARD!]] And ''made'' a community. There were children born here. They were settlers trying to build a new ''world'' on a new ''planet''. Later, more Federation prisoners came. There were disagreements. The community began to break up. They fought and killed. All that they had achieved was being destroyed! And it was ''my'' great-great-grandfather who found a way to unite them. (picks up old, [[AppealToForce rusty revolver from table]]) He gave them a religion. Brought them together in the love and fear of God! ''That'' is the line I stem from. [[ChewingTheScenery THAT, IS WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO RULE!]]

* AntiHero: Avon tries to convince Jenna to abandon Blake on the planet, and makes an ImpliedDeathThreat to both of them. He makes no secret that he's NotInThisForYourRevolution.

* ShipTease: Jenna rushes to embrace Blake when he survives his first teleport.

-->'''Vargas:''' My ancestors came here on that first shipment. They had ''nothing!'' The Federation gave them no ''tools'', no ''supplies.'' So they worked together. [[NoIndoorVoice THEY WORKED HARD!]] And ''made'' a community. There were children born here. They were settlers trying to build a new ''world'' on a new ''planet''. Later, more Federation prisoners came. There were disagreements. The community began to break up. They fought and killed. All that they had achieved was being destroyed! And it was ''my'' great-great-grandfather who found a way to unit them. (picks up old, [[AppealToForce rusty revolver from table]]) He gave them a religion. Brought them together in the love and fear of God! ''That'' is the line I stem from. [[ChewingTheScenery THAT, IS WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO RULE!]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The presence of Acro and Selman make it look like Blake has his Seven, but both are killed during the escape. The other members are Zen the MasterComputer, and Cally who appears in "Time Squad".

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: When Blake proves stubborn under torture, Vargas orders him thrown in with the 'novices' to show them what happens to unbelievers, who are told that if Blake doesn't submit, [[AndYourLittleDogToo the rest won't get the drug]].

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind

* {{Mundanger}}

** Captain Leylan realises that his career is finished after letting a notorious political agitator and two other prisoners [[AFatherToHisMen kill five members of his crew]] and escape in an alien vessel of superior technology. And this is even before Blake becomes FamedInStory.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When he's first switched, Zen sounds a bit like Orac (Peter Tuddenham would voice both computers).

* BBCQuarry: Springwell Lock Quarry in Hertfordshire, making all the talk about how awful Cygnus Alpha is HilariousInHindsight as it looks like almost every planet they'll land on in future. There is however an attempt to make it look unfriendly with night, bubbling mud pools and sinister steam.

* ActionFashionista: Jenna comes back with new clothes she found on the alien ship. Avon snarks at her SkewedPriorities. [[HypocriticalHumor Then he goes to look for himself]].

* ActionFashionita: Jenna comes back with new clothes she found on the alien ship. Avon snarks at her SkewedPriorities. [[HypocriticalHumor Then he goes to look for himself]].

* SpaceIsNoisy: Not even the vacuum of space can silence Vargas.

* CrapsackWorld: Being a prison planet, Cygnus Alpah itself qualifies.

* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The cult on Cygnus Alpha's fake medicine.

** Captain Leylan realises that his career is finished after letting a notorious political agitator [[AFatherToHisMen kill five members of his crew]] and escape in an alien vessel of superior technology. And this is even before Blake becomes FamedInStory.

** Captain Leylan realises that his career is finished after letting a notorious political rebel [[AFatherToHisMen kill five members of his crew]] and escape in an alien vessel of superior technology. And this is even before Blake becomes FamedInStory.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During the climactic brawl, Vila stabs a man to death in self-defense and is deeply upset at having done so. It wouldn't be until the fourth series where he deliberately killed someone again.

On the planet, Blake is talking to the hammy priest, who is unwilling to free the prisoners. They talk about power and fear, and the priest reveals he wants The Liberator so he can rule the galaxy. He puts Blake with the other prisoners and threatens them to convince him.

Blake and the other prisoners escape and attack the hammy priest and his men. Only Blake, Gan, and Vila survive, but they get teleport bracelets. They call to be brought up, but Avon attempts to convince Jenna to leave them one last time. Blake goes back for his gun, and is unsuccessful, but eventually beamed up with the others. The hammy priest was wearing a teleport bracelet, and teleports with them. He still has the gun, and tries to take the ship, admitting that the sickness and drug he uses to control his people are fake. He steps back into the teleport and is beamed out into space.

The ship gets moving again, but they are being followed by Federation ships. Avon is pessimistic about their chances of ever truly getting away, but Blake does not want to get away; he wants to fight.