History Recap / BlakesSevenS2E6Trial

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse; is Blake suffering a HeroicBSOD or is he just manipulating the crew into continuing to follow him?

-->'''Vila:''' I don't see the difference.
-->'''Avon:''' [[StealthInsult I didn't really think that you would.]]

-->'''Avon:''' I would quite like to have met this Zil of yours. It's not often that one comes across a philosophical flea.
-->'''Vila:''' That's the stuff that legends are made of.
-->'''Avon:''' Then again, [[StealthInsult perhaps they are not that uncommon]]. [Blake and Avon laugh.]

-->'''Thania:''' You served a full tour with Space Commander Travis, didn't you?
-->'''Par:''' Five years. He was hard...
-->'''Thania:''' ...But fair?
-->'''Par:''' No, not often, anyway. But you could always rely on him not to [[WeHaveReserves get you killed unnecessarily]]. He never wasted troopers.
-->'''Thania:''' Oh, that's something, I suppose.
-->'''Par:''' Major, when you're up to your neck in slime and lasers, that's everything.

-->'''Travis:''' [tosses the flask at her] You lack subtlety, Major.
-->'''Thania:''' What are you suggesting, Travis?
-->'''Travis:''' Get out.
-->'''Thania:''' Look--
-->'''Travis:''' GET OUT!

* InherentInTheSystem:
-->'''Travis:''' I reacted as I was trained to react. I was an instrument of the Service. So if I'm guilty of murder, of mass murder, then so are all of you!

-->'''Blake recording:''' I was wrong. Completely and utterly stupidly wrong.
-->'''Avon:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I noticed that.]]

-->'''Thania:''' Trooper Par? Do you think he's guilty?
-->'''Par:''' No doubt about it, Major. He gave the order. We just did the shooting.

-->'''Arbiter Samor:''' Space Commander, we have considered your sentence at some length. Your contention that what happened on Serkasta was a direct result of your training concerned us greatly. We accept that you are trained to kill. As are we all. What we cannot accept is that this training leads inevitably to the murder of innocents. Your behavior was not that of a Federation officer, but rather that of a [[YouMonster savage, unthinking, animal]]. [snip] Do I take it you have nothing to say?
-->'''Travis:''' The Federation is run by hypocrites and supported by fools. I'm glad to be rid of you all.

-->'''Servalan:''' What about casualties?
-->'''Travis:''' [entering with paragun] High, and [[ImpliedDeathThreat rising all the time.]]

* ShoutOut: Avon's line "Keep thinking, Blake. That's what you're good at" is from ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''.

* ComputerizedJudicialSystem: As per "The Way Back", guilt or innocence is decided by a computer. As Travis' guilt is a forgone conclusion, Servalan concentrates on subtly influencing the Arbiters who decide the sentence, so Travis will get the death penalty.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: For "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E13StarOne Star One]]" [[spoiler:when Servalan launches a MilitaryCoup to depose the President, and Travis pulls a move that even Servalan couldn't foresee.]]
** Par regarding a member of the High Council: "Don't worry about them. Space Command runs the Federation."
** Rontane: "Servalan's ambitions threaten us all. And the President particularly dislikes being threatened."
** Travis to Servalan: "Still one step ahead? You're not going to use me anymore."
** Jenna asks Avon what he knows of guilt, setting up the [[TheLostLenore Anna Grant]] backstory in [[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E9Countdown Countdown]].

* ThoseTwoBadGuys:
** Senator Bercol and Secretary Rontane from "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Seek-Locate-Destroy]]" return.
** Troopers Par and Lye, the two soldiers guarding the trial room.

** Avon snarks at the others constantly for following Blake after he got Gan killed. [[NotSoDifferent Then he does the same himself.]]

* ExcrementStatement: Implied when Blake is squirted by liquid from someone unseen in the surrounding jungle. However it turns out Zil is just trying to get him moving.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* RogueAgent: Travis demands a pursuit ship from Servalan, who helpfully throws in a mutoid crew as well, the implication being that he will continue to hunt Blake secretly on her behalf. Travis rejects the offer [[spoiler:though it's later shown they are working together until the SeasonFinale when it's revealed that Travis really has gone rogue.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: Travis continues to hunt Blake even though he too is a fugitive from the Federation.

* ExcrementStatement: Implied when Blake is squirted by liquid from someone unseen in the surrounding jungle. However Zil isn't showing her contempt; just trying to get him moving.

* EarthquakesCauseFissures: The planet opens fissures in order to swallow the humanoids on the surface.

* MamaBear: Due to Blake's [[{{Teleportation}} sudden appearance out of nowhere in a flash of white]], Zil assumes that he is a child who just hatched from an egg, and has been trying to protect and coach him on how to survive.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Blake is [[ExcrementStatement squirted by liquid]] from the surrounding jungle, apparently by Zil to get him moving.

* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Avon is not being led by Blake, he's just choosing to follow him.
-->'''Vila:''' I don't see the difference.
-->'''Avon:''' [[StealthInsult I didn't really think that you would.]]

* NoodleIncident: Travis is being court-martialed for a massacre he committed on the planet Serkasta. Not the one on Auros mentioned in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Seek-Locate-Destroy]]", presumably because that might reflect on Servalan.

* MeaningfulEcho: Blake can't help reflecting on Zil's warning that he must resist the Host or his Oneness will be absorbed in his battle against a soul-destroying dystopia.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: The trial being held ''in-camera'' does not prevent Servalan from watching via a hidden camera.

* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: The trial being ''in secret session'' does not prevent Servalan from watching via a secret camera.

* TriggerPhrase: Travis demands a spaceship. Servalan orders its mutoid crew be mind-wiped and programmed to respond to the orders of the man who gives the word "Outlaw".

* YouKnowTooMuch: With a pending inquiry into the Blake affair, Servalan seeks to dispose of the main potential witness. Travis is smart enough to realise this, and points out to his Defence officer that she too is likely to fall victim to Servalan's machinations.

* {{Fanservice}}: Jenna walking around in [[PaintedOnPants tight]] [[HellBentForLeather leather]] pants.

* RunOrDie: Zil encourages Blake to keep moving as he will be absorbed by the planet if he remains in the one place to long. Turns out her earlier activities (poking him with a stick, stealing his stuff, throwing rocks, squirting him with liquid) were just to keep him moving, in the belief that he was a newborn child that needed to be trained.

* RunOrDie: Zil encourages Blake to keep moving as he could be absorbed if he remains in the one place to long. Turns out her earlier activities (poking him with a stick, stealing his stuff, throwing rocks, squirting him with liquid) were just to keep him moving, in the belief that he was a newborn child that needed to be trained.

* NoodleIncident: Travis is being court-martialed for a massacre he committed on the planet Serkasta. Not the one mentioned in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Seek-Locate-Destroy]]", presumably because that might reflect on Servalan.

* MamaBear: Due to Blake's sudden appearance out of nowhere in a flash of white, Zil assumes that he is a child who just hatched from an egg, and has been trying to protect and coach him on how to survive.

* {{Blooper}}: A toolbox has been left on the flight deck by a BBC technician.