History Recap / BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus

* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on the artifact.

* HighCollarOfDoom: The alien has a jeweled collar that would make Servalan proud.

-->'''Avon:''' We've been outmaneuvered. Teleport failures, mysterious alien artifacts. While you and I were pawing the ground, that thing managed to get Cally to reactivate the device in the correct sequence.

* WheresTheKaboom: The alien artifact starts to glow, Orac is demanding to be disconnected from it, telekinetic energy sends a drink tray flying around the room, everyone dives for cover...only for the artifact to collapse in on itself and disintegrate.

** Vila discovers the artifact.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode written by noted British author Creator/TanithLee has nothing to do with their battle against the Federation and has [[OutOfGenreExperience heavy fantasy elements]].

* AmbiguousSituation: The final look between Avon and Cally. While Cally gives a slight smile, Paul Darrow keeps his expression deliberately blank, so Avon's true feelings remain a mystery.

* AffectionatePickpocket: Avon kisses Cally who's been possessed by the VillainOfTheWeek, using the opportunity to slip a RingOfPower off her finger.

-->'''Cally:''' What is it?
-->'''Avon:''' Well it looks like a door, and it's closed.

** Cally is still suffering from the events of "Children of Auron".

-->'''Alien:''' Think about human death, Avon, irrevocable...
-->'''Avon:''' I have thought about it; what's keeping you?
-->'''Alien:''' What did you say?
-->'''Avon:''' You claim you can kill me. You'd better get on with it. Make me die. There's nothing else you can make me do.

* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on the artifact.
* FoeRomanceSubtext
-->'''Avon:''' [[YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry You look so beautiful...when you're angry.]] ''[KissOfDistraction]''
* HandBlast
* HiddenDepths: Although his own grief from Anna Grant's death is still fresh, Avon takes the time to urge Cally not to make grief too much a part of her life.
* HighCollarOfDoom: The alien has a jeweled collar that would make Servalan proud.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Rather than play the trope straight, Avon challenges the alien to kill him then-and-there rather than surrender. [[ThePowerOfLove Cally's love for Avon]] overcomes her desire to bond with the alien.
* ImmuneToBullets: Tarrant fires on the alien to no effect. "I'm afraid your rather temperamental weapons aren't stable anymore."

-->'''Alien:''' When I was alive before, I was accustomed to being served by intelligent menials. I'm prepared to offer you all a choice. You can live as my--
-->'''Tarrant:''' Intelligent menials?
-->'''Alien:''' Don't let a mere two words prevent you from staying alive.
-->'''Tarrant:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You underestimate your powers of expression.]]

-->'''Tarrant:''' Don't try and bluff your way with me, Avon. I know what's been needling you right from the start. With Blake gone, you thought you'd got it made, didn't you? Thought you'd got control of this ship and a crew of three who'd say, "Yes, Avon. Whatever you want, Avon." But you reckoned without me.
-->'''Avon:''' [[StealthInsult That wouldn't be too difficult.]]
-->'''Tarrant:''' Oh, really? I don't think so. When you found me on the Liberator, it was quite a blow. And every time you look at me, it hits you harder, doesn't it? I'm faster than you and I'm sharper. As far as it goes, I've made a success of my life. But you? The only big thing you ever tried to do you failed at. The greatest computer swindle of all time! ... but you couldn't quite pull it off, could you? If it hadn't been for Blake, you'd be rotting on Cygnus Alpha right now. No, you failed, Avon. But I win. Not just at games, at life.

* SchmuckBait: Avon is rightly suspicious of an alien object that moors itself a precise distance away. [[CuriosityKilledTheCast The others override his objections.]]

-->'''Cally:''' I'd like a straight answer.
-->'''Avon:''' [[TheSnarkKnight Try a straight question.]]
-->'''Cally:''' You didn't trust me. You thought I had some [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling obscure reaction to something on that ship]], didn't you? You and I teleported so that you could watch me and see what I'd do. You cut Tarrant out because he had the same idea, but he'd made no secret of it.
-->'''Avon:''' You're over-reacting.
-->'''Cally:''' Probably. But you wouldn't expect a normal human response, would you? I'm not quite human. ''[storms off]''

-->'''Vila:''' My head's killing me!
-->'''Tarrant:''' You should learn self-defence.

-->'''Vila:''' What's this?
-->'''Avon:''' I take it that's a rhetorical question, or did you really think we knew?

-->'''Tarrant:''' There's something else you don't realize. I don't take any orders from you.
-->'''Avon:''' Well, now that's a great pity, considering that your own ideas are so limited.

-->'''Tarrant:''' Avon. Do you want to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech forget I said all that?]]
-->'''Avon:''' It wasn't particularly memorable.

-->'''Tarrant:''' [[SarcasmMode And tomorrow, everything will look different?]]
-->'''Avon:''' If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.

-->'''Tarrant:''' You failed, Avon. But I win. Not just at games -- at life.
-->'''Avon:''' You also talk too much.
-->'''Tarrant:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat Be thankful I'm restricting myself to talk.]]
-->'''Avon:''' Well now, that's fascinating. You mean you can do something else?

* BadVibrations: A tray of drinks starts vibrating, then floating in the air due to telekinetic energy.

* AffectionatePickpocket: Avon slips the RingOfPower off the alien's finger while giving her a KissOfDistraction.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dayna's song (though we don't actually see her singing it).
-->''I left my world to wander in / This endless midnight sky / For space is just a starry night / Where no suns ever rise.''

* MsFanservice: Dayna in her pantsuit with SexyBack and revealing cleavage.

* ASharedSuffering: Cally has witnessed the genocide of her people. Avon has killed his LostLenore.

* KillItWithFire: Avon throws the RingOfPower into the [[ExplosiveInstrumentation burning consoles]] on the flight deck.

* OutOfGenreExperience: This episode has nothing to do with their struggle against the Federation. It's a ghost story InSpace

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode written by noted British author Creator/TanithLee has nothing to do with their battle against the Federation and has heavy fantasy elements.

* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and appearance, and wants the crew of the Liberator to play court to her, using her power to force them into their intended roles: Vila as TheFool, Dayna as the [[HarpOfFemininity Musician]], Tarrant as the Protector. Avon is offered the role of Consort, but is actually the alien's equivalent of TheGrimReaper.

-->'''Cally:''' You didn't trust me. You thought I had some obscure reaction to something on that ship, didn't you? You and I teleported so that you could watch me and see what I'd do. You cut Tarrant out because he had the same idea, but he'd made no secret of it.

* ThisWasHerTrueForm

* EnergyBeing

** Avon of course.

** Vila discovers the artifact.
-->'''Vila:''' What's this?
-->'''Avon:''' I take it that's a rhetorical question, or did you really think we knew?

* NuclearCandle: The woman uses her powers to extinguish the HollywoodTorches held by the other mourners. It's only when the last torch is extinguished that the room darkens all at once.