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-->'''Alien:''' Come now. [[HappinessInSlavery Would it be so very horrible to serve me]], to be my protector? Would it be so soul-destroying, Tarrant? It was predicted that I would find you. That I would live again because of each of you. And your roles in my new life, they were predicted too.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Cally accuses Avon of being a ManipulativeBastard.
-->'''Cally:''' I'd like a straight answer.
-->'''Avon:''' [[TheSnarkKnight Try a straight question.]]
-->'''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.
-->'''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]''
-->'''Cally:''' I'd like a straight answer.
-->'''Avon:''' [[TheSnarkKnight Try a straight question.]]
-->'''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.
-->'''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]''
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-->'''Vila:''' What's this?
-->'''Avon:''' I take it that's a rhetorical question, or did you really think we knew?
-->'''Vila:''' What's this?
-->'''Avon:''' I take it that's a rhetorical question, or did you really think we knew?
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* BadVibrations: A tray of drinks starts vibrating, then floating in the air due to telekinetic energy.
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* DramaticWind: InSpace during Cally's confrontation with Avon.
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* KillItWithFire: Avon throws the RingOfPower into the [[ExplosiveInstrumentation burning consoles]] on the flight deck.
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* ExactTimeToFailure
-->'''Zen:''' Energy increase aboard alien ship computed as reaching critical point in thirty seconds.
-->'''Zen:''' Energy increase aboard alien ship computed as reaching critical point in thirty seconds.
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* ItsTheOnlyWay: As the alien vessel [[SelfDestructMechanism starts to overload]] Cally teleports back to the Liberator, but for some reason Avon and Vila aren't with her. So she teleports back and has them hold onto her hands to bring them back with her.
* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on the artefact.
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* ItsTheOnlyWay: As the alien vessel [[SelfDestructMechanism starts to overload]] Cally teleports our heroes teleport back to the Liberator, but for some reason only Cally arrives there. She insists on teleporting back, despite the risk of the automatic repair systems shutting down the teleport to correct the 'fault'. Once there she has Avon and Vila aren't with her. So she teleports back and has them hold onto her hands to bring them back so they are teleported with her.
* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on theartefact.artifact.
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* ItsTheOnlyWay: As the alien vessel [[SelfDestructMechanism starts to overload]] Cally teleports back to the Liberator, but for some reason Avon and Vila aren't with her. So she teleports back and has them hold onto her hands to bring them back with her.
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* AStormIsComing: Vila says this trope, which is unlikely InSpace as Tarrant points out. But then Dayna gets a shock when she touches a console and realises it's due to a build-up of static electricity, explaining Vila's feeling.
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** "If it wasn't for Blake you'd still be rotting on [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha.Alpha]]."
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* CobwebsOfDisuse: On the sarcophagus vessel.
* PratFall: Vila teleports across to the alien vessel and falls on his behind.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: After Avon steals her ring, the alien makes a heartrending plea not to be sent back to TheNothingAfterDeath where she will be [[AndIMustScream aware yet without physical existence]].
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* SympathyForTheDevil: After Avon steals her ring, the alien makes a [[AintTooProudToBeg heartrending plea plea]] [[IDontWantToDie not to be sent back back]] to TheNothingAfterDeath where she will be [[AndIMustScream aware yet without physical existence]].
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* WheresTheKaboom: The alien artefact 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 artefact to collapse in on itself and disintegrate.
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* WheresTheKaboom: The alien artefact 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 artefact artifact to collapse in on itself and disintegrate.
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* StrangeSalute: During the funeral.
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* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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.
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* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The crew of the Liberator are wearing clothes with touches of colour that match the clothed figures dancing in the opening sequence.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The crew of the Liberator are wearing clothes with touches of colour that match the clothed figures apparitions dancing in the opening sequence.
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* {{Exposition}}: Dayna sums up events at the end of the episode.
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* InfoDump: Dayna explains events to Vila at the end of the episode.
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* CostumePorn: The aliens menials in their flowing colourful robes, and Cally herself in full alien regalia.
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* CostumePorn: The aliens menials funeral apparitions in their flowing colourful robes, and Cally herself in full alien regalia.
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* HighCollarOfDoom: The alien has a high jewelled collar that would make Servalan proud.
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* HighCollarOfDoom: The alien has a high jewelled jeweled collar that would make Servalan proud.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dayna's song (though we don't actually see her playing).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dayna's song (though we don't actually see her playing).singing it).
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* YouCantFightFate
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* YouCantFightFateYouCantFightFate so ResistanceIsFutile
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* TheFacelessTheFaceless: The apparitions dancing in the opening scene. This changes when the crew begin to take on the roles.
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* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: The conjurer apparition pulls a cloth and then a dove out of an empty cylinder.
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* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Tarrant uses the crew to override Avon, so Avon then takes charge of the mission by selecting who goes and leaving Tarrant behind.
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* YourMimeMakesItReal: The apparitions in the opening sequence act out their roles through silent dance, and the crew of Liberator find themselves taking on those roles.
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* MsFanservice: Dayna in her pantsuit with SexyBack and revealing cleavage.
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* TheFaceless
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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place on the Liberator, and doesn't involve the Federation or Servalan.
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* BottleEpisode: Most of the The episode takes place on the Liberator, has no location filming, and doesn't involve makes no mention of the Federation or Servalan.
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** Dayna suggests they sleep on it.
-->'''Tarrant:''' [[SarcasmMode And tomorrow, everything will look different?]]
-->'''Avon:''' If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.
-->'''Tarrant:''' [[SarcasmMode And tomorrow, everything will look different?]]
-->'''Avon:''' If it does, you can assume you're on the wrong ship.
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-->''I left my world to wander in / This endless midnight sky / For space is just a starry night / Where no suns ever rise.''
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-->'''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.
** Afterwards...
-->'''Avon:''' Well, now that's a great pity, considering that your own ideas are so limited.
** Afterwards...
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: The alien because she knows it will make Cally have DividedLoyalties. Avon forces the issue and breaks her control over Cally.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: The alien claims she prefers to avoid killing, but this is actually because she knows it will make Cally have DividedLoyalties. ConflictingLoyalty. Avon forces the issue and breaks her control over Cally.control.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The alien gives Avon "One...last...chance!"
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The alien gives Avon "One..."[[DontMakeMeDestroyYou One...last...chance!"chance!]]"
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* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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 [[HarpOfFemininity Musician]], Tarrant as the Protector. Avon is offered the role of Consort, but is actually the alien's equivalent of TheGrimReaper.
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* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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.
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!!This episode has the following tropes:
* [[DemonicPossession Alien Possession]]: [[DesignatedVictim Cally again.]]
* 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.
* AmbiguousSyntax: Avon knocks on the door of Cally's room.
-->'''Cally:''' What is it?
-->'''Avon:''' Well it looks like a door, and it's closed.
* AffectionatePickpocket: Avon slips the RingOfPower off the alien's finger while giving her a KissOfDistraction.
* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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 [[HarpOfFemininity Musician]], Tarrant as the Protector. Avon is offered the role of Consort, but is actually the alien's equivalent of TheGrimReaper.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dayna's song (though we don't actually see her playing).
* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place on the Liberator, and doesn't involve the Federation or Servalan.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Avon is asked what's on the alien vessel. He replies, "Dust, debris, rather an old corpse..."
* CallBack:
** Cally is still suffering from the events of "Children of Auron".
** "If it wasn't for Blake you'd still be rotting on Cygnus Alpha."
* CatapultNightmare: Cally waking up from her coma.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Zen warning they have an intruder on board the Liberator.
* {{Exposition}}: Dayna sums up events at the end of the episode.
* {{Hallucinations}}: As the crew fall under the alien's sway.
* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on the artefact.
* FoeRomanceSubtext
-->'''Avon:''' [[YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry You look so beautiful...when you're angry.]] ''[KissOfDistraction]''
* 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 high jewelled 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."
* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore
-->'''Avon:''' It's like nothing I've ever seen before.
* ASharedSuffering: Cally has witnessed the genocide of her people. Avon has killed his LostLenore.
* MatchCut: From the ring to Cally's eye.
* MoreThanMindControl: The alien takes advantage of Cally's loneliness and desire for communication with another telepathic mind.
* NeverSplitTheParty
-->'''Vila:''' ''Stay here? Alone?'' I hope...
* 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.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Vila, according to the alien. "That one interests me. He has a very high IQ yet he acts like an imbecile. [[HumanPet He will make an ideal pet]]."
* PitifulWorms
-->'''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.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The alien gives Avon "One...last...chance!"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
-->'''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.
* ReversePsychology: Avon tells Tarrant they shouldn't just charge onto the flight deck. Tarrant proceeds to do just that, whereupon Avon gives his trademark mysterious smirk.
* SealedEvilInACan
* SchmuckBait: Avon is rightly suspicious of an alien object that moors itself a precise distance away. [[CuriosityKilledTheCast The others override his objections.]]
* ShipTease: The episode with the most Cally/Avon shipping in canon.
* 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.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Dayna's musical ability is not shown before or after this episode. Possibly the alien can amplify a latent talent so its chosen servants will confirm to their allocated roles.
* SympathyForTheDevil: After Avon steals her ring, the alien makes a heartrending plea not to be sent back to TheNothingAfterDeath where she will be [[AndIMustScream aware yet without physical existence]].
* TalkingToThemself: Vila starts {{Motor Mouth}}ing away while alone and afraid on the darkened flight deck. We suddenly realise he's NotHimself when he starts performing conjuring tricks for an imaginary audience.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Tarrant and Avon openly quarrel over who should be top dog.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether
-->'''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.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Avon is offered something more than service to the alien as a HumanPet. He tells her to stick it.
* WheresTheKaboom: The alien artefact 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 artefact to collapse in on itself and disintegrate.
* WorldOfSnark
-->'''Vila:''' My head's killing me!
-->'''Tarrant:''' You should learn self-defence.
** Avon of course.
-->'''Tarrant:''' Avon. Do you want to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech forget I said all that?]]
-->'''Avon:''' It wasn't particularly memorable.
* YouCantFightFate
* YouTalkTooMuch: Tarrant is giving TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Avon. Being TheSnarkKnight, he doesn't take it lying down.
-->'''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?
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!!This episode has the following tropes:
* [[DemonicPossession Alien Possession]]: [[DesignatedVictim Cally again.]]
* 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.
* AmbiguousSyntax: Avon knocks on the door of Cally's room.
-->'''Cally:''' What is it?
-->'''Avon:''' Well it looks like a door, and it's closed.
* AffectionatePickpocket: Avon slips the RingOfPower off the alien's finger while giving her a KissOfDistraction.
* TheAssimilator: The alien takes over Cally's mind and body, 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 [[HarpOfFemininity Musician]], Tarrant as the Protector. Avon is offered the role of Consort, but is actually the alien's equivalent of TheGrimReaper.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Dayna's song (though we don't actually see her playing).
* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place on the Liberator, and doesn't involve the Federation or Servalan.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Avon is asked what's on the alien vessel. He replies, "Dust, debris, rather an old corpse..."
* CallBack:
** Cally is still suffering from the events of "Children of Auron".
** "If it wasn't for Blake you'd still be rotting on Cygnus Alpha."
* CatapultNightmare: Cally waking up from her coma.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Zen warning they have an intruder on board the Liberator.
* {{Exposition}}: Dayna sums up events at the end of the episode.
* {{Hallucinations}}: As the crew fall under the alien's sway.
* FailedASpotCheck: While Tarrant and Avon are engaging in SnarkToSnarkCombat, they fail to notice Cally pushing buttons on the artefact.
* FoeRomanceSubtext
-->'''Avon:''' [[YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry You look so beautiful...when you're angry.]] ''[KissOfDistraction]''
* 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 high jewelled 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."
* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore
-->'''Avon:''' It's like nothing I've ever seen before.
* ASharedSuffering: Cally has witnessed the genocide of her people. Avon has killed his LostLenore.
* MatchCut: From the ring to Cally's eye.
* MoreThanMindControl: The alien takes advantage of Cally's loneliness and desire for communication with another telepathic mind.
* NeverSplitTheParty
-->'''Vila:''' ''Stay here? Alone?'' I hope...
* 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.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Vila, according to the alien. "That one interests me. He has a very high IQ yet he acts like an imbecile. [[HumanPet He will make an ideal pet]]."
* PitifulWorms
-->'''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.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The alien gives Avon "One...last...chance!"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
-->'''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.
* ReversePsychology: Avon tells Tarrant they shouldn't just charge onto the flight deck. Tarrant proceeds to do just that, whereupon Avon gives his trademark mysterious smirk.
* SealedEvilInACan
* SchmuckBait: Avon is rightly suspicious of an alien object that moors itself a precise distance away. [[CuriosityKilledTheCast The others override his objections.]]
* ShipTease: The episode with the most Cally/Avon shipping in canon.
* 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.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Dayna's musical ability is not shown before or after this episode. Possibly the alien can amplify a latent talent so its chosen servants will confirm to their allocated roles.
* SympathyForTheDevil: After Avon steals her ring, the alien makes a heartrending plea not to be sent back to TheNothingAfterDeath where she will be [[AndIMustScream aware yet without physical existence]].
* TalkingToThemself: Vila starts {{Motor Mouth}}ing away while alone and afraid on the darkened flight deck. We suddenly realise he's NotHimself when he starts performing conjuring tricks for an imaginary audience.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Tarrant and Avon openly quarrel over who should be top dog.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether
-->'''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.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Avon is offered something more than service to the alien as a HumanPet. He tells her to stick it.
* WheresTheKaboom: The alien artefact 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 artefact to collapse in on itself and disintegrate.
* WorldOfSnark
-->'''Vila:''' My head's killing me!
-->'''Tarrant:''' You should learn self-defence.
** Avon of course.
-->'''Tarrant:''' Avon. Do you want to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech forget I said all that?]]
-->'''Avon:''' It wasn't particularly memorable.
* YouCantFightFate
* YouTalkTooMuch: Tarrant is giving TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Avon. Being TheSnarkKnight, he doesn't take it lying down.
-->'''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?
