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* BigDamnHeroes: Avon turns up just as the others are about to be killed in their sleep.
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* TrashTheSet: The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale, as was the large ''Scorpio'' model during the forest crash.
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* TrashTheSet: TrashTheSet:
** The hanger elevator for Xenon Base is destroyed by demolition charges.
** The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale, as was the large ''Scorpio'' model during the forestcrash.crash. Tarrant even slides down a tilted part of the set as the ship breaks up, mimicking a similar scene in "Terminal".
** The hanger elevator for Xenon Base is destroyed by demolition charges.
** The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale, as was the large ''Scorpio'' model during the forest
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* EconomyCast: The scene where an army of Federation troops pours into the room to confront Avon had to be filmed with only seven extras, who had to change their position once the camera had panned over them.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: PlayedForDramaPlayedForDrama; Blakes assumes he's explaining the situation. Avon assumes he's confessing to a betrayal. It doesn't help that Blake's behaviour towards Tarrant has been equally open to misinterpretation. The conversation goes something like this:
-->'''Avon:''' Stand still! Have you betrayed us? Have you betrayed *me*?
-->'''Blake:''' Tarrant doesn't understand.
-->'''Avon:''' Neither do I!
-->'''Blake:''' I set all this up! ''(What he means is that he's set up an anti-Federation network and wants Avon to join. The paranoid Avon thinks it means that Blake has set ''him'' up.)''
-->'''Avon:''' Yes...
-->'''Blake:''' [[FamousLastWords Avon, I was waiting for you...]]
-->'''Avon:''' Stand still! Have you betrayed us? Have you betrayed *me*?
-->'''Blake:''' Tarrant doesn't understand.
-->'''Avon:''' Neither do I!
-->'''Blake:''' I set all this up! ''(What he means is that he's set up an anti-Federation network and wants Avon to join. The paranoid Avon thinks it means that Blake has set ''him'' up.)''
-->'''Avon:''' Yes...
-->'''Blake:''' [[FamousLastWords Avon, I was waiting for you...]]
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* {{BfG}}: Paul Darrow requested a particularly large HandCannon for killing Blake, justifying his BloodierAndGorier death. They gave him the pistol part of the IKEAWeaponry rifle used in "Warlord".
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* HopeSpot: Each time a Federation thug is taken out by one of our heroes, another appears to shoot him or her InTheBack.
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* HopeSpot: Each time a Federation thug soldier is taken out by one of our heroes, another appears to shoot him or her InTheBack.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Ultimately, this is what leads to our heroes' fate.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Ultimately, Tarrant falls for Blake’s bounty hunter act and tell Avon that Blake has betrayed them. Avon, who really should know Blake better than that, aims his gun at Blake, who, instead of explaining the truth coherently, just comes out with vague statements like "I set all this is what leads to our heroes' fate.up!", all of which Avon misinterprets until he finally snaps and pumps Blake full of gunfire.
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* EverythingsBetterWithNinjas: Black-garbed Federation guards without their distinctive gasmasks borrow up from the sand.
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** BloodlessCarnage: Averted with the other characters in case the series was renewed again, they could be brought back by saying that StunGuns had been used.
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** BloodlessCarnage: Averted with the other characters in case the series was renewed again, again; they could be brought back by saying that StunGuns had been used.
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* TrashTheSet: The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale.
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* TrashTheSet: The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale.finale, as was the large ''Scorpio'' model during the forest crash.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Tarrant doesn't recognise Blake in this episode, yet in "Powerplay", he says he'd recognise Blake anywhere.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Tarrant doesn't recognise Blake in this episode, yet in "Powerplay", "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E2Powerplay Powerplay]]", he says he'd recognise Blake anywhere.
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* DueToTheDead: Avon steps protectively over Blake's body before raising his weapon at the Federation troops.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Arlen is identified as a Federation agent, she snaps that she's a Federation ''officer''.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Villa does his usual groveling I'm-not-really-with-these-rebel-scum act, then karate-chops Arlen. Unfortunately he's shot the moment he picks up her gun.
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* HopeSpot: Each time a Federation thug is taken out by one of our heroes, another appears to shoot him or her InTheBack.
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* RedHerring: There's mention of a high-ranking Federation official who's be arriving soon, making you think that Servalan will turn up as usual. She never does.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Is it true? Have you betrayed us? Have. You. Betrayed. ME?" (Shatner would be proud)
* RedHerring: There's mention of a high-ranking Federation officialwho's who'll be arriving soon, making you think that Servalan will turn up as usual. She never does.
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* FutureBadass: Albeit not one involving time travel. Blake now was the requisite scar and eye damage, though without the obligatory eyepatch.
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* BloodierAndGorier: Blake's death is much more graphic than expected for this series.
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* BloodierAndGorier: Blake's death is much more graphic than expected for this series. This was because the actor wanted to avert any possibility of his character being brought BackFromTheDead.
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* NotNowKiddo: Slave would have warned the crew about the impending attack if Orac had let him speak.
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* TooDumbToLive: Vila, Dayna and Soolin set up camp in a forest and they're attacked by bounty hunters. Avon acknowledges how stupid this is:
-->"The fire was stupid. Putting Vila on guard duty was suicidal. What's the matter? Staying alive become too complicated for you?
-->"The fire was stupid. Putting Vila on guard duty was suicidal. What's the matter? Staying alive become too complicated for you?
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* BackForTheFinale: After coming back for the SeriesFauxnale the previous year, Blake shows up again and has a far more extensive role than the hallucinatory appearance he had last time around.
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* UnresolvedCliffhanger: Believe it or not, this wasn't meant to be the end of the series. This was meant to be another Cliffhanger, with the characters being stunned if the actors stayed on, or KilledOffForReal if they decided not to. Unfortunately, the BBC decided not to renew the series (rumour has it that the higher ups were annoyed that a sci-fi show like this was doing better in the ratings than some of their dramas) and this was the end of the series.
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* CrapsackWorld: Gauda Prime may well be the biggest example of this in the show's entire run, which is ''really'' saying something.
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* KarmaHoudini: Of all the named characters in the episode (besides Orac), the only one who survives is Arlen.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Orac'' of all people (all machines?)can could be seen as ultimately responsible for the crew's demise, as it's likely they wouldn't have tried approaching Gauda Prime if he'd just shut up and let Slave warn the crew of imminent danger. Aside from that, Blake's little SecretTestOfCharacter and Tarrant's screwing it up also contributed to how royally pear-shaped things went.
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Our GrandFinale gets under way with the ''Scorpio'' departing its home base, which is quickly demolished by explosive charges, since in addition to being severely damaged in the previous episode, the Federation are now likely aware of its location. However, Avon has a new plan; set up a new base on the planet of Gauda Prime, where Blake is supposedly hiding out these days. Soolin isn't overly keen on this idea, as Gauda Prime was her homeworld, and her parents were murdered there when the Federation decided to make it a more efficient mining colony by turning it into an anarchic society. Well, whatever works for them, huh?
In the meantime, Blake is shown to be alive and (mostly) well on Gauda Prime. He takes out a bunch of men chasing a young woman by the name of Arlen, gives her a meal and something to drink, and then tells her that the least she can to do repay him is let him hand her in for the huge, fat bounty on her head. Evidently, Blake TookALevelInJerkass between the end of Season 2 and now.
Back on the ''Scorpio'', Orac is filling in the crew on the details of Gauda Prime, when Slave tries to give them some important information. Orac isn't willing to be interrupted, however, and shuts down Slave's voice circuits; something which turns out to be an absolutely disastrous move when it turns out that Slave was trying to warn them of the slight fact that Gauda Prime is surrounded by a few dozen heavily armed fighter craft. The FragileSpeedster ''Slave'' is no match, and rapidly crippled and sent into a death spiral down to the planet's surface. Vila, Dayna and Soolin are first to beam out, followed by Avon and Orac, though Tarrant is unable to leave the controls since the damaged drive core would likely destabilize and explode before he could reach the teleporter. The ship crash-lands on the planet's surface, in a sequence oddly reminiscent of the destruction of the ''Liberator'' the previous season (which probably has nothing at all to do with the fact that this story and "Terminal" were directed by the same woman).
The crash-landing of the ''Scorpio'' obvious attracted some attention, and so after dropping Arlen off at the nearest thing the planet has to a capital, he flies out to take a look, and finds an injured but very much alive Tarrant. Meanwhile, Avon meets up with the other three, and they fend off an assault from some more mercenaries, before taking their shuttle. As he flies Tarrant back, Blake casually mentions that he once had a friend named Jenna, who was forced to blow herself up to avoid capture by the Federation, though at least managed to turn it into a HeroicSacrifice by taking out a Federation battle squad.
Upon arrival, Blake seemingly takes Tarrant into custody and lets Arlen join the new rebellion he's setting up; to further his plans, he's also luring a Federation envoy to the planet. Unfortunately Tarrant doesn't quite grasp what's going on, and flees to the base's communication room, where he meets Avon, Vila, Dayna and Soolin. Orac is absent for some reason.
Blake follows Tarrant, and after two whole seasons, the big reunion finally takes place. It's not a happy one however, as Tarrant accuses Blake of betraying the crew to the Federation, leaving Avon horrified and paranoid. Blake tries to tell Avon that the whole thing has actually just been a SecretTestOfCharacter, but Avon is having none of it and kills Blake by shooting in the gut, with messy results. Quite the FamilyUnfriendlyDeath, apparently because Gareth Thomas only agreed to return if Blake was KilledOffForReal. Though it ''could'' have been [[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E3Weapon the Clone Blake]]...
Anyways, things go FromBadToWorse as Arlen shows up, holds the former ''Scorpio'' crew at gunpoint and announces that she's a Federation DoubleAgent. Of course, our heroes have gotten out of worse situations before, and Vila tries to distract Arlen by claiming that he has nothing against the Federation. Dayna tries to retrieve the fallen Blake's gun... and then Arlen casually shoots her dead. ''Damn''. Josette Simon must have wanted out of the show, and with an actual on-screen death unlike Jenna or Cally, huh?
Vila manages to punch out Arlen, and take her gun -- right in front of the newly-arrived Federation troops, who quickly gun him down. And it's at this point where it becomes obvious that things are not going to end at all well, which becomes even more obvious when Soolin and then Tarrant are also killed in the ensuing firefight.
This leaves just Avon, who is left surrounded by the corpses of his current and former crew (and the unconscious Arlen, and the bodies of a few people not worth mentioning), and cornered by over a dozen Federation troopers. He stands over Blake's body, raises his gun, smiles grimly...
Cut to credits. Will this be resolved next season?
A high-pitched shot rings out.
And then a hail of lower-pitched shots.
[[DownerEnding No, it won't be.]]
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* BackForTheFinale: After coming back for the SeriesFauxnale the previous year, Blake shows up again and has a far more extensive role than the hallucinatory appearance he had last time around.
* BolivianArmyEnding / DownerEnding: Blake is definitely dead. Vila, Dayna, Tarrant and Soolin are almost certainly dead. Avon isn't ''seen'' to be killed, but from the different-sounding gunshots the implication seems to be that he got off one shot and was promptly turned into Swiss cheese by the Federation troopers. Orac will either be appropriated by the Federation and finally put to Servalan's nefarious uses, or rendered inert by some overzealous soldier accidentally destroying the Orac Key in the firefight with Avon. Slave, even if his personality wasn't lost when he shut down, will likely be stripped down for spare parts, or just left to rot on Gauda Prime.
* BusCrash: Just to really KickTheDog, it's revealed that Jenna died at some point between the start of Season 3 and this episode.
* EyeScream: Not that it's a major plot point, but Blake has a massive scar across his left eye, and apparently reduced vision on that side.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Orac'' of all people (all machines?) can be seen as ultimately responsible for the crew's demise, as it's likely they wouldn't have tried approaching Gauda Prime if he'd just shut up and let Slave warn the crew of imminent danger. Aside from that, Blake's little SecretTestOfCharacter and Tarrant's screwing it up also contributed to how royally pear-shaped things went.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The sad truth is that at the end of it all, Blake/Avon's little resistance movement achieved virtually nothing. Over the course of the series they may have earned one or two small victories, but between the massive war in-between Seasons 2 and 3, and the resurgent Federation, chances are few (if any) of them will matter in the longer run.
* TrashTheSet: The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Orac is conspicuously absent from the finale scenes.
** Servalan (aka Sleer) doesn't appear or even get mentioned in this episode, which gives the rather depressing implication that Avon and his band are ultimately so insignificant that she has better things to do than oversee their final defeat.
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In the meantime, Blake is shown to be alive and (mostly) well on Gauda Prime. He takes out a bunch of men chasing a young woman by the name of Arlen, gives her a meal and something to drink, and then tells her that the least she can to do repay him is let him hand her in for the huge, fat bounty on her head. Evidently, Blake TookALevelInJerkass between the end of Season 2 and now.
Back on the ''Scorpio'', Orac is filling in the crew on the details of Gauda Prime, when Slave tries to give them some important information. Orac isn't willing to be interrupted, however, and shuts down Slave's voice circuits; something which turns out to be an absolutely disastrous move when it turns out that Slave was trying to warn them of the slight fact that Gauda Prime is surrounded by a few dozen heavily armed fighter craft. The FragileSpeedster ''Slave'' is no match, and rapidly crippled and sent into a death spiral down to the planet's surface. Vila, Dayna and Soolin are first to beam out, followed by Avon and Orac, though Tarrant is unable to leave the controls since the damaged drive core would likely destabilize and explode before he could reach the teleporter. The ship crash-lands on the planet's surface, in a sequence oddly reminiscent of the destruction of the ''Liberator'' the previous season (which probably has nothing at all to do with the fact that this story and "Terminal" were directed by the same woman).
The crash-landing of the ''Scorpio'' obvious attracted some attention, and so after dropping Arlen off at the nearest thing the planet has to a capital, he flies out to take a look, and finds an injured but very much alive Tarrant. Meanwhile, Avon meets up with the other three, and they fend off an assault from some more mercenaries, before taking their shuttle. As he flies Tarrant back, Blake casually mentions that he once had a friend named Jenna, who was forced to blow herself up to avoid capture by the Federation, though at least managed to turn it into a HeroicSacrifice by taking out a Federation battle squad.
Upon arrival, Blake seemingly takes Tarrant into custody and lets Arlen join the new rebellion he's setting up; to further his plans, he's also luring a Federation envoy to the planet. Unfortunately Tarrant doesn't quite grasp what's going on, and flees to the base's communication room, where he meets Avon, Vila, Dayna and Soolin. Orac is absent for some reason.
Blake follows Tarrant, and after two whole seasons, the big reunion finally takes place. It's not a happy one however, as Tarrant accuses Blake of betraying the crew to the Federation, leaving Avon horrified and paranoid. Blake tries to tell Avon that the whole thing has actually just been a SecretTestOfCharacter, but Avon is having none of it and kills Blake by shooting in the gut, with messy results. Quite the FamilyUnfriendlyDeath, apparently because Gareth Thomas only agreed to return if Blake was KilledOffForReal. Though it ''could'' have been [[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E3Weapon the Clone Blake]]...
Anyways, things go FromBadToWorse as Arlen shows up, holds the former ''Scorpio'' crew at gunpoint and announces that she's a Federation DoubleAgent. Of course, our heroes have gotten out of worse situations before, and Vila tries to distract Arlen by claiming that he has nothing against the Federation. Dayna tries to retrieve the fallen Blake's gun... and then Arlen casually shoots her dead. ''Damn''. Josette Simon must have wanted out of the show, and with an actual on-screen death unlike Jenna or Cally, huh?
Vila manages to punch out Arlen, and take her gun -- right in front of the newly-arrived Federation troops, who quickly gun him down. And it's at this point where it becomes obvious that things are not going to end at all well, which becomes even more obvious when Soolin and then Tarrant are also killed in the ensuing firefight.
This leaves just Avon, who is left surrounded by the corpses of his current and former crew (and the unconscious Arlen, and the bodies of a few people not worth mentioning), and cornered by over a dozen Federation troopers. He stands over Blake's body, raises his gun, smiles grimly...
Cut to credits. Will this be resolved next season?
A high-pitched shot rings out.
And then a hail of lower-pitched shots.
[[DownerEnding No, it won't be.]]
!"Blake" contains examples of:
* BackForTheFinale: After coming back for the SeriesFauxnale the previous year, Blake shows up again and has a far more extensive role than the hallucinatory appearance he had last time around.
* BolivianArmyEnding / DownerEnding: Blake is definitely dead. Vila, Dayna, Tarrant and Soolin are almost certainly dead. Avon isn't ''seen'' to be killed, but from the different-sounding gunshots the implication seems to be that he got off one shot and was promptly turned into Swiss cheese by the Federation troopers. Orac will either be appropriated by the Federation and finally put to Servalan's nefarious uses, or rendered inert by some overzealous soldier accidentally destroying the Orac Key in the firefight with Avon. Slave, even if his personality wasn't lost when he shut down, will likely be stripped down for spare parts, or just left to rot on Gauda Prime.
* BusCrash: Just to really KickTheDog, it's revealed that Jenna died at some point between the start of Season 3 and this episode.
* EyeScream: Not that it's a major plot point, but Blake has a massive scar across his left eye, and apparently reduced vision on that side.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Orac'' of all people (all machines?) can be seen as ultimately responsible for the crew's demise, as it's likely they wouldn't have tried approaching Gauda Prime if he'd just shut up and let Slave warn the crew of imminent danger. Aside from that, Blake's little SecretTestOfCharacter and Tarrant's screwing it up also contributed to how royally pear-shaped things went.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The sad truth is that at the end of it all, Blake/Avon's little resistance movement achieved virtually nothing. Over the course of the series they may have earned one or two small victories, but between the massive war in-between Seasons 2 and 3, and the resurgent Federation, chances are few (if any) of them will matter in the longer run.
* TrashTheSet: The ''Scorpio'' interior gets smashed up in much the same way that the ''Liberator'' bridge did in the previous season finale.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Orac is conspicuously absent from the finale scenes.
** Servalan (aka Sleer) doesn't appear or even get mentioned in this episode, which gives the rather depressing implication that Avon and his band are ultimately so insignificant that she has better things to do than oversee their final defeat.
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