History Recap / BlakesSevenS4E13Blake

* InsistentTerminology: When Arlen is identified as a Federation agent, she snaps back that she's a Federation ''officer''.

* {{BFG}}: Paul Darrow requested a particularly large HandCannon for killing Blake, justifying his BloodierAndGorier death. They gave him the carbine part of the IKEAWeaponry rifle used in "Warlord".

* NoEnding: Having already confirmed with the BBC management that the series was to end, Vere Lorrimer and Creator/ChrisBoucher decided to conclude with a CliffhangerCopout so they'd either have an ending no-one would forget, or create the demand for a fifth season with all the characters except Blake being stunned if the actors stayed on, or KilledOffForReal if they decided not to.

* NoEnding: Having already confirmed with the BBC management that the series was to end, Vere Lorrimer and Creator/ChrisBoucher decided to conclude with a CliffhangerCopout so they'd either have an [[HolyShitQuotient ending no-one would forget]], or create the demand for a fifth season with all the characters except Blake being stunned if the actors stayed on, or KilledOffForReal if they decided not to.

* BusCrash: Just to really KickTheDog, it's revealed that Jenna died at some point between the start of Season 3 and this episode. Assuming Blake is telling the truth, and not just throwing out the name to see how Tarrant reacts.

* BountyHunter: Gauda Prime is a CrapsackWorld where all laws have been suspended by the Federation High Council, in order to kill or drive off the colonists who legally owned the land. This naturally attracted a large number of criminals and psychopaths [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness who now have to be disposed of]] before law and order can be reintroduced, so they're being used as bounty hunters to catch or kill their fellow lawbreakers. Our rebel anti-heroes are not pleased to hear that Blake, ostensibly their leader but who's been [[PutOnABus missing for the past couple of seasons]], is now [[TookALevelInJerkass working as one of these bounty hunters]]. [[spoiler:It turns out he's secretly recruiting another rebel force from among the criminals he's capturing.]]

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A dark, [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism *dark*]] variant, and a [[spoiler:literal]] example of PoorCommunicationKills. [[TheHero Blake]] assumes he's explaining the situation. His second in command, [[SanitySlippage Avon]], assumes he's [[spoiler:confessing to a betrayal]]. It doesn't help that his behaviour towards Tarrant has been equally open to misinterpretation. The conversation goes something like this:

* RealityEnsues: The end of the series, it turns out that a small band of plucky rebels cannot take down a galaxy wide empire single handed, no matter what advantages they have. Also the manner of their deaths. There was no final confrontation with Servalan, no famous last words. The crew were just caught up in a raid on a rebel base and shot by nameless mooks.

* NoEnding: Having already confirmed with the BBC management that the series was to end, Vere Lorrimer and Creator/ChrisBoucher decided to conclude with an UnresolvedCliffhanger so they'd either have an [[HolyShitQuotient ending no-one would forget]], or create the demand for a fifth season with all the characters except Blake being stunned if the actors stayed on, or KilledOffForReal if they decided not to.

* UnresolvedCliffhanger: See NoEnding.

* 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.
* BountyHunter: Blake poses as one.

* BBCQuarry: Averted as Gauda Prime has forests instead of sandpits. It was originally designated an agricultural planet after all, so there would have to be conditions for lush growth.
* {{BFG}}: Paul Darrow requested a particularly large HandCannon for killing Blake, justifying his BloodierAndGorier death. They gave him the carbine part of the IKEAWeaponry rifle used in "Warlord".

** 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.

* BackForTheFinale / TheBusCameBack: After coming back for the SeriesFauxnale the previous year, Blake shows up again and has a far more extensive role than the [[AllJustADream hallucinatory appearance]] he had last time around.

* {{BfG}}: Paul Darrow requested a particularly large HandCannon for killing Blake, justifying his BloodierAndGorier death. They gave him the carbine part of the IKEAWeaponry rifle used in "Warlord".

* AbandonShip: The crew have to take the risk of teleporting out while ComingInHot.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: PlayedForDrama; Blake 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.

** 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.

* 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 show and that was that.

** We are told that Jenna blew her ship up and took a considerable number of Federation ships with her.
** In addition to this at the series finale: After every single living character has seemingly just been killed off, Avon levels his weapon at the Federation troops holding him at gunpoint. He grins, and the screen turns black. The last thing the audience hear is apparently him opening fire and then being gunned down himself.

* 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?

* TapOnTheHead: Vila is hit in his "least vulnerable spot".

* SpaceWestern: Being a fan of TheWestern, Creator/ChrisBoucher borrows from the genre with the homesteaders murdered by hired killers in a ruthless land grab. There's a shoot-out with SlowMotion deaths like in ''Film/TheWildBunch'' and a BolivianArmyEnding as per ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''.

* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: [[TheCynic Avon]] sneers at the "figurehead" RebelLeader that he's discovered to take Zukan's place, saying that any idiot can do it (except Vila).

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: PlayedForDrama; Blake 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...

** TheAlliance against the Federation failed, but now Blake has been found! Only he's turned evil, but fortunately he's still one of the good guys! Only Avon finds that out too late.

-->"He is strongly identified with rebels, you see, and very popular with rabbles. They will follow him, and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized he will fight to the last drop of their blood]]. ''[smiles]'' Idealism is a wonderful thing.]] All you really need is someone rational to put it to proper use."

* GoodIsDumb: [[TheCynic Avon]] sneers at the "figurehead" RebelLeader that he's discovered to take Zukan's place, saying that any idiot can do it (except Vila).
-->"He is strongly identified with rebels, you see, and very popular with rabbles. They will follow him, and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized he will fight to the last drop of their blood]]. [smiles] [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids Idealism is a wonderful thing.]] All you really need is someone rational to put it to proper use."

-->'''Avon:''' But then figureheads aren't too difficult to come by. Any idiot can be one.