History Recap / BlakesSevenS4E9Sand

* HellIsThatNoise: There's a sound like the wind, yet Tarrant points out there is no wind (though the sand is still moving).

* FakeKillScare: Servalan tells Tarrant she can kill him because her pilot is still alive. But the audience has seen the sand inside her spaceship sliding towards Chasgo. Later Servalan finds Chasgo slumped over his console, but it turns out he threw out the sand and fell asleep from exhaustion.

* EmpathicEnvironment

-->'''Tarrant:''' All right. Oh by the way, I've found out what the magic chemical is... but I can't bring it back with me.

-->'''Servalan:''' I'm sure you're accustomed to loneliness, Investigator Reeve. You must be alone such a lot.

* DeathWorld: Not in the 'everything is trying to kill you' sense; there's only one thing trying to kill you -- it just happens to be everywhere.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** InUniverse when Tarrant reveals what happened with Servalan.
-->'''Avon:''' You believed her?\\
'''Tarrant:''' Not necessarily. I think it was a gambit to gain my sympathy... in a nervous situation.\\
'''Avon:''' And she got it too, didn't she? Your ''[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow sympathy]]'' I mean?
** And is Avon disgusted like the others or just jealous, given his own FoeRomanceSubtext with Servalan?

* FreudianExcuse: See CompensatingForSomething. This would explain not only Servalan's drive for power, but why she keeps bouncing back from every setback with yet another plan to increase that power.

* FixFic: Regarded as one for "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E5TheHarvestOfKairos The Harvest of Kairos]]".

* LockedInARoom: Or stranded on a planet.

* AwesomeEgo: Avon rather likes being selected by the sand as the dominant male.

Don Keller, the SoleSurvivor of a Federation expedition to the planet Virn, sends out a DistressCall claiming that the planet he is on has a unique property that will interest his superiors. Servalan takes a spacecraft to investigate, while the Seven go to find out what she's after and get their hands on it first. This leads to Servalan and Tarrant stranded on the planet together. You can guess what happens next.

Don Keller, the SoleSurvivor of a Federation expedition to the planet Virn, sends out a DistressCall claiming that the planet he is on has a unique properties that will interest his superiors. Servalan takes a spacecraft to investigate, while the Seven go to find out what she's after and get their hands on it first. This leads to Servalan and Tarrant stranded on the planet together. You can guess what happens next.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat

* SexyDiscretionShot: Tarrant and Servalan kiss and are shown later [[RightThroughHisPants fully dressed]].

** Soolin mentions the events of [[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus Sarcophagus]]" (also written by scriptwriter Creator/TanithLee), "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E13Terminal Terminal]]" and "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E1Rescue Rescue]]".

** Soolin mentions the events of [[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus Sarcophagus]]" which she wasn't present at, but was also written by scriptwriter
** To "Sarcophagus", "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E13Terminal Terminal]]" and "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E1Rescue Rescue]]" from Soolin.

* ActorAllusion: The GirlNextDoor joke comes from when Steven Pacey and Jacqueline Pearce lived in adjacent houseboats.

** Servalan's spaceship is ComingInHot. Cut to Vila shouting, "bang!" and slamming a drink on a table.

* SendInTheSearchTeam: Keller sends out a DistressCall to a Federation that's more worried about [[EnemyCivilWar its own problems]] than rescuing an expedition who's likely fallen victim to a dangerous plague. Only Servalan of all people cares enough to go looking.

* SendInTheSearchTeam: Keller sends out a DistressCall to a Federation that's more worried about its own problems than rescuing an expedition who's likely fallen victim to a dangerous plague. Only Servalan of all people cares enough to go looking.

* FakeKillScare: Servalan tells Tarrant she can kill him because her pilot is still alive. But the audience has seen the sand inside his spaceship, sliding towards Chasgo. Later Servalan finds Chasgo slumped over his console, but it turns out he threw out the sand and fell asleep from exhaustion.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Servalan sashays through the sands of Virn in heels and a [[ExposedToTheElements black evening gown]].

* FixFic: Regarded as one for "The Harvest of Kairos".

* HilariousInHindsight: "There are no women like me. I am unique." Or as [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] would say, "There are no men like me. Only me."

** To "Death Watch" from Tarrant.
** To "Sarcophagus", "Terminal" and "Rescue" from Soolin.

* ContinuityNod: Dayna is the first to show distaste for Tarrant sleeping with Servalan, a reference to her blood feud from "Aftermath".
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Jacqueline Pearce was unhappy with the final season, claiming that it ran out of steam and ideas. That said, she named "Sand" as her favourite episode of the entire series.

* EvilerThanThou: Reeves is stated early on to be a torturer, just to establish that he's more nasty than our favorite villainess. He's also a [[EvilIsPetty bullying]] JerkAss in contrast to the AffablyEvil Servalan.

* SuddenlyShouting: "THIS IS NOT JUST A RESCUE MISSION FOR POOR, GALLANT TARRANT!"