Carol wrote:
It's an attempt to understand what Chris Boucher intended when he
wrote the script. And specifically, why he mentioned an eyepatch just like Travis' in the script notes.
I think Boucher intended Blake's eye injury as a kind of 'metaphorical' punishment for his actions in Star One. This was where Blake lost his humane vision, as he was willing to sacrifice a great number of lives to attain his goal.
Speaking of arcs, I usually see one starting in 'The Way Back', where the camera focuses on Blake's eye while Bran Foster tells him about his past. It continues in 'Duel' where a spell makes him blind and he 'dies' because of it. Then comes 'Star One', where the Andromedans ask him what happened to his eye patch; and then 'Blake'. Blake's 'shadow', Travis, is driven by the 'eye for an eye' principle. Boucher also saw that streak in Blake and demonstrated its destructiveness. Which is why I maintain Boucher is a Federation spy.
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