Sally said:
Trust (whether given or withheld, whether a good thing or a dangerous risk) and treason are an important
part
of the overriding themes of the series, whether deliberately planned or
not.
With Avon, it's a core part of his storyline and character [snippage] With Servalan, who he mistrusts totally (oddly enough, except when she tells him Blake is dead).
But "trust" as to whether someone is a worthwhile or reliable person is quite different from "trusting" the accuracy of factual information. Although Servalan was not in general a credible person, and had a motivation to lie, she might very well have been on Jevron and Blake really might have died and been cremated.
-(Y)