More random thoughts
Another S4 episode where they're chasing some great new discovery and don't quite manage to get hold of it.
Servalan does get to have some fun in this episode - I do like her scenes with Reeve... SERVALAN: I suggest you go back to the fire. The alternative could be frostbite. REEVE: I don't believe that. A woman like you? SERVALAN: There is something you should realise. There are no women like me. I am unique
and later when he's threatening her... SERVALAN: Reeve, you apparently think this is a new, exciting experience for me. It isn't. I've confronted several maniacs with guns.
Tarrant too gets to let fly with some wonderful lines, especially in his scenes with Servalan... SERVALAN: I suggest we agree a truce. TARRANT: You mean I put the gun away and you and I trip hand in hand across the base, until you brain me with some convenient blunt instrument. SERVALAN: You underestimate your usefulness, Tarrant. I said a truce. Or we can stand here until we die of sedentary collapse.
TARRANT: I don't suppose this kind of machine would respond to a kick in the ear, would it?
And the whole 'girl next door' scene of course.
Oh and I love Avon's horrified, disgusted reaction when Orac starts spouting about love.
This episode is more or less the only occasion when characters who've died are mentioned again. Soolin and Vila talk about CVally and Tarrant mentions his brothers death.
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