1. Dawn of the Gods "Did you use your delicate, skillful touch?" "I used my delicate skillful boot." How many SF shows would set up the fellow who was clever with locks to kick open a jammed door?

2. Horizon The gradual loss of crew from the ship, each person remaining having more reason to believe Avon's warnings about the danger, but going down anyway. Avon's reluctance to go to the planet vs. his knowlege that even he needs some company.

3. Gambit In this perposterous-wardrobe episode, the Supreme Commander of perposterous wardrobe wears (red, finally!) a gown she can barely move in. Somehow, it's glamourous and pathertic at the same time.

4. Finding the Lyst You didn't say they had to be moments IN the show. Finding a forum for intelligent discussion has made me think of aspects of the show I'd never given thought to. It has to be a great show to have fans of this caliber, right?

5. Cally kicking Blake's butt when they first meet. So what if she wimped out later; it's still one of the best introductions a regular female character could get.

6. Rumours of Death A little POV from Ensign Expendible, as it were. For an epsiode, the faceless, nameless guards aren't faceless and nameless. They have a sense of humour, a hometown, and, as far as we know, have never killed anyone.

7. Redemption I may be the only one who thinks this, but I feel we see the supreme moment of selfishness from Blake, here. In another show, the hero would have dealt with the electric cable himself. Instead, Blake orders Avon away from a task considered vital to *everyone's* safety to come get him out of a jam.

8. The Way Back The defense attorney starts putting things together, but is still to naive to think of his own danger.

9. Star One The whole episode. Yes, even the Andromedans.

10. Weapon Carnell batting his eyelashes at Servalan in his farewell message.

11. Assassin *I* liked Avon's "falling into the hands of the slavers" routine. And I definitely liked the fact that one elderly man was smart enough to get involved in order to get out.

12. Gambit again I won't pretend I think Avon did a good job of lying in this. In fact, it is the sheer obviousness of Avon and Vila's attempt to cover up their jaunt to the planet that makes the end so funny. Somehow, in spite of the fact that they are all free men and had worked out a plan that wouldn't endanger the others, etc, they still come across as teenagers caught out by dad, which says a lot about the subconcious emotional dynamics.

13. Cygnus Alpha In spite of Vila's huge screw up in Space Fall, Gan still seems to be willing to be friend and protector.

14. Aftermath The whole thiing. Really.

15. Terminal Avon's non-sleep marathon on the flight deck and what it does to his judgement abilities.

16. Volcano Vila and Avon's tremendous optimism:"A mess."

17. Orbit The dilemna

18. Headhunter Soolin gets an interesting part, Avon refuses to leave Vila and Tarrant to die on Orac's say-so, and everyone else goes against Avon in the end to blow up the bad 'bot.

19. City At the Edge of the World Vila gets to be the star of an episode. Yay!

20. Every time the theme music is played