Ahhh, Horizon, one of the premier 'questions that never get answered' episodes ... would Avon have finally gone off and left them if those pursuit ships hadn't turned up? How long could he justify dithering around waiting for something *like* the pursuit ships to turn up? How can anyone dither so precisely and with such stiff dignity? Did he overhear Blake's headache-induced stab in the teleport ... and did Blake know Avon was there when he said it? What *was* going through Fearless Leader's pain-and-temper-enhanced mind when he said it anyway? And how on Earth did the same Wardrobe room that produced the Silver Alpha get-up, that *gorgeous* white shirt and amber trousers of Blakes, and Vila's yellow shirt, also hoard the things they were all decked in late S3 (or were they all scraping the bottom of the boot-racks by then?)

Have spent a happy hour playing with the pictures (even if they do insist on those nose shots, during the torture scene, mutter grumble). It is a lovely looking episode ... with all those gloomy palace sets, those rather smashing Kommissar uniforms and the faux-native fancy dress <g>), I rather like Ro, and Our Heroes looking good too (if not *all* as pretty as in Shadow). And of course there *is* that gorgeous, full-face shot of Avon as he starts to laugh ... at fate, at himself ... who knows?

I noticed anew a couple of things - Blake's got a headache, Cally says, so why does he keep rubbing his throat? (and no cheap shots about the ever-present pain in the neck getting to him :-)) And Avon is even stiffer than normal - for the most part walks like he's got a ice-cold rod down his shirt, and his own visual tic of clasping his hands behind him is even more emphasised here.

You'd think that - since Blake obviously had time to wash up a bit - Jenna and Vila would at least have washed the dirt of their faces while waiting for him to give Ro a final few words (a few too many, in Avon's opinion, methinks). And why *did* Blake feel some need to clean up? It surely wasn't for the impression he would make - he's never shown much interest in that anyway, and he was just as impressive in the scene where he offers to surrender for the others, all dirt and gravitas. And if he simply dislikes feeling grubby at this stage, what might that imply about the state of his soul in 'Blake'?

Thank you again, Lisa, all your work is deeply appreciated.

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