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[[caption-width-right:350:They're TheMafia [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]. They're bound to help us.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:They're TheMafia [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]. They're bound to help us.]]

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* CovertDistressCode[=/=]PublicSecretMessage:
** When a gun-wielding enforcer stops them leaving, Blake says, "Maybe we should have listened to ''Gan''."[[note]]who was against working with the Terra Nostra.[[/note]] Cut to Gan listening outside brandishing a gun...only to have another gun put to his head.
** Blake asks Cally to have [[MasterComputer Zen]] bring over the rest of the money. Largo realises it's a trick, but for the wrong reasons -- he assumes they came over by shuttle, which would still be on the space station. Blake bluffs him into believing [[StarshipLuxurious they have four on the Liberator.]]


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* PublicSecretMessage:
** When a gun-wielding enforcer stops them leaving, Blake says, "Maybe we should have listened to ''Gan''."[[note]]who was against working with the Terra Nostra.[[/note]] Cut to Gan listening outside brandishing a gun...only to have another gun put to his head.
** Blake asks Cally to have [[MasterComputer Zen]] bring over the rest of the money. Largo realises it's a trick, but for the wrong reasons -- he assumes they came over by shuttle, which would still be on the space station. Blake bluffs him into believing [[StarshipLuxurious they have four on the Liberator.]]
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* BilingualBonus (see MeaningfulName)
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This was notably the first episode of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' not to be written by Creator/TerryNation.
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[[caption-width-right:350:They're TheMafia [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]. They're bound to help us.]]
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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and TheMan is [[TheManIsKeepingUsDown behind it all anyway!]]

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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and TheMan The Man is [[TheManIsKeepingUsDown behind it all anyway!]]



* TheManBehindTheMan is 'TheMan'! Blake wants an introduction to whoever is running the Terra Nostra. It appears to be the Chairman, but then Avon discovers one of the guards on Zondar is carrying an identity card for the President's PraetorianGuard.

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* TheManBehindTheMan is 'TheMan'! 'The Man'! Blake wants an introduction to whoever is running the Terra Nostra. It appears to be the Chairman, but then Avon discovers one of the guards on Zondar is carrying an identity card for the President's PraetorianGuard.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Blake tries to purchase the help of Terra Nostra, only to be captured instead. They force him to call Cally on the Liberator, so Blake tells her to send Zen across in the shuttle with the money. However this backfires because his captor assumes Blake came there by shuttle (he was teleported, but that's not a well-known technology) and therefore that's a CovertDistressCode -- his shuttle should still be on the SpaceStation, not the Liberator. Blake has to bluff him into believing the Liberator has [[StarshipLuxurious more than one shuttle]]. It should be noted that the crew of the Liberator never do establish a CovertDistressCode, despite several occasions where they're coerced (or their voice is faked) to get someone to teleport up a BoardingParty.
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* WomanInWhite: Cally. Everyone who teleports down to Zondar wears white as well, persumably as protection against the BinarySuns.
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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and TheMan is behind it all anyway!

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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and TheMan is [[TheManIsKeepingUsDown behind it all anyway!anyway!]]
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* TheManBehindTheMan is 'The Man'! Blake wants an introduction to whoever is running the Terra Nostra. It appears to be the Chairman, but then Avon discovers one of the guards on Zondar is carrying an identity card for the President's PraetorianGuard.

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* TheManBehindTheMan is 'The Man'! 'TheMan'! Blake wants an introduction to whoever is running the Terra Nostra. It appears to be the Chairman, but then Avon discovers one of the guards on Zondar is carrying an identity card for the President's PraetorianGuard.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The first half of the episode focuses on Blake's failed attempt to get the Terra Nostra on his side, and the second half, while still dealing with the aftermath of said attempt, focuses more on Cally getting {{Mind Rape}}d and having to fight off an extradimensional invader.
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* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: Vila offers to bring back anything Cally wants to placate her for running off. She demands a necklace... made from Vila's teeth!

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* CutYourHeartOutWithASpoon: CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Vila offers to bring back anything Cally wants to placate her for running off. She demands a necklace... made from Vila's teeth!
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Blake seeks the help of the organised crime syndicate Terra Nostra in his fight against the Federation. Meanwhile Cally is trapped by an alien force that has taken over Orac.

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Blake seeks the help of the organised crime syndicate Terra Nostra in his fight against the Federation. Meanwhile Cally is trapped in her own mind by an alien force that has taken over Orac.
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-->'''Avon:''' I have always admired your patience.

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-->'''Avon:''' [[SnarkToSnarkCombat I have always admired your patience.]]
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-->"The energy is building. [[AnotherDimension I am ready to cross.]] Hungry dark to [[StarKilling absorb the blazing suns]]."

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-->"The energy is building. [[AnotherDimension I am ready to cross.]] [[HungryMenace Hungry dark dark]] to absorb the [[StarKilling absorb the blazing suns]]."
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-->'''Blake:''' I'll give you three years, then I'll come looking. I expect you to be able to help me.

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-->'''Blake:''' I'll give you three years, [[IShallReturn then I'll come looking.looking]]. I expect you to be able to help me.
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[[AC:Written by Creator/ChrisBoucher.\\
Directed by Jonathan Wright Miller.\\
Airdate: 16 January 1979.]]
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: Despite the President denouncing Shadow as "the greatest single threat to the welfare of Mankind", it turns out he's involved in it production on a planet guarded by his personal security force.

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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: Despite the President denouncing Shadow as "the greatest single threat to the welfare of Mankind", it turns out he's involved in it its production on a planet guarded by his personal security force.
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-->"The energy is building. [[AnotherDimension I am ready to cross.]] Hungry dark to absorb the blazing suns."

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-->"The energy is building. [[AnotherDimension I am ready to cross.]] Hungry dark to [[StarKilling absorb the blazing suns.suns]]."
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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and The Man is behind it all anyway!

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* DrugsAreBad: They're addictive, they kill you in the end, and The Man TheMan is behind it all anyway!
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* MindOverMatter: With the help of the moon discs, Cally uses telekinesis to bring Orac's key from the Liberator into her hand as she lies on the surface of Zondar. Anyone who tried to remove the key physically was electrocuted.

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* MindOverMatter: With the help of the moon discs, Cally uses telekinesis {{telekinesis}} to bring Orac's key from the Liberator into her hand as she lies on the surface of Zondar. Anyone who tried to remove the key physically was electrocuted.
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** Another term for the Sicilian Mafia is Cosa Nostra, e.g. 'Our Thing' in Italian. Terra Nostra would be 'Our Earth', appropriate for an organisation secretly run by the President of the Terran Federation.

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** Another term for the [[TheMafia Sicilian Mafia Mafia]] is Cosa Nostra, e.g. 'Our Thing' in Italian. Terra Nostra would be 'Our Earth', appropriate for an organisation secretly run by the President of the Terran Federation.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The Federation is using Terra Nostra to control the more disobedient members of society.
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* DamselInDistress: Cally is once more menaced by an alien [[BlessedWithSuck thanks to her telepathy]].

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* DamselInDistress: DesignatedVictim: Cally is once more menaced by an alien [[BlessedWithSuck thanks to her telepathy]].
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* AggressiveNegotiations: His previous attempt to buy cooperation from the Terra Nostra having failed, Blake decides to attack their main source of revenue.

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* AggressiveNegotiations: His previous attempt to buy cooperation from the Terra Nostra having failed, Blake decides to attack their main source of revenue.revenue to force them to the bargaining table.

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