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* IdiotBall:

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* IdiotBall:IdiotBall: Presumably the lack of oxygen that Zen mentioned is why everyone holds the Idiot Ball with both hands.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Horizon]]", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). However it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't maneuver easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Horizon]]", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). However it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't maneuver manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Horizon]]", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). Unfortunately it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Horizon]]", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). Unfortunately However it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre maneuver easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.

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** Avon wants to kill Travis while they have the chance, but Blake thinks he's inflicting LaserGuidedKarma by leaving Travis for Federation justice. Unfortunately Servalan has her own agenda. You'd think Blake would know better after pulling the same stunt in "Orac".

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** Avon wants to kill Travis while they have the chance, but Blake thinks he's inflicting LaserGuidedKarma by leaving Travis for Federation justice. Unfortunately Servalan has her own agenda. You'd think Blake would know better after pulling the same stunt in "Orac"."[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E13Orac Orac]]".



* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "Horizon", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). Unfortunately it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator (in "Horizon", "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon Horizon]]", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). Unfortunately it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.



* StockFootage: Molok exploding in space is actually Creator/BrianBLESSED exploding in "Cygnus Alpha".

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* StockFootage: Molok exploding in space is actually Creator/BrianBLESSED Creator/BrianBlessed exploding in "Cygnus Alpha"."[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]]".



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the mutoids that Servalan gave to Travis in "Trial"?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the mutoids that Servalan gave to Travis in "Trial"?"[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E6Trial Trial]]"?
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* ColorWash: A blue filter is used to convey the sense of a cold planet.

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* ColorWash: ColourWash: A blue filter is used to convey the sense of a cold planet.



-->'''Joban:''' All sorts of citizens from [[MechanisticAlienCulture Alphas to labor grades]] know of Blake's defiance of the Federation. They talk of him as a sort of hero, many of them.

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-->'''Joban:''' All sorts of citizens from [[MechanisticAlienCulture Alphas to labor labour grades]] know of Blake's defiance of the Federation. They talk of him as a sort of hero, many of them.
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* GirlInTheTower: Travis and his hostage are holed up in an abandoned communication tower at the top of a cliff. Though thanks to NoBudget we only see the tower in a distant shot, and the studio interior.

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* GirlInTheTower: Travis and his hostage are holed up in an abandoned communication tower at the top of a cliff. Though thanks to NoBudget [[invoked]]NoBudget we only see the tower in a distant shot, and the studio interior.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Blake, [[IHaveYourWife I have your]]...[[KissingCousins cousin]]."]]
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Given how young the actress playing Inga is, one wonders what age Inga was during this childhood romance with Blake.

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* WritersCannotDoMath: Given how young the actress playing Inga is, one wonders what age Inga was during this childhood romance with Blake. Maybe those [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E1TheWayBack paedophile accusations]] were true after all?
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* ActionPrologueActionPrologue: InSpace to contrast the rest of the action on land.

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* ChewingTheScenery: Travis calling for his ''"CRIMOS!"'' and demanding ''"THE WORD, THE WORD, THE WORD!"''



* CountingToThree: Molok threatening Jenna. On two Cally kicks him in the groin.

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* CountingToThree: Molok threatening Jenna. takes Cally hostage and orders Jenna at gunpoint to teleport them both down to the planet on the count of three. On two Cally kicks him [[GroinAttack in the groin.groin]] and Jenna [[TeleFrag teleports him into space instead]].



* ChewingTheScenery: Travis calling for his ''"CRIMOS!"'' and demanding ''"THE WORD, THE WORD, THE WORD!"''
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* BearTrap: Blake gets caught in one set by Travis. Fortunately he's wearing a spacesuit boot that protects his foot from any serious damage, but it pins Blake in place out of reach of his teleport bracelet, leading to his capture.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Vila wants to know how many minutes they have left before they die of oxygen deprivation. Avon's reply? "I'll let you know."



* TheSnarkKnight: Vila wants to know how many minutes they have left before they die of oxygen deprivation. Avon's reply? "I'll let you know."

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* TheSnarkKnight: Vila wants to know how many minutes they have left before they die of oxygen deprivation. Avon's reply? "I'll let you know."TheSnarkKnight



* StockFootage: Molok exploding in space is actually BrianBlessed exploding in "Cygnus Alpha".

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* StockFootage: Molok exploding in space is actually BrianBlessed Creator/BrianBLESSED exploding in "Cygnus Alpha".

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* TheSnarkKnightTheSnarkKnight: Vila wants to know how many minutes they have left before they die of oxygen deprivation. Avon's reply? "I'll let you know."




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** Vila wants to know how many minutes they have left before they die of oxygen deprivation. Avon's reply? "I'll let you know."
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* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss.[note:] First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.[/note]

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* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss.[note:] [[note]] First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.[/note][[/note]]
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* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss.[note] First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.[/note]

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* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss.[note] [note:] First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.[/note]
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* CommLinks: The Space Commander, Travis, and Ashton all use them.

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* CommLinks: The Space Commander, Travis, and Ashton Ushton all use them.



** Ashton takes a drink after sending Blake into a trap.

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** Ashton Ushton takes a drink after sending Blake into a trap.



* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss. First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.

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* KissingCousins: Inga is the daughter of Blake's uncle, but that doesn't deter a BigDamnKiss. [note] First cousin marriage is legal in the UK, for the record.[/note]
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** Blake goes alone to rescue Inga instead of coming up with a clever plan using his crew, like he did when [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Cally was captured]]. No-one seriously believes the crew will abandon Blake by this stage, so why go through the façade?

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** Blake goes alone to rescue Inga instead of coming up with a clever plan using his crew, like he did when [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Cally was captured]]. No-one seriously believes the crew will abandon Blake by this stage, so why go through the façade?charade?
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** Blake goes alone to rescue Inga instead of coming up with a clever plan using his crew, like he did when Cally was captured. No-one seriously believes the crew will abandon Blake by this stage, so why go through the façade?

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** Blake goes alone to rescue Inga instead of coming up with a clever plan using his crew, like he did when [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E6SeekLocateDestroy Cally was captured.captured]]. No-one seriously believes the crew will abandon Blake by this stage, so why go through the façade?
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* CantStopTheSignal: When Joban says that word of Blake and Travis has spread despite Federation censorship, Servalan demands the names of those people who are talking. Veteran politician that he is, Joban just ignores this -- the problem is Servalan's failure to maintain Order, not the fact that people are talking about it.

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* CantStopTheSignal: When Joban says that word of Blake and Travis has spread despite Federation censorship, Servalan demands the names of those people who are talking. Veteran politician that he is, Joban just ignores this -- the her obfuscation. The problem is Servalan's failure to maintain Order, not the fact that people are talking about it.
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[[AC:Written by Allan Prior.\\
Directed by Vere Lorrimer.\\
Airdate: 27 February 1979.]]

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Avon is the first to go down after Blake. It's later revealed that this is because he sent a message to Servalan telling her that Travis was on Exbar, hoping that she would get to him first.


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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Avon is the first to go down after Blake. It's later revealed that this is because he sent a message to Servalan telling her that Travis was on Exbar, hoping that she would get to him first.
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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The episode opens with Vila and Avon saying how quiet everything is. [[TemptingFate Moments later]] Federation pursuit ships launch a coordinated attack on the Liberator.

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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The episode opens with Vila and Avon saying how quiet everything is. [[TemptingFate Moments later]] twenty Federation pursuit ships launch a coordinated attack on the Liberator.
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* ExactWords: Servalan gets a mutoid to ignore a direct message from Councillor Joban this way, as it's directed to her personally, therefore it's her business if she chooses to ignore it.

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* ExactWords: Servalan gets a mutoid to ignore a direct message from Councillor Joban this way, as it's directed to her personally, therefore it's her business if she chooses to ignore it.

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* FakeoutEscape: Inga pretends to escape so the crimos will chase after her, but she doubles back and helps her father free Blake.



* WeNeedADistraction: Inga pretends to escape so the crimos will chase after her, but she doubles back and helps her father free Blake.
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** The crew of the Liberator never work out a TrustPassword or CovertDistressCode to let the person operating the teleport know when a message is being faked or their crewmates are transmitting under duress, despite this plot device being used in several episodes (e.g. "Bounty" and "Volcano").

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** The crew of the Liberator never work out a TrustPassword or CovertDistressCode to let the person operating the teleport know when a message is being faked or their crewmates are transmitting under duress, despite this plot device being used in several episodes (e.g. "Bounty" "Bounty", "Volcano" and "Volcano")."Moloch").
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator. Unfortunately it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.

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* NoKillLikeOverkill: Twenty pursuit ships take part in a coordinated ambush of the Liberator.Liberator (in "Horizon", Orac said that three ships were enough to challenge them). Unfortunately it's their coordination that proves their undoing, as they can't manouvre easily in response to Blake making an unexpected move.
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** Avon secretly tips off Servalan to Travis whereabouts hoping she'll get there first, which is unlikely given the Liberator's speed. Given that Servalan clearly suspects Travis being in the same sector as Blake is not a coincidence, she could just have easily turned up with those twenty pursuit ships if she hadn't been so eager to nab the Liberator herself.

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** Avon secretly tips off Servalan to Travis whereabouts hoping she'll get there first, which is unlikely given the Liberator's speed. Given that As Servalan clearly suspects Travis being in the same sector as Blake is not a coincidence, she could just have easily turned up with those twenty pursuit ships if she hadn't been so eager to nab the Liberator herself.
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* RankedByIQ: Molok warns Cally and Jenna not to try anything as he has a high intelligence quotient. They soon demonstrate he's TooDumbToLive.
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* AntiHero: On being told the Federation has developed their own InvisibilityCloak, Avon gripes that he can't sell them his own design now. Then he tips off Servalan to Travis' location.

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* AntiHero: On being told the Federation has developed their own InvisibilityCloak, Avon gripes that he can't sell them his own design now. Then Later he tips off Servalan to Travis' location.

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