YMMV / Blakes Seven S 3 E 5 The Harvest Of Kairos

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Does Servalan submit to Jarvik because Women Prefer Strong Men, or is she just enjoying the novelty of being dominated by another boy-toy that she'll discard as soon as his Alpha Male posturing ceases to amuse her? Did she go along with his plan in the first place because she wanted a scapegoat if Tarrant escaped again? Given the episode's Author Tract nature, the fact that there even is an Alternative Character Interpretation is entirely down to Jacqueline Pearce, who, even in this clunker, plays Servalan as the most dangerous person in the room.
• Fight Scene Failure: The reputation of this episode is not helped by bad choreography during the fight scenes, most notably when Jarvik gets killed by friendly fire — he steps in front of Shad's gun a fraction too soon so it looks like Shad plugs him deliberately.
• Ho Yay: The unintended result of an episode full of Alpha Male posturing and disdain for Women that ends up with Tarrant and Jarvik rolling around in the grass on top of each other.
• Nightmare Fail: Three words: Brian the Spider. Oh, you wanted a little more detail? The episode called for a terrible alien life-form that makes Kairos uninhabitable for most of the year. The special-effects department delivered a giant orange snail with legs, which wobbled oh-so-slowly towards our heroes as the otherwise scarily competent Dayna forgot how to use her own legs. (For this and other reasons, this episode is often seen as So Bad, It's Good by fans.)
• Special Effect Failure: The better of the two main types of aliens seen is played by a rock...Many will say that the episode can only be enjoyed as a comedy.

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