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...Here is my question, the final episode where Blake came back, what was the purpose of him being there? Why did Avon kill him? Avon asks, "Have you betrayed us, betrayed me?" then fires three shots before Blake can answer.
This seems strange since he several times tried to track Blake down and get him back?
Help me understand the dynamic here, please!
Thanks
NakedMoleRat- Hi! I'm Jeanette, an
old B7 fan here from back in the days when the show aired. The show started out with Blake as a "leader" of sorts, with plenty static from Avon along the way. But when Blake left, the crew pretty much spent much of the rest of the time looking for him. The show was a Blake's 7 without a Blake. So it was right for the writers to bring him back, for Avon to find him after the long seemingly hopeless search, in this last episode.
But as others stated, Avon was confused, on the defensive and needed
exacting clarity to make the right decision. So of course, Blake was horribly unclear when he should have just answered Kerr Avon with a "No, I did not /would not betray you!"
And so of course it went terribly wrong. And in true BBC style; they kill off a main character. :unsure Then in the last closing scene, Avon sees that he is surrounded and about to die so he stands over his fallen friend, "defending him to the end." Sweet ending and true to the Avon character.
Now if you listen closely to the closing credits background sounds of gunfire, you will hear that Avon's gun is the
last one to fire!
So Avon survived. It sort of wraps up the series with the goal of finding Blake finished. The books carry on from there.
I loved this series and had the honor and pleasure of meeting Paul Darrow many times as well as most of the rest of the crew and Terry Nation (may he RIP...I have a B7 communicator prop story to tell one day about Terry Nation and me :thumbsup) The last episode was brought up many times by other fans at B7 events and the above was the basic explanation if my memory serves me right. The last 5 minutes of this show was the most emotional sci fi scene I had ever seen to that point, thanks to the talented writing and awesome acting skills of both Mr. Darrow and Mr. Thomas. :cool A great show that ended before it's time.