Blake's 7: Rumours Of Death

One of the most popular episodes of B7 here. It focuses on Avon, which is probably the main reason for its popularity, but it has a lot else going for it as well. There's a darkness to it, which makes a pleasant change from the usual space swashbuckling, and both Avon and Servalan get some good scenes with actual substance. It's also rather nice to have Avon speak real dialogue, instead of his endless one-liners. I love Avon's sarcasm, and I love the fabulously quotable lines that he delivers in the other episodes. They're not all that great for moving a plot along though. This time he's just being hard, ruthless and cold. It suits him. It helps to rein in Paul Darrow's tendency to over-act as well, which all adds up to make this one of the most effective episodes of the run.

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