Discussion Post for 2.11 "Gambit" - General

Mar 16, 2013 14:40

This is the general discussion post for the episode 2.11 "Gambit". Spoilers for the whole series are allowed here.
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emmzzi March 16 2013, 14:43:47 UTC
This episode left me incoherently squeeing with joy!

Travis in a cloak!

Jenna and Cally's awesome distraction!

Heist buddy movie! (This is actually the main plot and all the messing about with Star One is just a distraction.)

Omni-pan-sexuals!

And the only episode where Servalan wears colour.

I have no real idea why Jarriere is there except so we can explain things to the audience, but he does dim very well.

Also, I have Docholli crush.

If someone else would like to open on policitics. I'll be back when I am finished squeeing at the cuteness.

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igbc March 16 2013, 14:55:46 UTC
I agree on the cuteness! I get the feeling a lot of people don't like this ep. I've heard it called silly, but I adore it. It's definitely in my top five, maybe my top three. :-)

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emmzzi March 18 2013, 21:05:51 UTC
I love the respite from bleak all the glamour offers! Top three here too,

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corvuscornix March 16 2013, 23:29:30 UTC
This is actually the main plot
What, there was other plot? *g* Avon and Vila are ridiculously cute indeed!

Also, I have Docholli crush.
Docholli, Bellfriar, Sarkoff... They seem to have had access to an inexhaustible trove of charming grey-haired gentlemen!

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mab_browne March 16 2013, 19:06:52 UTC
It may be a 'silly' ep, but it's such a lot of fun. Is there a fan who hasn't slow-mo'd Avon's spit of his icecream? Okay, don't answer that. :-)

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emmzzi March 18 2013, 21:06:45 UTC
we all have. even if we pretend not!

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corvuscornix March 16 2013, 23:21:29 UTC
Right off, another favourable Jenna-Vila interaction: that mischievous little "Bye!" and wave she gives him when they're about to be teleported. Aha! *g ( ... )

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emmzzi March 18 2013, 21:08:35 UTC
the plot *is* stupid because they already have so much money! So yes, for kicks, and to relieve the space fatigue I guess.

I'm totally not following but bewitched by her eye shadow.

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corvuscornix March 20 2013, 20:16:48 UTC
they already have so much money
But do they have access to it for private use? Blake might have confiscated it all for strictly Cause-related expenses... (After all, he's shown no qualms about claiming the ship...)

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burntcandlemas March 18 2013, 01:32:42 UTC
I'm afraid to say that the daft but complicated plot, overdose of campery and lack of focus on the main leads, means that this is my least favourite episode of series 2 (icon notwithstanding). I really sympathise with Krantor’s fluffy white cat, whose less than happy demeanour during the episode pretty much mirrored my own ( ... )

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emmzzi March 18 2013, 21:16:21 UTC
I am willing to concede this is not an episode of Blakes 7 but it is a fun episode of something! No, not for the purist by any stretch :) Yes, you can drive a pursuit ship through the plot holes.

Docholli/Bellfriar practice would be awesome!!

and yes, who is Jarriere? He looks nothing like a trooper. Is he a consort of sorts? Who knows! Good to see Soctland doing well under the federation tho....

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corvuscornix March 20 2013, 20:10:35 UTC
The aged croupier makes me think “Weimar decadence”
She was a great touch! ...but yes, they could have done a lot for the atmosphere by simply dimming the lights... (On a side note, I'm amused that the Liberator males appear to be the only ones in the entire establishment not to have bothered with the fancy dress thing - and nobody seems to notice. *g*)

Servalan seems to prioritise destroying Krantor
Hm, yes I got that that was her primary objective (strange as it seems) but not why she would bother to spare Docholli in the event that Krantor doesn't get Travis first - once they've discovered the un-primed bomb, surely that plan has failed, as Krantor will no longer have to kill Travis to protect Docholli, and it will at the very least have warned Krantor that there's something very fishy going on... Aargh!

I've realised that I don't actually understand the bit about the brain printsMe neither! What is that even? Apparently it's possible to tell the location of Star One from it, if the person it belongs to knew it... I suppose the ( ... )

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