Given how this can't be set much more than a few hours after the S3 ending, there seems to be some abrupt changes in the psychology of the crew: Avon suddenly seems to properly try to take charge (in a way that I could never see that he was doing earlier) and the others seem surprisingly willing to let him, surprisingly quickly, particularly given the looks they were all giving him at the end of the last ep...
The lack of visible mourning for Cally also seems odd, particularly from Vila. I suppose it could be put down to recent trauma though, all of them being worn down to the point of emotional numbness. Of course, at the same time we get treated to a number of scenes of crew protectiveness for each other, so it's still very much a game of "watch what they do, not what they say."
That Avon should now be practically inseparable from his gun (except when he's bathing!) and refuse to interact with any stranger without it doesn't seem particularly surprising, all in all, but that Vila should be the one to decide to bring a back-up weapon seems... an interesting initiative? Verging on the shocking, even, though I'm not sure if I really ought to find it so? Last time I watched S4 I remember getting a very strong sense of growing independence (not in actual circumstances, but psychologically) from Vila, and I think there are more hints of it here, not just the lovely little rebellion about the security door and, well, Saving the Day, but also in his attitude to the others (he even calls them all stupid at one point...)
On the less analytical side:
"No good deed goes unpunished" sounds like it should be the B7 tag-line.
The Scorpio looks great, and appropriately small and mean compared to the Liberator. But why, when the doors to rest of the ship gets sealed in preparation for flight, does it also seal off the CCTV...? (If you're not allowed to go there, you're not allowed to see it either?)
I love the practiced way Vila pulls a lockpick out of his boot to open the gun locker. I hadn't noticed that before! Also enjoyed his attempts to try to get unconscious Dorian to sit straight in his seat. And his eye-roll about the non-functional gun. And even the "pink asteroids"-comment at the end (someone needed to lampshade the wtf-ery of that scene...) Vila-wise, this is a very generous ep!
Those metal gun holsters seem terribly impractical. And loud.
I think Dorian rubbing Orac's casing is probably the most suggestive gesture ever shown on the show. And all the more hilarious for it!
All in all - apart from some of the most extreme OTT-ness toward the end, and Avon's hair, which in the future I will try not to mention again - I quite enjoyed this one.
"Gold" is coming. It will be impossible not to mention the hair again.
I'd certainly forgotten it's been minutes since the last episode because it's been weeks for me. You're right, the behaviours inn that light are.. most odd!
The lack of visible mourning for Cally also seems odd, particularly from Vila. I suppose it could be put down to recent trauma though, all of them being worn down to the point of emotional numbness. Of course, at the same time we get treated to a number of scenes of crew protectiveness for each other, so it's still very much a game of "watch what they do, not what they say."
That Avon should now be practically inseparable from his gun (except when he's bathing!) and refuse to interact with any stranger without it doesn't seem particularly surprising, all in all, but that Vila should be the one to decide to bring a back-up weapon seems... an interesting initiative? Verging on the shocking, even, though I'm not sure if I really ought to find it so? Last time I watched S4 I remember getting a very strong sense of growing independence (not in actual circumstances, but psychologically) from Vila, and I think there are more hints of it here, not just the lovely little rebellion about the security door and, well, Saving the Day, but also in his attitude to the others (he even calls them all stupid at one point...)
On the less analytical side:
"No good deed goes unpunished" sounds like it should be the B7 tag-line.
The Scorpio looks great, and appropriately small and mean compared to the Liberator. But why, when the doors to rest of the ship gets sealed in preparation for flight, does it also seal off the CCTV...? (If you're not allowed to go there, you're not allowed to see it either?)
I love the practiced way Vila pulls a lockpick out of his boot to open the gun locker. I hadn't noticed that before! Also enjoyed his attempts to try to get unconscious Dorian to sit straight in his seat. And his eye-roll about the non-functional gun. And even the "pink asteroids"-comment at the end (someone needed to lampshade the wtf-ery of that scene...) Vila-wise, this is a very generous ep!
Those metal gun holsters seem terribly impractical. And loud.
I think Dorian rubbing Orac's casing is probably the most suggestive gesture ever shown on the show. And all the more hilarious for it!
All in all - apart from some of the most extreme OTT-ness toward the end, and Avon's hair, which in the future I will try not to mention again - I quite enjoyed this one.
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I'd certainly forgotten it's been minutes since the last episode because it's been weeks for me. You're right, the behaviours inn that light are.. most odd!
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