Episode 26
Star One
Written by Chris Boucher
And so the second season of Blakes-7 comes to a close with Star One.
I love the story, after the hints of a possible alien threat from the Andromeda galaxy throughout the series, the invasion is happening. Blake finally finds the legendary Federation nerve centre and just when he wants to destroy it, realises he can't as it holds the Federation worlds together and is needed to power a massive space minefield on the rim of the Andromeda galaxy. Meanwhile Servalan uses the situation to take control of Federation Space Command and via threat and death becomes president of the Federation.
Avon tells Blake that this is his final mission. When Star One is destroyed he wants the Liberator and Blake can go and stir up revolutions elsewhere, there is real bitterness between the two which makes the finale all the more surprising.
The aliens are great. Horribly gooey creatures which hijack human bodies, and the slimiest creature of them all - Travis, finally meets his end at the hands of Avon, after he badly injured Blake in the process. This would be the last time we would see Blake aboard the Liberator, Jenna as well unfortunately. During the final scenes he effectively hands over control to Avon as the heroic Liberator crew decide to make a last stand and go it alone against the oncoming alien fleet. These scenes are absolutely gripping and make my spine shiver with excitement. David Maloney's direction is superb as his camera pans round the crew as they hear what Avon plans to do.
"To fight off that fleet until the Federation get here?" declares Avon
"Avon, this is stupid!" Vila cries
"When did that ever stop us?.....Fire!!"
With that Avon's finger pushes the fire button and the episode ends.
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