30 Days of Blake's 7 - day 9

[vilakins]

I forgot to post last night again, so it's the 10th here already.

Day 9: Least favourite season

Definitely season 4. There's no real coherence or aim (until Pylene-50, which provides a small arc), Avon is unbalanced (and Paul Darrow's performance OTT), most writers unfamiliar with B7, having maybe watched an episode or two (according to Michael Keating who disliked the season), and in the case of one writer, appallingly sexist. Plus, there is far too much Sleer; I got sick of the sight of her.

Perhaps they should have renamed it Avon's Failed Heists and called it a spin-off.

Ironically, the icon is from a sexist-bastard-written S4 ep.

All the questions are on Tumblr.

Comments

[kitarella_imagines]

Yes they should have ended it at season 3. The poor old Liberator had died, they were on a planet, Cally was still there, Avon wasn't mad, they'd seen the last of Blake. A much better ending.

[vilakins]

And lots of opportunities for hopeful fanfic!

[kitarella_imagines]

Someone said that season 4 should be seen as a fanfic or AU or spinoff, not the real series, I think that sounds about right.

We can always write hopeful fanfic 😊