30 Days of Blake's 7 - Day 9
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julesjones Day 9: Least favourite series
As with "most favourite", I'm pairing two seasons, and for the same reason - the Blakeless series 3 and 4. Blake, and the interplay between Blake and the others, is what transfixed me about the show in the first place, and that's gone. Tarrant's constant sniping at and jockeying with Avon for control of the ship and crew doesn't work for me, and doesn't have the same dynamic, in the way Avon doing it to Blake does. Ditto Jenna's mild hero worship of Blake, and Dayna's (initially) of Avon.
There's also a lot of aimless drifting in series 3 and 4, and 4 suffers terribly from the change in producer and the incoherent characterisation from a parade of writers who knew nothing about the series (and also Ben Steed...). This doesn't mean there are no redeeming features, because there are some good to stunning episodes, including anything written by Chris Boucher. There's a reason why that man had his own fan following, not just the actors.
As with "most favourite", I'm pairing two seasons, and for the same reason - the Blakeless series 3 and 4. Blake, and the interplay between Blake and the others, is what transfixed me about the show in the first place, and that's gone. Tarrant's constant sniping at and jockeying with Avon for control of the ship and crew doesn't work for me, and doesn't have the same dynamic, in the way Avon doing it to Blake does. Ditto Jenna's mild hero worship of Blake, and Dayna's (initially) of Avon.
There's also a lot of aimless drifting in series 3 and 4, and 4 suffers terribly from the change in producer and the incoherent characterisation from a parade of writers who knew nothing about the series (and also Ben Steed...). This doesn't mean there are no redeeming features, because there are some good to stunning episodes, including anything written by Chris Boucher. There's a reason why that man had his own fan following, not just the actors.