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Blake's 7, Vol. 10 - Trial / Killer [VHS]

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The next vol of Blake's 7 entitled Trial and Killer

In the epsidoe entitled Trial
The time has come Travis has failed Servalan time and time again. So this time he is put on trial for his cirminal activites. Many people want to see Travis in prison while others want to use this as an chance to get rid of Servalan for good. The judge is a fleet adimiral called Star Killer two of the Federation Senate are watching and waiting for the chance to give Traivs a chance to get back at Servalan. Servalan is watching in secret waiting for the moment to stirke herself. While Blake has beamed down to a planet to questin why he fights the Federation and what the death of Gan means to him. This epsiode sees new twists and turns for all the players in the Blake 7 universe some good,some bad.
The next epsidoe entitled Killer
Blake has gotten word that the Federation has a new code system. Blake heads to the planet Fosforon where the code is being developed, along the way he spots an ancinet space ship. Zen detects nothing but Cally sense a great evil on board. The planet Fosforon collects the ship and finds a man dead for centuries. Avon and Villa sneak into the base while Blake beams down to investiagte the old ship and what evil Cally senses. Can Avon be trusted to get the new code? Can Villa stop being a coward? Will Blake find out what that evil is on board that ship?

Volume 10 of the "Blake's 7" videos contains 2 more episodes of this marvelous British sci-fi TV series. These installments continue the saga of rebel leader Blake, who, with his crew, wages an interplanetary war against the tyrannical Federation.

The first episode, "Trial," contains two engrossing, interconnected storylines. One involves Blake: guilt-ridden over the death of a crewman (in the previous episode), he goes on a private quest. The other story finds Blake's arch-enemy Travis being put on trial for allegedly directing a savage massacre. "Trial" offers more tantalizing glimpses into the tortured tangle of Federation plots and politics. And as a bonus, we learn more about the Mutoids. This is a suspenseful episode that delivers some memorable action.

In "Killer," Avon and Vila seek to obtain a piece of Federation technology from a base, while Blake gets involved in a deadly mystery. Great line: "When Avon holds out the hand of friendship, watch the other hand. That's the one with the hammer" (Vila). It's particularly fun to see Vila and Avon on a mission together in this one.

"Killer" is a good enough episode, but the superb "Trial" is certainly one of the best, and most pivotal, episodes of the series' first two seasons. Essential viewing for B7 fans.

"Trial" covers Blake's guilt and self-destructive recriminations following the events in "Pressure Point" and the Liberator's disasterous raid on Earth's Central Control, while arch-enemy Travis is going through a trial of his own. In "Killer" we meet an old friend of Avon's..."I knew you had to have a friend somewhere!"-Vila