[hobgoblin]

Why is Meegat left behind? THere would be nothing left for her once the prophecy is fulfilled. Perhpas Avon did not want to take her aboard the Liberator as that would spoil the illusion that he was a god!

[dave]

Even though we only saw Meegat there were others in her community. For all we know they live well enough and are happy - indeed they were probably better off where they were on a planet the Federation had no interest in than elsewhere.

[Artilla]

I had that same question initially.

Upon reviewing the episode, I see that Meegat does say there are a few of them left alive on the planet, something like 200? I think, but that they are dying slowly from the radiation.

So it still doesn't answer the question why Blake and the crew just leave them there, does it? This was one of the times I questioned Blake's altruism. Of course, I also didn't like it much when they blew up the Moondiscs that just saved Cally and the ship.
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[Cockroach Boy]

Could the women in this episode be any more pathetic? Jenna gets captured and has to be rescued, Cally gets held hostage and has to be rescued and Meegat has spent her whole waiting for Avon and then just gets abandoned anyway!

Thank god for Servalan. The scenes at Space Command are the best thing about this episode, with the Supreme Commander (still not referred to by name anywhere except in the credits) taking centre stage from Travis.

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[Cockroach Boy]

Depends how you take Avon's line that Meegat thought he was a god 'for a while' and Blake's line about 'responsibility'. To me the implies that he's disappointed her in a fairly major way and her faith in him is gone.

As for Cally and Jenna needing to be rescued all the time - well this episode to me is the point at which two previously interesting characters suddenly stop having anything to do each week. From here on in Jenna is Teleport Girl and Cally will only be interesting when she's possessed. It seems a shame and a waste of two good actresses.

[Richard1978]

It's interesting to see quite a few Eastenders regulars in a different light, here it's Tony Cauntner later to play Roy Evans.

Any idea what Cally was listening to on the video-shades?

[Ron]

It's a nice jazzy tune Cally is listening to.

Interesting how the way things are said here affect their meaning:

Just before teleporting:
BLAKE “Be careful”
AVON “Alright” (pause) “Put us down”
Avon is being respectful

Before teleporting again:
AVON “We'll go back down”.
BLAKE (bitterly)“I think you'd better”
Blake could have just replied normally

At the end:
AVON “Don't you know?”
BLAKE (seriously)“Yes. I don't like the responsibility, either.”
Blake could have said it jokily (about 'the god' Avon!)

It seems in ‘Deliverance’ Avon is respectful and Blake is a bit mean.
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[Ron]

[white afro in space]

That's the beautiful thing about Blake's 7. Even lines that are said with the utmost seriousness have the capacity to induce a fountain of mirth.


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[thunda]

[BlakNo1]

Watched this followed by "Orac" recently with a friend who is new to B7, first eps I've watched in a long time.
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[Lucifer Sam]

I've always assumed that Avon's rueful comment that Meegat thought he was a God 'for a while' meant that, whilst waiting for the Liberator to come within teleport range, he took Meegat aside for a one-on-one game of Hide the Space Rocket.

Presumably, in Meegat's opinion his performance was less than Godlike.

Also would like to agree with another poster that Cally, normally one of my favourite characters, is pathetic in this episode. She's supposed to be a highly-trained guerilla fighter, yet she gets overpowered by a middle-aged man wearing nasty brown trousers.
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