48 posts, wow I never thought I'd get through them -
1) deliverance - I dont think its sexist. I think Avon's the most obvious dominant/ lord like of them and consequently she picks him. Jenna isnt there, so that isnt an issue. They are not flying the rocket, but are ground control, aka computers aka Avon. OK she gets a bit too - my lord (gushing). But I see it as a kind of religion where the deciples follow a mythos, thereby she meets her 'gods' kind of. We see this in Cygnus. Jenna isnt weak, just cant fight loads of hairy primitives, neither could the others, they hide in the bunker. Also we get to see Avon failing in his first assignment as boss - look at his earlier statement to Blake about doing better and then when Jenna is caught, Avon's guilt sets in/ or feeling of failure perhaps. He seems eager to go back to a hostile situation. Thereby the character is already shown as a potential replacement for Blake once his conscious has grown (I wont say appeared because I dont believe this).
2) IMIPAK - daft suggestion, but maybe it didn't kill Travis because it was as confused as the rest of us about his changing appearance.
M.
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