Grrr. I was going to have an early night, but I just had to do this too. Approximately in order. Last ones a bit flaky which must mean I've forgotten loads.
1 Orbit. All of it. Every bit.
2 "He's dying - Zen's dying". <sob>
3 Avon's expression in the last frame of "Blake". What more could a man ask than to die pointlessly with a gun in his hand and his friends dead all around him ?
4 "Of all the things I have known myself to be, I never recognised the fool." If you choose any other Rumours quote above this one you must be mad. Sorry - a MAD SLASHER - please leave this list immediately.
5 Zen to Vila - I forget what episode: "It will be necessary for you to make a personal investigation" etc. Zen plays it straight as usual but we know he's laughing really.
Three from Headhunter - such a fab episode: 6 Oh, you'll have to do better than that, Orac, if you expect me to kill them."
7 Avon/Orac "Restore the teleport...." "I urge you..." "RESTORE THE TELEPORT""Very well."......"I am obliged to do as you say, even though I know it to be wrong." etc etc. Stop me now or I'll just type out the whole bloody script.
8 "Yes, master."
9 Servalan in Games: "I didn't come here for a history lesson."
10 All Vila/Orac, esp "Plastic brain", "Trooper Orac" and "Cheers Orac".
11 Avon taking the piss as Dorian describes the "mysterious room", even though he's being held at gunpoint.
12 Avon/Orac in Horizon, and Avon's laugh when he finally finds a way to rationalise rescuing the others.
13 "Regret is part of life" etc - much as it pains me to agree about anything, I have to do so here.
14 "What a fiasco."
15 Largo/the Chairman in Shadow: "Chairman, the rewards will be threefold....""Don't delay too long, or the rewards will be onefold."......"I thank you for your confidence, Chairman.""Largo, that is too small a thing to thank me for."
16 Travis/Avalon - for me, one of the only times Travis allows his mask to slip a bit. He admits that resistance can never be wiped out completely. "However, we shall persevere."
17 Vila in City. He is so cool. And his argument with Kerrill - doesn't this encapsulate beautifully pretty much every male/female argument you hear every day ?
18 "An eye patch ?" Thanks for reminding me of this one Iain.
19 Terminal: Avon tells Vila to "go and keep going". Of course he does. And Servalan didn't know he was going to do it. Despite the fact that she banked on him going all that way to find Blake. This programme is so brilliant.
20 "What was that for ?""Curiosity.""I'm all in favour of healthy curiosity. I just hope yours isn't satisfied too easily." I'm waiting to use this one, but the relevant situation hasn't arisen recently.
Thanks,