Nicola wrote:

You're in a minority of two then. I've always thought Blake treated Vila very well - sure he got annoyed with him occasionally, but he never put him down; he even complimented him several times!

I remeber being very angry at the end of Trial, when Blake and Avon looked at Vila after the crack about intelligent fleas, and started to laugh. Avon usually has the grace to be nasty to a person's face, and I was disappointed in him, too, there, but Blake, having been rescued by Zil, and by his own crew, insults Zil and Vila together, for no apparent reason.