Helen wrote: <7. Redemption ... I may be the only one who thinks this, but I feel we see the supreme moment of selfishness from Blake, here. In another show, the hero would have dealt with the electric cable himself. Instead, Blake orders Avon away from a task considered vital to *everyone's* safety to come get him out of a jam.>

<grin> one has to point out first that it couldn't have been all that vital, or Avon would have gone back to it afterwards instead of wasting valuable time joining in the round table discussion (he never could resist the chance to explain to lesser mortals, could he?) Methinks he said that because - as usual - he didn't like being interrupted while he was working (he didn't know Blake was in danger :-)).

But that is hardly the point, is it? Blake didn't know that (might have suspected - he knows his Snarly - but didn't *know*). I think it's just a moment of sheer panic - he's always relied on talking his way out of trouble, and you can't really reason with a power cable.

I love it for the A-B implications; either Jenna or Cally could have done what Avon did, but it didn't occur to Blake to ask for them instead. We have far more evidence on how Avon feels about Blake than the reverse, and this is one small but potent example (Pressure Point and Star One being others) of the way, when Blake is in real, desperate trouble, he *instinctly* turns to Avon. (Not that I'm biased or anything).

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