During my current watching of season one, I've been looking at the command structure on the Liberator. It seemed fairly clear early on that Jenna was second in command. However, in the episode Deliverance, near the end of season one, we suddenly see a shift, and it is now Avon who is second in command and is giving Jenna orders when they go down to the planet. In fact, just before they go down, Jenna makes a half-hearted disagreement with something Avon says and is shot down.

This was such a sudden change, especially after the episode Bounty, which was one of Jenna's best episodes, that one suspects it was part of a deliberate decision to elevate Avon's role. Whether this came from pressure from the actors or from feedback from viewers, I suspect we won't know. However, from now on, Jenna's role is reduced. She had a good first season but a bad second season, the reason quoted for Sally Knyvette's decision to quit the show.

-- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson

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