Quotes
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Tarrant : You going to tell us what we've got planned, Avon?
Vila : We know what we've got planned. Running away is what we've got planned.
Dayna : A strategic withdrawal is what we've got planned.
Vila : There's a difference?
Tarrant : Oh, yes. A strategic withdrawal is running away - but with dignity.
Vila : So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here.
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[Blake enters the tracking room and comes face to face with Avon and the others]
Tarrant : Is it him?
Vila : It's him.
Tarrant : He sold us, Avon. All of us. Even you.
[Avon lowers the gun and approaches Blake]
Avon : [horrified] Is it true?
Blake : Avon, it's me, Blake.
Avon : Stand still!
[Blake stops]
Avon : Have you betrayed us? Have YOU... betrayed... ME?
Blake : Tarrant doesn't understand!
Avon : Neither do I, Blake!
Blake : I set all this up!
Avon : [stunned] Yes!
Blake : [walking towards Avon again] Avon, I was waiting for YOU!
[Avon shoots Blake, who staggers forward and grabs onto Avon's shoulders]
Blake : Oh... Avon...
[Blake collapses, dead]
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Avon : Orac, what proof do we have that Blake is on Gauda Prime?
Orac : That is where his trail ends.
Tarrant : What trail? Explain.
Orac : The chain of cause and effect amounts to a trail, if you can follow it.
Vila : I can't even follow you.
Orac : Everything has an effect on everything else around it. It is not easy to trace one line through the pattern of infinity, but in this case, I have. Blake is on Gauda Prime.
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Vila : [about the cabin they found] The state the roof's in, it's the same as spending a night in the open.
Dayna : Well, if you'd prefer the trees, feel free to go. Don't let us stop you.
Vila : I'd prefer a city, but I'd accept a town. In fact, I'd settle for some indication that we weren't the only people left alive in this miserable tree sanctuary.
Dayna : Look, why don't you go and collect some firewood, hm?
Vila : Because it's dark out there.
Soolin : Surely you're not afraid of the dark.
Vila : Only when it's unilluminated.
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[after a group of aircraft passed over]
Vila : So who do you think they were, Soolin?
Soolin : I've no idea, Vila. But one thing I do know: if you want to survive on this planet you have to assume that everyone is out to get you.
Vila : I always assume that wherever I go.
Soolin : The difference is, on Gauda Prime you'll be right!
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Arlen : Be so kind as to drop your guns, all of you.
[the Scorpio crew obey]
Arlen : You and this nest of rebels are now prisoners of the Federation. Your friend Blake said he couldn't tell anymore who was Federation and who wasn't. He was right. He couldn't.
Tarrant : [smiling] You're a Federation agent?
Arlen : I'm a Federation officer.
Vila : Oh, now, look, I've never been against the Federation, I mean, I've only ever been along for the ride. I'm not even armed! You can't kill me, I'm completely harmless - and armless!
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Avon : [about the Rebellion's new figurehead] He is strongly identified with rebels, you see, and very popular with rabbles. They will follow him, and he will fight to the last drop of *their* blood. Idealism is a wonderful thing. All you really need is someone rational to put it to proper use.
Avon : Someone like you.
Tarrant : So where do we find this useable idealist?
Avon : According to Orac, he is on a frontier planet called Gauda Prime.
Soolin : Gauda Prime?
Avon : You know it?
Soolin : Yes, I know it. It's a bad place to be. No self-respecting idealist would be found dead there.
Avon : I imagine that is what HE is trying to avoid: being found dead anywhere.
Tarrant : Look, are you going to stop playing games and tell us who it is, Avon?
[Vila realizes who Avon is talking about]
Vila : It's Blake, isn't it? You think you've found Blake.
[Avon smiles]
