One banger after another, leading to arguably the pinnacle of the franchise (Talons, which I revisited recently so I may skip this time around, you know, allow the nostalgia gauge to refill, try and appreciate newer work like Evil that’s the only thing to come close), the inspired costume design, no-nonsense whodunnit, and dialogue Davies ought to try harder to emulate:
“You mean you can’t control this machine?”
“Well of course I can control it! …Nine times out of ten. Well, seven times out of ten; five times—look, never mind, let’s see where we are.” [Heads towards exit. Leela takes Tesh rifle from previous episode. In hindsight, probably more effective against those vocs than her knife.]
“You won’t need that.”
“How do you know?”
“I never carry weapons. If people see you mean them no harm, they never hurt you …nine times out of ten.”
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