Blake's 7 Season 1

Right now you can watch Blake's 7 Season 1 on — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Gareth Thomas's performance is the anchor the more ambitious scenes need. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Blake's 7 Season 1 is worth clearing space for. Blake's 7 Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of Blake's 7 includes 13 episodes. It aired from January 1978 to March 1978. This season stars Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating and Paul Darrow. Gareth Thomas and Michael Keating lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1978. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Blake's 7 Season 1 genuinely rewarding. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Gareth Thomas grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

🎬 Blake's 7 Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Way Back

1978-01-02

A rebel leader, his memory altered by an oppressive galactic government, suffers injustice after witnessing a massacre.

Space Fall

1978-01-09

Blake and some criminals attempt to seize control of the prison ship London as it passes a space war where an abandoned ship is found.

Cygnus Alpha

1978-01-16

Blake tries to rescue the remaining prisoners from the prison planet Cygnus Alpha only to find they have a disease that can be cured by the power mad high priest Vargas.

Time Squad

1978-01-23

A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation Communication base on Saurian Major.

The Web

1978-01-30

The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means; the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas. Blake learns of the attempt at genocide being waged against the Decimas by the creator of the Web.

Seek-Locate-Destroy

1978-02-06

The crew steals a Federation deciphering unit and accidently leave Cally behind. Travis finds her and decides to use her in a hostage trap for Blake.

Mission to Destiny

1978-02-13

The crippled spaceship Ortega presents Blake and his companions with a series of mysteries. Who murdered the pilot and sabotaged the controls ? What happened to the crew and why ? For Avon and Cally, the answers become a matter of life and death.

Duel

1978-02-20

The flight of Federation pursuit ships, commanded by Travis, finally succeed in trapping the Liberator.

Project Avalon

1978-02-27

Travis devises a plan to destroy Blake and capture the Liberator.

E10

Breakdown

1978-03-06

Gan's limiter malfunctions, and the crew go to space station XK-72 to have it repaired, at the risk of being discovered. The neurosurgeon notifies the Federation and delays surgery long enough for Federation forces to arrive.

E11

Bounty

1978-03-13

The crew land on the planet Lindor, where a deposed leader has been held in exile. Blake and Cally ask him to return to his people. Meanwhile, a ship in distress is helped by the Liberator, only to encounter a group of bounty hunters who seek to turn Blake and the Liberator over to the Federation.

E12

Deliverance

1978-03-20

The Liberator crew brings back the survivor of a ship that blew up while delivering some medical supplies to Ensor, the survivor's father. Jenna is captured on the planet, while the survivor of the destroyed ship forces Blake to leave the planet by holding Cally at gunpoint. On the planet, Avon is c...

E13

Orac

1978-03-27

The Liberator crew fly to Aristo to deliver the supplies to Ensor, in exchange for radiation drugs and the computer Orac, which Ensor gives to Blake before he dies. Orac predicts the destruction of the Liberator.

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