The Devil Take the Hindmost

Quotation
"Only those born guilty recognize innocence for what it is: The rarest thing in the Universe, and the most precious." The Anointed, The Finder of The Way C.Y. 9799
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Season One
Summary
Last Episode
1x17 - Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way
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1x19 - The Honey Offering

Episode 018 (1x18)

Synopsis

Rev Bem receices a cry for help from his old friend Thaddeus Black: the Hajira on Serendipity are threatened by slave traders.

Continuity

• Harper and Trance don't appear in the whole episode.

References

Title

• Refers to a english proverb from the early 16th century: "Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost..."

Quote

• The "Finder of the Way" was Fleshrender, a Magog who founded the religious order of the Fatalfa.

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Trivia

• The scene in which Szebos (the right hand of Ursari) is impaled by a spear is an alusion by Allan Eastman to a similar scene in "Apocalypse Now".
• Blakes comment to Dylan "You are the merciful hand" was intended to be a part of a longer discussion between Black and Rev Bem about the biblical story about Abraham and Issac. (Source: Eldorado Drift)

Guest Stars

• Mark Holden as Thaddeus Black
• Maya O'Connell as Tiama
• Darren Klimek as Arun
• Garfield Wilson as Szabos
• David Palffy as Ursari

Production

• Air Date: 16.04.2001
• Season One production crew
• Writer: Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz
• Director: Allan Eastman
• Cut: Gordon Rempel
• Script