By the end, both Avon and Blake got to a point when responsibility was too much. They wished it wasn't there, not to such a degree, and admitted that the only way out for them was to get killed...
It’s obvious with Blake but I saw it in Avon too, here in "Gold" . Yes, it was a warning to Keiller but it also was a subconscious plea for the release from the responsibility. His people could look after themselves, surely. And if he failed they could always kill him and thus redress his failure.















