Lines that Choke You Up

POSTED BY: milford
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 13:02
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MILFORD

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:37 AM

There's other threads that outline the hilairty in the series, but there's a ton of emotion there. Some of these lines/scenes STILL choke me up after dozens of viewings:

From Out of Gas, at the very end when Mal is starting to doze off from the medicing, and he jerks up and says, "You guys be here when I wake up?" Chokes me up every time.

From the BDM, when Mal tells them, "You hold! Hold till I get back!" I get watery eyed and short of breath.

Last, though it's not from the film or the series, is the one that puts me over the edge. In the special features for the film, Joss's intro to the screenings, at the end when he says, "We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty." Just writing it makes my throat tight. The idea that the little people finally won one against the big meanies that took our show away, just gets me to the core.

On a completely unrelated note, though this is about our favorite emotional lines, I am watching Our Mrs. Reynolds as I type, and I just passed the part where they find Mal and they're trying to piece together what happened. Suddenly Inara says "I only fell is all" in her slurred speech. That's hilarious. One of my new favorite funnies.

Now that that's out of the way, what are your favorite tearjerkers?

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PENGUIN

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:44 AM

Simon's speech about River from the pilot always gets me...

I am very smart. I went to the best Medacad in Osiris, top three percent of my class, finished my internship in eight months. "Gifted" is the term. So when I tell you that my little sister makes me look like an idiot child, I want you to understand my full meaning.

River was more than gifted. She...she was a gift. Everything she did, music, math, theoretical physics --even-even dance -- there was nothing that didn't come as naturally to her as breathing does to us. She could be a real... brat about it, too. I mean, she used to --

There was a... a school... a, uh, a government-sponsored academy, we had never even heard of it but it had the most exciting program, the most challenging. We could have sent her anywhere, we had the money, but she wanted to go. She wanted to learn. She was fourteen.

I got a few letters at first, and then I didn't hear for months. Finally I got a letter that made no sense. She-she talked about things that never happened, jokes we never... it was code. It just said..."They're hurting us. Get me out."

STDOUBT

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:54 AM

Pretty much anything River says
can make be blubbery.
Especially:
"I took you away from there. I know I did. You don't think I do, but... I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets. But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you. You gave up everything you had."
Summers acting in this scene, along with the idea that even though she's been traumatized, and is still not "safe", she has the strength to reach out and express regret for someone elses suffering just plain old kills me.

MRSELLARS

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:17 AM

"My turn."

COPILOT

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:29 AM

Zoe screaming for Wash when....well you all know what happened.

An I carried such a torch

HARDWARE

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:36 AM

Both from the movie;

"Wash ain't coming." From Zoe as she loads her shotgun at the last stand.

"To hell with this. I want to live!" Kaylee, lightening up the last stand just before all he11 breaks loose.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

DEEPGIRL187

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:35 AM

Here's my tearjerker from "The Message":

Tracey: "When you can't run anymore, you
crawl... and when you can't do that--"

Zoe: "You find someone...to carry you."

Good words to live by.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

STROKINGMYPETER

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:52 AM

This isn't a line, or well it sort of is. But at the end of Out of Gas when the salesman is talking to Mal and he is just staring off at Serenity not listening to a word he says always makes me remember everything i love about this show. It's my favorite episode, so maybe I'm biased. But the first time I watched it I thought Mal had been totally duped by the salesman and that he was conned into buying Serenity. But then the very last scene shatters that preconception. I love it so much.

I WANT TO BELIEVE

MER

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:58 AM

Wow most of you guys pretty much said it all!

!!!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Firefly:

*Anything Simon has to say or speak in an endearing tone toward River.
I find him literally putting his life on the line for his sister insanely touching. Hell just thinking about it gets me started.

*"Safe"-look at first explanation.
*Jaynestown"- Book and River having a talk about religion..."River. You can't change religion. It changes you"
Mal and Jayne talk about why they still thought he was a hero after all he's done.
*"Out of Gas"- When Mal first sees Serenity. "Will you guys be here when I wake up?" part.
*"Ariel"- Jayne: "What are you going to tell them when they find out I'm gone?" Mal: "I dunno" Jayne: "Don't tell them what I did. Make somethin' up"

*If I don't brace myself..."Message"-The end of the show where it recaps Tracy's message and Mal looking at the camera.
*"Objects In Space"-River's speech about not belonging on Serenity and have to leave. Starting from Mal allowing River back on Serenity to the end of the show.

I'm not sure where this belongs but at the end of one episode, River taking Jayne's roll and he curses and gets a new one. It makes me tearful a bit every time.

Serenity:
*After Simon loosens River's restrains, he asks if she's ok.
*Serenity's intro...damn music lol
*(If I'm really into the story) Miranda's message
*Book's death scene.
*Mal's sppeech to the crew about spreading the message.
*Kaylee asking where Wash's at.
*Mr. Universe's message for Mal.
*Simon getting shot to River giving the crew Simon's bag.
*River's fight till the end of the movie.

ROLANDREYNOLDS

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:25 AM

Oh, there are so many. Lots of good ones have been listed already, and I'll only add one more (from the movie)

Book: "I'm not part of your crew."
Mal: "Yes you are."*

*After having just read the comics the night before we went to opening night, and the way Nathan delivers this line, coupled with the extreme emotion of the situation itself, this just shook my core. They had their differences, but that's what it really comes down to.

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