What is your favorite episode?

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CULTTVGIRL

Monday, January 5, 2004 1:51 PM

I don't think I can choose just one but, if I had to, I guess I'd go for Out Of Gas. Everything is right with that episode - the direction, the writing, the acting...it all comes together so well.

But I also especially love Shindig, War Stories, Our Mrs Reynolds and Jaynestown.

Book: “A duel?”
Wash: “With swords?”
Simon: “The Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword?”
Zoe: “I think he knows which end to hold.”

JAYNE'SJOJO

Monday, January 5, 2004 2:29 PM

Every single one is shiny, however, if I had to choose (nevermind, I can't):

Out of Gas grows on me everytime I watch it...Don't make faces.

Funniest: Our Mrs. Reynolds...Some people juggle geese!

Ariel: Very cool feel to it, and I loved the depth you see in Jayne in that episode.

Finally,I love the pilot, Senerity. I can't believe Fox didn't think it had enough action. More importantly, the beginning is amazing. The sense of loss you see on Mal's face...even had they opened with this episode (as they should have), without knowing him you would have seen that that was the moment when he lost everything - most importantly, his faith. It hurts everytime I watch it.

JoJo

BOOMERGOODHEART

Monday, January 5, 2004 2:55 PM

Hmmm...every episode has something that I love about it. I suppose my 2 favorites (for now, anyway. Heh.) are "Out Of Gas" (loved seeing how everyone came on board, and I agree...Mal's expression while looking at Serenity is classic. Wish my husband would look at me that way. LOL.) and "Trash" (this hasn't been mentioned by a lot of folks, but seeing Mal revel in his nakedness just cracks me up).

For the record, I applaud Nathan for his work in "Serenity". When Mal sees all of the Alliance ships landing...it's like you can almost hear everything he believes in being ripped away from him. Priceless.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

CLANGASSOCIATION

Wednesday, January 7, 2004 11:12 PM

3) "Jaynestown"

"Safe" almost beat it out, but the allure of "Jaynestown" lies in the fact that the entire episode is one big tribute to the series' off-beat comedy. Except for the ending, pretty much every last scene is light-hearted. Usually, I feel sorry for Kaylee when Simon makes his wounding comments; but in this case, I just had to laugh.

2) "Objects in Space"

I love Richard Brooks' performance as Early--he's a chilling hybrid of Confucius and Hitler, and it creeps the living luh-suh out of me. OiS takes you to the edge of... well, everything. Early's use of philosophy as a threat is arguably a malignant microcosm of the entire episode, which is more or less River's story. It's thrilling and thoughtful throughout the whole episode.

1) "The Message"

There's so much I can say about this episode: the shock, the suspense, the humor. I absolutely love the series' flashbacks to the War, and to have an entire episode that deals in one is such a treat. The ending comes so close to crossing into melodrama, but it somehow manages to stay within reason. Add to the fact that it was the very last episode filmed, and you can see why The Message is one of the most emotional episodes in the series.

"You know what the chain of command is? It's a chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here."

DEADHEADFRED

Thursday, January 8, 2004 1:17 AM

So far I am inspired by Janestown. I just saw it for the second time last night as was floored by the coherence of the episode. The episode is an exploration of faith and christianity. Janes stigmata hands, his ex-partiner's judas, River's "I took these from your symbol and they turned into paper" etc. So much more. No scene without it's meaning all done with a sense of irony at every turn that makes it classic/ funny. yeee ha!

SAFFRONFAN

Thursday, January 8, 2004 10:59 AM

So far, Our Mrs. Reynolds stands at the top. Excellent plot twist towards the end! And Mal proves himself to be a very honourable man in his dealing with Saffron, quite undeserving of the "special hell."

CANTTAKESKY

Thursday, January 8, 2004 3:31 PM

Train Job made an instant fan out of me, and is still my favorite. I cry every time Mal says, "I don't believe he does." That one line got to the heart of Mal.

Out of Gas would have to be second in line. Again, I love how it reveals Mal's soul.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

INVISIBLEGREEN

Thursday, January 8, 2004 4:45 PM

My top three:
1. War Stories
2. Heart of Gold
3. Shindig

FORTUNATUS

Thursday, January 8, 2004 5:12 PM

Man, it's hard to choose just a few. Here's my stab at it.

3. Shindig: Kaylee and Inara just shine in this one.

2. Out of Gas: Seeing how the group first met in juxtaposition to them dealing with their imminent deaths is great stuff. Everyone else is taken with "Everyone dies alone." I also really liked Simon's plaintive, "It's my birthday."

1. Jaynestown: Jayne as a reluctant Christ figure. Beautiful.

My favorite scene is much easier to pinpoint. It's the deleted scene in Simon's quarters, in which Zoe tells him how Serenity got her name.

"Yep. That's a cow fetus."

HANS

Thursday, January 8, 2004 6:02 PM

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Heart of Gold has got to be my least favourite episode.

Out of gas and Ariel are my favourites.

It's funny, but whenever I try to rank the episodes, I have trouble deciding what will be at the bottom of my list...simply because even the "worst" episode is better than 99% of what's out there. Jaynestown, Train Job, and Heart of Gold are all near the bottom of my list, yet they are all great episodes.

Personally, my top three are 1) Objects in Space, 2) Our Mrs Reynolds, and 3) Out of Gas. I think the thing I like about them all is that they are all mostly ship-bound episodes. I absolutely LOVE Serenity (the ship), I think its an amazing design and the sets they built for it are perfect. Any episode that features the characters wandering around the ship is great by my standards.

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