What is your favorite episode?

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FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Friday, January 30, 2004 4:05 AM

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Originally posted by SlowSmurf:
I think a better way to think about it, is this is where Mal was GOING to be, maybe in a year, maybe two, maybe more.

The network notes just made them push that up, so rather than see him become, effectively, a hero, he starts as one.

I have to agree with Slowsmurf on this. I remember Joss saying that this was the direction Mal's character was moving in. However, they wanted to give the character an even deeper development then can be seen through him starting out as a hero.

CANTTAKESKY

Friday, January 30, 2004 2:16 PM

Even if Mal didn't return the cargo, who would blame him? This experience would probably have helped him grow as a character, to start picking his jobs more carefully.

I choose to believe that his heroism is in his soul, even if he manages to suppress it for a while.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

AURAPTOR

Friday, January 30, 2004 4:14 PM

Just when I think I've come to a 'favorite' episode, I remember a scene or a story plot from another episode that I really liked.

The chase scene at the end of 'Heart of Gold' could have been edited a bit better. Mal on a horse catching that guy on a 'landspeeder' ? Unlikely

Jayestown: Despite the far fetched concept, it is rather funny.

OK, except for those 2 episodes, I can't decide which of the remaining ones I liked more than the next. Sorry, I wussed out here.

CAPTAINTIGHTPANTS

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:57 AM

The episodes are all great, but my faves are...

Serenity
Out of Gas
Shindig
Ariel
Jaynestown
Objects in Space
War Stories
The Train Job
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Trash
The Message
Safe
Bushwhacked
Heart of Gold

... Oh wait, that's all of them, isn't it? I guess that "all great" sort of covers it, huh?

You're gonna come with us...

GMAN777

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 5:54 AM

Well, I loved them all except "Heart of Gold" which I thought was weaker than the rest of the shows.

But for my favorites:

Humor: Jaynestown

villian: Our Mrs. Reynolds (I love good reoccurring characters like this)

Dramatic: Out of Gas

Best of Best: Objects in Space

CAPTAINTIGHTPANTS

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:36 PM

Yeah, I thought Heart of Gold had some good moments, but just wasn't up to par with the rest. But one out of 14 is DA** fine work, if you ask me!

Jaynestown is great from start to finish. Everyone has a moment in it. Kaylee and Simon and their little tete a tete. Book and River and "fixing" the Bible... and the HAIR thing! LOL Zoe gets in on that too a bit. Mal and Wash's reaction to the whole folk-hero-of-a-crappy-town thing. Inara's reaction when she finds out it's Jayne her client is talking about when he's describing the "Hero of Canton". The whole song....! "Let's say we move away from this eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our increasingly eerie-ass day." Yep, it's a keeper!

For villains though, while I like Saffron/Bridget/Yolanda... whatever, I think singularly Niska has more menace. So it's The Train Job/War Stories for him. If we are going for a multi thing, though, it's gotta be the Blue Sun Duo. They are WAY past morbid and creepifying. And for them, it's Ariel.

Drama it's a toss-up between Serenity, Out of Gas and The Message for the ending.

And for best of the best, I agree with you. Objects in Space.

You're gonna come with us...

ADEPTUS

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 7:48 PM

I toggle between "Out of Gas" and "War Stories." The former is definitely moving with its dramatic opening shots and slow, sad strings. I love the transitions between the flashbacks, and the chance to see how all the crew came on board is really cool. It does a really good job of juggling three storylines and even manages to have a little bit of a twist ending.

I like "War Stories" because it's so intense and you get to see Wash cowboy up (which is a typically rare occurrence.) Also, the Captain's display of raw aggression after he takes out Niska's henchman is very telling (and a bit frightnening.) I think it really demonstrates how much you don't want to be on Mal's hitlist. Zoe's quick decision to bring Wash home was classic. Personally, I'm of the opinion that the only thing that kept Mal going was his firm belief that his crew would come for him, and his confidence in their ability to succeed.

Those are my two favorite episodes.

No power in the 'verse can stop me.

TMURRIE

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 11:35 PM

Definatly Out of gas. And Serenity part 2. Ariel, Shindig....Jaynestown...Opps...now I'm just naming EVERY episode.....so....every episode....

EBONEZER

Thursday, February 5, 2004 4:27 AM

Though draw between heart of gold, and our mrs. reynolds.

Heart of Gold openes so many doors, Wash and Zoe talking about having a baby, and of course Inara crying after she found out that Mal had sex with um, that lady. It's just really really good.

Our Mrs. Reynolds is just funny! She's all sweet and innocent, and then POW. It's just great! Whoever the actress is that plays Safferon, is really good.

I love Trash too, mostly because Sa-Bride-Yo is back and I just LOVE that charchter, not entirly evil.

"Go back inside or i will blow another crater in this tiny moon"

JJCA

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:29 AM

i have enjoyed very very much reading all the posts in this thread, and i agree with most of them. so in order not to be boring on and on, i just want to delineate WHY the whole series is so great to me..... ITS THE HUMOR!

And what is SO great about Joss and his product, is that you never, ever know where it will appear. In the midst of heroism, he puts in humor (OUT OF GAS), in the midst of emotion, it pops up again (THE MESSAGE), action-packed, but always room for a bit(or more) here and there (ARIEL,TRASH).

I keep coming back cause it all just as funny today after seeing them over and over as the very first time.

my favs in order:

out of gas
mrs reynolds/trash (cant separate these 2)
jaynestown
the message

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