Are you a big sap? A softie? What scene or episode turns on the waterworks?
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UPDATED: Thursday, August 12, 2004 03:21
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And why? If you're inclined to speak as to why.
"Jaynestown" at the end. . .I get get a little choked up when Mal is trying to explain to poor Jayne why someone actually felt him worthy of sacrifice. I work with kids, and when they face loss. . .especially for the first time. . .I'm one of the ones they always want to come to for an explanation.
"The Message". . .Tracey's death and the end of the episode kills me every time. The whole 'losing a war buddy' thing.
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"Wash. . .we got some local color happening. A grand entrance would not go amiss."
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I think it's all in River's voice in "OiS". The pain and hurt - the looks on the faces of her crewmates when she drags their fears into the light of day.
And the moment Wash tells Zoe to 'run' in "War Stories".
"Just keep walkin, preacher man."
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The Message - about the last third of it starts me weeping. And I despise Tracey. Just do not like him at all. But it's the music, and the look on Mal's face as they end the episode. Always has me crying like a baby!
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Well, I'm a middle-aged guy so what makes me cry is little girls being brave; if you need the mechanism explained, just ask any parent who's been to the school concert/play. So, it's River in Serenity and it's River in Safe and it's River in Ariel and it's River in War Stories and it's River in Objects in Space and it's River ... well supported by the nuanced performances of Glau and Maher, but mostly it's River
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I think the one scene that really gets me is Mal & Zoe carrying Tracy's body off of Serenity when they reach his family's home planet. I am a vet and I have lost friends in the service, so that scene just really hits pretty close to home for me.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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"The Message" when Tracey is shot and dying and he repeats the "when you can't run, you crawl," bit.
Also "Out of Gas." Two moments. When everybody has just left and Mal is walking through the ship closing all the doors behind him, that moment with the music and directing and of course acting is amazing. Also another heart string tugger is when the guys who tried to take Serenity are leaving and the guy says "You woulda done the same," and the delivery of the line "We can already see I haven't," was just SOO perfec.t
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This may seem strange, but what gets me is when Wash says Niska isn't going to get days to torture Mal. Something about protecting and saving friends always gets me. I'm just a sucker for the noble and honorable acts.
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"Out of Gas." Final "present" scene.
Quote:
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Especially when contrasted with Mal's belief about dying alone.
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I always cry at (and I can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet) "Is it time to go to sleep?" "No, mei-mei, its time to wake up." From Ariel . And of course, the last scene in The Message
"And what does that make us?" "Big damn heroes, sir!" "Ain't we just?"
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Must agree. The final scene in "Out of Gas" was when I went, "I'm not a gay man, but I think I love Mal." And of course, all things Firefly, meaning the rest of the crew, and in a very abstract way, the infirmary. Because if a show can make me shed a tear or multiples, it's got me.
Also without a doubt, River's "I'll be your bounty" scene in "Objects in Space," Kaylee in the scene with Jubal, the end of "The Message"...and Inara shatters my heart into tiny pieces during her crying scene in "Heart of Gold," because it's just...I mean, come on.
Also, while the end scene of "Jaynestown" doesn't water my eyes, it does pull at me. And as strong as that scene is, the soft, almost painful reprise of "The Hero of Canton," along with that shot of Mal and Jayne standing there alone...just skyrockets it to another level, in my opinion. I'll watch that episode just to hear that piece of music.
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