If you only had 1 hour to 'hook' a friend on Firefly, what ep would you show?

POSTED BY: Shiny
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 04:56
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MANIACNUMBERONE

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:52 PM

All those episodes have great reasons for showing them first, but I feel obligated to be true to the flowing nature of the story. I would show it from the beginning, and I have.

HJERMSTED

Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:03 PM

Personally, I was hooked by 'The Train Job' but I can see how 'Out of Gas' is better in the character background department. My ballot says 'OoG' -- 'Serenity pt.1' -- 'Train Job' in that order hookability.

I hope the DVD set comes out before the holidays. I'm planning on getting a great many people hooked on Firefly by giving them the full DVD set as a gift.

mattro

MSCKAREN

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:56 AM

I've used "Our Mrs. Reynolds" twice with guys and snagged them into the club right away. For women, I would probably use "Out of Gas" because it showcases Mal at his most heroic or "Serenity" because I think women are more patient with a developing story - they'd want to know how it all turned out for these people...huh!...and don't we all?!

"Appears they've canceled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."

CHRISTHECYNIC

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:08 AM

Depends on what your up for. If you want your friend to be an instant militant bring-it-back-or-I-kill-you person, start with Heart of Gold. If you want your friend to get the full effect you have to go with Serenity, or Out of Gas. I Say Serenity, but between the two they introduce everyone.

To get hooked all the need is to meet the people, because that’s what the show has, people. If you could do aliens, or vampires, or angels, demons, goldfish, or whatever like these people are done it would be an instant hit IF it was properly promoted. I will stand by that until the population’s average IQ drops below 30.

Be nice, give them the right order.

DBERNAT

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:56 AM

Our Mrs. Reynolds, no doubts. It is not the best intro to the show, meaning that it doesn't take a lot of time establishing background and such, but it is instantly enjoyable, hilarious as all hell, and the episode that I feel stands best on its own.

Note, this is just to hook someone who's uninitiated. You'll definitely need to have Serenity on hand to show them immediately after OMR is over.

rock on
dave

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