favorite episode and reasons why

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JELLO

Monday, July 5, 2004 6:38 AM

Objects in Space was awesome. Want proof? I made my sorta uptight English professor borrow my taped version of it, and he totally went apeshit over it. Then showed it in class, and made the class write an analysis of what they got from it. He then bought the DVD box set. He expressed how he loved that they incorporated the Mandarin in the dialogue to "fool" the censors. I even converted some students into Browncoats. I'm gonna take these sons of bitches with me to see Serenity opening day. And on the last day of class, he showed both parts of the pilot.

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CLOVIS

Monday, July 5, 2004 2:04 PM

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And the scene when Mal dropped the part kinda struck home for me, from those times when I battled with car repair and it's late at night and I'm tired and dirty and hungry and this last thing needs doing and suddenly it falls and lands dead center beneath the car and you don't know which to hit with the tire iron, you or the car.

That bit struck home with me too. Mal seemed so vulnerable and desperate - a total contrast to how we usually see him. Dropping that important widget exactly when you need it the most is precisely the sort of cosmic joke that that happens.

I think I agree with everything in this post, actually! OoG is one of my favourite's too, along with Ariel and Objects in Space.

MER

Tuesday, July 6, 2004 6:07 PM

Jaynestown
1. Jayne has his own town
2. Jayne's theme song
3. Talking about Earth That Was and realizing only the fully educated knows about Earth's history-very sad
4. River and Book's scenes together
5. Jayne and Mal's talk at the end

Objects In Space
1. River walking around reading everybody's mind
2. River's easedropping
3. Wash: "Psychic, though? That sounds like
something out of science fiction."
Zoe: "We live in a space ship, dear."
4. Jayne:"Wha -- are you-are you sayin' she's a witch?"
Wash: "Yes, Jayne. She's a witch. She has
had congress with the beast."
Jayne: "She's in Congress?"
Wash: "How did your brain even learn human
speech? I'm just so curious"
5. Early's and Simon's scene up until the end of the show

^__^ River and Jayne are so cute!!

PROFESSOR

Wednesday, July 7, 2004 5:24 PM

My top three are Objects in Space, Out of Gas, and Ariel, but since others have already given good explanations for OiS and OoG I'm going to have to go with Ariel.

1. Simon- the guy who can't seem to be able to talk to anyone (Jaynestown) is able to come up with a successful plan to help his sister and get the crew their best pay off to date. Not only that but the scene in the hospital where Simon is able to save the guys life really shows a lot about the character and what he sacrificed for his sister, it shows how much he really does fit in at a central planet hospital.

2. Jayne- there's always the risk of Jayne turning on crew members. He says in Serenity that it'll be an interesting day when the money is good enough, case in point. The writers do a wonderful job of staying true to the character of Jayne. Plus Jayne learning his line and then having to say it was hilarious.

3. Blue Sun- River refers to "two by two hands of blue" before this episode which basically teaches the audience to take just about everything that comes out of River's mouth seriously. It introduces the threat of the Blue Sun organization without giving too much information. The crew still doesn't understand why River attacked Jayne ('s shirt).

4. Mal- Mal's the captain, it's his ship and his crew, and he's not going to stand for double crossing. Jayne's afraid of pissing Mal off and this episode gives a good reason why.

5. A job finally goes smoothly!- Okay, well not really, but it's because of inside forces that things go wrong.

6. It's firefly- and firefly rocks.

-Professor's fiance

JUSTANOTHERMUDDER

Monday, July 12, 2004 4:20 PM

It is really really hard to pick just one!
Out of Gas was a great episode as well as this one that I can't remember the name of but it's the one where Mal and Walsh get kidnapped by Miska the Psycho little man. I really liked that ep because:
1) It was funny as hell.
2) You really get to see how protective Mal is of his crew in terms of keeping Walsh from submitting to the torture... that takes a man of extreme will. I know he proves it on many other occasions, but that one really struck me as a stand out.
3) Zoe ruining the little mans power play of making her choose. Fabulous!!

MER

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 5:59 AM

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Originally posted by JustAnotherMudder:
It is really really hard to pick just one!
Out of Gas was a great episode as well as this one that I can't remember the name of but it's the one where Mal and Walsh get kidnapped by Miska the Psycho little man. I really liked that ep because:
1) It was funny as hell.
2) You really get to see how protective Mal is of his crew in terms of keeping Walsh from submitting to the torture... that takes a man of extreme will. I know he proves it on many other occasions, but that one really struck me as a stand out.
3) Zoe ruining the little mans power play of making her choose. Fabulous!!

That would be "War Stories" ^-^;; Too bad I don't know all of Buffy/Angel episode titles too.

JUSTANOTHERMUDDER

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 1:48 PM

Thanks. I always think of the episode "The Message" as "War Stories" because of the reminiscing over the corpse and all. ;) LOL.
I just rewatched both last night as a matter of fact... and got all mad at Fox Again! Frelling Fox. *grr*

I don't know any of the Angel titles. I just started watching that show from the beginning thanks to Netflix.com. :D

"We have done the impossible. That makes us mighty."

WHISPERING

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:08 PM

Well all of the episodes are very good, so its the little things that count. My fav episode would be Objects in Space.

1. River is über cute in space suit
2. Simon protecting his sister.
3. River in the cargo room. The whole bending for the stick, holding the gun, "She understands, she doesnt comprehend" part :)
4. River saying in the Early's ship, right before Simon attacks Early that "everybody could just go on without me" part, very sad.
5. Early, the way he talks is just somehow very funny and strange.

SHINYSEVEN

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:56 PM

In OiS, Simon isn't just protecting River, he's also going to bat for Kaylee, even though he also showed he was born with a silver foot in his mouth earlier in the episode.

CHARKI127

Thursday, September 9, 2004 3:29 AM

There are too many great episodes to have a favorite. But if I must choose, I choose "Safe". This was when I stopped seeing River as being creepy and fell in love with Dr. Tam. There is just so much good stuff in here!
-the sharp contrast between the affluence of the Tam's previous existance and the distress of their current existance
-scenes of River as a normal, although brilliant, little girl. loved her "fallacious"
-Inara in that beautiful outfit
-the hurt look on Kaylee after Simon slams Serenity
-Jayne ransacking Simon's room
-Zoe's "Sanguine. Hopeful. Plus point of interest it also means bloody." to Captain Harbakan
-Jayne, Mal, and Zoe in the biggest damn heroic scene ever!!!!!
-Jayne returning items pilfered from Simon
-Mal telling Simon "You're on my crew."

Yeah, this was a good episode. My favorite scene in the series was when Mal shot that lawman without breaking stride in "Serenity". I was watching a download after the series was cancelled. That scene made me buy the DVD set.

charki127

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