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"That's why I never kiss them on the mouth" is my favourite line from Firefly. Everything about it is perfect - comedic timing, delivery, Adam Baldwin's body language. I think here i laughed the hardest.
The back and forth sparring in the Mal/Inara not-quite-relationship is touched on here and there throughout the series, and Morena Baccarin consistently NAILS it. Her ability to believably emote nuanced and complex feelings and mental states without words is wonderful. That bit at the end, where she weighs the cost of correcting Mal's misinterpretation or just letting it stand...? Priceless. Likewise, Christina Hendricks as Saffron is spot on, and seeing her work her way through the crew one at a time is a treat.
You had me at Christina Hendricks. Great actress. Every time I see her now I not only think of her character Joan from 'Mad Men', one of the all time greatest television series. But I also think about you saying your catch phrase 'redder is better.'❤❤❤
Honestly, if this show had continued, her reappearing on this could have been what made her famous. That said, she likely never would have been a regular on the show, so for her, it was probably for the best.
"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theatre." As a former Theatre Major, this was far and away my favorite quote from Firefly. ❤
Interesting that everyone acts like this woman has no agency of her own. If anything sexual happened between her and Captain Reynolds, it would automatically be all his fault.
I was asked by a twenty-something the other day what "moonlighting" meant, and I had to explain that there was once a time that working two jobs was so unusual there was an actual word for it.
There is another subtle reference to Firefly in a different Castle episode. There is an episode where Castle surprises the detectives by speaking pretty decent Chinese with a witness. When they look at him wanting an explanation, he explains that he learned it from a “show he really liked” or something along those lines. Always makes me laugh.
@@MrHws5mpYes. There were several subtle ones. A spa named Serenity, I was aiming for his head, one episode centered around a Comic-Con type convention and Beckett was a fan of an old sci-fi show.
IIRC, Beckett and Castle were chasing someone and ran into some Chinese kitchen staff. Castle tells them in Chinese, "My partner is crazy and might start firing at any time." So the staff point to the way they came. Beckett looks at him for the explanation and he says that he learned it from a show he really liked.
While I *have* seen this Episode 20 years ago and remember "the hot redheat with the ample chest" well enough, I really came to know (and re-appreciate) her while watching "Good Girls" with my wife. 😅🥵
The look on Inara's face as Mal leaves after saying "I knew you let her kiss you" is very much "I'm in love with an idiot". And as for favorite episode, I always say that my favorite episode of Firefly is whichever one I happen to be watching.
Yeah. I like to think Mal knows the truth but is either afraid or after his experience with Saffron is not ready to "complicate" his life with Inara. I like to think Mal is being noble in a way by letting Inara off the hook while simultaneously being a bastard by making her look foolish. The ending of the episode is open to a lot of interpretations.
Yeah. Band of Brothers episode 4. The woman are being shorn and exiled for collaborating, while the men are being summarily executed. People still fall all over themselves excusing the woman.
Totally agreed. She was more upset at Mal for hitting Saffron, and at Jayne for wanting to trade for Saffron, than she was upset at Saffron for attempting to kill the entire crew. Definitely no feminism card showing here. In this case, she almost seems to be a manhater. The fact that she gave Jayne quite a nasty take (most nasty I've ever seen actually, despite having seen several women's reactions to this episode) is interesting to me. Yet she has no positive thing to really say about him after he saves the day with a nearly impossible shot with Vera just minutes later. The days of me watching her reactions are definitely coming to a middle :P.
There's also a Firefly/Serenity reference in Slither, the 2005 sci-fi/horror/comedy starring Nathan Fillion, written and directed by James Gunn. Both movies have scenes involving hand grenades left behind that they wish they had brought with them.
I knew you let her kiss you. I love watching as you as sympathizing with the "poor girl" as we near 7:20... because we know what's coming. Then you naively think Mal will "come back to that other kiss." I do enjoy this episode, and your reactions.
Christina Hendricks was Christina Hendricks to Firefly fans long before she was anything to the rest of the world. This is high in everyone’s top episodes.
@@Trouble10Yep, she'd definitely be the power behind the throne in that relationship. Thing is, I don't think Jayne would care this was the case as long as he got his cut. And as long as Saffron thought he was more an asset than a liability.
This is my favorite episode by far. A great plot, great guest casting, and so many great one liners. Even more so, I love when I see people's reaction. Its always fun to watch people fall for her act. And you did not disappoint. Your really fell hook line and sinker. This is the first thing I saw Christina in and still my favorite. She was too perfect here. Also, you love the red-headed black widow trope?.... aspirations? You're gonna need to be able to recognize game if you want to rise to her level. lol.
I was looking forward to you watching Our Mrs. Reynolds, this is one of the very best episodes and most likely the funniest in an already funny show. This also starts the gold run of Firefly, strrting with this episode there is not a single sub par episode and they're all different in style which is so amazing.
Every single episode I'm like *THIS* episode is my favourite! and then the next one I'm like, no *THIS* one is my favourite!!! This episode has sooo many of my favourite lines as well. I always swear on my pretty floral bonnet! lol
The show would work just fine without him. To me he's always been an underused and a bit superfluous character that gets way less to do than pretty much everybody else. If you had to pick one, the show would work without almost any character, provided that you tweak the scripts. But Book is by far the most expendable one. You can take him out no problem, he mostly doesn't get more to do than offer a nice one-liner or an intriguing point in a conversation. No doubt they took their time teasing his mysterious backstory and were planning to do more with him - they just didn't get around to it.
@@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved Apparently the actor didn't like science fiction. He thought the show was a western or something and was locked into a contract he didn't like but needed the payday. That was why he was killed essentially off screen in the movie.
This episode has lots of good quotes- pretty floral bonnets, special Hells, people juggling geese, and "that sex we were planning to have, EVER AGAIN...", there's a lot of good writing. Funny, and yet a serious, if brief, threat. On a lot of people's short list of "Bests." And this, bear in mind, was early in the run. Things keep getting even better from here forward.
When Firefly originally aired, we never saw the pilot episode, Serenity, till the show was already canceled. The Train Job was episode 1 as they aired. Our Mrs Reynolds is often cited as the episode where fans really took to the series. I was one of them. Until this one, it was really hard to know who these characters were but this one was a home run by all accounts. Almost every episode from here on out is usually somebody's favorite and they're all good ones.
A lot of great quotable lines from this episode. Isn't that ... _SPECIAL ?_ Knocking 'Saffron' out was a smart idea. She is very dangerous and cunning. When Mal asked her her real name, you could see the wheels turning in her head on how to turn this moment into an advantage. Mal couldn't tie her up because that could be leaving her to die, nor could he take her to the authorities because it brings attention to him and his crew. Morena Baccarin gives us great visual comedy at the end with her expressionless face and blinking eyes. Mal smugly walks off thinking he scored a victory, as Inara is now silently unwilling to confess the truth.
Sure, "he had to", Mal and his crew have never extracted themselves from a hostile situation while people have even held guns on them without killing or clocking someone. Oh, wait, they've done it a few times, enough to show they're pretty good at doing it pretty safely. This wasn't necessary, it was just someone, probably Joss Whedon, choosing to make an "edgy point" that "sometimes violence against women is necessary, doesn't make you a bad person" and lo, turns out irl he's someone who likes to bully people more vulnerable than him. It's like the signs were right there on screen.
@@Ylyrra You sound oddly annoyed here. I never said "he had to". I said it was smart for the moment. Mal didn't want to kill her. Too bad he didn't have a dead horse to fall on her like he did with Patience.
I was sooo looking forward to this one! Edit: You need to watch the bloopers for the series, they are gold. And I'm looking forward to you getting to the movie.
Though it is hard to pick favorites in this series; Christina Hendricks guest role is my favorite; edging out the character Niska. This is probably my favorite episode, along with Out of Gas.
I gotta give it to Tracey, though possibly partially due to Jonathan M. Woodward's great work in both Buffy and Angel. Yo-Saf-Brig is a close second, because she's fairly hilarious and...uhhh....other reasons....I'll be in my bunk.
For a half second the 1st time I watched Mal hit her and knock her out I thought men shouldn't hit ladies. Then I understud, she literally tried to kill him and his entire crew and take Serenity. I personally think the female card got revoked in that instance.
Christina Hendricks actually had a very brief appearance in another Whedon show, Angel, before this episode. It was one of her very first roles ever and then they brought her "back" for this.
Lover's quarrel when you're not actually lovers.... I think the trope that best applies to this UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension). And when it is protracted, you get *LUST* ( _LONG_ Unresolved Sexual Tension). 😁😁
Oh, I was waiting for you to get to this one. So fun, so sexy. I do have to admit, I never watched Mad Men. ‘A Special Hell’ has been an internet meme for 20+ years. Inara does have a little secret, and because the show was cancelled so quickly it was never revealed, but the showrunners have admitted it in later years. I’m debating if I should bring it up.
I can remember sitting in my apartment at college circa 2004, watching my way through this series on DVD. And, while I was already in love with this show from the first few episodes, THIS was the episode that made it my all-time favorite series. The writing is impeccable, never hinting at the big twist like other shows might (at least on first viewing; there's subtle hints on rewatches, but even then you have to be looking for it). And when it happened...my jaw hit the floor and I was hooked. Plus, all the humor that gets thrown in, from the one-liners to the physical comedy....God, I love this episode! I truly wish I could go back in time to watch it all over again for the first time. But, getting to enjoy the ride with you, Jacqui, is a very enjoyable alternative. Look forward to the rest of these wonderful reactions to come.
There's an episode of Star Trek Enterprise where the Vulcan T'pol tells Malcolm Reed that "Mol-kom" Is the Vulcan word for "serenity". This episode aired months before firefly debuted. Shiny!
WOW! We had two redheads in close proximity without spontaneous combustion. I feel we survived a close one. Strawberries, why do redheads make me think of strawberries. HMM? Oh, well!
I've seen a few female reactors object to the way Wash rejected Saffron's advances. You have to remember that at this point he thinks that she is innocent and inexperienced so he doesn't want to hurt her feelings by making her feel unattractive. Later when she says she's been to forward he slips up and answers with an honest yes, so he promptly adds "but I like that in a woman' to once again spare her feelings.
Wash literally rejects her roundly which is why she suddenly knocks him out. The levels of media illiteracy on display when someone thinks Wash is somehow wrong in anything he does in this interaction is insane. Honestly given his position and how she portrays it it's insane to blame Mal too.
All I can say is that it would take too long to say everything I love about this episode. And that I love Mal's comment about the pretty floral bonnet.
@faureamour Yeah, 1.15 "The Prodigal". She's basically telling Darla that Liam makes a woman a lot of promises but forgets them all once the sun comes up. Boreanaz is dancing in the foreground just beforehand.
@@movienightwithjacqui Have you seen the one that David Tennant and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who co-stars) did on stage? Pretty sure there's a video of it on UA-cam.
One of my favourite quotes from this series will always be "The days of me not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." I've yet to find a place to use it in real life.
A very special place reserved for those who talk at the theater. one could argue that this line has special meaning when watching this as a reactor... implications...
Shiny! I just get to the end of a playlist and one of my favourite shows by one of my favourite Reactors pops up. No power in the 'Verse can stop Jacqui. 🥃☮❤ Once again...Browncoats Unite! ✊
The relationship between Mal & Inara is very "Beatrice & Benedick" from Much Ado About Nothing. I was a Theatre student, so picking up on Shakespearean references are rather elementary for me. And, ironically, Joss Whedon did a film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. I highly recommend Kenneth Branaugh's film adaptation of this play as well.
You all realize that Joss Whedon did a film version of that play, right? It was shot black-and-white, and set in, I want to say, modern southern California.
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To get shepherds background you need to get the graphic novel called a shepherds tale
Did you watch Serenity yet?
The Expanse is awesome.
Episodes 1 - 12 ? Not Serenity ?
This video only goes to prove that you cannot trust redheads... I know I was married to two of them and I'm currently with another😂😂😂😂😂
“The days of me not taking you seriously have definitely come to a middle”. 😂
Best line of the series!
Always loved this line.
The snarkiest line of the snarkiest episode of a snarky series..
I actually use this one sometimes
I can't count the number of times I've used this line (or some variation of it)!
"That's why I never kiss them on the mouth" is my favourite line from Firefly. Everything about it is perfect - comedic timing, delivery, Adam Baldwin's body language. I think here i laughed the hardest.
For me it’s the fact that the crew and the audience have the same “what the hell” moment together.
tbf he's not wrong.
"I'll be in my bunk."
Not to mention the reaction of everyone else in the room when he made the comment.
@favorites2698 that's my favorite lol
There has to be a term for a lover's quarrel when you're not actually lovers.
Foreplay.
😂
@@movienightwithjacqui I was gonna say, fanfic writers call it "unresolved sexual tension"!
@@movienightwithjacqui Tell me I'm wrong. ;)
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Hi Jacqui,
I believe the phrase you're looking for may be 'Unrequited lover's quarrel'.
Thanks for the great reaction!
The back and forth sparring in the Mal/Inara not-quite-relationship is touched on here and there throughout the series, and Morena Baccarin consistently NAILS it. Her ability to believably emote nuanced and complex feelings and mental states without words is wonderful. That bit at the end, where she weighs the cost of correcting Mal's misinterpretation or just letting it stand...? Priceless.
Likewise, Christina Hendricks as Saffron is spot on, and seeing her work her way through the crew one at a time is a treat.
I liked the first group of episodes but this is where the show really grabbed me and never let go
I was hooked from "...damn. *KICK*"
You had me at Christina Hendricks. Great actress. Every time I see her now I not only think of her character Joan from 'Mad Men', one of the all time greatest television series. But I also think about you saying your catch phrase 'redder is better.'❤❤❤
This is definitely one of my favorite episodes. Everything about it works.
"Tactics woman!" Is definitely working into daily use
I have all the series on dvd. And probably watched it 10 times. But watching your reactions is a fantastic time
Came for the reaction at 14:56. Was not disappointed. 5 stars, will watch again.
25:02 "The red-headed black widow - it's such a trope and I'm not upset about it"
Is there something you want to tell us?
I think we are witnessing the birth of a "Fillionaire."
Christina Hendrix is further proof that redheads are one of God’s gifts to humanity.
A term for a lover’s quarrel when you’re not yet lovers? Premature argumentation?
This was a pretty good episode. But as a film student, I think ultimately your favorite episode is going to be "Out of Gas".
the word is "SEXUAL TENSION"
Mad Men might have made Christina Hendricks famous, but she is brilliant here.
She’s as good or better in Good Girls.
@@dondumitru7093 She is indeed wonderful as YoSaphBridge
Loved her in "TIN STAR" (2017-9), too.
Honestly, if this show had continued, her reappearing on this could have been what made her famous. That said, she likely never would have been a regular on the show, so for her, it was probably for the best.
11:01 My cat is named Vera because of this show.
My father named a cat Kaylee because of this show.
Did you get the cat from a bunch of men who were trying to kill you?
My .50 cal machine gun is called VERA because of this show.
Y'all know Vera was Jayne Mansfield's real first name? Joss knew!
My cat is named Jayne! 😄
"The _special_ hell."
Going to hell with a big smile on my face.
High point of the series.
"Oh, isn't that... _special_ ..."
Ron Glass was a national treasure.
"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theatre."
As a former Theatre Major, this was far and away my favorite quote from Firefly. ❤
I always love it when actors are allowed to say the things that actors want to say.
Ron Glass popping back in to say "Special hell..." is my favorite moment of his. RIP
That and "Well my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle" from this episode is one of my favs as well.
Interesting that everyone acts like this woman has no agency of her own. If anything sexual happened between her and Captain Reynolds, it would automatically be all his fault.
As someone who enjoys theatre without audiences commenting during the show, I support such a special level of hell.
Lover's quarrel without being actual lovers is called sexual tension.
See "Moonlighting".
In fact, you might say it's could be called "Moonlighting."
Unrequited love
I was asked by a twenty-something the other day what "moonlighting" meant, and I had to explain that there was once a time that working two jobs was so unusual there was an actual word for it.
In writing circles it would be called UST - Unrequited Sexual Tension
And 'Bones'!
There is another subtle reference to Firefly in a different Castle episode. There is an episode where Castle surprises the detectives by speaking pretty decent Chinese with a witness. When they look at him wanting an explanation, he explains that he learned it from a “show he really liked” or something along those lines. Always makes me laugh.
Wasn't there another one that featured blue gloves?
@@MrHws5mpYes. There were several subtle ones. A spa named Serenity, I was aiming for his head, one episode centered around a Comic-Con type convention and Beckett was a fan of an old sci-fi show.
The comic con one was based on Star Trek, but there was a reference of firefly by Castle
IIRC, Beckett and Castle were chasing someone and ran into some Chinese kitchen staff. Castle tells them in Chinese, "My partner is crazy and might start firing at any time." So the staff point to the way they came. Beckett looks at him for the explanation and he says that he learned it from a show he really liked.
@@MrHws5mp Yes -- Castle puts on blue gloves at a crime scene and as he does, he puts up two fingers, first on one hand and then on the other
"someone tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back"
She got off lightly with a pistol whip is all I'm saying.
Yes, and if anyone is still not getting it, they don't deserve to live.
"If that hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you." The writing on this show is stellar.
Imagine being a 16 year old boy watching this on primetime tv. I've had a crush on Christina Hendricks for 22 years because of this episode.
While I *have* seen this Episode 20 years ago and remember "the hot redheat with the ample chest" well enough, I really came to know (and re-appreciate) her while watching "Good Girls" with my wife. 😅🥵
I was a married 35 year old and had the same reaction as did my wife.
@@revylokesh1783 Mad Men, Good Girls, and Bad Santa 2 only reaffirmed my feelings in the last several years.
Suddenly it's becoming more obvious why everyone said they always knew I was gay.
And then she marries Geoffrey Arendt the snozzberries guy from super troopers
"My new favorite episode", gets said so many times while watching through the series
My favorite is whichever one I happen to be watching!
This is my favorite episode, but it's only slightly above Jaynestown.
I came here to say that.
At least Jayne was a friendly drunk. He would make a scary rowdy drunk.
I bet it depends on what day you get him
@@seriomarkj and/or how well the heist went. ^^
The look on Inara's face as Mal leaves after saying "I knew you let her kiss you" is very much "I'm in love with an idiot". And as for favorite episode, I always say that my favorite episode of Firefly is whichever one I happen to be watching.
Yeah. I like to think Mal knows the truth but is either afraid or after his experience with Saffron is not ready to "complicate" his life with Inara. I like to think Mal is being noble in a way by letting Inara off the hook while simultaneously being a bastard by making her look foolish. The ending of the episode is open to a lot of interpretations.
Couldn't agree more with your entire statement!
When we play dumb it is always an easy sell.
Yeah, Mal just assuming Inara didn’t sexually assault him. What an idiot!!
People being more upset at Saffron getting pistol whipped than they are at her trying to murder the entire crew still fogs my brain to this day.
A hot female can be forgiven for committing genocide. She just has to be sassy and/or cry.
Yeah. Band of Brothers episode 4. The woman are being shorn and exiled for collaborating, while the men are being summarily executed. People still fall all over themselves excusing the woman.
He didn't pistol whip her. He gave her a good ol' punch in the head. But your point remains.
Totally agreed. She was more upset at Mal for hitting Saffron, and at Jayne for wanting to trade for Saffron, than she was upset at Saffron for attempting to kill the entire crew. Definitely no feminism card showing here. In this case, she almost seems to be a manhater. The fact that she gave Jayne quite a nasty take (most nasty I've ever seen actually, despite having seen several women's reactions to this episode) is interesting to me. Yet she has no positive thing to really say about him after he saves the day with a nearly impossible shot with Vera just minutes later. The days of me watching her reactions are definitely coming to a middle :P.
Did my comment disappear? Was it because I said the world “punch”? Seriously youtube?
"Our Mrs. Reynolds" a perfect 10. You will get 3 more perfect 10 episodes. Plus, at least a few 9-9.5 episodes.
Honestly, the worst episode in this show isn't worse than an 8.
@@cirrustate8674 So true!!😁😎👍
I want to see her reaction to Trash - Naked Mal and Saffron being a dirty girl in front of Inara.
Funny thing is that "Castle" IS a show you have to pay attention to...the space cowboy scene in not the ONLY "Firefly" reference in the show. lol
There's also a Firefly/Serenity reference in Slither, the 2005 sci-fi/horror/comedy starring Nathan Fillion, written and directed by James Gunn. Both movies have scenes involving hand grenades left behind that they wish they had brought with them.
Ooh more Firefly! Shiny. And it's the episode with Christina Hendricks!
The *first* episode with Christina Hendricks
@@Vergilius314 shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Don't tell the other redhead.
@@ktvindicareShe has already seen through at least episode 12.
"Is there a term for a lover's quarrel when you're not lovers?"
Quarrel 😂
A tiff?
The First World War…
marriage post honeymoon
🤯
Foreplay?
Ron Glass was an absolute legend.
Am I the only one who saw him in Firefly and thought “Hey, it’s Detective Harris!”?
I knew you let her kiss you.
I love watching as you as sympathizing with the "poor girl" as we near 7:20... because we know what's coming.
Then you naively think Mal will "come back to that other kiss."
I do enjoy this episode, and your reactions.
Christina Hendricks was Christina Hendricks to Firefly fans long before she was anything to the rest of the world. This is high in everyone’s top episodes.
She was so good I had no idea this was her first significant role.
Yep followed her after this.
@@MartijnVos What? You don't consider her role as random bar maid in Angel as significant?!
Honestly, Jayne and Saffron would probably have gotten along. That's a dangerous power couple.
Jayne would have been dead within 48 hours.
He's kind of cunning in a way, but he was FAR outmatched there.
Can I know her? What a dog.
She wouldn't kill him, she would make him do all her dirty work for her and make him think it was his idea.
He has the advantage of not "kissing them in the mouth" but will eventually come around.
@@Trouble10Yep, she'd definitely be the power behind the throne in that relationship. Thing is, I don't think Jayne would care this was the case as long as he got his cut. And as long as Saffron thought he was more an asset than a liability.
Our Mrs. Reynolds is the turning point of the show. The episodes before it are good, but the show really takes off during 7+
That fit's JW's rule of thumb that the first half-dozen episodes reinforce the pilot/setup with characters and relationships being reiterated
This is my favorite episode by far. A great plot, great guest casting, and so many great one liners. Even more so, I love when I see people's reaction. Its always fun to watch people fall for her act. And you did not disappoint. Your really fell hook line and sinker.
This is the first thing I saw Christina in and still my favorite. She was too perfect here.
Also, you love the red-headed black widow trope?.... aspirations? You're gonna need to be able to recognize game if you want to rise to her level. lol.
I believe Inara was thinking "I'm in love with an IDIOT!".
You are a mind reader X)
@@xzonia1 Nah. It's written all over her face.
Pretty sure she thinks that ALL THE TIME!!!
@@urdaanglospey6666 Yes, but the majority of the time she doesn't let that thought show on her face.
The funny thing is, I'm sure Mal knew who she actually kissed, and was just messing with her.
Jacqui: “Oh, that poor girl!”
Browncoats: “Is she though?!?” 😂
Wait until you get to the episode where Castle drops Chinese because of “a TV show I used to like.” Also, wait until Out of Gas. My favorite eposode
I was looking forward to you watching Our Mrs. Reynolds, this is one of the very best episodes and most likely the funniest in an already funny show. This also starts the gold run of Firefly, strrting with this episode there is not a single sub par episode and they're all different in style which is so amazing.
Every single episode I'm like *THIS* episode is my favourite! and then the next one I'm like, no *THIS* one is my favourite!!! This episode has sooo many of my favourite lines as well. I always swear on my pretty floral bonnet! lol
“Well isn’t that…. special?”
Book’s position within the crew is undeniable. The show wouldn’t work without him.
The show would work just fine without him. To me he's always been an underused and a bit superfluous character that gets way less to do than pretty much everybody else. If you had to pick one, the show would work without almost any character, provided that you tweak the scripts. But Book is by far the most expendable one. You can take him out no problem, he mostly doesn't get more to do than offer a nice one-liner or an intriguing point in a conversation.
No doubt they took their time teasing his mysterious backstory and were planning to do more with him - they just didn't get around to it.
@@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved Apparently the actor didn't like science fiction. He thought the show was a western or something and was locked into a contract he didn't like but needed the payday. That was why he was killed essentially off screen in the movie.
This episode has lots of good quotes- pretty floral bonnets, special Hells, people juggling geese, and "that sex we were planning to have, EVER AGAIN...", there's a lot of good writing. Funny, and yet a serious, if brief, threat. On a lot of people's short list of "Bests." And this, bear in mind, was early in the run. Things keep getting even better from here forward.
When Firefly originally aired, we never saw the pilot episode, Serenity, till the show was already canceled. The Train Job was episode 1 as they aired.
Our Mrs Reynolds is often cited as the episode where fans really took to the series. I was one of them. Until this one, it was really hard to know who these characters were but this one was a home run by all accounts. Almost every episode from here on out is usually somebody's favorite and they're all good ones.
Jayne's got a gun...
@@Zajuts149 and her name is Vera! 😁
A lot of great quotable lines from this episode. Isn't that ... _SPECIAL ?_
Knocking 'Saffron' out was a smart idea. She is very dangerous and cunning. When Mal asked her her real name, you could see the wheels turning in her head on how to turn this moment into an advantage. Mal couldn't tie her up because that could be leaving her to die, nor could he take her to the authorities because it brings attention to him and his crew.
Morena Baccarin gives us great visual comedy at the end with her expressionless face and blinking eyes. Mal smugly walks off thinking he scored a victory, as Inara is now silently unwilling to confess the truth.
Sure, "he had to", Mal and his crew have never extracted themselves from a hostile situation while people have even held guns on them without killing or clocking someone. Oh, wait, they've done it a few times, enough to show they're pretty good at doing it pretty safely. This wasn't necessary, it was just someone, probably Joss Whedon, choosing to make an "edgy point" that "sometimes violence against women is necessary, doesn't make you a bad person" and lo, turns out irl he's someone who likes to bully people more vulnerable than him. It's like the signs were right there on screen.
@@Ylyrra You sound oddly annoyed here. I never said "he had to". I said it was smart for the moment. Mal didn't want to kill her. Too bad he didn't have a dead horse to fall on her like he did with Patience.
"Have some empathy" Wait, your gonna eat those words.
I was sooo looking forward to this one!
Edit: You need to watch the bloopers for the series, they are gold. And I'm looking forward to you getting to the movie.
I was really looking forward to this one too, and Jacqui has officially won me over with her reaction to this episode. She's a great reactor. :)
I am both looking forward to her reaction to the movie and...not looking forward to it. If you know, you know.
Legend has it that Inara is still rooted to the spot waiting for that kiss she expected.
Though it is hard to pick favorites in this series; Christina Hendricks guest role is my favorite; edging out the character Niska.
This is probably my favorite episode, along with Out of Gas.
I gotta give it to Tracey, though possibly partially due to Jonathan M. Woodward's great work in both Buffy and Angel. Yo-Saf-Brig is a close second, because she's fairly hilarious and...uhhh....other reasons....I'll be in my bunk.
@@JamesMalone-td2ky my favorite is Badger… Come on, Mark is awesome in this show (well, every show, but you know what I mean 😊)
You left out on of the best quote: "But she was naked and all... articulate."
This is my favorite episode for reactions. I love the surpise that comes at the goodnight kiss, and realize that "Safron" isn't what she seems to be.
For a half second the 1st time I watched Mal hit her and knock her out I thought men shouldn't hit ladies. Then I understud, she literally tried to kill him and his entire crew and take Serenity. I personally think the female card got revoked in that instance.
Mal's a war veteran; he has now sense than to think there's any such thing as a female card in the first place. You shoot whoever's coming at you.
She had killed a lot of people. They guy on the net made it clear that she "always comes through." She's been doing this for a while.
Christina Hendricks was a revelation on this episode. I was instantly smitten.
Christina Hendricks actually had a very brief appearance in another Whedon show, Angel, before this episode. It was one of her very first roles ever and then they brought her "back" for this.
Her face expression after Mal walks out of her shuttle is my fave part of this entire episode.
Yes, its called jealous. Saffron was going to kill ALL of them. I'd say one right cross was fair enough.
Jayne as Vivian. XD XD
Also: From Captain Sassy Pants, to Captain Tight Pants, to Captain Tent Pants. But can you really blame him?
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Lover's quarrel when you're not actually lovers.... I think the trope that best applies to this UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension). And when it is protracted, you get *LUST* ( _LONG_ Unresolved Sexual Tension). 😁😁
Your face was the exact same as Inara's when Mal thought he figured out the she had kissed Saffron XD
Oh, I was waiting for you to get to this one. So fun, so sexy. I do have to admit, I never watched Mad Men. ‘A Special Hell’ has been an internet meme for 20+ years.
Inara does have a little secret, and because the show was cancelled so quickly it was never revealed, but the showrunners have admitted it in later years. I’m debating if I should bring it up.
I'd say to wait until she posts the last episode.
You already brought it up. Didn’t reveal it, but brought it up you have.
When I finally got myself a rifle, I named it Vera. I even put three "Firefly"-themed patches on the bag I carry it to the range in.
I knew this one would be your favorite. 😊
This ,7 ,and 8 are favs, they're pure gold
no no, Heart of Gold is ep 13... XD
Ariel, War Stories, Heart of Gold, and Shindig are probably my favorite episodes pretty much in that order. But the entire season is amazing.
I love the run from 6-10.
They are also my favorites.
I can remember sitting in my apartment at college circa 2004, watching my way through this series on DVD. And, while I was already in love with this show from the first few episodes, THIS was the episode that made it my all-time favorite series.
The writing is impeccable, never hinting at the big twist like other shows might (at least on first viewing; there's subtle hints on rewatches, but even then you have to be looking for it). And when it happened...my jaw hit the floor and I was hooked. Plus, all the humor that gets thrown in, from the one-liners to the physical comedy....God, I love this episode!
I truly wish I could go back in time to watch it all over again for the first time. But, getting to enjoy the ride with you, Jacqui, is a very enjoyable alternative. Look forward to the rest of these wonderful reactions to come.
There's an episode of Star Trek Enterprise where the Vulcan T'pol tells Malcolm Reed that "Mol-kom" Is the Vulcan word for "serenity". This episode aired months before firefly debuted. Shiny!
My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle is one of my favorite quotes in the entire series. So sad it got cut!
WOW! We had two redheads in close proximity without spontaneous combustion. I feel we survived a close one. Strawberries, why do redheads make me think of strawberries.
HMM? Oh, well!
The Pretty Woman cut was ...
Chef's kiss.
I've seen a few female reactors object to the way Wash rejected Saffron's advances. You have to remember that at this point he thinks that she is innocent and inexperienced so he doesn't want to hurt her feelings by making her feel unattractive. Later when she says she's been to forward he slips up and answers with an honest yes, so he promptly adds "but I like that in a woman' to once again spare her feelings.
Wash literally rejects her roundly which is why she suddenly knocks him out. The levels of media illiteracy on display when someone thinks Wash is somehow wrong in anything he does in this interaction is insane. Honestly given his position and how she portrays it it's insane to blame Mal too.
I think Inara's last look was really, "Mal is the most gullible fool in the verse, after me. Boy, that was a close one."
This series is so great in so many ways. It's a crime it ended so soon.
The word you're looking for is "tiff", as in a lover's tiff, which is a slight argument between close friends or people who love each other.
That ending will never fail to crack me up. So perfectly written. So perfectly played.
All I can say is that it would take too long to say everything I love about this episode. And that I love Mal's comment about the pretty floral bonnet.
If you really like Nathan Fillion he stars in The Rookie as a middle-aged rookie cop and some of the Firefly have guest-starred in it.
I first saw Christina Hendricks nearly 2 years earlier. She was in one scene of Angel, as a "barwench," in a flashback talking to Darla about Liam.
Whoa! I'm gonna have to go back and look for that cameo.
@@faureamour Season 1, episode 15 "The Prodigal". Though that wasn't her first acting credit. She has 4 credits before that.
@faureamour Yeah, 1.15 "The Prodigal". She's basically telling Darla that Liam makes a woman a lot of promises but forgets them all once the sun comes up. Boreanaz is dancing in the foreground just beforehand.
'Redder is better!'
To paraphrase a patron of an Alliance-friendly bar on Unification Day:
"Your hair is a bit of a reddish color..."
Wow, two redheads and I get to watch both at the same time.
There are more Firefly references in Castle. After you have finished this, you will spot them.
10:23 the term you're looking for is "foreplay"
@MovieNightwithJacqui
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My friends and I have always called it "Much Ado About Nothing" because we loved the Kenneth Branagh 1993 version.
Oooh I love that!
@@movienightwithjacqui Have you seen the one that David Tennant and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who co-stars) did on stage? Pretty sure there's a video of it on UA-cam.
"Cry no more, ladies, cry no more..."
Ahhh, that was great! Emma Thompson is an excellent deadpan snarker, and doing it in iambic pentameter just makes it more impressive!
And don't forget the Joss Whedon inter-Avengers version! It's still called 'Much Ado About Nothing', in case you're wondering.
Such a great episode. So many good lines.
This one with War Stories and The Message are my all time favorites
YAY... a new Firefly episode with Ms. Jacqui
One of my favourite quotes from this series will always be "The days of me not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
I've yet to find a place to use it in real life.
Firefly is one of those shows where at the end of every episode you say to yourself that was my new favorite episode.
Who is that smokin' redhead? Oh and look, Christina Hendricks is in this episode!
Ms. Hendricks is a fine actress and certainly a Looker, but she's no Jacqui. 😻
@@anovaguy Smooth… 😉
Such a good episode and such a great reaction. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favourite episodes. I'm really sure YOU'RE gonna like it too...however, Sapphron is proof that Redder is not ALWAYS better. LOL
7:25 "If someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill them right back!"
Hands down one of my favorite episodes of the show...the ending of this one was so perfect the first time I watched it...
I've been waiting for this one. It's probably one of the best written episodes of broadcast television ever produced.
Loved the Pretty Woman insert. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
A very special place reserved for those who talk at the theater.
one could argue that this line has special meaning when watching this as a reactor... implications...
Shiny! I just get to the end of a playlist and one of my favourite shows by one of my favourite Reactors pops up. No power in the 'Verse can stop Jacqui. 🥃☮❤
Once again...Browncoats Unite! ✊
@@SilentBob731 Ain’t We Just… ♥️
The relationship between Mal & Inara is very "Beatrice & Benedick" from Much Ado About Nothing. I was a Theatre student, so picking up on Shakespearean references are rather elementary for me. And, ironically, Joss Whedon did a film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. I highly recommend Kenneth Branaugh's film adaptation of this play as well.
*Benedick
@@Ernwaldo Yep... caught that a bit too late myself 😁
@@timothywilliams2252 I hear ya. Autocorrect is often my bane. And typing on my phone with large, arthritic fingers.
Cheers!
@@Ernwaldo At any rate, from one Shakespeare nerd to another... most well met! 😄
You all realize that Joss Whedon did a film version of that play, right? It was shot black-and-white, and set in, I want to say, modern southern California.