Firefly Episode 6 Reaction | Our Mrs. Reynolds | Plowing the Fields
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- Author Anna Alexander watches and reacts to episode six of the series Firefly.
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"i swear by my pretty floral bonnet", "if someone tries to kill you, you kill 'em right back", "Well, my time of not taking you seriously is coming to a middle" and others, this show is a trove of beautiful quotes hahaha
This is why I dont kiss them on the mouth.
@@Sillydogification They've got lips down there too, honey ♥
@@dallesamllhals9161 Some women have NO lips. Just slits....
@@JasonMistretta-wf5ip 😲 You need to meet more woman...
Inara's expression at the very end ("Seriously? This guy is THAT dense?") is absolutely priceless.
It is that and also that she is faced with the dilemma of letting Mal continue to think she kissed Saffron or admitting she kissed him. Damned if she does and damned if she does not.
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She's looking up into his eyes... she moved in close... she admitted she didn't trip and fall... her chin jutted out and just waiting for that kiss. And Mal just missed ALL the signs. It's funny how Inara just stayed there in that exact pose, waiting for the kiss that never happened.
I've always felt that Mal knew but likes to play with Inara, plus he can't let it get serious with her, he can't let her become more important than his freedom
@@craigwheller Exactly. Amazing how many people miss that, because it's apparently more fun to see the man as stupid and gullible-- when he's shown over and over throughout the series that he is not.
"That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth..."
Your reaction to that line was about the same as mine, exceot my mouth was full and I literally did a spit take. Love this episode! Plenty more greatness to come...
Practical Jayne
don't know how you feel about that? she tried to kill him and his entire crew. she got off very easy.
Extremely easy. Anyone attached to the Alliance (that wouldn't have killed her outright) would've turned her in for money or on general principle.
She tried to get him killed. He didn't even try to get her killed right back.
A very 'special' episode of Firefly. 😏
My introduction to the beautiful Christina Hendricks 😍 a few years before Mad Men. Her interactions with the crew are so good, especially her trying to play Inara and luring Mal into the kiss by being all... articulate...
Special!
Oh, yeah. Articulate. 🤣😂🤣
Every time I see this episode, I just LOVE the look on Inara's face at the end.
This episode has a couple of priceless wordless acting moments; the one you mention, and when Mal turns away from Saffron's foot washing offer
Yay! I've been waiting for this one!
Great episode. Going back to leaving the doctor in prior episode - Mal justified it at the time as needed a doctor for Shepard. They needed medical attention quickly - going out and looking for the doctor is risky because there is no telling how long it would take to find and recover the doctor. So yes Mal did the right thing to leave the Doctor and River behind, even if at the time it must have left them heartbroken.
This exactly. Not only did Book need immediate attention, who's to say that Serenity had the proper facilities even with the Doctor. They just simply could not afford spending an unknown amount of time searching for Simon.
@@dunringill1747 that's Mal in leadership. you've lost 2, with no idea how to get 'em back. You've got a third that you might lose, but understand how to TRY to save him. And the first two, they maybe aren't in immediate danger- the Hill Folk aren't Reavers or cannibals-- you can come back for them later. Resolve the most urgent crisis first...Mal is good at intuitively making tactical decisions, solving a problem NOW, so he can deal with the next one coming. Remember all the way back to the Pilot-- Patience and her horse, The Fed and River...
Maybe. But he went into space without knowing where to go. Inara had to push him to go to the Alliance base. 🤷♀️
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor Sort of, there's a mention earlier in the episode that there was an alliance ship in the vicinity
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor Yes, but they had more options once airborne like the cruiser Magellan or the colony 10 hours away. ... There is a deleted scene from the first episode : ua-cam.com/video/5FFO-QaBjoc/v-deo.html -- Mal does the right thing. I wish this scene had been included, instead of the Kaylee's dead joke.
I like how Wash was more excited by the home-cooked meal than he is at any of her seduction
Considering her skills and wiles, I expect she had seasoned her cider and bao with essentially truth serums to ply secrets in later talks.
He did note how he never talked about his past on Shadow, his mom, and the ranch with anyone else on the crew.
Looking back from the big reveal, you understand how every moment was engineered to access and sabotage the ship and find the most valuable options.
18:26 I see that you don’t yearn for *true* gender equality.
Mal, was a Sargent in the war, a person who assess and trains, and act as a shepard, watching over his small flock. That role seeped into him and he accepted that role willingly and it is now a permanent part of his character, or more likely, always was. Should not be a spoiler, the Alliance is the last superpowers on earth that was, the USA and China formed the Alliance, how it is structured, we don't know.
Officially, it’s just a federation of planets, some voluntarily and some…encouraged. Of course, officially America is a constitutional republic, which has outlawed noble titles and hereditary nobility. That said, America has had noble families since at least the Gilded Age, and so likely does the Alliance.
I think we can all get on board with Daddy Mal🤤
Or Mistress Anna . . .
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For me, 6, 7, and 8 are the best episodes, although I have to say I'm partial to 8 overall. Kudos to Christina Hendricks for her wonderful portrayal of Mal's wife.
Inevitable is a reference to Wash's line when he is introduced in the pilot. While playing with his dinosaurs he says, "Curse your sudden and inevitable betrayal."
sudden *but* inevitable*
Christina Hendricks is an awesome actress. I love this episode, but they kept getting better. Between episode 6-11, I am unable to figure out which is my favorite.
Jayne's comment (That's why I never kiss them on the mouth) is a typical Jayne comment. Not everyone like Jayne, but I do.
as i am fond of commenting, Wash is the only man on Serenity who understands women at all. The rest are CLUELESS...
Wash understands them better than the others, but I wouldn't say at all. 🤣
Thanks again for another great reaction. And thanks for adding some much-needed joy to my life. ;)
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Well, now I want a new episode with your “Daddy Mail” in your equipped basement. 😳
I do too!!! He grew up on a ranch. He should be good with a rope, right???
You're observant, clever, funny, and fun. I found the channel a few days ago and have watched several hours of videos already. Hard to believe that your subscriber count says K instead of M. Keep up the good work.
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River says a lot of metaphorical things.
The ship has a day and night cycle, with the lights in the hallways and such raising and lowering to help the crews body stay in a natural rhythm.
This is a favorite episode of mine. However, my favorite reaction line here... "who are these goobers?"! LOL
Sadly, we never do learn Shepherd Book's backstory. In the epilogue film 'Serenity', Mal even asks him, "Someday you have to tell me how you know so much about that world." Book replies, "No. I don't." Gee thanks Fox, you !@#%&)%s.
We also never learn how the Alliance works, either, but frankly that's far less interesting.
For me this is episode 1 of the best 5 episode stretch ever. Best 5 stand a lone episodes without an overarching plot to be exact. E6-E10 are just brilliant. Every episode in its own way. So buckle up, all the next ones will be a joy to watch.
I've always just kinda assumed The Alliance was a technocratic fascist dictatorship. It was originally an alliance of the U.S. and China on "Earth that was," so I'm just guessing that's what we devolved into. 🤷
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That’s not in the Bible.
But this is:
“I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”
I have taken off my robe-
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet-
must I soil them again?
My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
I opened for my beloved,
but my beloved had left; he was gone.”
- Song of Songs 5:2-6
I don't know if the extended canon discusses what specific kind of government runs the 'verse. We definitely see classes even on the core worlds. The frontier is definitely a little more wide open as far as government control (or lack thereof). We catch a few tidbits - Simon was in a "Blackout Zone" which seems to be enough to get you in trouble with the authorities, and just entering a police station seems to be enough for a black mark on your "permanent profile". There is mention of a "Parliament" later, but that's all it is - just a mention. I would imagine it is some kind of autocracy, with not many freedoms (like freedom of the press). In any event, it is not a regime I would like to live under.
I like your explanation of a Good Man as opposed to a "Nice Guy" especially since a "Nice Guy" can be a simp to a guy who thinks he just needs to feed enough "Nice" tokens into the machine and then he's owed........
You don't know how you feel about it? (Punching Saffron)
Saffron tried to kill him and his crew. I don't think a punch is out of line.
judging by the series, the Alliance is an alliance of advanced planets, aggressively imposing its influence on its weaker neighbors, hiding behind the mask of democracy and good intentions.And our mysterious priest must have been his high-ranking official, one of those who remain in the shadows.
Yeah, I see it as an autocratic, authoritarian government hiding behind positive sounding rhetoric, but with severe consequences for anyone that doesn't tow the party line.
The graphic novel _A Shepard's Tale_ will provide some answers about Book's past that we would otherwise have learned in later seasons. As for the Alliance we are never given any actual description of its structure. It's referred to as "democratic" (there is mention of a Parliament in a later episode) and one is given the idea that there is representation which is likely population based such that it favors the core worlds. You get the idea that smaller worlds or moons are basically run by individual Governors with the approval or sanction of the Alliance. These rulers tend to be spoiled, rich, potentates who run the local big industry and lord over the "peasants." For an example look for Magistrate Higgins in the upcoming episode _Jaynestown._ Also look for these types on a more populated world like Persephone at a party Inara attends in the upcoming episode _Shindig._ The basis of the civil war was the outer worlds and moons rebelling against being brought under the Alliance's authority. Whether these local Governors and their mistreatment of the local populations of the outer worlds helped to instigate the rebellion or these men are installed as a result of the rebellion we do not know. But, slight spoiler, we were to find out in later seasons that the Blue Sun Corporation basically runs the Alliance and everything else. So, it is the typical fig leaf of democracy behind which oligarchs are pulling all of the strings.
The government structure where the big planets lord it over the small planets is called a federacy, as opposed to a federation where everybody’s equal regardless of size or importance. If the central government lacks the power to overrule the member governments, we add a con- in front of the fed, like the American Confederation (1781-87) versus the Confederacy (1861-65). The Union of Allied Planets is therefore functionally a federacy.
22:10 I think it's best to view this as intended, that being utilitarian in nature. It's not condoning domestic violence, he's definitely not that type, but if she's willing to fight on an even footing like we've seen, she's got to expect getting hit back, and this was just a delaying blow with no real malice behind it (I think by this stage Mal probably sees this as par for course).
There is another resource for understanding the 'Verse. There are licensed tabletop roleplaying games designed by Margaret Weis Productions. It has the Chinese glossary and planet data and systems and whatever is needed for storytelling.
Good bible 😶
Why is Jayne sentimental? For the same reason that Mal is married. They were drunk and/or stoned out of their minds.
I'd rank this one as one of the better episodes, but I think that the absolute top episodes still lies ahead of you! This was my introduction to Christina Hendricks, I remember calling a friend right after watching this episode to rave about "the redhead" in Firefly. **clears his throat** Anyway, there's lots of fun in this episode and we get to know the characters even more. To me, this episode is where "Firefly" really started to take off!
"That came out of a left field." - Oh really, she set them up to get killed, a broken jaw is nothing in a way of payback.
I understand initially being a bit iffy about the optics of a big guy punching a defenseless woman (as in: she'd already been physically subdued) in the face, but she did drug and violently assault members of Serenity's crew in order to set them all up to die, and if she were a man, she'd just have been killed off, one way or the other. In the end, she gets off scot-free (aside from being cold-cocked) and able to continue her life of crime (which we must assume results in people dying) just because she's a (pretty?) girl. So if you think about it, if there's anything morally objectionable here, it's not that he hits her, but that it's all he does. But, I mean, it's a TV show and not a handbook on morality, so who cares? I'm just saying that the punch is easily justified.
@@stuffyouotterlistento1461 I was in no way stating the opposite.
Technically it is the Anglo-Sino Alliance (after the first two worlds that formed it [Londinium and Sihnon]), although it is often known as the Core Worlds Alliance or simply the Alliance. The basic political structure appears to be a unicameral parliament (on Londinium) with operating committees conducting the majority of actual government business. Parliamentary members are drawn from the member worlds, and the implication is that they have now become somewhat oligarchical and plutocratical, since many in the core worlders, happy in their safe existence, don't really take all that much notice of the government or what they are up to. And while technically any "full member of the Alliance" can be elected to parliament, it is expensive, which means most members are beholden to outside interests. As such the megacorporations (such as Blue Sun), and the various trade and guild associations that operate in the Alliance do have considerable influence on parliament's decisions, especially since since a large part of federal (as opposed to local planetary) income is from taxes on interplanetary trade (which is why smuggling is a thing). The formation of the Alliance did involve some active military suppression of possible dissident elements on the core worlds. The military operates under the authority of a special semi-independent Council that is responsible for maintaining the security of the Alliance.
They are not imperialistic per se but want to extend their federal authority and control over all the worlds of the verse "for their own good" and whether they want to or not. For some this is idealistic (and this is how Alliance propaganda uniformly presented the Unification War to it's own population and what is taught in their schools), but for others this was an opportunity to gain increased access to those resources in the outer worlds that bringing them under the control of the core worlds authority will provide. And some do view the lawless chaos of the rim (replete with smugglers, pirates, rebels and the like) as an existential threat to civilised order - you have to remember that the destruction of the Earth That Was through nuclear war was an important reminder to them of the potential problem that could happen if humanity was not united in their new refuge.
However the harsh conditions of the rim (the majority of terraforming effort when the verse was settled from Earth That Was had been spent on the core worlds) have encouraged an independent spirit and "free-thinkers" that did not take too kindly to losing their freedoms. Especially since the population imbalance meant that any influence in the alliance parliament was going to be minimal at best for the largest outer worlds (such as Persephone, Hera, and Shadow), and non-existent for many of the smaller moons. and they did not take too kindly to that idea, and formed the Independents Alliance (aka The Independents or "The Browncoats"). After five years of fighting (almost entirely in the rim) they surrendered during the Battle of Serenity Valley.
That said the Alliance didn't actually have the resources to extend effective direct control over most of the rim (apart from certain special facilities and the larger worlds), so they tend to only be seen when they butt their noses into people's business, and the smaller moons are still pretty independent, answering to "self-elected' local mayors and governors or federally-appointed magistrates. There is little federal oversight of these people which has contributed to disaffection in the rim. Additionally since the suffrage is limited to "full members of the Alliance" which is actively used to disqualify problematic candidates and limit the ability to vote, especially from the rim. And additional taxes and fees and regulation that just make an already hard life harder.
There are still problems, but the Alliance does heavily censor the wave (news broadcasts) to ensure that any problems are kept pretty quiet and the illusion that all is well and everyone is happy. Especially to the population in the core worlds who have little of no understanding of how hard-scrabble life is on the rim.
I always loved the character dynamic here.
"... you don't even know me. Zoe, why do I have a wife ?"
Taking a step back to talk about Book. I read the WEB Griffin series "The Corps" that started in pre-WWII China with military intelligence posing as missionaries expecting greater autonomy in surveiling military and government development. The missionaries were young married Protestant couples who always seemed to return with more than they brought, engaged with the black market in art, drugs, and weapons.
Allegations go back to the Boxer Rebellion. I could see Shepherd Book being at the Abbey after the war until he had cause to tour the 'Verse to chronicle the changes. He is meant to be incognito, but capable of protecting himself. The ident-card would assure cooperation of Alliance facilities, and instruct them he is deep cover following a more dangerous objective.
Book, Shepherd Book.
Ooooo.. interesting idea.
Firearm propellants contain oxidizer and don't need outside air. Vacuum does create special lubrication requirements, but in an age of routine space travel that shouldn't be a problem.
Though a firearm still might not be designed with use in vacuum as a thing.
"That's a stripper name!" 🤣😂😅
The "Aliance" is the government within the verse of planets and moons.
Shepard Book, my personal take is, an ex-operative of the Aliance that upon retirement went into the clergy for self reflection and healing due to his own PTSD caused by the memory of all he had to do in the line of duty.....much as I used the wilderness of Nature through long distance hiking and wilderness survival living to cope with my own PTSD from my military service time.
With "Book" , he retains that secret of his past throughout the series and "Serenity" movie....but I feel what I surmised about his past is accurate.
Most peoples take in Book is close but there are some nice plot twists in the graphic novel of his back story
However the Alliance government is structured, the show effectively established that its leadership is imperialistic, waging a war of conquest against the independent colonies.
Nah, I'm pretty sure she was asking how LIONS work... am I a lion? I never thought of myself as a lion.
Tossup between this and Shindig as my favorite episode of the series.
Whedon once said that this was his own favorite of any episode he'd written (of any series).
Definitely one of the best episodes, along with "Shindig" and "Trash"... whoa, good bible ;)
I presume the alliance is an oligarchy of some sort, though that was never explicitly addressed.
Enjoy your introduction to Saffron 😁
"Our Mrs. Reynolds": Where Mal is "married," kissed (twice!), and tracks down "a most unforgettable character.";)
Loved your reaction to this episode, it was the best so far. Let's talk about Book after you've watched the movie Serenity (I hope your going to watch it, please).
I will. 😁
That was the best reaction I've ever seen to this episode! I love your sense of humor.
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This is such a great episode. I love it so much.
Book had a life before he was a Shepherd.
I like to think he was high-ranking military who just walked away.
The graphic novel a shepherds tale is his backstory. There is a lot there.
This is how I imagine most Vegas weddings play out. ;)
I worked in Vegas. I concur.
Lots of great quotes in this one.
Tossup between this and Shindig as my favorite episode of the series: some very funny lines, a nice ending and maybe the best guest character.
Whedon once said that this was his own favorite of any episode he'd written (of any series).
We don't know very much (in the in-show canon) about the structure of the Alliance other than that there's a Parliament that runs things, which suggests that it's an interplanetary super-government or some kind of federal arrangement amongst the inner worlds, with technical authority over the outlying planets and moons but much less practical control.
And nice catch at 17:33. There's never any sound in the space sequences; like Stanley Kubrick in 2001, it's covered with music (though unlike Kubrick, Whedon did it in a way to make most people not notice that there's no sound).
That's funny. You start off talking about when you hear Daddy Mal you think of it as in, I have the eye hooks and the rope type of Daddy Mal, and in the first scene you ask, why is it always sexual?
It seems to me even when it's not sexual you think that it is anyway.
And now you've got me thinking about you and some eye hooks and some rope. Thanks a lot!
There's a difference between sexual and sexual assault. The go-to bad guy move against a woman is assault. I'd like to see something different.
And rope is lovely 😍
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor Very true!
Very interesting, young lady...♥
While I'm not completely sold on the hit after asking her name... but... she did earn it for nearly getting them killed and stealing from them. Also you don't exactly want her behind you when she's awake.
you skipped Mal kissing Kaylee's forehead, and one of many good verbal spars in this episode:
Wash: Don't you know kissing girls makes you sleepy.
Mal: I can't help myself.
Inara finally let's down her guard and kisses Mal... and Mal thinks she was suckered by "the missus" (sine we don't really know her name) - this is exactly the build up/let down they tease us with in the couples aboard ship... that are not already married at least.
For me it was the timing of the hit. Is it was during the fight, sure, makes sense. But she was already down. Tie her up, don't knock her out.
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor Fair... but it you tie someone up... in a bandit's hideout... especially a "beautiful woman" what happens next? Does she starve to death if no one comes, get robbed or worse since she's helpless?
I mean I'm not sold on the way it played out but as you can see... I've thought about other options.
Also you try to tie her up she'll fight, a sudden hit...
But... there should be a better way... right?
She didnt nearly get them killed. She straight up tried to murder them all.
It is SO hard to not give away any spoilers... LOL
I'm trying to watch as fast as I can!
An author I've never heard of is sitting in judgement of the writing of a beloved TV series? Ok. Why? Why am I supposed to care about your judgmental nonsense?
Be a reactor if you want, but once you put yourself out there an an "author" and then start being judgmental about things that are far more successful than you, the credibility goes way down.
I’m late to the party here but I am enjoying your reaction and insights. I love your characterization of Mal. It reminds me of the characterization of the lion Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia. When asked by a child if he is safe, the answer is, "Safe? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.”
Captain Reynolds is not a tame lion, but he is good.
12:10 what bothers me most is that Zoe never even apologized for this. I just have to tell myself she did it offscreen. Yeah she was right to be suspicious, but irrationally acting like Wash was somehow to blame is going too far.
hmmm... eye bolts and rope in the basement... my kinda lady. Now I HAVE to start reading your books.
"why is Jayne so sentimental all of a sudden?"
Alcohol
Forget divorce, he could have gotten an annulment.
And apparently the clergyman on Triumph was slow replying to messages.
This episode is why I named my AR-15 Vera.
"The Alliance" seems from the show and movie like a meritocracy that united all the planets and moons in this oversize star system. Similar to the world government in Starship Troopers. It's not centered on an individual or family.
One of the best comments by any reactor anywhere ever. "Saffron, that's a stripper name, Geez" (still laughing)
Christina Hendricks was on a level of her own 20 years ago.
The way I think of the Alliance is like the United Nations. Except in this case, every nation on earth formed the Alliance.
Now you know why so many of us love this episode so much...so fun and so clever. Makes one marvel at the thought of what Whedon and his writing team would have come up with had they been given half a chance and a few more seasons.
"Why is Jayne so sentimental all of a sudden?"
Cause he's stone drunk.
12:18 the cycle of day and night is pretty necessary to humans, go without it and you might go insane, it's healty to have a night time mode on your ship.
I'm having so much fun watching you react to one of my favorite shows
Book was most likely a rather high up Alliance Officer. I'm thinking Colonel or General, either Combat or Intelligence, could not stomach the bullying and slaughter anymore and turned to God as a way of penance. He would know Malcolm would lose it if he knew the truth so he does not tell the former Browncoat his past. You need to stop thinking of Monarchy or Oligarchy. Fascist Governments do not need either to be be reprehensible.
there is a comic book that details books past called the sheppards tale. since they never got to reveal it in the series and the movie, they did it that way. without too much spoilering: u are close but there is much more to it^^
@@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545 Yep. I figured it was something like that. In a vast all encompassing modern future alliance of planets a monarchy or ruling oligarchy is just too backwards to be feasible.
6:15 that knowing nod indicates our illustrious hostess has read a few bonnet rippers in her time.
Had a laugh, and took a breath. This was a fun reaction, thank you.
You are correct Anna, it has been a rough couple of years. It helps all of us to watch reactors such as yourself remind us of how we reacted the first time we saw these programs. We may know what is coming but the emotions of what is coming is still there.
There's a Parliament, but I don't think they mention it until the movie.
There are two types of people in the world. Those that are taken in by Saffron and those that are not (no spoilers, lol).
The Alliance as the name suggest, is an alliance of planets (the central planets) that rule over the outer planets
21:47 "it's been a rough.... years!" ain't it so!
Oh my goodness, Anna :). What a splendid reactor you are to take this ride with us, yet again, through the ONE {can you tell that still jars? :)) season of Firefly we have. Inevitably, given the torrent there is of on-line content, you do, rarely, come across a person that you would really quite like to know in the 'real world' and the greatest compliment I can give you is that you are one of those :tips hat in respect:.
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Daddy Mal distracts me too ...
it's ok
Jayne has got to be my favorite character- he is absolutely honest in his dishonesty. Adam Baldwin has said the character was highly influenced by Eli Wallach as Tuco in "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"
Jayne being "Tuco", would amount to Mal being "Blondie", making Saffron "Angel Eyes".
5:38 alcohol can have that effect on some people.
Shepherd book was a problem solver.
I swallowed the Saffron pill hook line and sinker so her plot twist took my by surprise.
Mind you my then-girlfriend (who intro'd me to this show) made a song and dance about how this episode had a new character joining the series lol
Well it’s not like she is a one off
How does a lion work? Why all the questions about lions?
'cause Jubal roars?
Its not Inara's ship.
But can Daddy Mal rig a decent Shibari harness?
If only!
You are the first female reactor who has figured Malcolm out. He was an Honorable, Loyal, Moral, Religious Man. After the war he may have lost his religion and is bitter but he is still honorable, loyal and moral (in his own way). He protected and held faith with his men in battle and does the same with the crew now. He is in love with a woman who's job is to sleep with many men. Due to his honor he cannot "Get with her". This puts him in a bad place and he takes it out on her. The cut downs are his way of telling her she needs to give up that job forever. The women reactors never seem to understand that. You have.
She also doesn't accuse Mal of _cheating_ on the "prostitute" with his wife. I've watched several of these by other women and they inevitability see his succumbing to Saffron's charms as a betrayal of Inara. But Inara is literally arguing with him that she needs more time to have more anonymous sex with other men IN THIS EPISODE. Yet for some reason some women believe Mal owes Inara some fidelity.
Funny. I didn't see any "infidelity."
At this point if the season I see Mal and Inara flirting at the edges of potential. But they both have roles to play that are at odds of their growing wants.
Saffron might have tempted him, but he did pull back. However I recognize that wasn't because of loyalty to Inara but his own moral code of taking advantage of Saffron.
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor I didn't mean this episode. I meant the situation throughout the whole series.
@@robertanderson6929 I didn't mean this episode. I meant the situation throughout the whole series.
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor Exactly. He is motivated by his own conscience. And it didn't hurt that the Shepard has a "special place in Hell" set aside for Mal if he does take advantage of this "innocent" girl. I just always find it funny that _some_ female reactors feel Mal is cheating. More than one during this episode have yelled at their computer screens, "Don't do this to Inara!" and "Remember Inara!" And I just get a chuckle over the double standard because those same women are not yelling for Inara to "Remember Mal" when she's practicing her "trade."
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Got to love Vera.
Just wanted to point out that Mal was NOT that stupid, as most think in that last scene. As smart as he is, he knew this was not the time to do anything other than address the obvious weirdness of Inara's statements. First, if they were to get together, Mal would insist that Inara give up being a companion. Hell, any man would. Second, because of that, sooner of later, Inara would come to resent it, and then him. Third, they are both too independent and hate complications. Fourth, having a relationship with each other would put both at risk ... Mal most of all, because anyone could threaten, kidnap, hurt, kill, etc. one of the 2 to try to get to either of them or make them do something to prevent it.
No, Mal dealt with it by joking about it. By dealing with the situation in this way, he left Inara wondering, and it gave them both an "out" of a situation that they would otherwise have to have a talk about somewhere down the road. I mean, listen to the way he lead into the conversation. He used logic and took us ALL to the conclusion that he was going to either get Inara to say she loved him or he was going to tell her that he loved her. We were ALL tricked, and I think it was a damn funny joke.
I think you are reading too much into it. We are that dense when it comes to women. You have to tell us what you want in plain language. We are not mind readers. Any man who understands the weird queues women throw off all the time is just not normal. Our brains run on one level and one level only. Women have as many as five or six levels going at the same time. That's why we don't understand women at all most of the time. :)
@@loganinkosovo Speak for yourself. I'm part of that "We" you are talking about too, and as a person watching it unfold, "I" can tell they both have feelings for each other ... not "hidden" feelings, but out in the open ones ... as can everyone else, so why would you think THEY don't realize it ???
I think it's YOU that is not giving either Mal or Inara enough credit, even though it's obvious that both are very intelligent people. Every person I've seen watch an episode immediately picks up on it.
I could see and maybe even agree with your theory IF 1 or the other never made "clear as day" their affections for each other, but everyone, and I mean everyone, including the crew and all of us watching the series, know immediately that they are fighting it, and they are doing it because of all of the ramifications that would bring.
There have been plenty of times that Mal will take ahold of Inara, pause and then tenderly say something in a way that broadcasts his feelings. There have been times when Inara does similar things to Mal. They both acknowledge it in strange little ways, then go off in opposite directions.
L👀K, I've thought this over for nearly 20 years ... ever since the 1st time I watched the show, all the times I've watch the DVDs and all the times I've watched reactors (now up to around 35-40 of 'em), and I always rethink this scene, and it's obvious, the way Mal starts off the conversation, he is setting her up for the punchline, just so he could see that look on her face and, as I said, to address the issue , get it out into the open and give them both an out.
@@StevesFunhouse Sure they have feelings for eachother but We are pretty dense when it comes to women. They kind of hint at retirement in the movie.
@@loganinkosovo NO spoilers please (i.e. your last line) !!!
As for your theory, I surely respect it, and agree that we CAN often be dense about women. However, those times we "are clueless" don't involve clear signs of "not just another person" type of caring and concern for the other person, so I'm gonna stick to my guns on this one.
Nice debating with you though 👍😊😎
I think the look that flashes across Inara’s face when Saffon says “Malcolm Reynolds’ wife” is extremely underappreciated. It’s just a flash, but says so damn much of her fear and anger.
One of my favorite episodes--as are all--where Inara has to come to grips with her true feelings about Mal. Keep going. It's a fun ride into Serenity.
Your reaction to this episode was PRICELESS.
Trust me, Book was not a senator or any kind of representative. There is a collection of hard cover comix that detail "The Book."