When Mal "suggested" to Simon that he take his sister into town, he calls him "Doctor" and there's a sound of rustling in the nearby bushes. That was meant to suggest that the kidnapping hill-folk were listening in, while checking out the new visiting ship. That's how they knew he was a doctor.
I'm glad you posted the answer. I stopped the video right as Anna asked "How could the Hill Folk know?" to post this. Now I don't have to post it, so I left you a like.
"Daddy will come and take us home" Daddy = Mal, Home = Serenity. Simon hasn't learned it yet but River often speaks in cryptic metaphors. Between the events of "Bushwhacked" & "Safe", Simon is learning just how fortunate he is to be a member of Mal's crew. As someone else already posted, the Hill Folk were hiding in the bushes listening to Mal telling the Doctor to take his sister into town. When she disappeared from Simon at the store, River sensed the happy emotions coming from the dance party. Through observation she quickly learned the local dance steps and within minutes was innovating the dance.
My favorite line of this episode is also a meme AND a gif: "Big damn heroes!" Simon would and has given up everything to keep River safe. He knows how extraordinary she is.
FYI: Summer Glau (River) is a classically trained ballerina, she was homeschooled from grades 3 to 12 to accommodate her ballet training, she also received a scholarship to a ballet company. This episode allowed her to display her dance skills (she also dances tango and flamenco).
She also displayed her ballet skills in Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It was brilliant for them to incorporate the ability for her character. It showed the audience an added dimension to a Terminator
i love that the show - and other projects she's done - utilize that and let her have her dance along with her acting. i love when shows kind of honor and respect where an actor comes from and something that's important to them. recently i found out in schitt's creek, they did a whole episode about putting on a performance of caberet, simply because the actress that plays one of the character's always said that would be her dream role. so they wanted to give that to her. i just love when shows do this, they let the actors really shine and honor where they come from and the backgrounds they have.
in the intro you ask which 90's star you will see in this episode. 2 minutes in, " Oh my God, it's baby Zach Effron." Not exactly '90's, but pretty close. Thjs was his first job.
Remember, in the Pilot, Simon talks about some men who would help him break River out.I assumed that that was immediately before they came on the ship. It is well accepted that Mom & Dad Tam are on the social inside of the Alliance. They have considerable social status and weren't willing to risk it.
Yes. But despite their privileged position or maybe because of it the Tam's are afraid of the government. It is also a bit of background on the Alliance. Just walking into a Police station becomes a part of one's "permanent record." Why is that important? Who will use that information against him in the future? And then there is the part when the father asks if Simon is trying to ruin the family and Simon replies, "I didn't know it would be so easy." It just goes to show how tenuous even privileged and powerful members of society are in a totalitarian state.
I actually wonder if the senior Tams may have known more than was said. The program River was part of may not have been satisfied with taking random "applicants". How did the Tams get their money and prestige? Did they possibly work for the shadowy government? Any chance they were nothing more than a surrogate family? The father's lack of concern makes a lot more sense then. Simon may have been rejected by the program and they were just grooming him as a doctor to help support them once the checks stopped rolling in from the program. The father did mention the expense of bailing Simon out.
@@davidmills8726 You could very well be right about that. After all, River is a "child." The "Academy" which Simon describes as them having never heard of before, found River and convinced her parents to enroll her there. Whether they knew about the experiments or not they could easily have been told that students are "trained and prepared" for important "government service." And in a totalitarian state, "government service" is the key to financial security and more important physical security. After all, if you are not "with" the government then you are just "little people" like Mal and the rest of the crew. And I'm sure the parents rationalize their decision and their blind eyes by thinking they've helped to secure River's future with the government. That's another bit of the story we'd have enjoyed finding out if there had been future seasons.
@@davidmills8726 Those are all legitimate questions. I think I have read arguments for both sides on all of them. Another one of those things where, if Joss had had 5 years, we might have gotten answers...
Once you finish the series, go back and re-watch paying attention to the things River says and does. It isn't just "crazy" Or "random". When she said, "Daddy will come and take us home, she wasn't talking about their father.
Yeah - my take is that River often speaks intuitively using emotional metaphor anchored by her own or the experiences of others. We often lack context to give River's statements meaning which leaves a cryptic, gibberish feel. But if you can figure out the context, you can see what she was saying as well as occasional insights to character.
For those who want more Firefly, they make a Firefly board game and a Firefly role-playing game. A cool note about the board game, the art director for Firefly wanted to help with the board game somehow, so he designed the game's currency. It is absolutely beautiful.
"Daddy will come and take us home". She wasn't actually talking about their bio dad. Remember that Serenity is home to all of them. Mal is Dad who comes to take them home again. Rivers crazy, and things get jumbled in her head, but they make a certain kind of sense to her.
i am a full idiot. i have seen firefly so many times throughout these years and yet, i never put that together. i always thought it was her just not really knowing the extent of the situation with her parents. wow. this is making me all kinds of emotional.
There are a lot of them. But the one I like the most in this episode is when Simon has jumped up next to her and she says "post holer. for digging holes...for posts." which tells you exactly what Simon is thinking about in that moment.
Mal and Zoe. Again, Zoe is watching Mal's back while he is trading the cattle. And once again she is saving Mal when his plan goes South. And she doesn't necessarily agree with taking Shepard to the Alliance cruiser but she doesn't have a better idea so she backs Mal's plan. And she doesn't undermine Mal's authority with the crew but she does try to warn Kaliee not to get too hopeful and reminds her of Mal's history with plans which includes the one which got the Shepard shot and Simon and River kidnapped. Zoe, uses the word, "sanguine" to describe her feelings about going to the Alliance a word which means both _hopeful_ and _bloody._ The character of Zoe is written so well and Gina Torres plays the supporting role so demure that its almost too subtle. But that's part of the character's charm.
I liked that the cows went from episode 4 to 5. Young River talking about dinosaurs and cannibalism is a nod toward Wash and Reavers. It appears River is talking crazy It makes more sense when you rewatch the series. I like the interaction between Simon and Mal at the end. River stealing Jayne's roll (at the end) is funny.
Great reaction again. A great part that is often missed in this episode is towards the end, right before the town is about to set Simon and River on fire. River states, "Time to go." .... right before Serenity shows up.
I appreciate your reviews. Your knowledge of what makes a good story is very helpful when discussing why Firefly was such a fan favorite. I have to say you also posses quite a bit of magnetism yourself, which always brings me back to your channel.☺
Regarding Shepherd Book, I always interpreted this episode to mean he was someone important in the alliance before, who for some personal reasons had given up his previous life to become a man of faith. He seems to know more about some things than a simple shepherd normally would, like in the Train Job when he knows a lot about Nishka. It reminded me of the tales of samurai who, tired of killing and war, put away their swords, shaved off their topknots and retired to a monastery to become monks. They still have all the knowledge and training of a samurai, but have become men of peace rather than men of war.
Also, it wasn't the townsfolk who were doing the burning, it was the hillfolk who lived apart from even what constituted normal society on this remote world.
Fun fact, Summer Glau was a ballerina who injured her….foot/toe? Anyhow, she couldn’t tolerate more than a few minutes of ballet after that. Then she tried acting. In another Whedon show she is a ghost ballerina and is just so beautiful dancing. A third series where she has a brief dance scene is Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. It’s a bit haunting in that series. Her stunt/fighting choreographers were so impressed by her abilities (all that dance training still paid off) and muscle memory that they kept creating more and more complex routines for the River character and she nailed them every time.
Dancers make the best TV/Movie martial artists. They are sued to performing rigorous choreography repeatedly and getting it right each time. And being able to make those actions visible to the audience.
Revolvers sounding like lasers: To put an in-universe spin on it: Hundreds of years of technological advance could have led to development of gunpowder that burns more quietly and makes that kind of sound more than the "bang" we're used to. To respond to fellow gun-nut critics: Obviously it would only work for subsonic ammo. Not sure about self-loading arms.
"How did they find them?" It was probably really easy finding the only town up in the hills (close to their previous landing spot) that was meandering about with torches in the middle of the night ... Also that "teacher" was banging that bell loud enough to be heard in upper atmo.
Every episode of this show takes place approximately 30 days after the previous episode. So it's one month between episodes in their timeline. Maybe that will help you figure out what's happening. So episode 6 is about 5 months on the ship for the newbies like Book and Simon and River. For the others it's somewhat longer....Don't worry about it and just keep watching and you'll find out.
Hi Anna, people have mentioned already that River is talking about the Serenity's return when she says ''Daddy will come for us", and "it's time to go" - for me the interesting part is that closes the loop formed when we see the senior Mr Tam state "I won't come for you" should Simon be arrested again. The poignancy comes when Mal's offhand comment of "you're on my crew" brings home to Simon to see what 'family' really means.
So I started watching these reaction this morning and didn't know you were. But with the makeup on, you reminded me of someone, took me a while to figure out who it was but it was Shawnee Smith. Still, I think the best thing I love about your reactions or that you're not an inexperienced millennial like most of the reactions I see on UA-cam these days. Though its refreshing to see the youth experience the awesome experiences of our generation, it's refreshing when a reactor can make the leaps that I do and see people and immediately relate to other things that they've been in.
Yep. "Witch!" Definite eye-rolling moment. I wonder if those are the source of most drama. Seems like half the shows on - particularly British - TV you just want to shout, "TELL HIM/HER!" But no; the disaster must continue to unfold with the involved in ignorance.
Is that a Tree of Life necklace? Looks nice! You cut out my favorite moment of this episode "the girl is a witch", "yeah but she's our witch, so cut her the hell down!"
The episodes are about a month apart or in duration... So I would say River and Simon have been on Serenity closer to 6 months than 2 or 3.... The best lines of the episode got cut (presumably for copyright) my favorite is "Doctor your talent for alienating folks in near miraculous" - I think this line was added in post production - because the noise of Serenity hovering nearly drowns it out and its easy to miss. Also this episode starts to build River's character from her "Sad little king" moment in the last episode - to being feared as a full blown mind reading witch...
18:17 Simon shows them letters that are sent from her, they do hear from her, but only Simon noticed the irregularities that told him they were faked and not really from River. the alliance clearly went through a lot of effort to mask what's really going on.
I have a speculation of what might have come to pass if this show continued into further seasons. The way that Whedon writes I could almost see River and Jayne getting together. Joss has a habit of pairing up two of the most opposite people to get involved with each other in a romantic entanglement.
Ahhh, you skipped my favourite line, Patron: "She's a witch" "Mal "Yeah but she's our witch now cut her down." Book is... constantly knowing "more" about things like Niska than a mere Shepard should... this was the first episode where it was "obvious" Book has a past... that is more than just "preaching". Summer/River are not quite a crazy as she seems at first glance. A few time during your reaction you "struggled" for the right word. River never struggles that way but the words and phrases she uses are not always... normal. If you take the words as spoken they seem like rambling, but if you take the possible meanings... "Time to go" doesn't mean die, it means go back to Serenity... which makes Serenity home. If that's home, who takes them there? Mal. If Mal takes them home... and Mal is like a father looking out for them... Father did come to take them home. What River says and does in the moment often seems scrambled, but if you look back on it... you can untangle it.
You didn't show one of my favorite lines: Mal - "See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with; long as she does it quiet like." I love your reactions! And I completely share your frustration with superstitious morons.
Safe is my least favorite. Our Mrs. Reynolds is in my top 5, all of which are to come. I get having limited tech, but why is everyone dressed, acting and talking like the old west? We are hundreds of years in the future.
Form follows function. Frontier living with limited manufacturing capability means you tend to use locally produced stuff, with the stuff you can't make locally being brought in by traders, hence the general store. And that form follows function includes clothing as well. Besides half the cultural matrix is American which heavily romanticised the western. You could argue that Stetsons and cowboy boots have no place in downtown Dallas but you will see them there.
@@warrenwiley5656 Which I don't think works that well in those episodes. The best are Out of Gas, Ariel, Objects in Space, Trash, Our Mrs. Reynolds. Most have little old west in them. The Train Job straddles the line much better. Safe isn't a bad episode, especially compared to most other series, but in this series, it is arguably the worst episode and the one most reliant on the old west end of things.
When Mal "suggested" to Simon that he take his sister into town, he calls him "Doctor" and there's a sound of rustling in the nearby bushes. That was meant to suggest that the kidnapping hill-folk were listening in, while checking out the new visiting ship. That's how they knew he was a doctor.
Thanks for that, I missed that point and I've watched this several times ...
I'm glad you posted the answer. I stopped the video right as Anna asked "How could the Hill Folk know?" to post this. Now I don't have to post it, so I left you a like.
@@marconatrix There are subtle clues all thru- the Hill folk were there, hiding, watching, listening...
Oh, yeah. I remember that shaking bush!
"Daddy will come and take us home" Daddy = Mal, Home = Serenity. Simon hasn't learned it yet but River often speaks in cryptic metaphors.
Between the events of "Bushwhacked" & "Safe", Simon is learning just how fortunate he is to be a member of Mal's crew.
As someone else already posted, the Hill Folk were hiding in the bushes listening to Mal telling the Doctor to take his sister into town. When she disappeared from Simon at the store, River sensed the happy emotions coming from the dance party. Through observation she quickly learned the local dance steps and within minutes was innovating the dance.
My favorite line of this episode is also a meme AND a gif: "Big damn heroes!"
Simon would and has given up everything to keep River safe. He knows how extraordinary she is.
I really enjoy your reactions to this show. You are a beautiful delight.
FYI: Summer Glau (River) is a classically trained ballerina, she was homeschooled from grades 3 to 12 to accommodate her ballet training, she also received a scholarship to a ballet company. This episode allowed her to display her dance skills (she also dances tango and flamenco).
She also displayed her ballet skills in Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It was brilliant for them to incorporate the ability for her character. It showed the audience an added dimension to a Terminator
@@nicoleb1581 And her first role was a "prima ballerina" in Angel...
i love that the show - and other projects she's done - utilize that and let her have her dance along with her acting. i love when shows kind of honor and respect where an actor comes from and something that's important to them. recently i found out in schitt's creek, they did a whole episode about putting on a performance of caberet, simply because the actress that plays one of the character's always said that would be her dream role. so they wanted to give that to her. i just love when shows do this, they let the actors really shine and honor where they come from and the backgrounds they have.
in the intro you ask which 90's star you will see in this episode. 2 minutes in, " Oh my God, it's baby Zach Effron." Not exactly '90's, but pretty close. Thjs was his first job.
Remember, in the Pilot, Simon talks about some men who would help him break River out.I assumed that that was immediately before they came on the ship.
It is well accepted that Mom & Dad Tam are on the social inside of the Alliance. They have considerable social status and weren't willing to risk it.
Yes. But despite their privileged position or maybe because of it the Tam's are afraid of the government. It is also a bit of background on the Alliance. Just walking into a Police station becomes a part of one's "permanent record." Why is that important? Who will use that information against him in the future? And then there is the part when the father asks if Simon is trying to ruin the family and Simon replies, "I didn't know it would be so easy." It just goes to show how tenuous even privileged and powerful members of society are in a totalitarian state.
I actually wonder if the senior Tams may have known more than was said. The program River was part of may not have been satisfied with taking random "applicants". How did the Tams get their money and prestige? Did they possibly work for the shadowy government? Any chance they were nothing more than a surrogate family? The father's lack of concern makes a lot more sense then. Simon may have been rejected by the program and they were just grooming him as a doctor to help support them once the checks stopped rolling in from the program. The father did mention the expense of bailing Simon out.
@@davidmills8726 You could very well be right about that. After all, River is a "child." The "Academy" which Simon describes as them having never heard of before, found River and convinced her parents to enroll her there. Whether they knew about the experiments or not they could easily have been told that students are "trained and prepared" for important "government service." And in a totalitarian state, "government service" is the key to financial security and more important physical security. After all, if you are not "with" the government then you are just "little people" like Mal and the rest of the crew. And I'm sure the parents rationalize their decision and their blind eyes by thinking they've helped to secure River's future with the government. That's another bit of the story we'd have enjoyed finding out if there had been future seasons.
@@davidmills8726 Those are all legitimate questions. I think I have read arguments for both sides on all of them. Another one of those things where, if Joss had had 5 years, we might have gotten answers...
Once you finish the series, go back and re-watch paying attention to the things River says and does. It isn't just "crazy" Or "random". When she said, "Daddy will come and take us home, she wasn't talking about their father.
Yeah - my take is that River often speaks intuitively using emotional metaphor anchored by her own or the experiences of others. We often lack context to give River's statements meaning which leaves a cryptic, gibberish feel. But if you can figure out the context, you can see what she was saying as well as occasional insights to character.
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spoiler warning?
@@sirmoonslosthismind you're right - I lost track where we were in the episode timeline. Edited to remove spoiler.
I was distracted this whole video... All of it. :P
Ikr...
For those who want more Firefly, they make a Firefly board game and a Firefly role-playing game. A cool note about the board game, the art director for Firefly wanted to help with the board game somehow, so he designed the game's currency. It is absolutely beautiful.
When River says "Father will come for us" she is speaking of Mal
nah, river uses the word "daddy".
Haha. If I'm thinking of Mal as a daddy, it aint of the father figure variety. 😈
@@AnnaAlexanderAuthor lol
"Daddy will come and take us home". She wasn't actually talking about their bio dad. Remember that Serenity is home to all of them. Mal is Dad who comes to take them home again. Rivers crazy, and things get jumbled in her head, but they make a certain kind of sense to her.
i am a full idiot. i have seen firefly so many times throughout these years and yet, i never put that together. i always thought it was her just not really knowing the extent of the situation with her parents. wow. this is making me all kinds of emotional.
There are a lot of them. But the one I like the most in this episode is when Simon has jumped up next to her and she says "post holer. for digging holes...for posts." which tells you exactly what Simon is thinking about in that moment.
Good point about nicknames for the Tams.
Appreciated your reaction to that bogus misstranslation regarding a Witch living. Also Dad did come get them.
Mal and Zoe. Again, Zoe is watching Mal's back while he is trading the cattle. And once again she is saving Mal when his plan goes South. And she doesn't necessarily agree with taking Shepard to the Alliance cruiser but she doesn't have a better idea so she backs Mal's plan. And she doesn't undermine Mal's authority with the crew but she does try to warn Kaliee not to get too hopeful and reminds her of Mal's history with plans which includes the one which got the Shepard shot and Simon and River kidnapped. Zoe, uses the word, "sanguine" to describe her feelings about going to the Alliance a word which means both _hopeful_ and _bloody._ The character of Zoe is written so well and Gina Torres plays the supporting role so demure that its almost too subtle. But that's part of the character's charm.
Glad we are all here ??? Hell, I would've spent the night had I known you were gonna do another episode 😳👀😜🤪😉👍😊. Can't wait for more.
I liked that the cows went from episode 4 to 5. Young River talking about dinosaurs and cannibalism is a nod toward Wash and Reavers. It appears River is talking crazy It makes more sense when you rewatch the series. I like the interaction between Simon and Mal at the end. River stealing Jayne's roll (at the end) is funny.
Great reaction again. A great part that is often missed in this episode is towards the end, right before the town is about to set Simon and River on fire. River states, "Time to go." .... right before Serenity shows up.
I appreciate your reviews. Your knowledge of what makes a good story is very helpful when discussing why Firefly was such a fan favorite. I have to say you also posses quite a bit of magnetism yourself, which always brings me back to your channel.☺
Thank you 🤗
Anna's very strong Shawnee Smith vibe doesn't hurt. 😏
When Simon asks Mal why he came back for them and Mal answers, "You're on my crew", it tells you a lot about Mal.
Regarding Shepherd Book, I always interpreted this episode to mean he was someone important in the alliance before, who for some personal reasons had given up his previous life to become a man of faith. He seems to know more about some things than a simple shepherd normally would, like in the Train Job when he knows a lot about Nishka.
It reminded me of the tales of samurai who, tired of killing and war, put away their swords, shaved off their topknots and retired to a monastery to become monks. They still have all the knowledge and training of a samurai, but have become men of peace rather than men of war.
I wouldn't hold the witch-burning against the townsfolk, it was in the script.
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Also, it wasn't the townsfolk who were doing the burning, it was the hillfolk who lived apart from even what constituted normal society on this remote world.
Firefly cosmetic line? Would have been neat if, instead of Mrs. Reynolds Eyeshadow, it was lipstick.
Up next, a very special episode of Firefly.
Yes. A Very
Special
Episode...
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@@VoidR one of 14... ask 14 Browncoats their favorite, you'll get 15 answers.
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Fun fact, Summer Glau was a ballerina who injured her….foot/toe? Anyhow, she couldn’t tolerate more than a few minutes of ballet after that. Then she tried acting. In another Whedon show she is a ghost ballerina and is just so beautiful dancing. A third series where she has a brief dance scene is Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. It’s a bit haunting in that series.
Her stunt/fighting choreographers were so impressed by her abilities (all that dance training still paid off) and muscle memory that they kept creating more and more complex routines for the River character and she nailed them every time.
Knee, I think it was. Leg anyway
Dancers make the best TV/Movie martial artists. They are sued to performing rigorous choreography repeatedly and getting it right each time. And being able to make those actions visible to the audience.
Revolvers sounding like lasers: To put an in-universe spin on it: Hundreds of years of technological advance could have led to development of gunpowder that burns more quietly and makes that kind of sound more than the "bang" we're used to.
To respond to fellow gun-nut critics: Obviously it would only work for subsonic ammo. Not sure about self-loading arms.
"How did they find them?"
It was probably really easy finding the only town up in the hills (close to their previous landing spot) that was meandering about with torches in the middle of the night ... Also that "teacher" was banging that bell loud enough to be heard in upper atmo.
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Every episode of this show takes place approximately 30 days after the previous episode. So it's one month between episodes in their timeline. Maybe that will help you figure out what's happening. So episode 6 is about 5 months on the ship for the newbies like Book and Simon and River. For the others it's somewhat longer....Don't worry about it and just keep watching and you'll find out.
Thanks!
Hi Anna, people have mentioned already that River is talking about the Serenity's return when she says ''Daddy will come for us", and "it's time to go" - for me the interesting part is that closes the loop formed when we see the senior Mr Tam state "I won't come for you" should Simon be arrested again. The poignancy comes when Mal's offhand comment of "you're on my crew" brings home to Simon to see what 'family' really means.
Mal saying that to Simon was my favorite part of the episode 🥰
"Why are we still talking about this?" :)
The next episode is my favorite!
So I started watching these reaction this morning and didn't know you were. But with the makeup on, you reminded me of someone, took me a while to figure out who it was but it was Shawnee Smith. Still, I think the best thing I love about your reactions or that you're not an inexperienced millennial like most of the reactions I see on UA-cam these days. Though its refreshing to see the youth experience the awesome experiences of our generation, it's refreshing when a reactor can make the leaps that I do and see people and immediately relate to other things that they've been in.
Ah, thanks!
He had to prioritize his problems. Book is dying. Doc and River is missing. 1) save Book 2) save Doc River
Yep. "Witch!" Definite eye-rolling moment. I wonder if those are the source of most drama. Seems like half the shows on - particularly British - TV you just want to shout, "TELL HIM/HER!" But no; the disaster must continue to unfold with the involved in ignorance.
Obviously a God-fearing community with good morals.
Is that a Tree of Life necklace? Looks nice!
You cut out my favorite moment of this episode "the girl is a witch", "yeah but she's our witch, so cut her the hell down!"
The episodes are about a month apart or in duration... So I would say River and Simon have been on Serenity closer to 6 months than 2 or 3.... The best lines of the episode got cut (presumably for copyright) my favorite is "Doctor your talent for alienating folks in near miraculous" - I think this line was added in post production - because the noise of Serenity hovering nearly drowns it out and its easy to miss. Also this episode starts to build River's character from her "Sad little king" moment in the last episode - to being feared as a full blown mind reading witch...
even better than mal's remark is when simon plays along with it. "yes, i'm very proud."
3:23 Yep, didn't have to google that one.
18:17 Simon shows them letters that are sent from her, they do hear from her, but only Simon noticed the irregularities that told him they were faked and not really from River. the alliance clearly went through a lot of effort to mask what's really going on.
They do give Book’s full history - but only in a comic book. It’s a great story.
What?!? How dare they!
I have a speculation of what might have come to pass if this show continued into further seasons. The way that Whedon writes I could almost see River and Jayne getting together. Joss has a habit of pairing up two of the most opposite people to get involved with each other in a romantic entanglement.
I'm becoming addicted to your reactions. Please stop it. ;)
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lol, never heard of the eye shadow. :) (No sarcasm.)
I think it's mostly sold at Cons.
Did the eyeshadow come with a yellow and orange stocking cap? That will be answered too, but not just yet.
It did not. But I've been waiting to see that cap.
Ahhh, you skipped my favourite line, Patron: "She's a witch" "Mal "Yeah but she's our witch now cut her down."
Book is... constantly knowing "more" about things like Niska than a mere Shepard should... this was the first episode where it was "obvious" Book has a past... that is more than just "preaching".
Summer/River are not quite a crazy as she seems at first glance. A few time during your reaction you "struggled" for the right word. River never struggles that way but the words and phrases she uses are not always... normal. If you take the words as spoken they seem like rambling, but if you take the possible meanings... "Time to go" doesn't mean die, it means go back to Serenity... which makes Serenity home. If that's home, who takes them there? Mal. If Mal takes them home... and Mal is like a father looking out for them... Father did come to take them home.
What River says and does in the moment often seems scrambled, but if you look back on it... you can untangle it.
But you have cowboy books!!!
River is a reader.(psychic)
You are talking about 90's actors, But you can go back to the 70s. The actor who plays Shepard Book, was on Barney Miller.
You didn't show one of my favorite lines: Mal - "See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with; long as she does it quiet like." I love your reactions! And I completely share your frustration with superstitious morons.
13:02 "There are secrets..." 🙄
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Your a bubbly sort of lady aren't you. Your laugh kind of reminds me of Deanna Troys mother on stng.
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Safe is my least favorite. Our Mrs. Reynolds is in my top 5, all of which are to come.
I get having limited tech, but why is everyone dressed, acting and talking like the old west? We are hundreds of years in the future.
cuz it's fun? do you hate fun?
Form follows function. Frontier living with limited manufacturing capability means you tend to use locally produced stuff, with the stuff you can't make locally being brought in by traders, hence the general store. And that form follows function includes clothing as well. Besides half the cultural matrix is American which heavily romanticised the western. You could argue that Stetsons and cowboy boots have no place in downtown Dallas but you will see them there.
@@reverance_pavane The bonnet the nurse or whatever she was. I prefer episodes where the old west stuff is deemphasized.
@@johncampbell756 Well you're probably watching the wrong show then... in all promotion drescriptions it's always been a Space WESTERN
@@warrenwiley5656 Which I don't think works that well in those episodes. The best are Out of Gas, Ariel, Objects in Space, Trash, Our Mrs. Reynolds. Most have little old west in them. The Train Job straddles the line much better. Safe isn't a bad episode, especially compared to most other series, but in this series, it is arguably the worst episode and the one most reliant on the old west end of things.