Firefly found itself faster than most shows. Settling in around episode 3-5 seems pretty common. And this one does have some young actors who haven't been given a lot to go on for their characters yet.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
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aurelia - Oct 12, 2013 6:47:35 pm PDT #3213 of 5827
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Kalshane - Oct 13, 2013 4:56:19 am PDT #3214 of 5827
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I did like May talking about Coulson sacrificing himself for the Avengers and Coulson muttering "And my card collection."
Kalshane - Oct 13, 2013 6:25:12 am PDT #3215 of 5827
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I also got a kick out of Fitz implying that Skye used her looks to get Quinn to let her into his office, then trying to back-peddle when pressed on it before just giving up and saying "Boobs".
Kalshane - Oct 13, 2013 6:30:44 am PDT #3216 of 5827
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I think someone made a comment along these lines upthread: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Oct 14, 2013 4:12:06 am PDT #3217 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, at least it won't do a Firefly on us. Also noticing that it hasn't been preempted (yet).
The ratings have been good, so ABC is very happy.
Steph L. - Oct 14, 2013 5:22:14 pm PDT #3218 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wonder if Pretty Boy villain will be back this season. He was kind of fun.
The actor reminded me of Tahmoh Penikett, in that sort of strong-jaw-he-clenches-while-delivering-lines way. Then I looked him up on IMDB and realized he was the cutie on Relativity way back in the day.
I'm still not feeling it for Ward or Skye, individually, and for damn sure not together.
beth b - Oct 15, 2013 6:39:51 am PDT #3219 of 5827
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I had a long post - but my ipad ate it.
to sum up. It is becoming my show . I think there are enough questions about the characters that are interesting , without getting in the way of the action . ( fitz and simmions - grown in a lab) . I don't really believe anything Skye and Ward say to each other - they both lie to get people to do things.
I knew nothing about gravitron. After reading what others said , I am finding it interesting that they are taking the cartoon violence and making it more real. Shades of things to come.
What we don't have yet , is the quick back and forth. Not just the dialog, but that ablity to snap you from one emotion to another. I like it , but I don't care enough yet.
Jesse - Oct 15, 2013 3:57:55 pm PDT #3220 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(a) Damn straight, women can't pee into a bottle in a van.
(b) I take back some of the bad things I said about Superman -- for a second, I was thinking, "Who's this guy with the glasses?"
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2013 3:59:18 pm PDT #3221 of 5827
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So, did Amador use her X-ray vision on Coulson? The way she asked Melinda May "What did they DO to him?" (or was it "What HAPPENED to him?") makes me think yes, she literally *saw* something physical, rather than just a change in demeanor.
tommyrot - Oct 15, 2013 4:24:51 pm PDT #3222 of 5827
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was pretty meh on the episode, although my mood may be partially to blame. Toward the end I started reading about House Republicans while I was watching.