Firefly 1x5 REACTION!! "Safe"

[@AlexanderShackles]

"The girl is a witch." "Yeah, but she's our witch. So cut her the hell down."

[@shadowX2121]

Alexander Shackles Favorite Line from this episode

[@dmscrap1571]

"You're part of my crew, why are we still talkin' about this?" Is my favourite from this episode, but my favorite in the series is a few episodes away... I can't wait till them get there!

[@losttessa6998]

Best line

[@wearywanderer7018]

Mal is such a badass

[@iceman10129]

I always forget Zac Efron was in Firefly!

[@AWPWN1]

I did not know that! Mind = blown.

[@cjonesnealdeal7817]

ErichWilliam who is that?

[@someonedifferent198]

Young Simon

[@panico013]

You are correct it was Zac Enron debut

[@danmillington6783]

@Tianruo Yang Young Simon

[@AngelGroves]

Calvin's grin, as River dances, is one of my favorite moments of Blind Wave. I adore their reactions to this incredible, short lived show. I chose to rewatch these reactions to Firefly, as I fall to sleep. Huzzah.💙

[@CrashLandon1]

The dancing is my favorite scene in the entire series. While she's being whirled around, with that big smile, Summer looks like the embodiment of Joy itself. You can see her love of dancing in every move. I wish she'd make a DVD of her doing various dances.

[@davewalker8519]

I've often wondered if River didn't actually have some kind of connection to Mal. Book was shot at some point during the fight, but River didn't react until Mal saw him on the ground. Almost like she didn't realize Book had been hurt until she "saw" it through Mal's eyes/mind. Glad to see you enjoying the show.

[@Hession0Drasha]

Maybe she can only do thoughts up close but feelings are less specific and more powerful so she felt his alarm at range.

[@amandapanda6963]

She referred to Mal as their father a few times in this episode, saying that Daddy was coming for them and so on. If she looks at him as a parental figure, then it makes sense that she'd be sensitive to his emotions/thoughts.

[@michaelklaus]

Well she was taken up in the dance (note the dance rehearsal refenerence earlier in the episode and the other dancing reference in the movie) and not only Mal but everybody noticed that moment. I would even think that Book was even knocked out before he could comprehend what hit him. So I think she picks up all of their shock.

[@NormanTheDormantDoormat]

Just think of Rivers storyline happening not entirely in sync with what is happening in Mals/Books storyline. For dramatic purposes we could be seeing Rivers reaction to Book being shot with a slight delay. So it looks like she reacts only after Mal sees Book on the ground, while she actually reacted in realtime.

[@robhazan5961]

How about: She wasn’t reacting to Book getting shot but rather the people about to abduct Simon.

[@robhazan5961]

The hill folk knew Simon was a doctor because they were listening when Mal was sending Simon away and called him “doctor”. They included a shot of the nearby bushes shaking to show they were hiding there.

[@Scribby87]

Zac Efron's first TV appearance was Firefly :p

[@ForsakenEve88]

Wasn't it Summerland?

[@spangelicious837]

"Big Damn Heroes" has its own TV Tropes. :D

[@LiamDuke]

I've only seen 6 episodes so far but this is my favourite right now. Great reaction!

[@Memme14]

Liam Duke Love your reaction to this though - and Buffy/Angel! Like someone suggested for these guys, I think you would really like the show Veronica Mars.

[@gregbenwell6173]

My favorite lines from THIS episode are "They forgot they were cows inside, now they see sky and remember what they are!"- River. Zoey's quote....."isn't it beagles have the smallest droppings?" and I love River when she finally says "Post holer, for digging holes for posts!", but my top quote from this episode is "What does that make us?" -Mal and Zoey's reply "Big Damn Heroes Sir!" of course I can NOT FORGET Jayne reading Simon's journal and EVERYTHING he says in mockery of it!!!

[@primmoore6232]

Mal: *Ain't we just!*

[@sivonni]

Regarding the worlds being too similar, science has said the the "m" class planets, the ones that could support life, probably are similar in how they'd develop or they wouldn't support our life system. So drastically different plant life, etc...doesn't make sense. Even terraformed planets would be created similar to Earth to make settling there easier.

[@7Seraphem7]

The Terraforming makes it even more likely, since there, people are in control (mostly) and so would be making it as Earth like as possible.

[@gregweatherup3649]

They’re small cows because they are Hollywood cattle. Smaller = easier to control/wrangle (somewhat) and don’t overshadow the actors. And most viewers would never notice the difference.

[@leav4g]

Everyone saying River saw Book shot when Mal saw him. But I think she saw what was about to happen to Simon and the cut made it feel like reacting to Mal\Book.

[@Legs05]

Loving the reactions guys #firebi!!

[@passenthrualaska3293]

Correction about what Zoe said. I might not have exactly word for word but I'm pretty sure what she said was "Captain needed a Pilot, I found a husband." Not that she needed one. Lets face it Zoe doesn't NEED anyone... she chooses who she WANTS to be with.

[@Mayhemm007]

That post-holer in the general store was a nice bit of foreshadowing.

[@nevaladder]

Digging holes for posts? 😂

[@clintlarvenz2570]

@@nevaladder or stakes...

[@zemoxian]

“Reads minds” and “spins falsehoods.” Which is it? If what she said was false, how is that reading minds? If it was true, she read his mom and it wasn’t false. I think he does protest too much!

[@AkumaGekido]

She read the little girls mind, and span falsehoods about him. Honestly I feel like he didn't really believe in the witch thing himself, but it was a good excuse to shut her up and get rid of her before she told everyone the truth.

[@gregbenwell6173]

The think to think about in the matter of Firefly is EVERYBODY (including the ship Serenity herself) is they are ALL parts of Malcom's missing soul!! Wash is Mal's missing "Humor", Kaylee is Mal's missing sense of "family", Zoey is Mal's missing sense of Duty and Honor, Jayne is Mal's missing compassion and bravery, Inara is Mal's missing love, and even Shepard Book is Mal's missing sense of God and faith!!! And Serenity is the ONLY PLACE he feels at home (the chaos of Serenity Valley that in which he named his ship)!! River and Simon ARE his internal battle of what is sane and what is insane in his life!! While they DO add drama to Malcom's life.....then also "guide him" in a sense of what is moral and just!!! It might not always be clear, but I have watched the series of Firefly multiple times over and over and if it wasn't for River or Simon a lot of times you forget that they, like Malcom are the only two in the ship that IS NOT part of Malcom's "missing" parts, and instead they are the "ying and yang" to his internal battle of what is right and just to what is unfair about life!! As far as the Chinese goes though Joss imagined a "world" where there was only two super powers that left ancient Earth which was China and the US, and those two languages where all that survived years later in space!!

[@CountryMusicMann]

I'd have thought Kaylee is Mal's missing hope and optimism, and Jayne is Mal's missing will to fight.

[@laxxla]

This is great! I always hoped you guys would do Firefly reactions! At least it won't take long to finish them :/ Your comment about differentiating between planets in sci-fi made me laugh though. Maybe in movies, but most TV shows don't have the budget. Pretty much all of the planets in Stargate, for example, looked suspiciously like British Columbia...

[@TouchTheGarlic]

laxxla My favourite example is the original Star Trek, where nearly every exterior was the exact same spot in the Californian desert.

[@Dularr]

For Stargate you can blame the Ancients. For Star Trek you can blame the Preservers.

[@larrystuder8543]

One theory about River is that she realizes that Book has been wounded when Mal does. That implies some better connection thru him... And, yes, they did shoot in the Southern California dessert. One if the sites was the base camp for M*A*S*H- you can particularly see it in the ambush scene in the Pilot.

[@TheTrueObelus]

Love the Firefly shirt!

[@TheBoondocksaint117]

Holy shit, is that Zac Efron?!

[@michaeloconnor5904]

Yes.

[@cjonesnealdeal7817]

Who?

[@someonedifferent198]

Young Simon

[@omalleycaboose5937]

Does nobody realize the parallel between Mal and Simon's father.

[@crazymuse007]

Wait wait wait, is that Zac Efron?!

[@wearywanderer7018]

Bornmetal Wait, who? Where?

[@Memme14]

Thane Krios Young Simon is played by Zac Efron

[@ZachsMind]

1:10 "Malus" is Latin for bad, as in Mal Reynolds. Latin for good is "bonum." Like The Face of Bo in the Doctor Who series. Tho that may be coincidental.

[@ZachsMind]

0:30 It's okay if Eric doesn't remember Atherton Wing's name. I keep trying to forget it myself.

[@emmag3783]

Love this show, glad that your reaction to it.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

My theory on Book is that he was a war hero on the Alliance side. Maybe even he served or lead forces at the battle of Serenity Valley.

[@santiago451]

Can't wait for the movie reaction.

[@MrHunkmccoy]

Eric will be pleased to know that the majority of space debris orbiting the Earth has a thin film of astronaut shit and piss all over it.

[@monarch-black]

Not a spoiler, because it isn't in the show: I've always kind of thought that Book was the military commander on the alliance side of Serenity Valley. They won the battle but he was remorseful for the loss of life and joined the priesthood trying to atone. Ended up on a ship named after his worst regrets, with some of the few survivors of his slaughter, seeing how crappy the lifestyle he killed to preserve is. Thought that would make a great setup.

[@Damien3210]

It's explained in the comics but it's a spoiler so if you don't want to carry on reading I've warned you. Book joined the Independents and worked as a deep cover mole in the Alliance military rising through the ranks and becoming an officer. After events he was thrown out. So to the Alliance he's an ex military officer never learning his true undercover role.

[@kkentertainment5279]

Same. It would have been better than the official comics backstory. Another reason to not consider tge comics canon. (I know they are confirmed as canon but imo they're not that good and there's a lot of our of character moments and character regression, plus great moments we would want to see happen like SPOILERS Mal and Inara finally confessing their feelings and kissing for the first times, would just be skipped and they'd already be together. Plus they utterly wasted the Hands of Blue.)

[@Buffy8Fan]

COMICS SPOILERS KKEntertainment, Mal and Inara wouldn't acknowledge it. The sexual tension would break. They'd kiss. They'd accept it. We've seen that without actually seeing it. And the relationship didn't change otherwise, so I was happy. Also I never understood dismissing canon comics as canon just because you don't like them. I hate S3 and S6 of BtVS and S4 of AtS and the fourth episode (the pilot being two episodes) of this show aren't my favorites, but I still consider them canon. Dismissing it because you don't like them confuses me because it seems like you feel you can as they are in a different format, but perhaps I am wrong. Genuinely confused as I know people cannot like every episode of their favorite shows.

[@rayrix2016]

Damien3210 he wasn’t just in the military he was an operative who killed the real book and took his name.

[@Buffy8Fan]

Ray Rix, Everyone else said spoiler in their comment. Either correct it or delete it as Eric (and possibly Calvin) does not know. Please.

[@laurendennert1140]

I really hope hope Eric isn’t disappointed when all of these story threads are left unresolved🤞, love this show!!!!!

[@jeffthompson9622]

Earlier in the episode a bush moved. One of the abductors must have been hidden there.

[@ngatiramona]

Loved these reactions. River and Kaylee are my faves. Just wish Mal wasn't such a jerk to Simon, but it grows in this epi. Thanks lads.

[@ernesthakey3396]

Shepherd Book - Shepherd being his title, like Father, Friar, etc. - definitely knows more than most religious folks about crime...

[@bethanycampione3558]

Fun fact: This was Zac Efron's first acting role on TV

[@Napalm38382]

Two people gave firefly thumbs down, this should be a Geneva convention crime against humanity.

[@Napalm38382]

It's 5 now, the other 3 probably Russians.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

I think you're keeping Cal up past his bedtime.

[@matthewpollock9685]

I guess I kinda figured Book was a general or high ranking officer in the Alliance military and he was actually present at the battle of Serenity. I like to imagine him as an atheist chewing one of his soldiers asses for kissing a cross before the battle and found God in the foxhole. I see that adding a parallel with Mal as he lost his faith on the same battlefield that Book found it. I dunno.

[@peteramaranth85]

they do relise they dont need to put the season number right

[@positiivi_teme]

Gamers Guild UK PeterAmaranth Too soon. ;(

[@dragontears]

Gamers Guild UK PeterAmaranth We live in hope.

[@Rubicon2305]

Rutting is an alternative to the "F Word"... when animals "Rut" they are engaging in mating. Humans use the verbiage in the context of "animalistic sexual activity" aka "F***ing." Like saying "darn" instead of "damn" or "gosh" instead of "God" - he is substituting Rutting for "f**cking." So when Simon says they treating brain like a rutting playground, he is swearing while trying to not be overly vulgar... which will be explained in a later episode. :)

[@R0B0T_J0NES61]

I suggest checking out Books backstory on the wiki. It never gets explained in the show or movie but in the books/comics. But it's super interesting.

[@chandler4880]

I hate how we never did learn much about Shepherd Book

[@mangoSweetz]

Young Simon was played by Zac Effron

[@startingQB]

Shepard isn't missing. He chose to go on a walk-about.

[@helloemma]

While I don’t blame the parents for trusting their government and not believing something that probably just goes against everything they’ve ever known to be true about their world; I do judge them for not knowing their own daughter. I never got the impression that Simon being a genius is what allowed him to solve River’s code, it’s just that he knew her and anyone who knew her could have potentially done the same. But outside of their children being ‘perfect’ and successful geniuses these parents don’t actually know Simon and River at all and while I feel like it just never occurred to them that there was more to their children than being these successful perfect geniuses, that’s just sadder than them not just caring. Because we see how imaginative and playful young River is and how her being a genius is kind of an “afterthought” for her - if that makes sense. Her dance recital she knew and could do perfectly so she doesn’t have to practice anymore and she easily knows the book is wrong. It’s easy and simple for her to be a genius. But playing pretend with her brother, that’s what get her excited and engaged. Even when she’s older and sick, dancing freely and playing a prank on her brother is what makes her happy and so full of life. It’s easy for her to be a genius, but she’s so much more than that.

[@SebasdudeX]

A empathic telepath is known as an empath

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

No, a telepath exclusively reads minds, an empath exclusively reads/manipulates emotions. Those that can do both are telempaths. It is actually a word that has been used before to describe them.

[@mutantanemone]

Yaaass, moar Firefly. Made my day!

[@Dularr]

You could also so with highly intuitive and adjusted senses. Smuggling cattle going wrong? Hearing the shots.

[@iceman10129]

Firebi is sexual? Whats sexual about fire?

[@andreas1794]

No, i think its the bi part of firebi... bi kind of sounds like bee. As an in the birds and the bees, maybe? I dont really get it either.

[@samuellindsey5117]

fire turns me on.

[@haggis0257]

I think it’s more the combo of words. Reb sounds like rib and eve was created by one of adam’s ribs.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

Probably some weird fetish about fire or firefly. I don't get it otherwise.

[@gumfireparalax1371]

Bi is often used as a shortening of bisexual.

[@jeffthompson9622]

The Patron wasn't going to allow the burning of River until she began to reveal that he had murdered his predecessor. He used their religion to hide his guilt.

[@silentknightjeffries8372]

13:26 was TRIPPY for me! "Telempathic" is the description/title my family has bestowed on me for years!! I have a high degree of empath ability combined with a moderate level of Sherlock-Holmes deduction skill. End result, I'm really good at predicting peoples responses, reactions and past. So glad to see this episode. River is my favorite and here we get to see her dance as herself.

[@KMM-kx2yn]

After this maybe Hannibal? With all the crew? Pretty please?

[@harro7y]

Finally I find me fellow brothers who love firebi

[@wearywanderer7018]

Okay I’m surprised Jayne knows the word “pompous”

[@CybermanBill]

It’s True to life and realistic NOT having sound in space. You wouldn’t hear the ships flying or anything like that in space! You really wouldn’t hear anything. Space is a huge vacuum for sound!! I love that they did this and kept the realism. I really think this is the first and only show to really do that! 👍🏻👏🏻 🤖🤓

[@darkchamber6546]

Babylon 5 was first

[@positiivi_teme]

Cyberman Bill Same! When I first watched Firefly, I didn't even realize the sound was missing until that one episode where there is "gunfire" in space. And the lack of sound made me fall in love with it.

[@portland-182]

> Dark Chamber - Really? kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2fMlapoaNB7mrs

[@willvr4]

Zac Efron in firefly feels so weird lol I couldn't put my finger on why young Simon looked so familiar right away.

[@JsphCrrll]

if you want to watch a pretty neat and action packed anime, you guys should watch Black Lagoon. Guns, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, Russians, Nazis, a female agent 47, and breaking every law known to man.

[@Dularr]

Kaylee first love is the ship.

[@Shifty83]

Hope you guys watch the movie after you get done with the season

[@theponyisday]

Where's the god damn podcast tho ??

[@harryt2305]

Hurry up with Doctor who I can't wait so long

[@saintmatthias8187]

I'm disappointed in you Eric, you didn't recognize a young Zac Efron. At least that you showed in this reaction.

[@lucifer68661]

young Simon is played by a young Zac Efron !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sharkdentures3247]

I concur, I just the Elder Tams "poorly" as well; Trust your government? - Fine. (maybe good even) Prioritize your son's future a little excessively? - Fine. Even doubt your son when he insists on something absurd sounding? - Fine, Hearing "your daughter might be in danger" and NOT drop EVERYTHING and prioritize that over EVERYTHING else? - EPIC FAIL! (bad parents!)

[@zemoxian]

I wondered if Book was military or something. Jubile seemed to know something. Or he was plain crazy. Still not sure which.

[@kilian-one-l]

Totally forgot Zac Efron was in this lol

[@daveb947]

With Rivers "abilities", i wouldnt have been surprised if she was seeing a future antagonist for the crew in the flaahback when they were kids. Sadly, Fox. 😢

[@ericmishima]

Who owns those cows now? Maybe Mal could save all the .. cow .. um ... poop and sell it as fertilizer.

[@portland-182]

River reacts to Mal seeing Shepherd Book. Simon insulted 'Serenity'. Kaylee is just like Scotty is about The Enterprise.

[@kalevi7821]

So many arsonist!!

[@ZachsMind]

13:00 What is River? Perhaps even Joss' own words since this show was released have upset my impression of what her powers are, but I refuse to accept River's abilities are science fantasy or paranormal. I feel River has always been adept at understanding individuals intimately in relation to The Big Picture. The Alliance was aware of this early on and decided to experiment on River to learn how she did what she does, but what she does isn't much more complicated than Sherlock Holmes. She looks at a person and can glean from them evidence which leads to conclusions, and from that she speculates. Compare what River does in this episode with people she has only just met to what the Holmes in the BBC's "Sherlock" series does when he first meets Watson. It's deductive reasoning to a near inhuman extreme. How someone carries themselves, or keeps their hair, or the clothes they wear can give away a great deal about a person's past to someone adept at reading such clues. Or River Tam is Joss' answer to Jean Grey. I'd be very disappointed if Firefly had eventually gone in a "science is magic" direction. It's what i feel killed ABC's LOST.

[@ThePharaz]

FIREBI does have a kind of sexual connotation. As in Bi-Sexual and there is Flaming Homosexual. This makes FIREBI sound like Flaming Bi-Sexual of which I have no clue but there you are. > Telempathic I believe I first read about in Advance Dungeons & Dragons back around 1979. First time I heard about empaths I believe was in the original Star Trek. > Book is from an Abbey. Pastor in Latin means Shepherd. So Book is like a Pastor guiding and protecting his flock. > My guess is Book was in the military, maybe military intelligence, during the war and saw things that made him question his place in the universe. He then left the military maybe high ranking or a decorated hero and retired as it were to a monastery. Now he his wandering looking how to serve God.

[@becca1189]

❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@Shane-cj3jh]

You guys should continue luke cage

[@tureba]

FireDuo would have been a good team name as well, but then it wouldn't rime with Firefly, so it would've clearly been a lesser choice.

[@callumalistairwilson]

Watch peaky blinders!

[@ClintBandito]

#FireBi

[@LeeCarlson]

Things don't go smooth for Mal Reynolds.

[@pree381]

#firebi

[@marcossaldana4429]

react to parsat

[@jamesdaniels8529]

Blind wave react to the 100 like if u agree

[@herrzimm]

As far as this episode is concerned.... My biggest complaint is that people online have treated the "hills people" as a bunch of "inbred a-holes'... and that is a SERIOUS problem for me. Being called an A-hole? Oh, absolutely, they are being a-holes. But the assumption of being "in-bred"? That has never felt right because of 2 things.... Colonization of a PLANET is generally planned out so that you have a wide-range of a GENE POOL to work with. Meaning that the chances of being an "inbred village" is highly reduced. But the second thing about that whole "in-bred" concept is this.... You are looking at a form of "established religion" in a region. Considering this example of a single village as being an indication of "inbreeding" only because of LIMITED CASTING MONEY AVAILABLE, is like considering a Baptist community out in the country instead of a city are "inbred" as well. The "hills folk" had PLENTY of time to move into the city where the crew was shopping, had PLENTY of time to actually court/marry someone from that city, as well as ACCESS to other worlds to "make some money and find a wife/husband". It just feels as if the fans of Firefly INSTANTLY decided that the entire "hills folk people" HAD to be inbred JUST because they were religious.... and I have ALWAYS found that to be more of an indication of the FANS more than the show itself. And I'm DELIGHTED BEYOND BELIEF that Blind Wave didn't even consider going into that topic at all because it means that Eric and Calvin are sticking ONLY to what the show actually shows you, or what the show actually TELLS you.. and not trying to put their personal takes on a topic on-top of the show because they THINK that it was the show's intentions all along. So for that, I thank you Eric and Calvin.

[@mitchhamilton64]

"that's wrong. The book is wrong. I'm super smart. " Also the whole witch thing irks me. Sometimes the show is waaaaaay to westerny.

[@michaeljones61]

My least favorite episode. Strident and cliched--and yet, due to character development, still damned entertaining. Made even better by this fine reaction. Well done lads.

[@sirperybLakeney]

Dismal episode. Fortunately it's the worst in the series.