OH you genius - how did I forget that one? Adama gets shot, and (amongst a lot of other stuff) we see how he met Tigh. Thanks.
By the way - I'm not suggesting this is some kind of tired, obvious template story; it's obviously a great way to give origins and back stories in shows which usually deal with the immediate…

OH you genius - how did I forget that one? Adama gets shot, and (amongst a lot of other stuff) we see how he met Tigh. Thanks.
By the way - I'm not suggesting this is some kind of tired, obvious template story; it's obviously a great way to give origins and back stories in shows which usually deal with the immediate…

Suddenly remembered: this is one of a special category of TV episodes, in which a main character is seriously hurt, and we get flashbacks to the characters' pasts and how they originally met. There's this; The West Wing (obviously); an episode of Hill Street Blues in which Capt Furillo is shot and you see how he…

Suddenly remembered: this is one of a special category of TV episodes, in which a main character is seriously hurt, and we get flashbacks to the characters' pasts and how they originally met. There's this; The West Wing (obviously); an episode of Hill Street Blues in which Capt Furillo is shot and you see how he…

Yes! thanks for putting it so clearly.

Yes! thanks for putting it so clearly.

After reading these two comments, I've suddenly started thinking of Fireflies as interplanetary DC3s. There would always be some crashed one on the edge of a desert airfield from which you could get a spare valve cover or something.

After reading these two comments, I've suddenly started thinking of Fireflies as interplanetary DC3s. There would always be some crashed one on the edge of a desert airfield from which you could get a spare valve cover or something.

I wish they'd shown us Mal's reaction when Kaylee started decorating the inside of the ship. Just the expression on his face.

I wish they'd shown us Mal's reaction when Kaylee started decorating the inside of the ship. Just the expression on his face.

"Fire…"

"Fire…"

Exactly; you hit the nai….

Exactly; you hit the nai….

That scene at the dinner table is so good, every time I watch the episode I'm surprised all over again by how good it is.

That scene at the dinner table is so good, every time I watch the episode I'm surprised all over again by how good it is.

"I wasn't asking; I was telling"
I thought Fillion really nailed that as "desperate + practical" rather than arrogant. He seemed to know what he was asking Wash to do.

"I wasn't asking; I was telling"
I thought Fillion really nailed that as "desperate + practical" rather than arrogant. He seemed to know what he was asking Wash to do.

Why did they do that? 'Being a spy on Mars' is exactly the kind of ridiculous  fantasy a cheesy fake-memory-holiday company would sell, and the whole gag of the story is that it turns out that that ridiculous fantasy might be true. Dammit.

Why did they do that? 'Being a spy on Mars' is exactly the kind of ridiculous  fantasy a cheesy fake-memory-holiday company would sell, and the whole gag of the story is that it turns out that that ridiculous fantasy might be true. Dammit.