WHAT A SHINDIG! Firefly Episode 4 Reaction 

AGREED!

Did you notice the guy who got c blocked trying to ask Kaylee to dance.

Or maybe a sash!

- Shindig: "Wow, this episode was so fun! This is my favorite episode of the series!" - Our Mrs. Reynolds: "Okay, I was wrong. THIS is the best episode of the series!" - Jaynestown: "I don't know if it's better than the previous one, but this is definitely one of the best episodes of the series. Easily top 3." - Out of Gas: "THIS is clearly the best episode so far... maybe I'm just gonna stop ranking them."

@@TheYakusoku That would be the perfect point ;) I'm completely unable to rank the episodes, but if I had to name THE one standout episode, for me it would be indeed "Out Of Gas".

All except that last one. I still enjoy it, but knowing it's the last episode kind of takes the pleasure out of watching it...

YES 🙌

The episode opens in a saloon. What a Western thing is that! And while we're waiting for the inevitable brawl to start, Inara is drinking something pink and milky from a tiny little cordial glass. Wonderful little detail. Then Mal gets thrown thru the window, also a typical Western thing, except it's a force field or hologram or something. Gotta love it.

So true!!

"Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we shall call it...this land." Wash. S1E1.

Actually, the real issue here is the Alliance government policies concerning commerce. The "Lord" here is a wealthy agricultural industry magnate, and very much an influential and "proper" citizen of a core planet. Publicly, he must be seen as someone who complies with the government's economic "regulations," amongst these are controls on what can/cannot be sold in various areas of the Alliance territory, and to whom. This is portrayed implicitly by the fact that the "Lord" had to secretly make contact with Badger for the purpose of selling his cattle off-world and, more to the point, to people who weren't even a part of the government on the moon where they were being smuggled to. This agricultural industry magnate was WILLING to sell some of his cattle off-world to civilians who had the money to buy them, but (as it is implied) the Alliance government has made this either a criminal act, or they tax the hell out of the sale, making it very cost-prohibitive (which is actually a way that a corrupt government EFFECTIVELY makes something illegal, but without the general public being aware that this is the true intent of the taxation). In short, the Alliance government simply doesn't want the outlying planets or moons to have ANY supplies that the government hasn't RATIONED to them, so that they remain DEPENDENT on the government and therefore COMPLIANT with the Alliance government's authority.

@@atlasisshrugging Yup!

On a newly terraformed planet, the things that will grow fastest are low grasses , weeds, and scrub brush... none of which is edible to people. So the most valuable commodities are the factories that will turn inedible things into edible things... ie: cows, sheep, chickens, etc. Suddenly you have milk, eggs, wool, leather, etc. You can see in this series that the least developed planets resemble desert prairie land... then slightly more lush prairies, and finally in the places that have been thriving for decades, you might see trees and forests.

And she gets the slinky dress in the movie! No spoilers about why, though!

I misuse the word dumb often, if i don’t like someone they’re dumb! 😂

@@NythicalReacts I think the word you are searching is "unpleasant". 😉

Omg thats amazing, i might need to look into the box set! Thanks so much glad you enjoy them!!!

@@NythicalReacts ya welcome. 👍 I particularly liked the (spoiler removed) one done by (spoiler removed). 😁

And in the end, Atherton screwed up by letting himself be distracted - and Mal did use the sword to win, even after it was broken. Fair win.

You’re so right!! Locally grown & purchased taste a lot better 👏

Ooh okay! Thank you!

That’s amazing!!

This is 100% understandable

Oh thank you!😊

@@NythicalReacts Your very welcome:)

One of the tiny bits of show lore: Inara's gown was the costumer designer's wedding dress. And the corset did not fit Morena, so she wound up wearing it upside down.

This had me cracking up even while editing i was laughing again 😂

Omg i didn’t notice 😂

Thank you!!

Can't wait!

I LOVE Lindsey Stirling, she’s incredible in concert! Glad you’re having a fun week 🥰

@@NythicalReactsIf you haven’t seen it already, please react to her Eye of the Untold Her video!

Thank you!!

Love this idea!! I’m so doing it

You're saying that anyone with a RU-vid channel can buy something to use for/while making a RU-vid video and can then claim it as a business expense? There must be more to it than that.

She didn't wear the crotchless pantaloons that women wore with those dresses.

This has taken over our lives!!

Thanks for the love 🥰

WHICH GIRL? AERITH?

@@NythicalReacts Yes.

It was so fun to watch 😂

Omg REALLY?? How 😭 i was ready for mal to beat him up!

I actually was thinking about this 😂

​@NythicalReacts you'd be perfect for ittt!! Her first scene outfit with the overalls and bear on the leg with the umbrella and grease on your face bwahahaha

I’m good how are you??

@@NythicalReacts I'm glad you're doing good I'm also doing good thanks

I think Joss Whedon has explained that the food labels had logos that were also on the equipment used to torture her at the academy.

Remember that we only got about 2/3rds of a single season, so there are numerous plot leads that could not be completed. I don't consider it a spoiler to point them out, inasmuch as they will never be completed. One is that she was ripping the Blue Sun logos off the cans. Blue Sun was a corporation responsible for much of the equipment used on her at the Academy. There will be another sharp reference to her aversion to the Blue Sun logo in a later episode. But unfortunately, that plotline never had a chance to be completed.

Someone gave you the Blue Sun explanation. There is also the question of do the label's really describe the contents, or the other way around? Like sending a bumpkin and a grease monkey to a fine ball and thinking they'll not stand out.. But you won't understand that since you think River spouts "gibberish". She was a little cryptic, but you could always get at least two thirds of what she was trying to say when these were aired. Maybe you're not as clever as you think you are.