History Recap / FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds

* ComplexityAddiction: Lampshaded by Mal; played straight by Saffron.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Inara is clearly very unhappy about Mal and Saffron's "marriage", dryly wishing them lots of happy, fat children. Mal, of course, misses the contempt and anger in her tone (or deliberately chooses to ignore it in order to irk Inara), and starts musing about having kids, which hurts Inara's feelings enough to kick him out of her shuttle.

** The opening scene starts off with seemingly a regular couple about to be robbed and raped by bandits... before it's revealed that the "couple" is a disguised Jayne and Mal, [[DisguisedInDrag with the latter wearing a dress]], killing the mood for a second. The scene promptly goes to being tense when they abruptly break out guns, turning it into a MexicanStandoff.
** Later on, when Mal finds a heavily-armed Jayne standing menanicingly in the hallway, it seems like Jayne's disgruntled and threatening him with the weapon. He then reveals that he's describing the gun's qualities to get Mal to ''trade'' Saffron for it, turning the scene comical.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Inara got knocked out from being so relieved that Mal was alive, she kissed him and also got drugged. When Mal reveals that he ''knows'' she's lying about hitting her head... [[EntertaininglyWrong because she must]] [[GirlOnGirlIsHot have kissed Saffron]], she's forced to go with it, as it's the less embarassing explanation to her.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Book warns Mal that if he takes sexual advantage of Saffron, he will go to a "special" level of hell reserved for "child molesters and [[EasyRoadToHell people who talk in theaters]]."

-->'''Mal:''' Tactics, woman. [[ActionGirl Needed her in the back]]. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.

* NoodleIncident: Wash apparently spent 6 weeks on a moon where the principle form of entertainment was juggling geese.
-->'''Wash:''' My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled!

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: it's interesting to note that Saffron's first approach is ''always'' to play the seductress. We never see her interact with someone on whom it might not have had a chance to work (probably Zoe and River, maybe Book), but the question is, would she have tried it anyway?

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Inara is clearly very unhappy about Mal and Saffron's "marriage", dryly wishing them lots of happy, fat children. Mal, of course, misses the contempt and starts musing about having kids, which hurts Inara's feelings enough to kick him out of her shuttle.

-->'''Book:''' If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and people who talk in the theater.]] ''[walks behind a wall, then pops back into frame]'' ...the ''special hell''.\\

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: it's interesting to note that Saffron's first approach is ''always'' to play the seductress. We never see her interact with someone on whom it might not have had a chance to work (a population that numbers no greater than Zoe, Kaylee and River), but the question is, would she have tried it anyway?

* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Serenity might not have any weapons, but Jayne manages to kill the scavengers anyway by leaving the ship and putting [[ICallItVera Vera]] in its own spacesuit, letting him fire enough shots to break their ship's window and space them.

* BiTheWay: Saffron tries to seduce Inara, and Inara offers a night in her shuttle. They were both playing each other, so it's not clear if there's any real attraction here or not, but there might be.

'''Original airdate:''' October 18, 2002

--->'''Wash:''' My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled!

As it turns out, however, "Saffron" is a career criminal, who boarded ''Serenity'' in order to disable its navigational systems and send it through an electromagnetic net designed to clear ships of their crew so they may be scavenged. She attempts to seduce Mal and Wash and disable them with a layer of toxic lipstick called the "goodnight kiss". Mal succumbs; Wash refuses but is knocked unconscious; Inara ''almost'' succumbs, but due to her training and a timely interruption she realizes what's going on. Saffron claims to have killed Mal, and escapes on the extra shuttle. Inara runs to Mal's side, and in an emotional moment, kisses him. She has just enough time to roll her eyes at his stupidity before being knocked out by the residual drug on his lips.

* BiTheWay: When Saffron suggests that she might be more interested in a woman than Mal, Inara offers a night in her shuttle, possibly before realizing that Saffron was putting on an act, though she claims later to have just been playing along.

--> '''Mal:''' Son of- ''(goes down with a thud)''

'''Simon:''' No, River... mei-mei... of course, I love you too, but we can't be married. ''[to Book]'' She's ''really'' crazy! ''[[[LittleGirlsKickShins River kicks Simon in the shin]]]'' Ow! Ah, no, I--I don't mean crazy... that's just--you know that's [[BrotherSisterIncest not something brothers and sisters do]]. I mean, on some planets but only pretty bad ones.

-->'''Mal:''' ''[snort]'' 's it Christmas?...What happen'd 'bout me?

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Zoe manages to shoot a guy escaping on horseback while she is jumping sideways off the back of a wagon.

After a job in which the crew of ''Serenity'' kill a group of outlaws that were causing trouble for a town, the crew is given a party, at which they all get drunk. During this party Mal, without realizing it, agrees to marry a young woman in the town.

Saffron eagerly attempts to ingratiate herself to her husband by cooking for him and catering to his needs, offering to wash his feet. Zoe is increasingly uncomfortable with Saffron's views on the roles of women, whereas Wash defends them as quaint and harmless; the two fight over whether Wash is jealous of Mal and his submissive wife. Jayne is actually jealous, and offers to trade her for his favorite gun, Vera. Mal is warned by Book that if he takes sexual advantage of Saffron, he will go to a special level of hell reserved for [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking child molesters and people who talk in theaters.]]

As it turns out, however, "Saffron" is a career criminal, who boarded ''Serenity'' in order to disable its navigational systems and send it through an electromagnetic net designed to clear ships of their crew so they may be scavenged. She attempts to seduce Mal, and Wash and disable them with a layer of toxic lipstick called the "goodnight kiss"; Mal is tricked, and Wash refuses but is knocked unconscious. Inara is almost seduced by Saffron, but due to her training and a timely interruption she realizes what's going on. Saffron claims to have killed Mal, and escapes on the extra shuttle. Inara runs to Mal's side, and in an emotional moment, kisses him. She has just enough time to roll her eyes at his stupidity before being knocked out by the residual drug on his lips.

Saffron eagerly attempts to ingratiate herself to her husband by cooking for him and catering to his needs, offering to wash his feet. Zoe is increasingly uncomfortable with Saffron's views on the roles of women, whereas Wash defends them as quaint and harmless; the two fight over whether Wash is jealous of Mal and his submissive wife. Jayne is actually jealous, and offers to trade her for his favorite gun, Vera. Mal is warned by Book that if he takes sexual advantage of Saffron, he will go to a special level of hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in theaters.

-->'''Mal:''' ''[snort]'' 's it Christmas?

After a job in which the crew of Serenity kill a group of outlaws that were causing trouble for a town, the crew is given a party, at which they all get drunk. During this party Mal, without realizing it, agrees to marry a young woman in the town.

* ChasteHero: Not so much chaste as flummoxed, confused, and doing his damnedest to stay honorable.
** Saffron admits afterward how Mal was the ''only'' mark who didn't immediately ravish her.

-->'''Mal''': Tactics, woman. [[ActionGirl Needed her in the back]]. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.

* ICallItVera: The TropeNamer.

'''Simon:''' No, River... mei-mei... of course, I love you too, but we can't be married. ''[to Book]'' She's ''really'' crazy! ''[[[LittleGirlsKickShins River kicks Simon in the shin]]]'' Ow! Ah, no, I -- I don't mean crazy... that's just -- you know that's [[BrotherSisterIncest not something brothers and sisters do]]. I mean, on some planets but only pretty bad ones.

-->'''Zoe:''' Remember that sex we were planning to have, ''ever again?''

'''Book:''' Well, isn't that...''special''.

* WakingNonSequitur: Reviving Mal from the effects of the "Good Night Kiss"
--> '''Mal''': (Snort) 's it Christmas?

--> '''Jayne:''' I dunno -- I passed out.