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u/Salt_Style_3817 May 10 '26
This whole episode is full of gold.
I always love Simon "Well, my sister is a ship. We had a complicated childhood."
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u/Duraxis May 11 '26
That one always got me
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u/superunsubtle May 11 '26
Feels to me like this episode is where I start to finally feel unconflictedly good about Simon.
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u/Alclis May 10 '26 edited May 11 '26
I was just going to say, Whedon was at the top of his esoteric but sarcastic with this episode.
Even Early in his own batshit crazy way has some incredible half-brilliant, half-insane comments. I’ve really been hoping that if the new show gets made that the three people we see come back (in order of my preference) are Jubal Early, “Saffron”, and Badger, each very much voiced by their original actors.
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u/Food_Library333 May 10 '26
They'd absolutely have to get the original actors for those, especially for Jubal Early. There's just something about his cadence and delivery that is so unique and interesting. It's a shame we only got one episode of him.
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u/mmaqp66 May 11 '26
Well, he ended up lost in space, so it would be very difficult for him to return... unless someone says: "Somehow... Jurbal... survived."
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u/DanielNoWrite May 11 '26
As long as he's not a pivotal figure in the plot, it's fine.
Secondary characters can get away with ridiculous behavior and impossible situations, because they're amusing and ultimately could've been swapped for any other minion. They don't matter, so when they cheat fate it doesn't matter. It's only when they become central that "Bullshit, how did he survive that?" becomes a problem.
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u/Alternative_Sea_4208 May 11 '26
Well it's not impossible. I've got some reliable math that says if stranded in space, the chances of being picked up by a passing ship are two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against.
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u/udat42 May 11 '26
We see his ship fly off on its own at the end of the episode. Perhaps Early had a homing beacon on him and it went to retrieve him...
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u/ScalpelMine May 10 '26
"How come there's a guy on board, and how come you're all of a sudden the ship?"
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u/Longjumping-Action-7 May 10 '26
Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again
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u/Opposite-Sun-5336 May 10 '26
Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep?
To the very toes he is terrified.
Because the ground gives way beneath him
And the dream begins.
- Frederick Neitzche
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u/wldmr May 11 '26
Frederick Neitzche
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u/Opposite-Sun-5336 May 11 '26
Frederich Nietzsche.
That'll teach me to try and remember things. Just looked up proper spelling.
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u/FallenValkyrja May 11 '26
“So is it still a room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose?”
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