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Originally posted by Mudd:
I might have to go with War Stories too. The Zoe/Wash relationship is among my very favorite parts of Firefly. I feel like weaker writers might have made the Zoe/Mal/Wash thing a love triangle or something, but what it is instead is so much more interesting. Zoe and Mal understand the situation perfectly. The show just so perfectly captures how Mal and Zoe are on the same wavelength because of a shared vision/experience. There's this incredible, important human bond between the two of them. But it has nothing to do with romance. When they go to "kiss," they clearly have zero romantic chemistry. I really love seeing a male and female character have that solid relationship without there having to be any hint of sexual or romantic tension.

I also like what Zoe and Wash loving each other says about them. For Zoe in particular. It's so lovely to see their bedroom scene where she lets her guard down in a way we never otherwise see.

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Originally posted by Mudd:
Yeah, I was talking about the episode with wife soup initially, but I guess I wandered into a more general statement. The bedroom scene I was referring to is the one in Shindig.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Ever notice that none of the females on board can cook?

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Originally posted by Mudd:
Yeah, I was talking about the episode with wife soup initially, but I guess I wandered into a more general statement. The bedroom scene I was referring to is the one in Shindig.

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I kinda felt that her uncoordinated romantic tension display with Mal was just a punishment to Wash for making such a silly conclusion. She was clearly hamming it up, and only for Wash's benefit.
But the wife soup does bring out the barefoot-and-pregnant side of Zoe, the antithesis of the feminist dogma that Joss champions. Ever notice that none of the females on board can cook? River, Kaylee, Inara, Zoe? The best cook seems to be Book.

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