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"What kind of head of security would I be if I let people like me know things that I am not supposed to know. I know what I know, because I have to know it and if I don't have to know it, I don't tell me and don't let anyone else tell me either."

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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."

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Originally posted by Xeriar:
"No power in the Universe can stop me."

I'm not as sure that that was intended to be funny.
Kaylee was obviously a little spooked.

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Originally posted by soleta:
My thought when I saw that scene: "They made her into a killing machine!" I think we just solved THAT mystery...

- soleta

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Boy, not to scare anyone but I was just checking out the FOX Firefly board and they have this awful discussion going on about Inara's scene with a woman. Theres bible verses and all sorts of derogatory terms beeing thrown around for gay and bisexual people. The world can be a scary place sometimes.

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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
Am I the only one that found it visually stunning how when River was fireing the gun, her hair was hiding her face. We don't know what her expression was. Both badass and creepy all in one! Love love love this show.

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Originally posted by Kurukami:
But she did take a quick peek around the corner to check out their locations before taking the shots. For some reason, I find myself flashing back to a little subplot in another show, "Alias", last season. There was a guy who had been programmed to respond to certain code phrases -- say the right words, and he'd do anything you told him to, even kill. Say them again, and he'd completely lose all memory of what he'd done. (Of course, the guy's memories started seeping back, making him think he was nuts, and we finally met him inside an asylum, but...)

Anyways, the scene with River at the airlock makes me think of that. Perhaps she was trained as an assassin, yes -- but one which was completely undetectable, and that moreover couldn't betray her part in any plot because she didn't remember it. That one line -- "Can't look, can't look..." -- implied a lot more than a multiple personality disorder (one persona kills, while the other is terrified and wants to look away) to my eyes.

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

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Originally posted by DarkLady:
Is anyone else thinking that was a "Mulan" reference in "War Stories"?

I've heard rumors that Joss is fond of the movie and then he goes and references an insane warlord named Shan-Yu, who also happened to be the bad guy in "Mulan"?

I'm smelling something beyond a coincidence!

DL

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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
I like that theory, but for the fact that isn't that the exact same thing they're doing on Buffy right now? Only for that reason, do I believe its something different.

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