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remember when Nathan totally didn’t get the subtext in this scene until Gina pointed it out
The best thing that ever happened was definitely during “The Message”. I think for some reason it wasn’t on the gag reel. It was possibly the best piece of acting I’ve ever seen, which is the three-sixty [360 degree camera rotation] that Tim [as director] did while everyone was listening to the farewell message from Tracey [played by Jonathon Woodward]. And Nathan is standing with Zoe, looking kind of stricken - this is his old friend - and the camera pans around to Kaylee - and Nathan’s sitting next to Kaylee, looking kind of stricken in another way. And he managed to duck under the camera and get to every single member of the cast and just look really sad [laughs]. And some of them just could not keep it together and some of them did. But I’ve got to tell you - it’s hard to describe. And then when it finally panned down to the body in the coffin, Nathan was lying in [Woodward’s] arms, looking stricken. It was unbelievable - not only hilarious, but technically proficient. He really put some thought into it. But that’s Nathan.
— Joss Whedon, Firefly - The Official Companion. Volume Two
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Firefly Episode Posters - Serenity Part 2
Simon: There was a school. A government-sponsored academy. We had never even heard of it, but it had the most exciting program. The most challenging. We could have sent her anywhere, we had the money, but she wanted to go. She wanted to learn. She was fourteen…. I got a few letters at first and then I didn’t hear for months. Finally I got a letter that made no sense. She talked about things that never happened, jokes that, that we never…. It was a code. It just said… “They’re hurting us. Get me out.”
we missed you out here
“Has the ‘Ambassador’ arrived yet?”