Because the show wasn't aired in my country, I managed to watch it all in the correct order, starting with this episode. I don't know how people knew what was going on dropped in at Episode 3!
This is an exemplary pilot and a wonderfully deft introduction to the entire cast except for two things:
1. The shakycam makes me ill so I miss quite a bit of the battle scenes (which I'm used to!) but also there's weird jumps for no reason through the show which was disorienting.
2. Inara's role as a Companion is poorly developed here: I know that it's meant to be canon that Companions are highly respected, highly educated and it's Mal being rude and stupid about the sexual parts of her job, but in this episode we first see her having sex and then the young officer trying to "take her away from all this" and then be blatantly rude to her, then Book being taken aback by her profession. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me if the general attitude is meant to be one of respect, as with geisha, the comparison that Joss Whedon often made.
Re: Episode 1x01: Serenity Discussion Thread
This is an exemplary pilot and a wonderfully deft introduction to the entire cast except for two things:
1. The shakycam makes me ill so I miss quite a bit of the battle scenes (which I'm used to!) but also there's weird jumps for no reason through the show which was disorienting.
2. Inara's role as a Companion is poorly developed here: I know that it's meant to be canon that Companions are highly respected, highly educated and it's Mal being rude and stupid about the sexual parts of her job, but in this episode we first see her having sex and then the young officer trying to "take her away from all this" and then be blatantly rude to her, then Book being taken aback by her profession. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me if the general attitude is meant to be one of respect, as with geisha, the comparison that Joss Whedon often made.