Firefly - Episode 6: 'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Recap: After a wild night of partying to celebrate a rescuing a village on a backwater planet, Mal discovers that he has a stowaway who claims to be his wife. Saffron is a shrinking violet who only wants to please her husband - except for the whole actually-a-honey-trap-who-seduces-everyone-and-sells-out-their-ship part. The crew barely escapes their ship being scrapped with no survivros, and Mal gets a final word in on Saffron but spares her life. I'm sensing a turning point. Actually, I don't know where the turning point would have been. I didn't see signs of the series improving here; I saw a completely different series . 'Our Mrs. Reynolds' is easily the best episode since the pilot and probably better than that. The characterization hasn't changed, but it's being leveraged better. Mal is still an overbearing bastard, but take his interactions with the pastor (who's completely healed) - rather than making unprovoked YOUR GOD SUCKS DON'T TA...