Our Mrs. Reynolds
| "Our Mrs. Reynolds" | |
|---|---|
| Firefly episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Vondie Curtis Hall |
| Written by | Joss Whedon |
| Production code | 1AGE05 |
| Original air date | October 4, 2002 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Christina Hendricks |
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Christina Hendricks
Benito Martinez
Erik Passoja
"Our Mrs. Reynolds" is the sixth episode of the science fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon.
As an unexpected reward for an unpaid job, Mal finds himself married to a naïve, subservient young woman named Saffron (Christina Hendricks). Saffron is all too willing to play the role of housewife, which leads to an argument between Wash and Zoe and lectures from Shepherd Book.
A covered wagon makes its way through a shallow river. When bandits on horseback stop it and demand its cargo, the driver Jayne and his "wife" Mal pull their weapons on them. Mal offers them the choice of jail or death. In the ensuing shootout, Mal, Jayne and Zoe kill them all. There is a party that night at the settlement that had been plagued by the outlaws. Mal dances with a beautiful young woman, who gives him a wreath and wine, while an old man gives Jayne a wooden rainstick.
After Serenity is underway again, Mal encounters a stowaway in the cargo bay. The young woman Saffron informs him that she is his wife. Shepherd Book reads up on the local customs and informs Mal that he had taken inadvertently part in the local marriage ritual by accepting a wreath of flowers, drinking her wine, and dancing together.
Mal has a heart-to-heart talk with the woman. Despite Mal's encouragement to be her own woman, Saffron cooks him a meal and offers to wash his feet. Jayne attempts to trade his favorite gun, "Vera", for Saffron, but Mal turns him down.
When Mal enters his quarters later, Saffron manages to kiss him. However, her lips are covered with a narcotic which renders him unconscious. Saffron heads to the cockpit and tries her wiles on Wash. When she is unsuccessful, Saffron knocks him out with a kick to the back of the head. She quickly takes control of the ship, setting it on a mysterious course and sabotaging the controls, then welding the door shut behind her as she leaves. Running to a shuttle to escape, she meets Inara and tries to seduce her too. Inara plays along to buy time, but the alarm goes off. Inara compliments Saffron on her skillful lying. After dodging a kick from Saffron, Inara rushes to Mal after Saffron claims that she is Malcolm Reynolds' widow. After Inara finds him only unconscious, she kisses him, then collapses after calling for help, another victim of Saffron's drug.
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