As I mentioned we are re-watching Firefly, we are now about 3/4 done, and had a eureka moment early on in the episode Trash. We meet for the second time a character named Saffron that “married” Mal and hijacked Serenity leaving it and its crew heading for a 26th century chop shop. This time she is married to one of Mal’s old war buddies and named Bridget. A fight ensues causing Monty to leave his bride behind in the clutches of revenge minded Mal. Bridgett, the smooth con woman she is, convinces Mal to bring her along because she has a surefire plan to steal a priceless artifact. As the intro credits roll I see a name that looks familiar. When Bridgett and Mal break into a house to steal the object, the owner walks in and recognizes Bridgett as his long lost wife, Yolanda. Despite her best efforts Yosaffbridge is foiled in her attempt to dupe the crew of Serenity out of the loot, mostly thanks to Inara.
Despite my recognizing the name and instantly recognizing who she was playing, I spent the rest of the show staring at her, sometimes I was sure that is who I thought it was and other times thinking no way. After watching the episode I hustled over to IMDB and sure enough it was Christina Hendricks, Saffron/Bridgett/Yolanda was Joan from Mad Men.
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I think I’ve said this before, but my kids gave me Firefly for Christmas and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wish there had been more made.
Yes you have, but feel free to say it as many times as bring up the subject myself.
I was just poking through one of the Firefly Wikis and I read that Joss Wheaton visualized a 7 year story arc for the show. I can see where there were lots of interesting character storylines that needed exploring, but how many times could they smuggles goods, entangle with the Alliance, dodge Reavers & do “jobs” before that part became redundant?