Talk:Heart of Gold (Firefly)

Lack Of Encylopedic Content
This article reads like a line by line word replay of the episode, and if you want to try that you should go to the firefly wiki, or a fan forum somewhere. Even if the article maintains an in-universe view, it should contain a brief synopsis of the plot, and significance to the series, and not a description of every line and action in the episode.
 * Gerbilkit:

Source of episode name
I've reverted an edit in the Trivia section that claimed that this episode title was inspired by Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Yes, their ship has that name, but the phrase "heart of gold" was around long before HHGG. I checked the Firefly DVD and found no commentary on this episode to source the claim. If someone has a reliable source (i.e., not fan speculation), please document it here before re-adding this item. Thanks. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 14:57, 24 September 2005 (UTC)


 * This is very after the fact, but it should be pointed out that the title "Heart of Gold", an episode dealing with a whorehouse, most likely refers to the common trope of the "hooker with a heart of gold", not the HHGttG ship. - dharmabum 09:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * More accurately, the whorehouse is named as per that phrase, and in turn, the episode is named after the whorehouse. EVula 14:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * All just unsourced speculation, however logical. Please stop adding this unless you have a source. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not debating that its unsourced, but as it is a logical assumption, couldn't we leave it in place with a  tag? EVula 17:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Not if there's no reasonable expectation of getting a source. I am a rabid fan of this show, a major fan of HHGG in all its incarnations (even the recent film, more or less), and a big fan of Neil Young's song "Heart of Gold" (as well as his other works), but I urge not allowing our fannish interests to override common sense. We are not supposed to make assumptions, logical or otherwise. We are supposed to compile sourced facts. (Besides, a much more logical assumption is dharmabum's point, that it is talking about hookers (as well as a mutually snippy captain and Companion) with hearts of gold, especially given Joss Whedon's desire to tell human stories that are only set in speculative fictional worlds. But again, this is moot.) ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

US airdate?
I'm not sure, but hasn't this episode aired for the first time ever in the US... yesterday (check for example)? I think that MundoFOX was the first one to air it in the world, not in the US. So we either have to change the date or to correct that "US". Am I wrong? Probably the same thing for "The Message" and "Trash" (I haven't checked them yet). Lazarus Long 22:19, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

opening song
What is the name of the opening song to this episode? -- Sy / (talk) 02:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Inspired by 'Unforgiven'?
Is it worth mentioning that the basic plot parallels the plot of the Clint Eastwood western 'Unforgiven'? I mean, whorehouse terrorised by the local authority figure, hiring mercenaries to set things to rights? -- Mvdwege 20:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree it does draw a lot of inspiration from the movie but without any reliable source to back it up it is a moot point. NevarMaor (talk) 02:34, 6 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It's really ultimately a remake of Seven Samurai. Canterbury Tail   talk  15:11, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: "This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed".
In [|Firefly (TV_series) 3.Episodes] each Firefly episode is well summarised. there would be no point in having another short summary. Good detail work here. Can we agree to remove this template? Theflowerraj (talk) 20:44, 22 October 2021 (UTC)