Today I watched the second episode of the Firefly series. In this episode the Mal’s crew of take on a job from Adelei Niska, a crime lord. The job is to steal Alliance goods from a moving train. Before they leave for the job Niska shows them a dead body that is hanging from the body’s feet for failing to be able to finish the job. The crew finally created an intelligent plan to transport the goods from the moving train onto Serenity. Despite having Alliance troops on the train (not guarding the Alliance goods), Mal, Zoe and Jayne are able to transport the cargo successfully with only a bullet wound on Jayne’s leg. Mal and Zoe stay on the train with their cover intact, they must wait now to arrive at the train’s destination in order to arrive back on Serenity. At the train’s destination Mal and Zoe learn that the Alliance goods they stole was medicine for these townspeople who have a degenerative disease. Mal and Zoe later arrive on Serenity, tells the crew that they have to return the Alliance goods because the cargo consisted of medicine in order to help the sick townspeople. Mal and Zoe decided to drop off the cargo and then tell the sheriff once they left. While dropping off the cargo the Sheriff caught them in the act but released them when he realized the cargo was not damaged and for both of their courage to do the right thing.
Watching this episode I was able to spot a theme about its never too late to do the right thing and in general to do the right thing. Instead of taking the money from Niska and doing the job, Mal knew this was a morally wrong action because he was taking away several people’s right to live with stealing the Alliance goods that consists of a medicine that could help several sick townspeople.
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