In the forth episode of Firefly, “Shindig”, Inara has a regular client in Persephone where she is attending a ball. Mal and Kaylee also happen to be attending the same ball to but for a different purpose. Mal is looking for Sir Warrick Harrow about a job and Kaylee is just there enjoying the ball. Inara, Atherton (the client), Mal and Kaylee eventually run into each other at the ball. Mal takes Inara to the dance floor and voices his opinion about Atherton. Atherton interrupts their dance and insults Inara. So Mal stands up for Inara and punches Atherton, which not knowingly entered himself into a sword-fighting duel. Mal has no experience with sword fighting and Atherton is an experienced sword fighter. Mal practices through the night in his locked room when Inara comes to help him escape but Mal decides to stay and fight because Atherton has no respect for Inara. Afterwards Inara instead helps him practice for the duel the next day. In the duel an overarching theme is continuing to be represented in theFirefly series, which is Mal’s true self of being morally just with his actions. In this episode Mal is in a duel against a much-experienced Atherton, the loser dies. Mal takes advantage of Atherton being distracted by Inara but punching him and taking to the ground. With sword in hand, Sir Warrick Harrow demands Mal to finish Atherton off but Mal decides to be merciful and spare Atherton’s life. The episode ends with Sir Warrick giving Mal the job to transport cattle.
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