Today I watched the fifth episode of the Firefly series. This episode symbolizes the theme of family because when Mal and the crew must leave Jiangyin, in order to reach medical attention for Book’s bullet wound, they are forced to leave the kidnapped Simon and River temporarily on Jiangyin. Simon and River were taken to a community that had not doctor and with Simon’s help he can help heal the locals. The locals find out about River’s almost psychic abilities and declared her a witch and ordered to be burned to death. Simon tried to explain that River is not a witch but they continue to burn River. Simon finally offered to give up his own life so he could die with his sister. Right before burning Simon and River, Mal and his crew came to the rescue and saved them both. Near the end of this episode Simon questions Mal’s decision to comeback and rescue Simon and River even though they were inconveniences to him at first. Mal explained that he is a part of his crew. Simon says, “But you don’t even like me, why’d you do it?” Mal replies, “You’re on my crew, why are we still talking about this?” At the end of the end of the episode they all enjoy a dinner together. As you can see, Mal’s decision to comeback for Simon and River was due to his moral belief of having each other’s backs in his crew and that they are almost like a family.
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