Blog 7

            Today I watched the next episode of the Firefly series. From the beginning of the episode today I saw some of the ideas we discussed in yesterday’s class. In the opening scene Mal ends up killing someone. We asked the question if it is ever okay to kill. Today Mal was protecting his cargo but he still killed someone. Then he ended up getting very drunk and he even married someone. So good man Mal seems to be worse of a man every episode. Then later in the show he lets himself be seduced by his so called wife and is poisoned. So he gave into seduction and the girl nearly took over the entire ship. She was able to reroute the ship. The ship was going to be hijacked. So his flaws nearly cost the entire crew their lives and the ship. Once again Mal kills and he gives into seduction. Two more things that Mal makes him seem like a man without.  Although I do give props to Warsh. The wife tried to seduce him but he stood his ground and he held up his marriage with Zoe. Inara also did well in this episode. She did not let herself be seduced by the wife and she is the one who alerted the crew that something was wrong. Overall this show made Mal look even less like a moral man and more like a crook.  Although at the end he does find the fake wife and he doesn’t let himself be played again and he doesn’t kill her at the end.  He doesn’t kill her but he does punch her but I guess that isn’t as bad as killing her.