"Serenity" - Firefly

I watched the pilot episode of Firefly today called “Serenity.” Watching the second episode the other day left a lot of confusion, but I highly recommend watching the first episode to anyone that is looking into Firefly. It let me know that Inara is a “companion” and why River was acting so insane in “The Train Job” episode. It was very entertaining and I found myself talking to the TV, like “NO! They shot Zoe!”

Anyway, I really enjoyed finding out more information on River. Putting together the first episode and the second episode, I figure she has some sort of psychic powers but I’m not exactly sure. I think this because in episode one her brother explains that she is extremely smart and attended some sort of school that the government was a part of. They did experiments on her or hurt her in some way because she is such a talented human being. He helped her escape and that’s why the government is after them. In the second episode, she kept saying “two by two, hands of blue.” I wish I knew more about her talents though.

Also, another interesting part of the episode was that at the beginning, the captain was actually in a war which they lost. He kissed his cross on his necklace. Then six years later, when he is captain of Serenity and the Shepherd comes on board, he acts weird to him. It seems like Mal lost faith. By the way, I figured out that Shepherd is a missionary.

I hope I didn’t spoil anything for anyone. Watch THIS episode though!!!! Oh! And I change my mind about Mal not being fit for a captain. He definitely seemed a lot more serious in this episode and played his role well.