Primary Source 2

My second primary source episode 3 of Firefly, "Bushwacked". Serenity comes up on a an abandoned ship with one survivior. The ship was attacked by reavers and the survivor was made to watch everything that happened to the rest of the crew, which was about fifteen families. Alliance then boarded Serenity, the doctor and River hid on the outside of the ship and Mal saved the Alliance commander from the survivor who went crazy, and Mal was rewarded by getting the ship back, the end. (just a little summary for you guys who didn't watch it)

One interesting detail about this episode was River's reaction to everything. She had an immediate connection to the survivor of the abandoned ship, and the crazier he went, the crazier she reacted. It kind of guided us through the action a little bit. A pattern I've begun to notice is that the show likes to bring continuous action from different sources, then intertwine them. in this episode the crew found the ship, the Reavers then became slightly involved, and the Alliance became directly involved. In the end, the survivior bascially became a reaver himself as justification for what he saw, and Mal saved the Alliance commander from him, which clearly shows us the connection between the different elements of the plot. I think this makes the show exciting, and helps to wrap everything up by the plot elements "combining" in the end of the show.