In Episode 13: Heart of Gold of Firefly season 1, the crew of Serenity chooses to help a friend of Inara’s named Mandy and her whore house. They are being bullied by a townsman who keeps using their services and trying to get one of them pregnant because his wife cannot bear children. The crew chooses to help them and fight off the head townsman. This episode is full of messages of both love and a group that is like a family. Mal falls in love in this episode with Mandy and lies with her the night before the big fight. Several lives are taken during the fight and among them was Mandy. Mal is deeply upset by Mandy’s death and because Mal laid with her Inara is hurt and chooses to leave the Serenity just when Mal was about to announce his feelings for her. This helps to show that love is a two edged blade that can help to protect or hurt others. Love is never clean and complications usually arise which causes it to be two sided. The rest of the episode points to the theme of pack mentality where both groups protect each other. The combine to take on a larger “pack” in order to defeat their enemy. They fight together, watch over each other and care for one another. This repeating theme resonates throughout the entire season thus far and will continue to be predominating. This episode is extremely revealing in all the relationships that are viable on the Serenity such as Zoe and Wash wanting a child and Zoe will not take no for an answer. Kaylee dropping obvious hints to Simon that she wants him to admit his feelings for her and that she likes him. Then the obvious relationship and feelings laying in wait between Mal and Inara.
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