Bushwacked was a good episode.We learn more about the crew's main antagonists: the Alliance and the Reavers. The Alliance rep seems decent if a little by-the-book. The Reavers are scary even without being seen.We do see their influence on the sole survivor of one of their attacks and it's horrible.
The episode opens on a fun note with the crew playing basketball. The interrogation scenes are also funny and give a little insight into the crew members. Zoe doesn't want to discuss her marriage--she's a private person. In contrast, her husband Wash talks about being married to a warrior woman. Kaylee is insulted that someone called the ship junk. Jayne just stares at his questioner.
River and Simon hide from the Alliance on the outside of Firefly. River's look of delight as she watches the stars is beautiful.
Rhiannon's post on Bushwhacked is here,
Since my earlier Firefly post, I checked out the TWoP forums and the wikipedia entry. Apparently, Fox in its "wisdom" thought the Mal Reynolds character needed to be jollier and demanded a new pilot be written over a weekend. The original pilot included some back stories for the characters. But the second pilot The Train Job was confusing to many viewers. Oddly enough, Fox promos emphasized the "girl in the box." Too bad, viewers didn't see River in the box after the Serenity pilot (except in the opening credits.) Even if the execs were correct that the pilot was too dark, why not change a few scenes, instead of writing a new episode? Fox ended up showing the pilot after the other Their actions certainly hurt the show.
Thank goodness for Netflix and other services so we can see the show the way it was intended.
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