#2 About “The Train Job”

     This is the first time for me to see a science fiction in the form of drama because I don’t really like the huge stuff such as spaceships made up with cold iron. But after saw the episode “The Train Job”, the ample characters of main roles and the fascinating plot of the drama definitely attracted me a lot.

     The main impression this episode left to me is the captain – Malcolm Reynolds – an intelligent, dauntless and kindhearted person. Since the ship Serenity always navigate at the fringes of the star system in order to escape from the Alliance and Reynolds really need money, he has to accept some illegal tasks such as stole two cargos of Alliance goods from a train. It’s obvious to see how valorous Reynolds is when he accept the train job under the repression and threaten given by the gang boss – Niska – who showed how he would torment a person if he dislikes; moreover, Reynolds is also brave enough to execute the task when he noticed that there are 20 Alliance police in the train. Compare to Zoe, who thought it’s infeasible to accomplish the mission at the serious risk of being caught, Reynolds believed that will be a lot fun. Neither Zoe nor I could understand what he was thinking about.

     During the interrogation, the composure and wittiness Malcolm revealed made me feel surprised and admired. Both the deliberate lie and escape of the trap are amazing.

     The most incredible scene is that Malcolm decided to turn the cargos back no matter how Niska would reply when he found the goods are the necessarily medicine to other peoples. Although he had to do some crime so as to maintain the life, he still had his own morality which can’t be beaten. When Malcolm return the medicine back, I suddenly felt that he is not just a weird captain who life is full of money and dodge, but also a righteous and compassionate person.