Firefly - Episode 10: 'War Stories'
Recap: Wash becomes jealous of Zoe's relationship with Mal and insists upon taking Zoe's spot for the medicine sale to gather some 'war stories.' Niska catches up with them and captures them. Zoe buys Wash's freedom, interrupting his and Mal's latest conflict-under-duress. The crew of Serenity regroups and rescues Mal. Another episode of Firefly that demands you examine its gender dynamics. It's fairly ham-fisted this time. Wash complains that he's not an action guy despite being a reasonably muscular man. (The fact that the Shepherd is shown lifting weights and then being an action hero this same episode seems to confirm, intentionally or not, that this is indeed a failing on Wash's part.) Wash also insists that perhaps there are 'too many husbands' in his relationship, which, alright, buddy. Fortunately (?), it turns out that he's mostly just jealous of the relationship that Zoe and Mal share. We've seen the way that Wash and M...