Firefly Again

Based on the title of this blog post it is probably clear that I chose to watch another episode of Firefly. The episode that I watched was titled “Bushwhacked” and was the third episode in the series. Much like the last episode I watched, “Out of Gas” , this one took place solely in space. During this episode Serenity comes in to contact with another ship, aboard this ship they find that all but one of the ships passengers were killed by Reavers which are kind of like space zombies. Reavers are said to have be men who traveled to the ends of the galaxy only to be driven mad by the vastness of space and far removal from any civilization. The appearance of the Reavers is similar to that of normal humans with the exception of tattered clothing and scars. Revears are similar to zombies in the sense that they used to be humans and feed off of flesh but they differ from zombies because Revears are not dead, nor can they transform humans into Revears by biting them. The Reavers do however appear to have some form of intelligence because of the tactics that they use. When Serenity attempts to disengage from the other ship the crew finds that the Revears have booby-trapped the other ship so that when they disengage, the other ship will blow up. This will serve to damage Serenity so that when the Revears return Serenity will not be able to flee, making the crew easy targets. This was by far the scariest and most exciting episode yet, I cant wait to see what they next one will be like!