471 – Firefly – Objects in Space

We come to the end of the TV Series Firefly as Simon and Eugene discuss Objects in Space. Episode Synopsis: River is wandering about the ship, as if in a dream, she sees the others and hears their thoughts, or what she thinks their thoughts, she sees a branch on the floor… then she comes around, the branch is a gun and everyone is very worried [expand title=”More…” swaptitle=”Less” tag=”strong”] There follows a lot of discussion about River.  Reveals how she killed three people with her eyes shut.  Mal thinks she’s a psychic, possibly an assassin. Mal must make a decision. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter comes aboard the Serenity in space.  He captures the crew, but cannot find River.  River has become one with the ship, and she taunts the bounty hunter, revealing his thoughts.  Meanwhile, River engineers the rest of the crew out of the trap. The bounty hunter finally realizes that River is part of serenity, she is on his ship.  She tells him she is willing to go with him, but Simon fights for her and is shot. Mal also gets beat up, but… when the bounty hunter is making the crossing, Mal throws him into space. River returns home. [/expand]