In the eleventh episode of Firefly, Mal and Zoe receive the remains of one of their old war buddies. He leaves a message asking them to please deliver his body to his parents. On their way to fulfill his last wishes, however, they end up being chased by an alliance official who wants the body.
As they try to find out what is so valuable about the body, they realize that the ‘corpse’(called Tracy) is very much alive. One thing that struck me is how medicine has advanced to such a stage that they are able to replace a man’s innards completely. The crew of the Serenity is not really surprised by Tracy’s story.
Another thing that struck me is how Mal, Zoe, and the whole crew for that matter, decide not to give Tracy up. Tracy ends up thinking the opposite however, and tries to escape, taking Kaylee hostage. In the process, he ends up getting fatally wounded. Even after all Tracy has put them through, Mal does not give him up to the officer. The crew manages to intimidate the officer and his men, and they leave.
Mal and Zoe still regard Tracy a friend even after he threatened to kill them. They carry out his last wishes, delivering his body to his family. As their saying goes ‘ When you can’t walk, crawl. And when you can’t crawl, get somebody to carry you.’ Mal and Zoe chose to carry Tracy despite all he had put them through. That is what true friends do.
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