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Originally posted by christhecynic:
A lot of people talk about the darker Mal from Serenity (the episode) but I never got the feeling the character was any different.

In Serenity they were almost out of gas, the last few jobs they had were worthless, they were down on money, they were down on prospects, and the alliance was close to them.

By the train job they were more prosperous. I didn’t feel like the character was any different, just the situation. I mean if Kaylee had been shot in the train job or any other episode and now that person who did that had a gun to the head of the innocent do you think Mal would hesitate to shoot the guy?

I don’t.

Am I alone in this thinking or do others think that the character of Mal was unchanged, but instead the situation was changed to make the episodes lighter, as was requested?

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