Observations

POSTED BY: WhooDahn
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 07:42
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BARNEYT

Monday, August 18, 2003 7:47 AM

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Originally posted by Klepto:
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Originally posted by WhooDahn:
In Wargames and OIS I think her actions were fairly sane (sorta). There was a valid reason for her actions.
In OIS, River thinks she's surrounded by autumn leaves, holding a tree branch, when it's in fact a loaded gun? Fairly sane?

I don't think she's getting any saner - I reckon that what is happening is that she's becoming more aware of and better able to cope with what's been done to her - so her experiences become more extreme (the whole tree/gun thing) but she's also able to work through them, which is what happens in the rest of OIS. It's a continuation of what happens War Stories where she was able to be a normal girl for a while but then sank back into the madness because of Zoe's grenade story.

OUTLAWTEXAN

Monday, August 18, 2003 12:50 PM

Actually, I think what appears to be "getting worse" could actually be the first steps to getting better. As was mentioned, Simon at this point is only beginning to be able to treat her, and, as with psychiatric treatments now, the patient often goes through ups and downs as various types of treatments are tried.

If medical science, in general, hasn't changed much between now and then (and it doesn't seem that it has, at least out on the fringes where Serenity flies), with the obvious changes such as new scanning techniques and other better equipment, a lot of treatment, especially regarding the brain, is a lot of trial and error within certain known perameters.

HIGHIRON02

Monday, August 18, 2003 3:47 PM

In the episode 'Safe,' River says, "Time to go.," Just before Serinity flys overhead.

Did anyone notice in the Pilot episode (after the escape from the Reavers), Wash is at the flight controls, apparently holding the control yoke, except there is nothing in his hands?

We got you partially surrounded.

SARAHETC

Monday, August 18, 2003 4:24 PM

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Originally posted by Highiron02:
Did anyone notice in the Pilot episode (after the escape from the Reavers), Wash is at the flight controls, apparently holding the control yoke, except there is nothing in his hands?

Oh yeah. And once you've seen it, you can't unsee it. Nathan Fillion has posted on the Fox board, saying something to the effect of: "All will be explained in the DVD commentary."

Interesting to me also was OutlawTexan's statement of causality from War Stories. That Zoe's grenade story caused River to regress. Did anybody else think this? It's an interesting perspective and totally new to me. I always figured her medicine wore off.

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

STILLSHINY

Monday, August 18, 2003 7:33 PM

I gotta admit thoughts were provoked by that one. I thought she was saying time to go cuz they was about to burn up. huh.

I still ain't found inara's package in the Message.

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BARNEYT

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:42 AM

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Originally posted by stillshiny:
I gotta admit thoughts were provoked by that one. I thought she was saying time to go cuz they was about to burn up. huh.

It's like a lot of River's statements - they mean one thing until you've seen the rest of the episode and then they mean something else entirely! Like in Ariel, where she's struggling with Simon saying she doesn't want to go back, and Simon thinks she just means back to Serenity when what she actually means is the bunch of Feds waiting round the corner...

One of the many reasons why I can't wait to get the DVD - this show deserves a lot of re-watching!

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