Is there a Dr. Tam in the house?

POSTED BY: zzetta13
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 01:29
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ZZETTA13

Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:28 PM

Goodmorning browncoats,

Let me begin by saying Happy Holiday to each and every one in the Firefly verse.

Now on to the very best violence.

I know the drama and action were part of the Joss/team game plan for FF/Serenity.
Watching the tv pilot the other day had me thinking: Someone is always getting shot,stabed, drugged (& dosed to simulate death) and or injured some kind of way.

How in the heck did they do without a doctor on board the months or years Serenity was in flight with the crew before the Persephone passanger pick up?

I went back and watched the pilot to start a running count of how many times Dr.Simon Tam was needed.I found:

Kaylee shot by the Alliance mole and then Shepherd Book beaten by the same guy.

heres the bloodcount list, pret-near complete I would imagine.Browncoats feel free to add more:

10 gunshot wounds (+Patience shot Mal B4 series,Kaylee shot with darts Serenity)

14 beatings & other medical care (drug induced)

7 stab wounds ( +Jaynes harpooned leg,Wash harpooned in gut, Zoes backslash)

1 electrocution

2 tortures(one with ear extraction...eeewwwww)

1 injury due to explotion

0 falls

0 drownings

and 0 shark attacks so far

I'd say Doc Tams been pretty busy and shouldn't worry about getting a pink slip anytime soon. At least as ships physician.

And this doesn't include every time the doc calms down his sister.Almost every show.

would anyone like to add to the list with the BDM "Serenity" ?

Z

ACRAZYIVAN

Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:46 PM

Jayne's bullet wound to the leg
Knife to Mal's shoulder
-Plus random injuries from the fight (bruises & the like)
Anyone think that anyone who went planetside had to be treated for Bowden's?

I think that's it from episode 2. Feel free to correct any omissions.

Who's up for Bushwhacked?

Keep on flyin'

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

ZZETTA13

Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:57 PM

Thanks ACRAZYIVAN,

I've updated the list

Z

DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:04 PM

From Bushwacked it's just the Junior Reaver with his bullet wound and the crack to the head.

Shindig. 1 stab wound to the gut.

Safe had Book taking a slug. Of course this episode tells you what they did without Simon along - they took people to the nearest emergency room. Or the nearest emergency room where they don't ask too many questions at least.

Our Mrs. Reynolds.

Mal (and by extension Inara) drugged. Wash beaten senseless.

Jaynestown had only a minor cut to the doctor's oh so pretty face.

Out of Gas. Zoe exploded. Mal shot in the stomach.

Ariel. Jayne gets it in this episode 1 slash to the chest and 2 blunt force trauma wounds to the head.

War stories. Mal and Wash tortured. Jayne gets a gunshot to the shoulder.

Trash. Mal gets his nose bloodied. Jayne gets electrocuted.

The Message. Nobody from the crew gets seriously hurt here though Kaylee did have a fine shirt ruined when Tracy decided to bleed out 2 chest wounds worth of blood on her.

Heart of Gold. Once again our heroes escape mostly unscathed. A lot of whores took lead though.

Objects in Space. Mal and Book beat up. Simon shot.

That's all I can think of at the moment though I've probably forgoten some.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

DONCOAT

Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:31 PM

Mal and Zoe are both war veterans. Presumably they picked up the basics of first aid and battlefield patch-ups during their service. We can see in OiS that Zoe isn't comfortable with anything beyond the basics, as Simon has to coach her through the removal of the bullet from his leg. But even basic first aid can be enough to get the victim to the next level of care.

Another factor is that before the pilot, they didn't run into serious life threatening injuries as often. For example, most of the trauma in that episode was due to the presence of River and Simon (and the Fed who was after them). The exceptions were minor: Mal's graze on the arm during the confrontation with Patience, and Zoe's thump on the chest (stopped by body armor, but likely to be a nasty bruise).

And in later episodes, the presence of the fugitives made it harder to get legit jobs and forced them into roundabout routes far from help (viz. OoG).

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

ZZETTA13

Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:08 PM

Ok guys top post has been updated.

If anyone can think of anything else or care to add Serenity the movie casualties to the list. Be my guest.

FLORALBUNNY

Monday, April 17, 2006 12:03 AM

We must not forget that prior to the pilot Patience has already shot Mal once.

In Shindig, Mal suffers at least three sword wounds: a cut on the outer right arm below the shoulder, the stabbing on his right side above the waist (the big one he shows Inara later), and one for which the action isn't shown but which bleeds through his shirt and vest in the area of his left shoulder above the clavicle.

Anyone else expect Simon to have to do an amputation after Jayne took the harpoon in his right leg in Serenity?

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

ZZETTA13

Monday, April 17, 2006 12:11 AM

FLORALBUNNY,

top post updated with your info, thanks

Z

FLORALBUNNY

Monday, April 17, 2006 12:53 AM

zzetta13
One must tend the canon with care, lest it get loose and roll around the gun-deck mangling people.

bun
-- bastards stabbed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

DAVESHAYNE

Monday, April 17, 2006 1:16 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by zzetta13:
Serenity the movie casualties

The aformentioned harpoon to Jayne's leg.

Jayne - beaten senseless.

Mal - beaten up pretty bad at the training house.

Simon - blows to the neck and head.

Book - unspecified but bloody.

Wash - also a harpoon victim.

Zoe - slash wound to the back.

Jayne - a bullet to the upper arm IIRC.

Simon - bullet to the gut.

Mal - stabbed again and beaten about fairly fiercly again.

River's wounds are all psychological leaving only Kaylee unscathed.

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

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