something ain't right about shindig
POSTED BY: evildead1971
UPDATED: Thursday, April 15, 2010 00:24
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I rewatched "Shindig" again this morning, for perhaps the second dozenth time. I had never considered this a problem, since I don't think Badger is very bright. I doubt he could focus on more than one problem at a time, which in this case is making sure no one made a connection between him and Mal. Besides, the cortex bulletin about the Tams would have been months previous to this action, and as someone else has already pointed out, Badger would not have thought Mal could be connected with such types of fugitives. Badger is pretty low on the criminal totem pole, but he thinks Mal is even lower.
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Bushwhacked mentioned a "flash" about a brother and sister, no further info because it was still so classified even the Alliance Commander did not have access. No mention of a picture. Don't recall Badger was introduced to River as Simon's sister, even if he say the "flash". Didn't sound like a cortex thing, more like military or police messaging.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
I'm not so sure that Miranda was the ONLY Alliance secret in River's head, and they have no more interest in the Tams. If so, the Tams would return home, which I'm not betting on happening.
Expanding upon this, I suspect that the elder Tams were horrified that their children were identified as brash enough to evade the ballyhooed Alliance. Plus, in return for the elder Tam's unholy support of the Alliance, the powers likely confiscated the Tam Estate and threw the Tams in prison for raising children who defied the glorious Alliance. This happens often in history, so no reason not to happen here - serves them right. Perhaps the Tam Estate will become the Alliance's version of Arlington Cemetery (formerly Gen Lee's Estate.)
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Bushwhacked mentioned a "flash" about a brother and sister, no further info because it was still so classified even the Alliance Commander did not have access. No mention of a picture. Don't recall Badger was introduced to River as Simon's sister, even if he say the "flash". Didn't sound like a cortex thing, more like military or police messaging.
Precisely. No way info on the Tams would ever appear on a bulletin for Badger to read. Possibly folks are not recalling what Book told Mal:
"No reports broadwaved... no warrants. Much as they want her, they want her hid."
The only ever bulletin for River we see, with photo ID, is in Early's ship. But Early got that bulletin, most like, directly from a military source that sent him out to collect her.
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I would disagree about the elder Tams being taken prisoner. Though the Alliance is corrupt, all outward appearances look mostly fair and just. I have a feeling that they're more subtle about punishments...such as quietly having Gabriel Tam fired...rather than the obvious ones that would invite protest among the general population.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Expanding upon this, I suspect that the elder Tams were horrified that their children were identified as brash enough to evade the ballyhooed Alliance. Plus, in return for the elder Tam's unholy support of the Alliance, the powers likely confiscated the Tam Estate and threw the Tams in prison for raising children who defied the glorious Alliance. This happens often in history, so no reason not to happen here - serves them right. Perhaps the Tam Estate will become the Alliance's version of Arlington Cemetery (formerly Gen Lee's Estate.)
Can't say as I agree. In fact, I believe very little would happen to Gabriel and his wife. The Tams are well-to-do members of upperclass society. And outwardly the Academy was legit. So, I consider it highly unlikely the Alliance would blow the whistle on their own little, carefully orchestrated, facade: they NEED the cooperation of uppity folks like the Tams to perpetuate the front that theirs is a good school you can send your kids to.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Expanding upon this, I suspect that the elder Tams were horrified that their children were identified as brash enough to evade the ballyhooed Alliance. Plus, in return for the elder Tam's unholy support of the Alliance, the powers likely confiscated the Tam Estate and threw the Tams in prison for raising children who defied the glorious Alliance. This happens often in history, so no reason not to happen here - serves them right. Perhaps the Tam Estate will become the Alliance's version of Arlington Cemetery (formerly Gen Lee's Estate.)
Can't say as I agree. In fact, I believe very little would happen to Gabriel and his wife. The Tams are well-to-do members of upperclass society. And outwardly the Academy was legit. So, I consider it highly unlikely the Alliance would blow the whistle on their own little, carefully orchestrated, facade: they NEED the cooperation of uppity folks like the Tams to perpetuate the front that theirs is a good school you can send your kids to.
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I agree. :-)
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Originally posted by RogueScholar: he seems to have bought River's act, and believed her to be from his home planet/moon (the name of which escapes me for the moment, but I think that I did read the name somewhere)
Dayton Colony ;)
The Tams were never introduced by name to Badger, and even when he asked Simon whos he was, all he said was "she's a passenger." He strikes me as the type who's more interested in something going wrong with his business prospects (such as Serenity being tagged for illegal salvage) than he is about Alliance bounties. Since what he does is illegal, doesn't seem wise to me to get tangled up in Alliance affairs whatsoever.
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Originally posted by freelancertex:
The Tams were never introduced by name to Badger, and even when he asked Simon whos he was, all he said was "she's a passenger." He strikes me as the type who's more interested in something going wrong with his business prospects (such as Serenity being tagged for illegal salvage) than he is about Alliance bounties. Since what he does is illegal, doesn't seem wise to me to get tangled up in Alliance affairs whatsoever.
Hear, hear! Badger is way too small potatoes to ever be involved with, or even know about Alliance business--except that news which they choose to disseminate through the public channels themselves. Heck, the man is too small time to even walk among the Persephone 'nobility' and hope to get away with it.
Thing of it is, though, like you pointed out, Badger don't care about that either. Yes, he's a petty thief with delusions of grandeur, but his delusions are in the realm of fancying himself a type of businessman, with roots in the community and all: 'better than' a crook. But Badger is not a fool, and certainly not so deluded as to think he'd ever have some sort of clout within the high military. Street-wise as he is, I'm sure he knows well how to keep his far distance from them.
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Thank you ^_^
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You can't take the sky from me...
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