Firefly: Settle a Dispute

Did Mal kick Niska's goon into the engine intentionally?

  • Yeah, that dude got a face full of engine on purpose.

    Votes: 142 93.4%
  • No way, Mal has too much of a soldier's code of honor.

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • I'm a sad shell of a man that hasn't seen Firefly.

    Votes: 8 5.3%


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Deliberate.

Here's my question to the original poster: if he didn't intend to kick the guy into the engine, why kick him at all? Just to rough up a bound and helpless man? It wasn't going to intimidate him, not the way the goon was acting.

J
 

No ambiguity, whatsoever. As someone else put in (roughly): Mal was meanin' t' make some man-salsa.

Given the nature of both Niska and his #1 goon, I can't say I blame him one bit.
 

Clearly intentional to me.

Let me ask this question: if it was accidental, what did he mean to do? The goon was talking trash at Mal and had no intention of doing what Mal asked him to do. Now if he just gave a tied up man a kick just to knock him over, do you think that would suddenly change the situation? Now, you kick him into the engine, you see results from the sub-goons and get what you want, the money and message returned to Niska.
 

I recall Mal saying something like "oh well" at that moment: Anyone remember what it was? (or has the DVD?)

In any event, it was intentional - which is what made it ironically funny. :) Mal has no compunction about killing when he needs to - and having a mad-dog killer on your trail qualifies as "need to." After all, in the pilot he kills when needed, and even shoots a horse to gain a tactical advantage! When's the last time you saw THAT on TV?
 


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