In the first episode of “Firefly” Mal has to tell Kaylee, the mechanic, to get back to work and finish her job until she can play around or do the things that she wants to do. After she argues with him for a very short period of time, Mal becomes firm with her and makes her understand that he is in control and when he says to do something, he expects it to be done. As Kaylee is walking out of the room am mumbling under her breath, Mal says to her “We work before we play.” He states this to let her know that her job is the important thing to get done at the moment, and when she does finish her job, it is okay for her to do the things that she would like to do. Mal makes other comments throughout the entire episode that shows the crew that he is in charge just as he did with Kaylee. When he tells his crew that they were going to return the medicine, he said it in a way that let the rest of the crew know that his mind was made up, and that what he said was going to happen was the final word even if other crew members did not agree with him, such as Jayne. All in all, his word was the final say, and his crew worked with him to return the medicine to the people of Paradiso. Do you think that Mal’s word should be the final say at all times? Is the crew responsible for always backing up the captain in whatever he decides to do? Was Jayne out of place for saying that he didn’t agree with the Mal out loud?
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