2.3 the dialogue with Zoe

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  • If the actions didn’t come across, the dialogue establishes Mal’s character at present state thoroughly
    • His need to focus on his crew, his family. Not only their safety but their wellbeing (hence not tossing the payload)
      • Definitely establishes his role firmly as the provider of the family
  • But Zoe’s response hints that it’s not always so.
    • This also ties back to the Browncoat mention which is a core part of his identity
      • Zoe: it’s just, in the time of war, we would have never left a man stranded
      • Mal: Maybe that’s why we lost
  • The conversation happens while they are at lengths with each other with the camera panning back and forth in close-ups
    • Portraying a physical manifestation of the emotional distance Mal is trying to maintain
    • Mal does close the distance as he tries to get his point across, but then again, decides to walk away
    • Not a conversation he wants to have and he returns to his room alone