Firefly/Serenity, Layer 1
"Firefly" was a television series that only lasted one season, but developed such a large cult following that a major motion picture, "Serenity," was produced to close out the story. Joss Whedon wrote both the series and the motion picture screenplays and expertly applied mind, body, and spirit characters throughout, just as he has done in other works, such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and "Dollhouse." In Firefly, Whedon uses three layers of mind, body and spirit. In this post, I will only address the first, or top, layer. The Spirit Character: Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) The pilot episode of Firefly began with Mal Reynolds and Zoe Washburne in the middle of a battle with the Alliance. Their rebel forces (the Browncoats) were pinned down and in dire need of air support that wasn't coming any time soon. Mal was the one running around trying to encourage the fighters, saying things like, "We are just too pr...