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Firefly S1 E5 (Full Reaction)

🕑 Added 2024-02-01 03:40:38 +0000 UTC

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𝖦𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇

I just realised child River says the independence cut off the alliance using dinosaurs 😮 I wonder if River was not simply using her imagination but dinosaurs were really involved. Wash plays with dinosaurs too, it seems like they might have been planting seeds to a future plot line that never had the chance to be told.

Jacqueline

What great insight into River's character! Thanks for sharing that she doesn't seem schizophrenic. It's hard for me to get a read on her.

HeyHeyJK

Great reaction, once again, to a great episode of a great show.

BubblyRainbows

I have watched this entire series multiple times, and somehow, I never noticed that they specifically said River's dealing with paranoid schizophrenia. I haven't got a clue how I missed that not once, not twice, but a whole bunch of times. I always thought that her behavior is schizophrenia-ish (I am a person with schizophrenia myself, and I recognize some of the behaviors and apparent symptoms) but I was always on the fence whether she was supposed to be a person with schizophrenia or not. It's the one aspect of this show that has consistently bugged me over the years... the way River sometimes seems to regress to a state where, as you said, she almost feels a little slow or even childlike (which suggests something closer to a dissociative identity disorder). Schizophrenia doesn't hamper a person's cognitive abilities. In fact, there seems to be a correlation between schizophrenia and above-average intelligence. I think in those moments, River is supposed to be dealing with confusion and disorientation, but it doesn't always come across that way. Of course, I still think Summer is great in the role, it's just a nitpick from someone who is a bit more familiar with schizophrenia than the average viewer might be.