Wash survived the unique (albeit very brief) collection “Firefly,” handiest to get needlessly (and graphically) killed off within the movie. “Firefly” fanatics adored Wash. He used to be a nerdy pilot who performed with toy dinosaurs in his spare time. Who may just dislike this absolute treasure of a human?
Moreover, he handled his spouse Zoë just like the queen she used to be, so other people could not assist however root for him. Wash used to be the antithesis of men who blabber on about ladies spurning the “great man.” Wash is the great man, so after all, he does not want to say it — and he were given the lady. But, none of that used to be sufficient to save him from a useless demise that did completely not anything to advance the plot.
Wash’s demise scene wasn’t handiest needlessly graphic (did we actually want to see him impaled?), but it surely additionally got here completely out of nowhere. The instant gave the impression close to the top of the movie, serving because the collection’ conclusion, making its lifestyles needless outdoor of torturing fanatics.
One idea for the liked personality’s demise used to be that Wash actor Alan Tudyk could not devote to extra sequels. The perception of extra sequels by no means amounted to the rest greater than whispers within the first position. So if that used to be the case, it used to be untimely at best. Much more tragically, fanatics discovered that Zoë used to be pregnant on the time of Wash’s demise, destroying any likelihood of him being in a position to in the future play dinosaur toys along with his kid.