No.3: "The Train Job" (cont.)

I think the main argument in this episode is whether to follow one’s heart or to “beg” for money and life. Now let me explain it in more details. Based on content of this episode, Captain Reynolds has to choose between giving the life-saving medicines back to the Alliance or getting the money and protection from Niska.

Captain Reynolds’ instinct told him to give the medicines back to save the sick people, after he saw the poor and pitiful situation in the town. However, if he did give the medicines back to the town people, he would put all his group members’ lives at risk, since Niska was such a ruthless person. Contrarily, if he obeyed his instinct and followed Niska’s command, he could get the money that he desperately needed at that time, and he could also get Niska’s protection. The second choice sounded attractive, but Captain Reynolds still chose to listen to his heart and cancelled the deal because he knew he was doing the right thing.

Captain Reynolds’ decision was impressing that he could still choose to do the right thing under such stressful condition. He knew that after he made this decision, Niska would not let him go; instead, Niska would probably go after him and try to destroy him for disobeying his order. As I commented in someone’s blog (sorry about I forgot whose blog that is), if everyone in the world could choose to do the right thing all the time, there wouldn’t be any crimes anymore, unless someone’s understanding of “the right thing” is twisted.