Īs a pilot, Wash's flying style oscillated between near panic and a Zen-like calm. His loyalty to his fellow crew was unshakable, as is shown when he insisted on rescuing Mal from the clutches of the crime lord Adelai Niska, despite clashing with Mal over Zoë earlier and having been severely tortured by Niska to the point of barely being able to stand. His actions sometimes appeared cowardly (or at least less-than-heroic), but Wash had proven his resolve and willingness to both put himself in harm's way and do violence on behalf of his friends on many occasions. Also, the Alliance tried to arrest him as well earlier in the conflict, but Wash and a few others convinced the soldiers that Jayne was Wash and he was hauled off instead.Ī laid-back guy with a dry and occasionally laconic sense of humor, Wash tended to represent the pragmatic, cut-and-run opinion in any shipboard debate, and often served as the calming influence in heated arguments. She freed him after Mal got the Alliance to stand down. Zoe left Wash with the others, insisting it was her fight, but the Browncoats used Wash against Zoe, putting him in a cage to pressure her to join them. Wash is also known to have got caught up with the crew in an attempt by a group of Browncoats to rekindle the war. He refused to leave Serenity, though, despite the rival Captain offering him more money to join him.

He denied her, saying he had a 'beautiful wife who can kill me with her pinky.' Īt one point, another Captain attempted to recruit Wash. However, he does prove his loyalty when Saffron, a young woman posing as Mal's wife in order to take over the ship, attempted to seduce him by telling him the myth of Earth-That-Was and how the stars joined it. The two had a passionate and strong relationship, despite Wash's occasional concern over Zoë's strong personality and her tendency to assume the more aggressive, traditionally male role in the marriage, a concern compounded by Zoë's fierce loyalty and devotion to Mal. Theirs could be said to be an odd pairing, given that Zoë's first impression of Wash was one of immediate dislike and distrust. Fittingly, the “Watch How I Soar” comic shows a tree growing out from his grave. He and Zoe honeymooned on Windcrest, and Wash jokingly said they should open a bed and breakfast there and she could bury him under a big tree near the lake. Wash accepted Mal's offer, and in the course of time, fell in love with and eventually married Reynolds' second-in-command, Zoë. His skills as a pilot grew, and by the time Wash met Malcolm Reynolds, his reputation had grown to the point where he was actively courted by multiple captains in search of a good pilot (Mal tells Zoë that Wash has a list of recommendations 'as long as leg' when Zoë expresses her dislike of Wash). Wash then traveled widely, visiting odd worlds where, for example, juggling goslings was the principal form of recreation. Universe offered Wash his services whenever they were needed. In order to buy Wash's silence (and save himself from a threat of bodily injury at the hands of Wash), Mr. Universe, Wash' friend in flight school, was top of the class, since he hacked the records. He became a pilot in part to see the sky beyond his home. Raised on a planet with pollution so thick the stars were not visible, Wash traveled with his father as a boy, visiting different places around the ‘verse.

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