User blog comment:Acapnia/Speculation Answers/@comment-2135507-20100725191838

Nah the only reason Wash is even with the Meta and finding Epsilon is because he wants his old life back. Trust me I think he just wants to do what it takes. and the only people who were standing in the way of that were 2 idiots and a robot so he shot 2 of the 3 so he could hold one prisoner as leverage