Blog 5

For the next episode of my choice I watched Episode 7 ‘Jaynestown’ of “Firefly”. Throughout the episodes I have watched of “Firefly”, it seems that Jayne has always acted as though he were a tough human being. He also doesn’t act as orderly as say Simon or Mal. When the crew arrives in what is known to be Jaynestown, he seems very cautious and hesitant because he decided to disguise himself. Then they see the statue of Jayne and are in disbelief because they are in a very poor town and don’t realize why he is being honored. I thought I was kind of strange that the little boy was just blatantly staring at Jayne, but I figured something was going to happen where he would be recognized like that. The song the man sings in the bar, the bartender giving him the best whiskey in the house, and the replica statue are things that pay tribute to the “local hero”. A line in the song says, “He stole from the rich and gave to the poor”. That kind of makes me think of Jayne as some sort of Robin Hood character. I also think it is kind of ironic that he didn’t realize how much of an impact he had on the town. I guess many “Robin Hood’s” don’t realize those things because they are just trying to help others instead of themselves. I would react the same way Jayne did after he was recognized because he realized how much the people appreciated his actions.