BB Firefly Rewatch Day Six: Jaynestown

[Taake]

Returning to a moon where he ran into some serious trouble years ago, Jayne discovers that he's become a local folk legend. Mal decides to use this entertaining distraction to complete a job, but some unfinished business may derail his plans

Source: Wikipedia.com .

 

[Taake]

I was not surprised to look it up and find that this episode was written by Ben Edlund, to my recall he's written some good Angel eps.

Anyway, Jaynestown is another great episode in my book. It has one of those things that I love about Whedon's show which is that they can start out in a very funny place, and end up in a very sincere and grim place. The whole thing with Jayne - from him trying to disguise himself, to the reveal of his hero-hood, to his acceptance of this hero role, and then finally getting to see some kind of softness, humanity, in him at the end is brilliant.

The crew's reactions are also lovely. Especially Wash cracks me up.

This ep also has another of my favorite things which is Sheperd's hair and River's reaction to it. Love it! Also love her "fixing" of books.
"Keep walking, preacher man!"

Oh, another love of mine, shown only in glimpses, is the relationship between Mal and Kaylee. I find it very sweet.

 

[nightshade]

I love Simon in this ep too, his sarcasm, his reaction to Jayne and the statue and song, to getting drunk with Kaylee.

 

[Buffy Summers]

I can' t put my finger on what makes these episodes so great. Maybe that there aren't boring parts. The great lines keep the interest up throughout.

This is one of the funniest episodes, but I also like that we see that Jayne might be a good man underneath after all.

 

[Jules]

I love the humour in this episode. The song about Jayne, everyone's reaction to the fact the town thought he was a hero and River's reaction to Shepherds hair!

Just when Mahler gets somewhere with Simon he goes and upsets her again.

This was another great episode.