blog 4

Blog 4, Firefly, Episode 4, Jaynestown

Episode four of the series Firefly is centered around the character Jayne. Jayne is the dumb muscle, no brains all brawn member of the crew. He is a type of man who will do anything for money; any job whether it's legal, or not. In this episode of Firefly, Jayne takes a job to rip off the leader of a town of people bound by indentured servitude. Jayne, with a partner, performs the heist and attempts to escape with the money, yet runs into problems. He ends up having to ditch the partner and the money in order to get away. The money is scattered among the townspeople. Jayne is revered as a hero by the poor people of the town.

The people's reaction to Jayne's actions causes for some confusion on his part. He has always seen himself as he is: not very smart with a fairly distorted moral compass. His new “reputation” is that of a heroic, good man. However, the fact that he left his partner behind reveals to the viewer this character's true colors.

Jayne is the type of man that finds himself in sticky situations due to the fact that he is fairly selfish. He used to always put himself in front of his cronies. Yet, with the crew of the Serenity, Jayne allows himself to be a little more selfless. He wants to be a good man, yet must jump the hurdles of greed and selfishness before he can really accomplish that goal.