There’s no jokes at her expense and the episode makes no attempt to demonize her profession, treating it with just as must respect as she treats it. We’ve only sort of had references to what Inara does as a companion, but here we see everything aside from the sex act itself. I have to give a lot of credit to Ben Edlund, the writer for this episode, for taking her scenes so seriously.

So having an entire time worship him? Brilliance.Īs this is unfolding, we get to see a bit more into Inara’s world. And there’s no better character on this show to have this episode center around: Jayne, while hilarious and usually well-meaning, isn’t exactly the most likable person in the world. In the center of the work field stands a life-sized statue of Jayne composed out of mud. What unfolds was so shocking to me that, just like the characters on the show, I simply sat there, jaw open. It’s not even a metaphor at this point it’s pretty much spelled out by the foreman. This episode deals with a citizenship that is openly oppressed I found it interesting that Whedon/Ben Edlund called them “Mudders.” It seems like a direct reference to some of the more brutal slurs directed at people who live in the Middle East or in Africa, and the life lived by these people, who harvest mud for nearly no pay and with no real rights, is possibly the most direct form of oppression in Firefly. There are four plot lines twisting throughout the narrative and I’ll do my best to address them all, since they all play so heavily into the end of the story. I am so entirely happy that you guys told me I should watch this show. It’s dense, hilarious, revealing, and has possibly my favorite ending to an episode yet. I don’t even think my notes for it include a single complaint at all. Oh goodness, this episode is seriously incredible. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Firefly. When Jayne learns that his actions turned him into a local hero, he revels in the opportunity to be liked for once. In the seventh episode of Firefly, the crew visits the Canton territory for a job, returning to a place Jayne once had trouble with.

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