Friday, August 24, 2012

Blog 1 : The Train Job



After being interrogated by the town’s sheriff, the “registered companion” comes and saves Captain Mal and his first mate.  Does the “registered companion” serve more than a tag along on the Firefly?

The registered companion in the beginning of the episode seems to be just a tag-along looking for jobs as the Firefly goes from place to place.   Yet, in the situation where Captain Mal and his first mate are stranded, she comes to the rescue and returns them to the Firefly.  Using her quick wit and understanding of how the other towns people perceived her, she can be of much more use to the Firefly, crew, and Captain Mal.

Captain Mal faces a few situations in which action is involved.  Mutiple times Jayne comes to the rescue.  What do these actions show about Jayne’s loyalty to his Captain?

Jayne comes off as an antagonizor to the rest of the crew; especially towards the medic, Simon.  Jayne might be on the same level of right hand man to the Captain as his first mate.  This is because he has already shown in two different situations to have his Captains bad before the worst could’ve happened.  First he refused to fight in the bar, but then eventually he comes to help.  Then, heavily doped after being shot on the train, Jayne shoots the main “muscle” of Mr. Nivska before he could do the worst to Captain Mal.

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