I picked Episode 9 which is called "Ariel" as the focus of my research paper, well as of now. The reason I picked this episode is because it has a lot to do with Jayne and he was one of my favorite characters from the beginning. Watching this episode has made me change my opinion about him. Of course, I still think he is hilarious, but I do have a love/hate relationship going on with the character.
I believed Jayne to be a trustworthy guy. I disregarded how he got onto the ship, what he had done in the episode “Jaynestown,” how he wanted to ditch his crewmembers at times to deliver the goods, and a few other events that should’ve let me to believe otherwise. That’s how I felt before this episode.
A recap of what happened in the episode is the following. Simon comes up with a plan to break into the hospital and steal medicine that is supposedly worth a ton of money. While doing this, Simon also wants to do this job to do a scan on River with the hospital’s technology to help figure out what is wrong with her. While the crew is busy with stealing the medicine, Jayne is to stay with Simon and River while they’re doing the scan. Jayne, however, sneaks and calls the Alliance to turn in the two fugitives, Simon and River, for a big pile of reward money.
Jayne doesn’t end up getting the reward money and helps River and Simon escape because he is tied up with them as well. No one knows what Jayne had done in the end except Mal. It’s funny, too, because Jayne does end up getting money in the end still. He got his share of the medicine money.
I want to write something along the lines of: With Jayne’s life always revolving around money, it is impossible for one to not be greedy. Who knows? I’m indecisive and might change my mind on what I want to write about.
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteChoosing Jaynes greediness is a great idea! It is present throughout the entire show and you make a good point with the thesis idea. Since they are bandits and they need the money to live on the bare minimum, having that extra money from a hefty bounty on someones head could help Jayne live confortably rather than just barely. That is definitely a drive to be greedy. Also, he sends money home as we find out in a later episode to his mom and his sick sister which is even more of a motive to make more money. Keep up the ideas, this sounds like a fun idea.
Thanks, Rick! You bring up good points. It just feels like they steal so much that they should be wealthy. For instance, I think it was in the episode called "Trash" where they stole some sort of special gun to get them tons of money. Maybe they're economy is like ours too. What episode is it where he is sending money to his family? I would like to watch it. (:
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