Plot; The crew land on a planet where Jayne Cobb is regarded as a folk hero.
Even a series that fancies itself a true ensemble has to put a single character front and center every once in while, or at least build the story around a single character and let the others sorta rotate in orbit around them/it. That's the case here, as the brutish and often self serving Jayne Cobb finds himself put up on a pedestal, almost literally. For the most part it's a fun episode as Jayne soaks in the adoration, but a gut wrenching twist in the final minutes gives it a real poignancy.
Even a series that fancies itself a true ensemble has to put a single character front and center every once in while, or at least build the story around a single character and let the others sorta rotate in orbit around them/it. That's the case here, as the brutish and often self serving Jayne Cobb finds himself put up on a pedestal, almost literally. For the most part it's a fun episode as Jayne soaks in the adoration, but a gut wrenching twist in the final minutes gives it a real poignancy.