-Early tells Kaylee that her body is just an object to him; this is ironic because at the end of the episode, Early is nothing but an object floating in space.
-Earlier in the episode, River finds a gun and focuses on its existence and its properties (or its ability to take on any properties). Later on Early, her attempted captor, focuses on the properties of his gun when threatening River's brother.
-River makes the comment that, "it's just an object; it's not what it seems," and later on in the episode, when coming upon Book's unconscious body, River's brother exclaims, "he's a Shepherd," to which Early replies, "that ain't no Shepherd."
-Early states that he believes, "people don't appreciate the substance of things; objects in space. People miss out on what's solid," ironic because earlier his "bounty" is seen appreciating the substance of a branch/gun.
-It is ironic that Early seals the crew into their rooms, when he eventually gets sealed out of both ships.
-In my opinion, it is irony that is name is Early, when many Whedon fans believe that Firefly was canceled too early.
-River, when claiming she is the ship, tells Early that, "you crawled inside me uninvited," a dark nod to Early's previous threat of raping Kaylee.
Anyone else find any other tiny Early ironies?
2 comments:
I really liked this post! The last two you listed are ones I also thought of when I went back and re-watched the episode. Very clever! I also thought it was ironic that River was the one to hatch the elaborate plan to get rid of Early, when she is the one crew member thought to be the most mentally unstable.
Great list, Roxanne. I find the "crawled inside me" line especially chilling. Like you said, it makes us see Early's invasion of Serenity as a kind of rape.
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