Firefly S1 E14 "Objects in Space" Review

yes um of course okay so we are talking about firefly's objects in space which what we're calling the 14th episode of firefly but it aired on december 13 2002 it actually did air on fox um it was it was uh but like on the dvd like release it was considered to be the last episode which is why we're covering it as our last episode here And in this one, River confronts her place around Serenity when a bounty hunter named Jubal Early arrives, leading to one of the most psychological, suspenseful, and unforgettable episodes.

Although commonly regarded as the series finale, it was actually the 10th episode produced.

And what else about it? Written and directed by Joss Whedon.

Maybe he just wanted his episode he wrote and directed to be like the last episode for his own ego.

Could that be a Joss Whedon thing to do? Yeah.

It seems like a Joss Whedon level type thing, so perhaps.

And in this episode, yeah, River hears the crew's hidden thoughts.

We see more of her, how she can kind of mind read more directly.

This Jubal early... villain played by Richard Brooks.

I thought he was very memorable villain, like, you know, for a villain of the week sort of thing.

You know, he's quite evil and bad and like, you know, and also disturbing, you know, because he's really got a lot of issues.

He was menacing for sure.

But I also hate that Whedon who wrote and directed this, immediately with menace, goes straight to, have you ever been graped? And it happened in the first episode as well.

Like, it's just...

He does put a lot of this in his writing for whatever reason.

It's very jarring here.

You don't see them really written like this anymore.

Only for maybe this period.

It's definitely something to talk about.

He uses it more for psychological warfare against Kaylee specifically.

uh whether he would have followed through on the threat I think he's credible sure uh you know but he I don't know um he's

also he like he comes down in how did nobody detect him like coming down a cord from space in his Eddie Murphy delirious leather space suit

yeah like i don't understand why just no one looked out the window at any point to see what was behind them because the wash does detect something but he doesn't really know what it is and just a couple times we already

figured out he is not thinking anything but two dimensions remember this we have the same oh yeah

Yeah, it can't go past two dimensions.