burn the earth and boil the sea

[cyrano]

So I finally saw all the episodes of Firefly, which I hoped might give me insight. But it didn't.
The episode is Objects in Space, with bounty hunter Jubal Early. Opening sequence, River goes around listening to people's heads. And Shepherd Book says/thinks "I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not."

Who is he referring to? What is he talking about? The others were all pretty clear. Is he self-referencing?

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I have to say, though, if he were still working for The Alliance/Blue Sun undercover, then a wise agent would have bailed after the 'VIP incident'. Way too cover-blowing.

[lurkingowl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think so too.
But Joss is writing, and none of the other characters reacted much at all. They certainly haven't mentioned it since then in the episodes I've seen.

I'm not too fond of Joss's plot structuring or realism. Ruins my suspension of disbelief to have something like that get glossed over because Joss really wanted to foreshadow that day.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I'm not so sure--I think they all took note of it. But at the same time, they're all in a line of work where you respect a man's privacy and don't ask questions unless you need to.
And he's done nothing they can see so far to hurt them, and he lasted through Mal's nasty phase of pushing him and seeing if he pushes back.
That doesn't mean nobody's watching him carefully, and that nobody thinks he has a history. But if it were my ship, yeah, I'd have had words with the man.