Ariel: Did you notice...? (SPOILER)

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 1:46 AM

I have been watching a LOT of Firefly lately. I am taking no fewer than three sets of people through the complete series, and as a result, I've seen most of the episodes multiple times in a very short span. As such, I've started to notice things.

I think most of us have noticed that Jayne has a Blue Sun T-shirt. And as we know from Joss's commentary, the Blue Sun Corporation is somehow connected with the Blue Hand Men who are hunting River and the experiments that were conducted on her. I assume this is old news, but...

Jayne is wearing his Blue Sun T-shirt at the beginning of Ariel. And River slashes him... right across the logo.

Joss Whedon: Genius or madman? You decide.

I mean, seriously. That's an almost ridiculous degree of forward planning, given that any plan to reveal the link between Blue Sun and Blue Hands was at least 6 episodes into the future, quite probably much more.

And yet... even without that realization, the stabbing is important as a demonstration of River's craziness, a catalyst to get them to the hospital, and an extra reason for Jayne to dislike her. PLUS, one might conceivably, after multiple repeat viewings on DVD, notice the Blue Sun thing as an added bonus.

Since it doesn't hurt anything, I'd call him a genius.

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