Jaynestown

Overview: When the crew returns to a planet where Jayne participated in a heist gone bad, they're shocked to discover that Jayne's past actions have turned him into a local hero of Robin Hood-like mythic proportions.

Airdate: 10/18/02

Directed By: Marita Grabiak

Written by Ben Edlund

Guest Stars: Gregory Itzen (Magistrate Higgins), Kevin Gage (Stitch Hessian), Zachary Kranzler (Fess Higgins), Jordan Lund (Foreman), John Jabaley (Bartender).

Of Note:
There is an easter egg on Disc 4 of the DVD set. On the second special features page, highlight "Joss sings the theme" and then hit the left arrow. Hit enter, and it will play a clip of Adam Baldwin singing the "Hero of Canton" song from the episode "Jaynestown."

Quotes:
Kaylee: (about the Jayne statue) Wherever I move to, his eyes keep... followin' me.

Fess: He stole a ton of money from my dad and gave it to the poor, to my father's workers. He's become kind of a folk hero in Canton.
Inara: Go on.
Fess: Well, he's back. Apparently, he landed here yesterday.
Inara: Yesterday? (to herself) Oh, no. (to Fess) I... I know this man. He's… he just has this idiotic sense of nobility, you know? He can never just let things go. He thinks he's this hard-hearted criminal, and he can be unrelenting, but… there's a side to him that's just so…
Fess: You mean you actually know… Jayne?
(long pause)
Inara: Jayne? Jayne Cobb? You're talking about Jayne Cobb?

Trivia:
When Stitch points his shotgun at Mal, there is a pump action sound effect, even though he does not pump the gun.

Review By: Jason James Rating:

This ranks right in there as one of my favorite episodes. It has lots of things that just make you love this episode. You have a song about Jayne, a statue of Jayne, and last but not least you have River trying to fix the bible. As with most firfly episodes it is the little things that make it work so good. You have River showing intelligence with trying to fix the bible then you see that she has issues when she is afraid of hair. You see Inara mistake the antics of Jayne as something Mal would do. You see Jayne react when someone takes a bullet for him. You see Kaylee and Simon interact even if Simon was drunk. Overall this episode is full of fun and serious behavior for the crew of Serenity.