I decided to watch the next episode in sequence so I watched Jaynestown. I noticed again in this episode the strong emphasis on personal relationships between the characters. I expected the characters to act more mature in a more advanced civilization. Though on some worlds, despite their advanced technology their cultures seemed fairly primitive. Most worlds are very similar to old western towns, without adequate law enforcement that were sometimes corrupt. The bars in the Episode highly remembered old-style taverns.
In Jaynestown Jayne pulls a heroic deed by trying to free all of the mudders. And although this backfires to a decent extent, the mudders still regard him as a hero; so much so that a mudder boy jumps in front of a bullet meant for Jayne, killing the young mudder boy. This casues Jayne to be ridden with guilt, just like Batman is for his inability to protect everyone in the city, and taking each life as his fault.
The statu]e for Jayne, that she didn’t particularly feel she deserved, reminded me of a theme in the movie The Dark Night. The themes in both films showed that to be a true hero, that your people, or city really need. Sometimes you can’t receive all the glory for your heroics - because that is still the best thing for your people. In The Dark Night, Batman had to portray himself as the bad guy, because his city needed a villain, and he was the best villain they could have.
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