Re: gaggin'

> **for Jayne she was always a point of contention, a source of temptation and a
> source of ire.

Right, and he doesn't seem the sort of guy who would carry around
guilt, so having her gone wouldn't affect him.

> Wash and Zoe was likely less connected, but Book would have seen
> her as someone to protect.

I don't see any evidence for this. At least, not that she would have
been someone to protect any more than anyone else. Also, there's that
interesting bit in "Objects in Space," where River reads his mind, and
he says something like, "I don't give half a hump whether you're
innocent or not, so where does that leave you?" Was he thinking about
River in that moment?

> As for Kaylee, she ended up in a big sister role at
> the end of Objects in space, but before that River
> was a source of fear.

Nah, remember in "War Stories," Kaylee and River playing and running
around the ship? "No power in the verse can stop me." They seemed to
have a fairly friendly relationship already at that point, probably
from being the only two young girls on board.

> Mal's connection was likely the deepest aside from Simon.  He
> had every reason to bail on her and never did.  She was focal point
> of his protective needs and also his need to thwart the Alliance.

I see this in the film, but I'm not sure I see it in the series.

> I don't get that impression. As someone whose machinations resulted in
> a massive blow to the integrity of the Alliance, I doubt he could
> simply resume a regular, public life. Doesn't the Operative himself
> note that the Alliance does not forgive or forget?
>
> **Sure, but still he was pretty clear about having given everything up for
> River.  Without River he is nothing.

Which is exactly why he might just go batty after her death. Heck,
wouldn't it have been something to see him morphing into something
more more mercenary and soulless like Jayne, much to Jayne's
discomfort and Kaylee's dismay?  Instead of him being River's tenuous
link to normality, Kaylee could become his.  :)

>> Sure, but book was so damn weak.  Heck half the
>> plot of the pilot episode would have been vanished
>> if book wasn’t so bleeding heart.
>
> Ahem. As a "bleeding heart," I'll try not to take that as an insult.  ;)
>
> **  :)  But seriously, he was the weakest link the pilot episode.

I don't think so. Yes, he let the Alliance guy out of his holding
cell, but he also stepped up and took a pretty strong hand during the
face off.

> **I seriously wanted to see the return of Jubal.

I did, too. I also always felt like we would probably see the return
of the two-faced Captain from "Out of Gas," and the murderous organ
trafficker from "The Messenger."  Neither was a particularly great
character, but they both lived to carry a grudge. And, of course, I
was a little disappointed that we didn't get to see Badger in the
big-screen outing. He was probably my favorite recurring character
(Hendricks' beauty notwithstanding).

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