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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 5320415" data-attributes="member: 115">I love when I'm watching something again, and I catch little things that aren't obvious on the first viewing.&nbsp; Perhaps my favorite movie to do this with is High Fidelity, but by far my favorite show is Firefly.I was watching Objects In Space again (for maybe the tenth time).&nbsp; The show obviously plays with expectations, given the heavy emphasis on existentialism.&nbsp; We get a key bit of mystery from Early on Book - that he isn't a Shepherd.&nbsp; However, one thing that I never caught until my most recent viewing was how River's mind-read of Book ties into that.&nbsp; When Book is talking to Jayne, his thought is that (paraphrased) &quot;I don't give a damn if you're innocent, where does that leave you?&quot;&nbsp; Of course, the obvious interpretation is that Book doesn't care about Jayne's innocence, especially given the talk about sex.&nbsp; However, if you take innocent not to be the opposite of sinful but the opposite of guilty, that shines a whole new light on that line.&nbsp; Given all the other clues, I have to think Book was some sort of well known Alliance Sergeant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 5320415, member: 115"] I love when I'm watching something again, and I catch little things that aren't obvious on the first viewing. Perhaps my favorite movie to do this with is High Fidelity, but by far my favorite show is Firefly. I was watching Objects In Space again (for maybe the tenth time). The show obviously plays with expectations, given the heavy emphasis on existentialism. We get a key bit of mystery from Early on Book - that he isn't a Shepherd. However, one thing that I never caught until my most recent viewing was how River's mind-read of Book ties into that. When Book is talking to Jayne, his thought is that (paraphrased) "I don't give a damn if you're innocent, where does that leave you?" Of course, the obvious interpretation is that Book doesn't care about Jayne's innocence, especially given the talk about sex. However, if you take innocent not to be the opposite of sinful but the opposite of [I]guilty[/I], that shines a whole new light on that line. Given all the other clues, I have to think Book was some sort of well known Alliance Sergeant. [/QUOTE]

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