YMMV / Firefly E14 "Objects in Space"

• Complete Monster: Jubal Early debuts here as an aloof yet sadistic Bounty Hunter seeking to turn in the Tam siblings for the reward on their heads. Incapacitating the crew of the Serenity and threatening to rape and torture Kaylee to keep some in line, Early is seemingly beaten after he is revealed to be a Psycho for Hire who only has his job because he enjoys hurting others. Returning in the comic book Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, Early kills an entire staff of security guards just for prohibiting him entry to a meeting, and later bombs a smuggler ship in another attempt to capture the crew of the Serenity, killing a dozen innocent people in the process. Despite his claims that he follows a code and is only doing his job for the money, Early is actually nothing but a cruel bully who views killing people as a "passion".
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Jubal Early. Only appeared in this episode, and yet he's probably the single most iconic character in the whole series who's not one of the leads.
• Evil Is Cool: Jubal Early might actually have played this trope straight, if not for River's ruthless and unnerving analysis.
• No Yay: An extremely creepy one-way version of this between Jubal Early and River. Pretty much all of his lines regarding her can easily be interpreted as sexual in nature, and that's before you factor in the rape threats. Not to mention River's line, "You crawl inside me uninvited," which does NOT help things.

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