The New Object (Spoilers)
So they made it appear that Joe would kill the Occupant and replace him as a new object...
Only Joe seemed fine and dandy by the time the credits rolled. I think the writers originally intended the fluffy animal joe was carrying over to become the new object... sure he had his clothes and his gun and maybe his wallet, but what else did he have on him that would make a good object?
Otherwise I don't see the point in having him carry the stuffed animal everywhere. He was probably going to give it to his daughter and something strange would happen, she'd get teleported to the moon and he'd spend a whole season trying to get onto a space shuttle.