[Back in the near-present day, Mal gets the drop on the treacherous captain trying to take his ship after being shot.]
CCaptain
You woulda done the same.
We can already see I haven't. Now get the hell off my ship.
Out of Gas
[Back in the present day, with Serenity fixed, Mal finds himself dazed in the company of his crew and passengers.]
Welcome back, sir.
I go someplace?
SBShepherd Book
Very nearly.
We thought we lost you.
No, I've been right here.
Wash, you okay?
[a little buzzed from giving blood] Yeah, Mal, I'm fine.
You got a thing in your arm.
[smiling] Yeah.
Try not to speak. You're heavily medicated and you lost a lot of blood.
[Mal groans]
. . .
All right, I have to insist the Captain needs to rest.
Yeah. Think the doc might not be wrong about that one. Just gonna need a few.... [trails off as he closes his eyes]
[Mal then jerks himself awake.]
Y'all gonna be here when I wake up?
We'll be here.
Good. That's good.
[As Mal falls asleep, he experiences another flashback to a used spaceship yard.]
SSalesman
Yep. Real beauty, ain't she? Yes, sir. Right smart purchase, this vessel.
[The rocket-shaped vessel that the salesman is trying to sell Mal comes into view.]
SSalesman
I tell you what. You buy this ship, treat her proper - she'll be with you for the rest of your life.
[But Mal has his attention caught by something else.]
SSalesman
Son? Hey, son!
[As we follow Mal's point of view, we see a battered old Firefly, soon to become "Serenity", sitting on the other side of the lot.]
SSalesman
You hear a word I been sayin'?
Ariel
[The crew talks about their upcoming visit to core planet Ariel while they eat.]
River you have to eat. It's good. It tastes like—
[Takes bite of food.]
It's good.
It smells like crotch.
Jayne!
Well, it does.
[to Inara] Could you please tell my wife the fun she's missing out on?
Ariel's quite a nice place, actually. There are some beautiful museums, not to mention some of the finest restaurants in the core.
But... not boring, like she made it sound.
No one is setting foot on that fancy rock. I don't want anyone leaving the ship. Come to think of it, I don't want anyone looking out the windows or talking aloud.
What's the point of coming to the core if I can't even step off the boat?
You could have got off with Shepherd Book at the Bathgate Abbey. Could've been meditating on the wonders of your rock garden by now.
Well, it beats just sittin'.
It is just sitting.
Big stop just to renew your license to Companion. Can I use "Companion" as a verb?
[Jayne hocks some spit to help sharpen his knife.]
Could you not do that while we're… ever?
[Jayne spits again.]
So, two days in a hospital? That's awful! Don't you just hate doctors?
Hey!
[Unobserved by anyone, River pulls a huge carving knife out of the kitchen rack.]
I mean, present company excluded.
Let's not be excludin' people. [grins] That'd be rude.
[Suddenly, River slashes Jayne in the chest.]
. . .
He looks better in red.
[Coached by Simon, the crew prepares to impersonate emergency medical technicians.]
Patients were cynical, and not responding, and we couldn't bring 'em back.
They were cyanotic...
They were cyanotic...
...and not responsive...
...not responded— responsive...
...and we were unable to...
Res—
Resuscitate them!
. . .
Which methods did you use?
We— we tried pulmonary stimulators, and— and cardiac... we...
Infusers.
Infusers!
. . .
What about cortical electrodes?
Oh! [long pause] We forget 'em.
Let's try that again.
. . .
Pupils were fixed and dilapitated—
Dilated.
Dilated. Dilated! Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng! Shiny.
. . .
Unable to get a neural...
Response.
Response! Hell, I don't know. If I wanted schooling, I'd-a gone to school.
[The newly-minted "ambulance" opens, and the three faux EMTs emerge.]
If I didn't know better, I'd say you're ready to save some lives!
Now all we need are a couple o' patients.
Corpses, actually. For this to work, River and I will have to be dead.
Huh. I'm starting to like this plan.
[Mal worries about Jayne's commitment to the comatose Simon and River.]
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
. . .
The doc did good, comin' up with that job. Don't mean I like 'im any better. Nothing buys bygones quicker than cash. Maybe I'll give him a tattoo while he's out.
[The faux EMTs wheel in their body containers, ready to do their spiel to get them to the morgue.]
ENEmergency Nurse
What do you got?
Got a couple DOAs. By the time we got there—
ENEmergency Nurse
Take them down to the morgue.
[Mal looks at his stunned team. Zoe begins to wheel her container in, but Jayne just stands there.]
We applied the cortical electrodes, but we were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient!
[A doctor is hassling "EMT" Mal for his insubordination.]
DDoctor
You must be new. Don't get comfortable. Your type doesn't last long here. When your supervisor hears about the rude and disresp— AGHHH!
[He collapses. Behind him, Zoe lowers defibrillator paddles.]
Clear.
[On the diagnostic table, River screams.]
No! No! No. They come out of the black. They come when you call.
River, it's okay— it's, it's over. We're leaving.
[River looks straight at Jayne.]
Your toes are in the sand.
And your head's up your—
Hey! Back off.
[Mal and Zoe wheel out the medicine-laden containers.]
How much did we get?
Enough to keep us flying.
Can we fly somewhere with a beach?
Maybe a naked beach?
[Wash and Zoe go into a passionate embrace.]
Cut it out! The job's not done till we're back on Serenity.
Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
[Simon thanks Jayne for his apparent resistance to arrest, unaware that Jayne had called in the feds himself.]
Still... I appreciate you trying.
You know what I'd appreciate? You stop flapping that pretty mouth at me. I'm trying to figure a way out of here. I can't do it with you yammerin'.
They took Christmas away.
What the hell now?
I came downstairs for the shiny presents. They took the tree and the stockings. Nothing left but coal.
[to Simon] Would you shut her up?
Don't look in the closet either. It's greedy. It's not in the spirit of the holiday.
You shut the hell up right now, or so help me, I will shut you up.
[River looks at Jayne with disbelief and disappointment.]
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