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[After Wash executes a brilliant escape from the Reavers using the "Crazy Ivan", Zoe turns to Mal.]
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
[She grabs Wash by the jacket and drags him off.]
Work, work, work...
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong. I believe... I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship.
Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
But he did try to make a deal with you, right?
[guilty look on his face, looking at Mal]
How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne?
[smiling] Money wasn't good enough.
What happens when it is?
Well, that'll be an interesting day.
I imagine it will.
I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep?
You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
Are you always this sentimental?
I had a good day.
You had the Alliance on you... criminals and savages... half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded, including yourself... and you're harboring known fugitives.
We're still flying.
That's not much.
It's enough.
You know, your coat is kinda a brownish color...
It was on sale. [Calmly sips his drink]
You didn't toast. You know, I'm thinkin' you one of 'em In'e'pen'ents.
And I'm thinkin' you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling. So why don't we just ignore each other until we go away?
The In'e'pen'ents were a bunch of cowardly, inbred piss-pots. Should've been killed off of every world spinnin'.
[Turns] Say that to my face.
I said you're a coward and a piss-pot. Now what are you gonna do about it?
[Smiling] Nothing. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind you.
[Lund turns, and Zoe knocks him out with the butt of her rifle]
Drunks are so cute.
[Over intercom to Lund and other Alliance supporters] Every man there go back inside, or we will blow a new crater in this little moon.
[To Shepherd Book] Shouldn't you be off bringing religiosity to the fuzzy-wuzzies or some such?
Oh, I've got heathens aplenty right here.
[Inara is brushing Kaylee's hair and explaining how Companions choose their clients]
Physical appearance doesn't matter so terribly. You look for compatibility of spirit. There's an energy about a person that's difficult to hide.You try to feel that —
[Entering Inara's shuttle] And then you try to feel the energy of their credit account, it has a sort of...aura...
What did I say to you about barging into my shuttle?
That it was manly and impulsive?
Yes, precisely. Only the exact phrase I used was, "Don't."
Well, you're holding my mechanic in thrall. And Kaylee! What the hell is goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
I'm not sure you'd be safe.
Mal, if you're being a gentleman, I may die of shock.
Hm. [Bows and leaves, then reenters] Have you got time to do my hair?
[Sternly] Out.
Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
[Mal is insisting on continuing the job, despite the train car full of Alliance soldiers]
Hell, this job I would pull for free.
Then can I have your share?
No!
If you die can I have your share?
Yes.
[Jayne is demanding that Wash take off for the delivery without Mal and Zoe.]
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here! Now we're finishing this deal, and then maybe, maybe we'll come back for those morons... got themselves caught... and you can't change that by getting all... bendy.
All what?
You got the light... from the console to keep you... lifting you up... they shine like... [Starts grabbing at the air] little angels...
[Jayne falls flat on the floor.]
Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?
I told him to sit down.
[Jayne, still sprawled on the staircase, shoots Crow in the lower leg before he can stab Mal]
Nice shot.
[Slurred] I was aimin' for his head.
[Sheriff Bourne has caught Mal returning stolen medicine to a plague-stricken town]
You were truthful back in town. These are tough times. A man can get a job, he might not look too close at what that job is. But a man learns all the details of a situation like ours... well... then he has a choice.
I don't believe he does.
[A tied-up Crow is made to kneel outside Serenity as it prepares to lift off]
Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance. You give it back to him, tell him the job didn't work out. We're not thieves... well, we are thieves, but the point is we're not taking what's his. We'll stay out of his way as best we can from here on in. You'll explain that's best for everyone, okay?
[Stands up] Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you fly, I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade.
Darn. [Kicks Crow into Serenity's engine intake]
[Cut to another henchman being placed before Mal]
Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance—
Oh, I get it! I'm good. Best thing for everybody. [Desperate grin] I'm right there with you.
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