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Go. Go.

Sergeant, Command says air support
is holding till they can assess our status.

- Our status is we need some gorram air support.
- That skiff is shredding us, sir.

They won't move without
a lieutenant's authorization code, sir!

Here. Here's your code.
You're Lieutenant Baker!

Congratulations on your promotion.
Now get me some air support.

Pull back just far enough
to wedge 'em in here.

Get your squad to high ground...
start pickin' 'em off.

- High ground is death with that skiff in the air.
- That's our problem.

Thanks for volunteering. Bendis.

Give us some cover fire.
we're going duck huntin'.

Just focus.

The Alliance said they were
gonna waltz through Serenity Valley.

And we choked 'em
with those words.

We've done the impossible,
and that makes us mighty.

Just a little while longer.

Our angels are gonna be soaring overhead,
raining fire on those arrogant Khangs. So you hold!

You hold! Go!

Really think we can
bring her down, sir?

You even need to ask?

- Ready?
- Always.

Bendis.

Bendis!

Someone's coming around.

Go! Go!

Yeah!

Zoe.

Nice cover fire.

Did you see that?
Green, what's our status on...

Zoe.

Hey, listen to me!

Bendis, look at me!

Listen. We're holding
this valley, no matter what.

- We're gonna die.
- We're not gonna die.

We can't die, Bendis.
And you know why?

Because we are so very pretty.

We are just too pretty
for God to let us die.

Look at that chiseled jaw, huh?

Come on.

If you won't listen to me,
listen to that.

Those are our angels. They're gonna
blow the Alliance to the hot place.

Zoe, tell the 82nd to...

They're not coming.

Command says it's too hot.
They're pulling out.

We're to lay down arms.

But what's...

The vault's sealed.

Okay, I'm gonna boil it.
Jayne, give me the sticky.

Okay, we get the goods. We're off
this wreck and back on the ship.

No worries.

Everything looks good from here.

Yes.

Yes, this is a fertile land,
and we will thrive.

We will rule over all this land,
and we will call it...

This Land.

I think we should call it
your grave.

Curse your sudden
but inevitable betrayal.

Mine is an evil laugh.

Now die.

Oh, no, God.

Oh, dear God in heaven.

Oh, motherless son of a bi...

Full pressure.
The goods must be intact.

Okay. Lookin' good.

Captain, we got incoming
Alliance cruiser bearing right down on us!

[Dammit]!
Have they spotted us?

- I can't tell if...
- Have they hailed us?

If they're here for the salvage,
we're humped.

They find us at all, we're humped.
Thievin' ain't exactly...

- I don't like this.
- [Shut up]! Wash, shut it down. Now!

- Everything but the air.
- Kaylee.

Kaylee.
Go to blackout. We're being buzzed.

[Affirmative]!
Goin' dark.

Okay, now I can't get down.

- What am I looking at? - It's a carrier.
Blew out a few months back.

Lost all hands, but it was only
run by a skeleton crew anyway.

Damn shame.
No point in checking for survivors?

Wash, they slowin' down?

That's a neg.

Doesn't look like they're interested in us.
We should be eating wake in a minute or two.

Sir, there is
a reading on that thing.

- Some residual heat.
- Do a sweep.

[Something's wrong].
Captain, we're humped!

Prep the ship now!

- We move these in double time!
- Kaylee, fire it up.

- It's a transport ship. Firefly class.
- They still make those?

Illegal salvage.

Low-life vultures
picking the flesh off the dead.

Should we
deploy gunships and bring her in?

Do it.

Cry, baby, cry.

Make your mother sigh!
Engaging the crybaby.

Captain, I am picking up a distress
signal 13 clicks ahead from a...

sounds like a personnel carrier.

Definitely a big ship, sir.
And she's without power.

Wash, we're on. Go.

Hang on, travelers.

Let's moon 'em.

They're rabbitting, sir.
Should we continue deployment?

Our gunships would never get back to us
in time. All right. Let's go help these people.

But put out a bulletin
on the cortex and flag Interpol.

A Firefly with possible
stolen goods on board.

Maybe somebody'll
step on those roaches.

We look shiny, Captain.
They are not-repeat-not coming about.

- Close one.
- Yeah.

Any one you walk away from, right?

As long as we got the goods,
I call this a win.

Right.

We win.

- Well, there we are.
- They're awfully pretty.

I'd say worth the little risk.

Yeah, that was some
pretty risky sittin' you did there.

That's right. Of course. 'Cause they
wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded.

I'm just the pilot. I can always say that I was
flying the ship by accident. They're pretty...

- [Shut up]!
- Problem, sir?

Couldn't say.

But we best be gettin' rid of these before
we run into another Alliance patrol.

What the hell they doin'
out this far anyhow?

Shining the light of civilization.

- How long till we reach Persephone?
- Three or four hours.

- Can we shave that?
- We're down to the wire on fuel cells.

We run hot,
we might not even make it.

Play it as close as you can.
This catch is burning a hole in my hull.

- Think that cruiser might have
I.D.'d us? - Let's hope not.

Contact Badger.
Tell him the job's done.

Don't go to mentioning
the cruiser though. Keep it simple.

- Sir, we're sure there's nothing
wrong with the ca... - It's fine.

Just want to get paid.

All right. Let's get these crates stowed.
I don't want any tourists stumblin' over 'em.

We're taking on passengers
at Persephone?

That's the notion. Could use a little
respectability on the way to Boros.

- Not to mention the money.
- Pain in the ass.

No, it's shiny.
I like to meet new people.

- They've all got stories. - Captain, can you
stop her from bein' cheerful, please?

I don't believe
there's a power in the 'verse...

can stop Kaylee from bein' cheerful.

Sometimes you just want to
duct tape her mouth and...

dump her in the hold for a month.

I love my captain.

- I know somethin' ain't right.
- Sweetie, we're crooks.

If everything were right,
we'd be in jail.

It's just that
the captain's so tense.

The man needs a break.

In fact, we could all use
a couple days' leave.

We still gotta drop the goods.

And when we do, we'll fly off
to Boros, rich and prosperous...

well, less poor... but with enough
to find some sweet little getaway.

Oh, wouldn't mind a real bath.

And a meal
that included some form of food.

Just a couple of days lying around.
You with the bathing.

Me with the watching you bathe.

Well, if the captain says
it's all right.

What if we just told Mal we need
a couple of days 'stead of asking him?

- He's the captain, Wash.
- Right. I'm just the husband.

Look, I'll ask him.

Don't forget to call him "sir".
He likes that.

Who likes what?

It's nothing, sir.

Has the ambassador checked in yet?

Nah. I think she had
a pretty full docket.

After you talk to Badger, let her know
we may be leaving Persephone in a hurry.

Inara has our timetable.
She should be checking in.

I can tell her to cut it short,
meet us at the docks.

No, no. Don't want to get
in her way if we don't have to.

Somebody on this boat has to
make an honest living.

Oh, my God.

Sihnon isn't
that different from this planet.

More crowded, obviously,
and I guess more complicated.

The great city itself is...

pictures can't capture it.

It's like an ocean of light.

Is that where you studied...

to be a Companion?

- I was born there.
- I can't imagine ever leaving.

Well, I wanted to see the universe.

Do you... really have to leave?

I mean...

I... My father is very influential.

We could...
I could arrange for you to be...

The experience has been
more than... It was very good.

- Thank you.
- The time went too quickly.

Well, your clock's probably rigged
to speed up and cheat us out of our fun.

Serenity, this is Shuttle One.
What's you E.T.A.?

Inara, hey. We're touching down
at the Eavesdown Docks...

in about 10 minutes.

- I'll join you there. Thanks. - Lookin' forward
to it. We missed you out here.

Yeah. Me too.

Go on.

This shouldn't take too long.

Put us down for departure
in about three hours.

Grab any supplies
we're low on, fuel her up.

I'd sure love to find a brand-new
compression coil for the steamer.

I'd like to be the king of all Londinum and wear
a shiny hat. Just get us some passengers.

Them as can pay. All right?

The compression coil busts,
we're drifting.

Best not bust then.

Zoe...
[This is pretty dangerous. Pay attention].

We will.

Going on a trip, grandpa?

You need safe passage?
We're cheap.

We're cheap, we're clean.
The Brutus... best ship in the 'verse.

What's your des, grandpa?
Come on.

- We're hittin' the outer rings.
- Uh, I never married.

What?

I'm not a grandpa.

Let me see your teeth.

Yes.

You're late.

You're lying.

What did you just say to me?

You're well aware we landed
two hours before we planned to...

with all the goods you sent us
after intact, ready to roll.

So your decision
to get tetchy, say we're late...

means you're lookin' to put us
on the defensive right up front.

Which means
something's gone wrong.

It didn't go wrong on our end. So why don't
we start again with you tellin' us what's up.

You're later than I'd like.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

You'd gotten here sooner...

you might've beaten the bulletin
that came up sayin'...

"Rogue vessel,
classification Firefly..."

"was spotted pullin' illegal salvage
on a derelict transport."

Didn't I.D. us. Doesn't lead to you.

No, it doesn't.

But a government stamp on every
molecule of the cargo just maybe might.

Oh, you noticed that.

You were gonna hand over imprinted goods
and just let me twist? Is that the case?

- We didn't pick the cargo.
- And I didn't flash my ass at the gorram law.

There's no deal.

That ain't fair.

Crime and politics, little girl...

the situation is always... fluid.

The only fluid I see here is the puddle
of piss refusing to pay us our wage.

It doesn't have to go this way.

You know you can still unload
those goods, so I can't help thinking...

there's something else at work here.

What were you in the war?
That big war you failed to win.

You were a sergeant, yeah?
Sergeant Malcolm Reynolds.

Balls and bayonets brigade.
Big, tough veteran.

Now you got yourself a ship,
and you're a captain.

Only I think you're still
a sergeant, see. Still a soldier.

Man of honor in a den of thieves.

Well, this is my gorram den...

and I don't like the way
you look down on me.

I'm above you. Better than.

Businessman, see?

Roots in the community.
You're just a scavenger.

Maybe I'm not
a fancy gentleman like you...

with your... very fine hat...

but I do business.

We're here for business.

Try one of the border planets.
They're a lot more desperate there.

Of course, they might kill you.

But you stay here, and I just know
the Alliance will track you down.

I have that feeling.

Wheel never stops turnin', Badger.

That only matters
to the people on the rim.

You're gonna come with us.

Excuse me?

You like ships. You don't seem
to be looking at the destinations.

What you care about is the ships,
and mine's the nicest.

She don't look like much.

Oh, she'll fool ya.

You ever sail in a Firefly?

Long before you were crawling.

Not an aught-three though. Didn't have
the extenders. Tended to shake.

So, uh, how come you don't care
where you're goin'?

'Cause how you get there
is the worthier part.

Are you a missionary?

I guess.

I'm a shepherd from
the Southdown Abbey. Book.

I'm called Book.

Been out of the world for a spell...
like to walk it a while.

Maybe bring the word
to them as need it told.

Well, I'm Kaylee.
And this here's Serenity...

and she's the smoothest ride
from here to Boros for anyone can pay.

Can you pay or...

Well, I got a little cash and...

Ooh! Grandpa...

I never married.

I don't understand why we didn't leave
that sumbitch in a pool of his own blood.

We'd be dead.
Can't get paid if you're dead.

Can't get paid if you crawl away
like a bitty, little bug neither.

I got a share of this job.
Ten percent of nothing is...

Let me do the math here.
Nothin' and then nothin'...

So we find a buyer on Boros.
There's gotta be...

Boros is too big. It's crawlin' with
Alliance. They could be waiting for us.

- You really think Badger will sell us
out to the feds? - If he hasn't already.

The Alliance catches us with
government goods, we'll lose the ship.

- That's never gonna happen.
- Sir, we could just dump the cargo.

No ruttin' way.
We ain't had a job in weeks.

I didn't sign on with this crew
to take in the sights.

- We need coin. - Jayne, your mouth is talkin'.
You might wanna look to that.

- I'm ready to stop talkin' when...
- You're right, though.

The last two jobs we had
were weak tea.

We got nothin' saved. Takin' on
passengers won't help near enough.

We don't get paid for this cargo, we don't
have enough money to fuel the ship.

Let alone keep her in repair.
She'll be dead in the water.

So we do like Badger said?
The border planets?

I'm thinking Whitefall,
maybe talk to Patience.

- Sir, we don't want to deal
with Patience again. - Why not?

- She shot you.
- Well, yeah. She did a bit. Still...

So we find somebody else. Horowitz.

- He can't afford it.
- Holden boys.

They wouldn't touch it.
Want me to go through the list?

Capshaws are brain-blown.
Gruviek's dead.

- He's dead? - Town got hit
by Reavers. Burned it right down.

I ain't goin' anywhere near
Reaver territory. Them people ain't human.

Whitefall is the safest
and the closest.

It's been a long time
since Patience shot me...

and that was due to a perfectly
legitimate conflict of interest.

I got no grudge.
She owns half that damn moon now.

She could afford what we got,
and she might need it.

I still don't think
the old lady's the way.

I'm not sayin' it won't be tricky...

but we got no kind of choice.

- Welcome aboard, Mr...?
- Dobson.

- Dobson.
- We gotta keep our heads down...

do the job, and pray
there ain't no more surprises.

Please be careful with that.

Mal, this is Simon.
Simon, this is our captain.

Captain Reynolds.

Welcome aboard.

This all we got?

Now we have a boat full of citizens
right on top of our... stolen cargo.

That's a fun mix.

Ain't no way in the 'verse they could
find that compartment, even if...

even if they were looking for it.

Why not?

'Cause.

Oh, yeah.
This is gonna go great.

If anyone gets nosy,
you know, just... shoot 'em.

- Shoot 'em?
- Politely.

Yeah. We throw in that...

Inara. Just in time.

Let me guess.
We're in a hurry.

Looks like. Starboard hatch
green for docking.

Locked in five, four...

The ambassador has returned.

We got a full house, Captain.

Kaylee, I'm lockin' it up.

All aboard.

Meals are taken
up here in the dining area.

Kitchen's pretty much
self-explanatory.

You're welcome to eat
what there is any time.

What there is, is pretty standard fare, I guess.
Protein in all the colors of the rainbow.

We do have sit-down meals...
next one being at about 1800.

I think Shepherd Book has offered
to help me prepare something.

You're a shepherd?

I thought the outfit gave it away.

Is it a problem?

Of course not. It's not a problem...

'cause it's not.

No. As I said...

you're welcome to visit
the dining area anytime.

Apart from that, I have to ask you to stay
in the passenger dorm while we're in the air.

The bridge, engine room, cargo bay...
they're all off-limits without an escort.

Some of my personal effects
are in the cargo bay.

I figure you all got luggage
you're gonna need to get into.

Soon as we're done here,
we'll be happy to fetch 'em with you.

Now, I have to tell you all
one other thing...

and I apologize in advance
for the inconvenience.

Unfortunately,
we've been ordered by the Alliance...

to drop some medical supplies
off on Whitefall.

it's the fourth moon on Athens.

It's out of our way, but we should have you
on Boros no more than a day off schedule.

What medical supplies?

I honestly didn't ask.

Probably plasma, insulin... whatever they
ain't got enough of on the border moons.

- Alliance says jump...
- All right.

- Zoe, you want to take them
to the cargo bay? - Yes, sir.

Anything else you need, just ask.

We, uh, live to serve.

- Did you send word to Patience?
- Ain't heard back yet.

Didn't she shoot you one time?

Everybody's makin' a fuss.

Oops. I'm sorry.

Ah, the ambassador graces us
with her presence.

Hello, Mal.
I see we have some new faces.

- Hey, you.
- Hey, you.

Ambassador, this is Shepherd Book.

I'd have to say this is the first time
we've had a preacher on board.

Well, I wasn't expecting to see
a state official either.

Ambassador.

I'm missing something funny.

- Not so funny.
- Ambassador is Mal's way of saying...

- She's a whore, Shepherd.
- The term is "Companion".

I always get those mixed up.
How's business?

- None of yours.
- She is pretty much our ambassador.

There's plenty of planets wouldn't let you
dock without a decent Companion on board.

This... This isn't a problem
for you, is it, Shepherd?

Well, I...

- I certainly... - It's all right.
I mostly keep to myself.

When I'm not whoring.

Don't you want to meet
the rest of the bunch?

Why don't you make sure
they want to meet me first?

So how many fell madly in love with you
and wanted to take you away from all this?

Just the one. I think I'm slipping.

- Oh, I'm starved.
- This is incredible.

- It is great. - It's not much.
I had a garden at the abbey...

thought I should bring what I could.

- It's very kind of you to share
with all of us. - It won't last.

- I'm taking this to Wash.
- They're not the same when they're frozen.

- Pass the tomatoes.
- The important thing is the spices.

A man can live on packaged food from here
till Judgment Day if he's got enough rosemary.

Captain, do you mind if I say grace?

Only if you say it out loud.

So, does it happen a lot?

Government commandeering your ship...

- telling you where to go? - That's what
governments are for... get in a man's way.

Well, it's good
if the supplies are needed.

We're just happy
to be doing good works.

I hear a lot of the border moons
are in bad shape... plagues and famine.

Some of that's exaggerated,
and some of it ain't.

All those moons,
just like the central planets...

they're as close to Earth-That-Was
as we can make 'em...

gravity, atmosphere and such, but...

Once they're terra-formed,
they'll dump settlers on there...

with nothing but blankets,
hatchets... maybe a herd.

Some of them make it.
Some of them...

Then I guess
it's good we're helping.

You're a doctor, right?

Yes, I was a trauma surgeon
on Osiris in Capital City.

Long way from here.

You seem so young to be a doctor.

Yeah. You're pretty young
to be a ship's mechanic.

Know how.

Machines just got workings,
and they talk to me.

That's a rare gift.

Well, not like being a doctor.

Helping fix people...
that's important.

Little Kaylee here just wishes
you was a gynaecologist.

Jayne...

you will keep a civil tongue
in that mouth, or I will sew it shut.

is there an understanding between us?

You don't pay me to talk pretty. Just because
Kaylee gets lubed up over some big-city dandy...

Walk away from this table.
Right now.

What do you pay him for?

- What? - I was just wondering
what his job is...

on the ship.

Public relations.

[Come in].

- If I'm intruding...
- Not at all.

I expected you.

Couldn't really say the same.

So, would you like to lecture me
on the wickedness of my ways?

I brought you some supper.
But if you'd prefer a lecture...

I have a few very catchy ones prepped.

Sin and hellfire. One has lepers.

I think I'll pass.

But thank you for this.

The captain said you might like it.

I was surprised at his concern.

For a lowly whore?

It was unjust of him to say that.

Believe me,
I've called him worse.

Anyway, I suspect he has more interest
in making you uncomfortable than me.

He's not wildly interested
in ingratiating himself with anyone.

Yet he seems very protective
of his crew. It's odd.

Why are you so fascinated by him?

Because he's something of a mystery.

Why are you?

Because so few men are.

Mal, you might want to get up here.

What is it?

A signal. Somebody went on the cortex,
hailed the nearest Alliance cruiser.

- Tell me you scrambled it. - All to hell,
but I don't know how much got through.

- Alliance got a pin in us for sure.
- [Everyone under the heavens ought to die].

We got a mole on board.

Forget your toothpaste?

Are you out of your mind?

Just about. What'd you tell them?

Tell who?

I got exactly no time for games.
What do they know?

You're a lunatic.

And you're a gorram fed.

Hate to say it, Captain...

but you've got the wrong man.

- Son of a bitch.
- Drop that firearm, Captain Reynolds.

This is not my best day ever.

Simon Tam, you are bound by law
to stand down.

What?

The doctor.

Hey, is there... is there a reward?

Get on the ground.

- Get on the ground.
- Lawman, you are making a mistake.

I think you best get on the ground, son.
The man seems a mite twitchy.

I think everybody
could stand to calm down a bit.

This isn't your business, Shepherd.

The boy's not going anywhere, lawman.

- As I understand it, it's pretty
cold outside. - Not to worry.

Put Lord Fauntleroy in one of
the passenger cells. He won't make a peep...

Get the hell away
from that weapon.

Do you think
I'm a complete back-birth?

You're carrying a fugitive
across interplanetary borders.

And you think I believe you're bringing
medical supplies to Whitefall?

As far as I care,
everyone on this ship is culpable.

Well, now.

That has an effect on the landscape.

Please, we're very close
to true stupidity here.

I got a cruiser en route for intercept.
So talk all you want. You got about 20 minutes.

- You might have less than that.
- Yeah, threaten me.

- For God's sake. - You think
I wouldn't shoot a shepherd? Back off.

- Just take the kid.
- Get your hands off.

- Stand the hell down.
- What is...

Stop it.

- Wha...
- Kaylee.

- How do you feel?
- A little odd.

- Be still. Be still.
- Out of the way.

- You're not killing this man.
- Not right away.

- He's no threat.
- Why did he...

That ain't hardly
a mosquito bite.

Big mosquito.

- Move.
- Not gonna happen.

I ain't jokin' with you, Preacher.

Jayne.

Just tie him up. Do it.

Kaylee, stay with me. Stay with me.

- Can you move your feet?
- Are you asking me to dance?

- She's going into shock.
- Kaylee.

- [Little sister], you have to focus.
- The gun, Shepherd.

Please.

The infirmary working?

Yeah, we got it stocked.

Captain, we've been hailed
by a cruiser, ordered to stay on course...

and dock for prisoner transfer.

Change course.

- Run.
- Hell with you.

- You brought this down on us.
I'm dumping you with the law. - Mal.

- She's dying.
- You're not gonna let her.

- Yes, I am.
- No, you can't.

- No way the feds'll let us walk.
- Then we dump him in a shuttle and leave him for them.

- Everybody's so mad.
- It's okay, baby.

- Do you know what a stomach wound
does to a person? - I surely do.

Then you know how crucial
the next few minutes are.

You let her die,
you'll never make it to the feds.

- She'll still be dead.
- You rich kids.

You think your lives are
the only thing that matters.

What'd you do? Kill your folks
for the family fortune?

- I don't kill people.
- Then do your job.

- Turn the ship around.
- Enough.

Mal, do it.

Don't you ever tell me what to do on...

Zoe, change course.

Help me get her up.

Wash, change course
and go for hard burn.

We're runnin'.

- You have an extractor?
- Got a laser saw.

No, that's not good enough.
Uh, my room, red bag.

- When this is over, you and me are gonna have
a personal chat. - Won't that be fun. Dope her.

Can't do any more till she stabilizes.

- Will she?
- I can't say yet.

I want to know what's going on here.

Well, then why don't we find out?

What are... No.

No.

Stay away from that.

Where's the fed?

Secured.
The shepherd's with him.

He seems to think
he's not safe alone with me.

No.

Well, let's see what
a man like you would kill for.

No, don't..

I need to check her vitals.

Oh, is that what they call it?

- She's not supposed to wake up for another
week. The shock... - The shock of what? Waking up?

Finding out she's been sold
to some border-world baron?

Or... I'm sorry.
Was this one for you? Is it true love?

Because you do seem a little...

R... River...

Hey. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay. I'm here.

Simon.

Simon, they... they talk to me.

- They want me to... They want me to...
- No. They're gone.

They're gone.
They're gone.

They're gone.
We're safe now. We're safe.

We're safe. I'm here.

Come here.

What the hell is this?

This is my sister.

I am very smart.

I went to the best medacad on Osiris.

Top three percent of my class.

Finished my internship in eight months.

"Gifted" is the term.

So when I tell you
that my little sister...

makes me look like an idiot child...

I want you to understand
my full meaning.

River was more than gifted.
She...

She was a gift.

Everything she did...
you know, music, math...

theoretical physics,
even... even dance...

there was nothing
that didn't come as naturally to her...

as breathing does to us.

And she could be
a real... brat about it too.

I mean, she used to...

There was a... a school...

Yeah... A government-sponsored
academy.

We had never even heard of it,
but it had the most exciting program...

the most challenging.

We could have sent her anywhere.
We had the money, but...

she wanted to go.

She wanted to learn.

She was 14.

I...

I got a few letters at first,
and then I didn't hear for months.

Finally I got a letter
that made no sense. She...

She talked about things that never
happened. Jokes that we never...

It was a code.

It just said...

"They're hurting us."

"Get me out."

How'd you do it?

Money.

And... And luck.

For two years
I couldn't get near her.

Then I was contacted by some men...
some underground movement.

They... They said that
she was in danger, that...

that the government was...
playing with her brain.

if I funded them, they could
sneak her out in cryo...

get her to Persephone, and from there
I could take her... wherever.

Will she be all right?

I don't know if she'll be all right.

I don't know what they did to her.

Or why.

I... I just have to keep her safe.

That's quite a story, son.

Yeah. It's a tale of woe.
Very stirring.

But in the meantime, you�ve heaped
a world of trouble on me and mine.

- I never thought...
- No, I don't imagine you thought.

In consequence of which we got
a kidnapped federal officer on board...

we got the Alliance hard
on our trail and Kaylee...

How much does the Alliance know?

I can't say. I killed the message pretty quick,
so they may just have our position.

Or they might have personal profiles
on each and every one of us.

- Till that fed wakes up,
we won't know. - So what do we do?

The job. We finish the job.

I got word from Patience. She's waiting
for us. We circle round to Whitefall...

make the deal, get out, keep flying.

What about us?

Kaylee comes through,
you and your sister get off at Whitefall.

If she doesn't come through?

Well, then you're
getting off a mite sooner.

- That'd be murder.
- Boy made a decision.

- He didn't shoot her.
- No, but somebody else did...

and I'm scratching my head
as to why we ain't dealt with him.

Kill a fed? Can you think of
a stupider thing to do?

- He can I.D. us.
- Throw me out the air lock. Fine.

But River is not a part of this.

- Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering
people issue? - We don't vote on my ship.

- My ship is not the rutting town hall.
- This is insanity.

I think we're
a ways beyond that now, sir.

- We're gonna talk this through.
- I will not sit by...

while there's killing here.

[Everybody shut the hell up]!

The way it is, is the way it is.

We gotta deal with
what's in front of us.

Mal, you know those two wouldn't
survive a day in Whitefall anyway.

You throw them out, I'm leaving too.

It might be best you do.

You ain't a part of this business.

What business is that exactly?

I'm a dead man. I can't know?

Is it gold?

Drugs? Pirate treasure?

What is it that makes you
so afraid of the Alliance?

You don't want to go down
this road with me, boy.

Oh, you're not afraid of them?

I already know you'd sell me out
to them for a pat on the head.

Hell, you should probably be working
for them. You certainly fit the profi...

Saw that comin'.

I'm in a tricky position.
I guess you know.

Got me a boatload of terribly strange folk
makin' my life a little more interesting...

than I generally like.

Chief among them
an Alliance mole...

likes to shoot at girls
when he's nervous.

Now I gotta know
how close the Alliance is...

exactly how much you told them
before Wash scrambled your call.

So... I've given Jayne here
the job of finding out.

He was non-specific as to how.

Now you're only gonna scare him.

- Pain is scary.
- Just do it right.

You have any idea
how much trouble you're in?

Gee, I never been in trouble
with the law before.

No, not like this you haven't.
You think this is just a smuggling rap?

- The package that boy is carrying...
- It's a girl.

She's cute too. Except I don't think
she's all there, you know.

Course, not all of her has to be.

That girl is a precious commodity.

They'll come after her. Long after
you bury me, they'll be coming.

Oh, I'm not gonna kill you, Dobson.

What's your first name?

Lawrence.

Lawrence?

I'm just gonna cut on ya till you
tell me how much they know.

They know everything.
They know every name, every record.

They know how many...
nose hairs you've got.

Aw, see?
They don't know a damn thing.

It's all over your face.
I ain't even...

I was gonna get me a ear too.

Aren't you an officer of the law?

Well, don't they teach you
how to withstand interrogation?

You can't even tell a damn lie.

Okay. I can see you're not an idiot.

Wish I could say the same, Lawrence,
but this is disappointing as hell.

Let me speak a language
you will understand... money.

This girl is worth a lot of money.
I mean a lot.

Now, you kill me, there's nothing.

But if you help me out...

you'll have enough
to buy your own ship.

Better one than this piece of crap.

Does helping you out mean
turning on the captain?

Yes, it does.

- How the hell'd they find us? I thought you said
we could get around them. - It's not Alliance.

- You sure?
- Nah, it's a smaller vessel.

- Commercial?
- Uh, yeah.

I read it as an older model... Trans-U.

- I didn't think Trans-U
still operated. - They don't.

- Get me a visual.
- They're still too far out.

Get me somethin'.

I'm picking up a lot of radiation.

They're operating
without core containment.

That's [nuts].

That's suicide.

Reavers.

Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

This is the captain.

We're passing another ship.

Looks to be Reavers.

From the size,
probably a raiding party.

Could be they're headed
somewhere particular.

Could be they already hit
someone and they're full up.

So everyone stay calm.

We try to run, they'll have to
chase us. It's their way.

We're holding course.
We should be passing them in a minute.

So we'll see what they do.

Zoe, you come on up to the bridge.

I don't understand.

You never heard of Reavers?

Campfire stories... men gone savage
on the edge of space, killing...

They're not stories.

What happens if they board us?

If they take the ship,
they'll rape us to death...

eat our flesh and sew our skins
into their clothing.

And if we're very, very lucky,
they'll do it in that order.

There's their magnetic grappler.
They get a hold of us with that...

Just tell me if they alter course.

They're holding course.

I guess they weren't hungry.

Didn't expect to see them here.

They're pushing out
further every year too.

Gettin' awful crowded in my sky.

Hey, Captain.

Hey.

Hello, Kaylee. What's the news?

I'm shiny, Captain. A-OK.

I can't feel much
below my belly though.

It's gettin' cold.

Well, you just gotta rest.

Something's gonna break down
on this boat real soon.

Who else I got to fix it?

Oh, don't you worry none.

Doc fixed me up pretty.

He's nice.

Don't go workin' too hard
on that crush, [little sister].

Doc won't be with us for long.

You're nice too.

No, I'm not.

I'm a mean old man.

He wasn't gonna let me die.

He was just trying to...

It's nobody's fault.

Okay. Just promise me
you're gonna remember that.

I'll keep it in mind.

You are a nice man, Captain.

You're always looking after us.

You just gotta have faith in people.

She's a real beauty, isn't she?

- It's just a standard Companion
immunization package. - Thank you.

- I'm not sure if it'll help in this...
- It won't hurt.

Supplies down there
are pretty rudimentary.

Is there anything else I can do?

I don't think so, but I appreciate it.

Kaylee's very dear... to all of us.

I... I'm sorry.

For my part in what happened.

I... I've never...

I mean, I...
I don't know how to...

You're lost in the woods.

We all are. Even the captain.

The only difference is
he likes it that way.

No, the only difference is the woods
are the only place I can see a clear path.

- What's your business here?
- It's my business.

The usual. I gave the boy...

a free thrust since
he's not long for this world.

What are you doing in my shuttle?

It's my shuttle. You rent it.

Then when I'm behind on the rent,
you can enter unasked.

I thought you were leaving anyhow.

Well, I guess that depends on you.

You'll ruin her too, you know.

This is the thing
I see you're uncomprehending on.

Everyone on this ship...

even a legitimate
businesswoman like her...

their lives can be snatched away
because of that fed.

You got a solution for that?
You got a way around?

- I don't. - Comes time, someone's gonna
have to deal with him.

That should be you.
But I don't think you got the guts.

And I know you don't have the time.

What do you mean?

Kaylee's dead.

The man's psychotic.

You are psychotic.

No, you should've seen his face.
Oh, I'm a bad man.

- And Kaylee's really okay?
- Yeah.

To tell the truth,
I didn't expect her to heal this quick.

Doctor knows his trade,
I'll give him that.

- Being hailed.
- That'd be Patience.

We're close enough for vid. Put her up.

- Malcolm Reynolds?
- Hello, Patience.

I have to say, I didn't look
to be hearin' from you anytime soon.

Well, we may not have
parted on the best of terms.

I realize certain words were exchanged.

Also, certain bullets.

But that's air through the engine.
it's past.

We're business people.

Besides, your days of fighting over salvage
rights are long behind you, what I hear.

- What are you, mayor now?
- Just about.

You tellin' the truth about that cargo?

'Cause your asking price is a bit
too reasonable for that much treasure.

It's imprinted... Alliance...
hence the discount.

- Oh, government goods, huh?
- That doesn't work for you, no harm.

- Just thought you could use...
- Alliance don't scare me.

Just collatin' data, as they say.

I like that you're up front about it.

We can deal.

I'll upload coordinates
for a rendezvous point outside of town.

See you in the world.

I believe that woman's
plannin' to shoot me again.

She meant to pay you,
she'd have haggled you down some.

Just a little effort to hide it
would've been...

- Sir, we don't have to deal with her.
- Yes, we do.

Here's a little concept
I been workin' on...

- Why don't we shoot her first?
- It is her turn.

- That doesn't get us what we need either.
- There's moons we ain't seen.

- We could try our luck...
- Our luck?

You notice anything particular
about our luck these past few days?

Any kind of pattern?

You depend on luck,
you end up on the drift...

no fuel, no prospects...

beggin' for Alliance make-work,
gettin' towed out to the scrap belt.

That ain't us.

Not ever.

Patience has got the money to pay...

and she will, one way or another.

There's obstacles in our path, and
we're gonna deal with 'em one by one.

We'll get through this.

We will.

Nice place for an ambush.

That it is.

Here you are. I buried 'em good.

Equipment's back on the boat.

Testing.
Testing, Captain, can you hear me?

- I'm standing right here.
- You're comin' through good and loud.

- 'Cause I'm standing right here.
- Yeah, well, but... the transmitter's...

Patience is gonna figure
we buried the cargo...

which means puttin' us
to our ease before there's any action.

She'll come at us from the east...

talk the location out of us.

She'll have the coin to show us first.

We get it, give the location.

Snipers hit us from there... and there.

- You figure they're in place yet?
- Should be.

Feel like takin' a walk
around the park?

Sure you don't just want to piss yourself
and back down like you did with Badger?

Walk soft. I want Patience
thinkin' they're still in place.

Don't kill anyone if you don't have to.
We're here to make a deal.

Don't think it's a good spot, sir.
She still has the advantage over us.

Everyone always does.

That's what makes us special.

Lawman.
It's Shepherd Book.

I believe you're in more danger...

Mal.

- How you doin', boy?
- Walkin' and talkin'.

Is that Zoe? You still sailin'
with this old bum?

Awful lot of men
to haul three crates.

Yeah, well, I couldn't be sure my Mal here
wouldn't be lookin' for some kind of payback.

- You understand. - We're just on the job,
Patience. Not interested in surprises.

I don't see
my cargo anywhere.

And you're not gonna
till I'm holdin' 200 in platinum.

Oh, come on, Reynolds. I'm supposed
to take it on faith that you got the goods?

it's pure, Patience.

Genuine A grade foodstuffs...
protein, vitamins...

immunization supplements.

One of those would feed
a family for a month.

Longer, if they don't
like their kids too well.

Yep. That's the stuff.

So where's the rest?

Simon?

What's wrong, sweetie?

Look at you, all woke up.

Oh, I'm sorry about what happened
before, but make so much as a sound...

the next one goes through your throat.

And east half a mile, bottom of the first
hill you'll see where it's been dug.

I reckon I will.

- Well, then.
- Yep.

I'd appreciate it if you all
turn around and ride out first.

Well, you see, there's a kinda hitch.

- We both made out on this deal.
Don't complicate things. - I got a rule.

I never let go
of money I don't have to.

Which is maybe
why I'm runnin' this little world...

and you're still on that
dinky old boat sniffin' for scraps.

Got the money back.
There's no need for killin'.

- We're just gonna walk away, sir?
- Guess that's up to Patience, here.

- Could be messy.
- Not terribly.

Mal, you just ain't very bright, are ya?

That's quite a rifle.

Boy must be your best shot
to carry that.

Called "Two-Fry".
Always makes it quick and clean.

Two-Fry. Nice hat.

Should think about asking the captain
to drop you somewhere else.

Whitefall ain't exactly civilization
in the strictest sense.

You don't have to worry about me.

Well, Zoe's out on a deal.
I always worry.

So, it's not out of my way.

He took her.

He took River.

Oh, don't... Don't you dare.

[Damn]!

Watch out...

- Zoe?
- Armor's dented.

Well, you're right about
this being a bad idea.

- Thanks for sayin', sir.
- Mal, don't you take another step.

Now I did a job. I ain't got
nothing but trouble since I did it...

not to mention more than a few unkind
words as regard to my character.

So let me make this abundantly clear.

I do the job...

and then I get paid.

Go run your little world.

Mal, it's Wash..
We got a ship comin' in..

They followed us.
The gorram Reavers followed us.

No, don't.

- Don't move.
- Reavers...

Reavers, incoming and
heading straight for us.

We are in the air in one minute.

I guess they got hungry again.

You can do that? You're gonna kill
a lawman in cold blood?

I know what you did for your sister.

I understand.
It doesn't make you a killer.

I don't want to hurt anybody.
I have a job to do...

to uphold the law...
that's what we're talking about here.

Come on, come on.
Where the hell are you guys?

There's nowhere you can
take her the law won't find.

Nobody is going to hurt her...

- unless you hurt me.
- No, I said.

I said don't... don't move.

It's your call.

I'm not playing anymore.
Anybody makes so much...

Jayne..

Wash, we're on.

- How close are they?
- About 20 seconds from spitting distance.

- Well, lose 'em.
- Gimme the vid.

[We're in big trouble].

- How close they need to be to fire those grapplers?
- Come on, Wash, you dumbass, dodge 'em.

If everyone could just
be quiet a moment.

I need Kaylee
in the engine room, please.

- Can she even...
- Get her in there now.

I want you to get in your shuttle.
Get the civilians and get ready to go.

- We can't just leave you here.
- Well, that was the plan.

- Mal, don't do this.
- We get boarded, you take off.

Head for town. We might be able
to stop them from following you.

- They'll kill you.
- Inara...

Go.

- How we doin'?
- I don't mean to alarm anybody...

but I think we're being followed.

You three, come with me.

I think I can help Kaylee out.

- Should I...
- Take her. Keep her safe.

Can't keep this up. They get
a bead, they're gonna lock us down.

Kaylee, how we doin'?
Gonna need a little push here.

- You want me to go for full burn?
- Not just yet.

- But set it up. - You know
where the press regulator is?

Head of the class.

We're ready for full burn on your mark.

Full burn in atmo? That won't
cause a blowback, burn us out?

Even if it doesn't, they can push
just as hard, keep right on us.

Wash, you gotta give me an Ivan.

I'll see what I can do. Kaylee.

How would you feel
about pullin' a Crazy Ivan?

Always wanted to try one.

Jayne, open the port jack control,
cut the hydraulics.

- Where the hell is...
- Look. Look. Look where I'm pointing.

Okay. Now it's real simple.

- They're on us.
- Kaylee.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

- Okay.
- Everybody hold on to something.

Here's something you can't do.

Now.

I knew I hired you for something.

Ain't no way they can
come around in time to follow us now.

We're good, people.

We're out of the woods.

Yeah.

That's my girl. That's my good girl.

We should have just enough left
in us to hit a fuel station.

We'll need to do some patching up.

- I hope we got paid today.
- We did.

Sir?
I'd like you to take the helm, please.

I need this man
to tear all my clothes off.

Work, work, work.

Should really have
the young doctor look at this.

- It's not so bad.
- Well, I'm sure you'll be fine.

I didn't say that.

Is this what life is... out here?

Sometimes.

I've been out of the abbey two days.

I've beaten a lawman senseless.

I've fallen in with criminals.

I've watched the captain shoot
the man I swore to protect.

And I'm not even sure
if I think he was wrong.

Shepherd...

I believe. I just...

I think I'm on the wrong ship.

Maybe.

Or maybe you're exactly
where you ought to be.

The shot I gave you
will help you sleep.

- I slept for so long, didn't I?
- Just a little while.

And then we'll find a place.

We'll find a safe place.

I didn't think you'd come for me.

Well, you're a dummy.

The girl's a problem.

The lawman said they'd keep looking
for her. Something about her...

brain bein' all special,
important to the Alliance brass.

- Sooner we dump them two, the better.
- Suppose so.

Funny how the lawman
got out of his room...

you havin' tied him up so well and all.

I didn't have nothing to do with that.

Anyhow, it all turned out just fine.

Buzzards are the only ones
gonna find him.

But he did try to make a deal
with you, right?

- How come you didn't turn on me,
Jayne? - Money wasn't good enough.

What happens when it is?

Well, that'll be an interesting day.

Imagine it will.

- You need me to look at that?
- It's just a graze.

So, where do you plan on dumping us?

There's places you might be safe.

If you want the truth, though,
you're probably safer on the move.

And we never stop movin'.

I'm confused.

No, wait.
I... I think maybe you're confused.

It may have become apparent to you
that the ship could use a medic.

You ain't weak. Don't know how bright
you are, top three percent, but...

you ain't weak, and that's not nothin'.

You live by my rule, you keep
your sister from doing anything crazy...

you could maybe find a place here,
till you find a better.

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 this ship have
been shot or wounded, including yourself...

and you're harboring known fugitives.
- Well, we're still flyin'.

- That's not much.
- It's enough.