1 00:00:20,145 --> 00:00:22,189 We 're al/just floating. 2 00:00:28,487 --> 00:00:30,405 You cou/o'n't possibly! 3 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:32,407 No. I wis/7 / was ly/ng. 4 00:00:32,491 --> 00:00:35,827 I just, you know, we '0' all just made surgeon. 5 00:00:35,911 --> 00:00:38,163 That was it. We were the elite. 6 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:41,625 - — The world was ours, you know. - So you had to be naked? 7 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,627 Naked, yes. 8 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:48,882 And on top of the statue of hippocrates. 9 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:51,843 Can you just picture me? — what, naked? 10 00:00:51,927 --> 00:00:56,014 Uh, hmm, let's see. I'm gonna have to conjure up, uh... 11 00:00:56,098 --> 00:00:58,392 Yeah, that's, that's gonna be difficult. 12 00:01:00,852 --> 00:01:04,940 So did the feds come? — there were no feds... 13 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:07,192 Until I started singing. 14 00:01:07,276 --> 00:01:09,403 Oh, no! — no. This is not... 15 00:01:09,486 --> 00:01:11,196 What did you sing? 16 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,198 T/7is ls not funn y this... 17 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:17,327 This is a morality tale about the evils of sake. 18 00:01:20,163 --> 00:01:22,874 I would be there right now. 19 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,546 I mean, it was, it was... 20 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:32,134 /t was either that or the national anthem. Reports vary. 21 00:01:32,217 --> 00:01:34,386 You don't remember any of this? 22 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:38,807 I remember talking the feds out of telling my father... 23 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:41,476 Or paying the feds out oftelling my father. 24 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,855 I get fuzzy on the aspects 25 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:00,120 So, like, never? — well, no. 26 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,664 Not ever, never? 27 00:02:02,748 --> 00:02:04,916 Some orders allow Shepherds to marry... 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,838 But / follow a narro wer path. 29 00:02:09,921 --> 00:02:12,716 But I mean, you still got the urge. They don't... 30 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,718 Cut it offor nothin'. 31 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:18,847 No. I'm more or less intact. 32 00:02:18,930 --> 00:02:21,183 I just direct my energy elsewhere. 33 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:24,436 You mean like masturbatin'? 34 00:02:24,519 --> 00:02:27,564 I hope you're not thinking of taking orders yourself. 35 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:29,608 That'll be the day. 36 00:02:30,692 --> 00:02:33,528 I got stupid. The money was too good. 37 00:02:33,612 --> 00:02:36,740 I don't give halfa hump ifyou're innocent or not. 38 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:39,576 So where does that put you? 39 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:43,497 Saintjayne. It's got a ring to it. 40 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:46,958 I'm just trying to remember how many miracles you've performed. 41 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:49,878 I once hit a guy in the neck from 500 yards with a bent scope. 42 00:02:49,961 --> 00:02:54,007 Don't that count upstairs? — oh, it'll be taken into consideration. 43 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:56,802 You made that sound kind ofominous. 44 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:35,841 I put out a few waves to some old acquaintances. 45 00:03:35,924 --> 00:03:39,428 I may even be able to find something in new Melbourne if you need the shuttle free. 46 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:41,489 I'm just gonna be there long enough to pick up cargo. 47 00:03:41,513 --> 00:03:43,491 The only thing you're gonna find in new Melbourne... 48 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:45,475 Is fish and fish—related activities... 49 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,537 So unless you got the ovennhelming urge to gut sturgeon... 50 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:49,479 And who hasn't occasionally... 51 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:52,482 But it's a layover point for almost every planet this side of the system. 52 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:54,484 I could... 53 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:56,486 I just don't wanna draw this out. 54 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,610 Ha ve you decided when you're gonna tell the others? 55 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:03,660 No. 56 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:06,621 - — I appreciate your not saying anything. - Well, I don't. 57 00:04:06,705 --> 00:04:08,999 So make up your mind 58 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,418 I'm a big girl. Just tell me. 59 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:14,755 None of it means a damn thing. 60 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:44,576 It's just an object. 61 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:46,953 It doesn't mean what you think. 62 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:51,225 You know that's not to be touched. — stay calm. Stop yelling at her. 63 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:54,252 River, sweetheart, you want nothin' to do with that put it do wn. 64 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:57,255 - Kaylee. - What were you th/nk/ng? Where did you get aho/d... 65 00:04:57,339 --> 00:05:00,717 It was in my hand. — I'm not mad. Just let me— thank you. 66 00:05:03,094 --> 00:05:07,349 Fully loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness. 67 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:11,061 - — Does she understand that? - She understands. 68 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,063 She doesn't comprehend. 69 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,524 Well, I'm glad we've made that distinction. 70 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:18,944 No touching guns, okay? 71 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,196 No touching. 72 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,242 River— — it's getting very, very crowded! 73 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,577 I thought she was on the mend. 74 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,579 Her medications are erratic. 75 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:32,999 There's not one that her system can eventually break down and... 76 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:36,795 When I want a lot of medical jargon, I'll talk to a doctor. 77 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:39,381 You are talking to a doctor. 78 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:43,260 Yeah, okay. My point is it could've been you she might've shotjust then... 79 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:45,303 The doctor, as you just made note of. 80 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:49,391 And who exactly could fix you? Not nobody. 81 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:52,102 We're deep in space, corner of no and where. 82 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:54,646 You take extra care with her... 83 00:05:54,729 --> 00:05:56,731 'Cause we're very much alone out here. 84 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:08,493 J take my love, take m y land j 85 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:11,872 j take me where /cannot stand j 86 00:06:11,955 --> 00:06:14,708 j / don't care, / 777 still free j 87 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:18,962 j you can't take the sky from me j 88 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:21,631 j take me out to the black j 89 00:06:21,715 --> 00:06:24,301 j tell them lain't com/n 'back j 90 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:28,054 j burn the land and boil the sea j 91 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:31,850 j you can't take the sky from me j 92 00:06:40,692 --> 00:06:43,445 J there's no place / can be j 93 00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:46,823 j since / 've found serenityj 94 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:50,410 j but you can't take the sky from me jj 95 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:29,491 Little riverjust gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? 96 00:07:29,574 --> 00:07:31,826 Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. 97 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:34,371 It's a toss—up. — I hope she does the soup thing. 98 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:37,123 It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it. 99 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:41,336 - Poor kid. - — yeah. She's definitely got... 100 00:07:41,419 --> 00:07:43,797 Funny. — something wrong? 101 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,049 I'm just getting a weird heat bounce off our wake. 102 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,635 - Engine flux? - — sensors probably got turned around. 103 00:07:48,718 --> 00:07:52,180 The lockers are sealed only way she can get in there is if she knows the combinat/on. 104 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:54,408 I don't leave my guns around, mal, and I don't leave 'em loaded. 105 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:56,559 Well, somehow, she got her hands on your hardware. 106 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:59,437 Now, supposing she took up something with hull—piercing bullets. 107 00:07:59,521 --> 00:08:02,774 Bullets are soft lead, mal. Even Vera could barely breach the hull. 108 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:04,859 She's the best I got. 109 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:08,029 Anyhow, let's move this conversation in a “notjayne's fault” direction. 110 00:08:08,113 --> 00:08:11,408 I didn't make her crazy hell, I didn't even want her on the ship. 111 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:16,121 Is that the direction you want this conversation to go in? 112 00:08:16,204 --> 00:08:18,808 Just don't want to take a lashing for something I ain't the cause of. 113 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:20,542 Where '5 river at now? 114 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:24,045 In her room, which I'm thinking we bolt from the outside from now on. 115 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:26,214 That's a little extreme, isn't it? 116 00:08:26,297 --> 00:08:30,093 Anybody remember her coming at me with a butcher's knife? — wacky fun. 117 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:33,138 - You wanna go, little man? - — only if it's some place with candlelight. 118 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:35,491 Sir, / kno w she's unpredictable, but / don't think she 'd harm anyone. 119 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:38,393 Butcher's knife! — anyone we can't spare. 120 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:40,830 As fi'ir as we know, the girl's never even picked up a gun before. 121 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:43,773 That ain't so. 122 00:08:45,316 --> 00:08:48,903 Kaylee, you got somethin ' to say? 123 00:09:55,804 --> 00:09:59,891 Okay, Kaylee, why don't you speak your piece? 124 00:09:59,974 --> 00:10:03,478 It was when the captain and wash got took by niska. 125 00:10:03,561 --> 00:10:06,731 I ain't like to forget that anytime soon. 126 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:10,485 Well, we all went in— me too... 127 00:10:10,568 --> 00:10:12,654 Didn't make much account of myself, I'm afraid. 128 00:10:12,737 --> 00:10:16,074 I got no problem with the notion of you not killing nobody, Kaylee. 129 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:18,701 What's this got to do with river? She wasn't even in that fight. 130 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:22,497 Well, no, she was. I got pinned down... 131 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:26,334 And there were three guys and I couldn't... 132 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,297 And then river comes up. 133 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:34,384 She looks out, sees 'em all... 134 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:37,387 And they was spread out, you know, had some co ver. 135 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:43,184 She— she only looked for a second and... took my gun... 136 00:10:43,268 --> 00:10:45,520 Closed her eyes... 137 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:48,022 Killed 'em. 138 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,987 She shot them? — all three. 139 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:57,198 Dead. In an instant. With her eyes still closed. 140 00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:59,200 That's—. You saw it wrong. 141 00:10:59,284 --> 00:11:03,705 Not ajot. And it weren't auto fire or luck. 142 00:11:03,788 --> 00:11:05,290 She just... 143 00:11:05,373 --> 00:11:10,587 She just did the math. — you understand how that sounds? 144 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,464 What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been? 145 00:11:13,548 --> 00:11:17,468 You couldn't have done it, /ayne, nor you, cap 'n. 146 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:19,762 Nobody can shoot like that that's a person. 147 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:23,141 So river's not a person. 148 00:11:24,392 --> 00:11:26,686 Oh, please don't be mad. 149 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:29,689 I just want to understand what you're saying here. 150 00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:32,233 - I thought river was your friend — she is! 151 00:11:32,317 --> 00:11:35,486 But, Simon, the wayshe... 152 00:11:35,570 --> 00:11:38,323 Right after, she looked at me and.. 153 00:11:38,406 --> 00:11:40,909 She smiled... 154 00:11:40,992 --> 00:11:43,453 Like nothing was wrong 155 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:46,331 like we were playing. 156 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:49,667 Scared me. 157 00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:53,922 Could be she saved your life, Kaylee. 158 00:11:54,005 --> 00:11:56,424 Oh, I'm all aware of that, and I'm not saying... 159 00:11:56,507 --> 00:11:59,928 She probably didn't even know what was going on. Thought it was a game. 160 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:02,597 Later on you can explain to me how that's a comfort. 161 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:05,225 Might have to use some of that math we've been hearing about. 162 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:09,771 What we got here to deal with is the larger issue, and that larger issue is... 163 00:12:09,854 --> 00:12:14,484 We got someone on board this ship might be a danger to us. 164 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,527 Ain't a question ofwhether we like her. 165 00:12:16,611 --> 00:12:18,696 Some of us have grown attached to river. 166 00:12:18,780 --> 00:12:21,008 Kaylee, / kno w you ha ve, or you would've spoken up sooner... 167 00:12:21,032 --> 00:12:23,409 Which, by the by, you should ha ve. 168 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:26,120 I find river pleasant enough myself. 169 00:12:26,204 --> 00:12:28,456 But she does have an oddness to her. 170 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:32,627 And / ain't just talking about her proficiency with firearms 171 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:37,799 girl knows things— Things she shouldn't, things she couldn't. 172 00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:40,134 What, are you saying she's a witch? 173 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:42,387 Yes, jayne. She's a witch. 174 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:47,183 She has had congress with the beast. — she's in congress? 175 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:50,478 How did your brain even learn human speech? 176 00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:54,482 I 777 just so curious. 177 00:12:54,565 --> 00:12:58,069 This isn't a joking matter. This is about our lives and river's. 178 00:12:58,152 --> 00:13:01,322 Thank you. 179 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:03,992 She's deeply intuitive. 180 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:06,536 It's true that sometimes... 181 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:08,639 I don't think she's intuitive. I think she's a reader. 182 00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:12,417 Psychic? — Is that even remotely possible? 183 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,669 You tell me. 184 00:13:14,752 --> 00:13:18,589 You've been studying what they've done to her. 185 00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:20,591 They've, uh... 186 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:24,554 They definitely altered the way she reacts to things, even the way she perceives. 187 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,264 But I'm not— — psychic, though? 188 00:13:26,347 --> 00:13:28,725 That sounds like something out of science fiction. 189 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:32,020 - — We live in a spaceship, dear. - So? 190 00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:35,523 Whoa. Back up a sec. Are you saying she really reads minds? 191 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:37,400 Or near enough. 192 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:40,737 Am I alone thinking along these lines? — no. 193 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:45,033 Well, I don't like the idea of someone hearing what I'm thinking. 194 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:47,702 No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking. 195 00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:50,038 The alliance could have any number of uses for a psychic. 196 00:13:50,121 --> 00:13:52,915 A psychic... or an assassin. 197 00:13:54,292 --> 00:13:57,879 She'sjust a kid. 198 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:01,883 And she just wants to be... a kid. 199 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:04,761 I wish it were that simple. 200 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,989 Yeah, and ifwishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak. 201 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:09,432 What do we plan to do about this? 202 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,726 Well, that's the question. 203 00:14:11,809 --> 00:14:15,897 I don't think she'd ever hurt any of us. 204 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,232 Maybe you're right. 205 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:23,654 I ain't gonna make a decision on anything till I thought on it awhile. 206 00:14:23,738 --> 00:14:25,823 It's late. 207 00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:29,494 Let's get some rest. 208 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,710 - Simon— - — I gotta go check on my assassin. 209 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:40,254 Oh, please don't be mad. I had to say something. 210 00:14:40,338 --> 00:14:42,924 I'm not mad at you. 211 00:14:44,425 --> 00:14:46,344 I just, uh... 212 00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:50,014 She loves this ship. 213 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:54,769 I think it's more home to her than anyplace she's been. 214 00:14:54,852 --> 00:14:59,607 Wh—what about you? 215 00:15:01,025 --> 00:15:03,611 I mean, I... 216 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:06,030 I thought the hospital was home. 217 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:10,618 I was really making a difference there and... 218 00:15:10,701 --> 00:15:14,288 And embarrassingly large stacks of money... 219 00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:17,250 And I could've... 220 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:22,338 I would be there right now, if she hadn't... 221 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:27,218 If— if they had just left her alone. 222 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,558 Is it so bad here? 223 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:40,356 - I don't even know if the captain will let us— — no. I mean... 224 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:45,236 Isn't there anything about this place you're glad of? 225 00:15:57,123 --> 00:16:00,126 Good night, you two. 226 00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:07,008 - I, uh— — don't. Yeah, I... 227 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:09,510 Good night. 228 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:12,680 Don't let the space bugs bite. 229 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,103 Space bugs. 230 00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:45,916 River? 231 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,760 River? 232 00:19:05,603 --> 00:19:07,521 I like this ship. 233 00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:11,901 Serenity. She's good-iookin g. 234 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:16,781 H—how did you... get on? 235 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,116 Strains the mind a bit, don't it? 236 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,118 You think you're all alone. 237 00:19:21,202 --> 00:19:24,622 Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. 238 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:28,876 Bring presents to the good girls and boys. 239 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:31,379 Maybe not, though. 240 00:19:31,462 --> 00:19:34,048 Maybe I've always been here. 241 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:36,634 What do you want? 242 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:43,641 That's her beating heart, isn't it? 243 00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:46,727 Pull offany one of a thousand parts, she'lljust die. 244 00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:50,022 Such a slender thread. 245 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,442 You ever been raped? 246 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:00,950 The captain is right down that hallway. He can hear you. 247 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,952 The captain's locked in his quarters. 248 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:06,080 They all are. 249 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:11,460 There's nobody can help you. Say it. 250 00:20:13,671 --> 00:20:15,673 There's... 251 00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:18,968 There's nobody can help me. 252 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,011 I'm gonna tie you up now. 253 00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:25,307 And you know what I'm gonna do then? 254 00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:29,270 I'm gonna give you a present. 255 00:20:29,353 --> 00:20:32,314 Get rid of a problem you've got. 256 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:37,027 And I won't touch you in any wrong fashion, nor hurt you at all... 257 00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:40,281 Unless you make some kind of ruckus. 258 00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:44,702 You throw a monkey wrench into my dealings in any way... 259 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:46,787 Your body is forfeit. 260 00:20:48,831 --> 00:20:51,167 Ain't nothing but a body to me... 261 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:56,630 And I can find all unseemly manner of use for it. 262 00:20:56,714 --> 00:20:58,632 Do you understand? 263 00:20:58,716 --> 00:21:00,968 Yes. 264 00:21:03,345 --> 00:21:08,184 Turn around and put your hands behind your back. 265 00:21:13,647 --> 00:21:16,859 Now tell me, Kaylee. 266 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,236 Where does river sleep? 267 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:34,168 Hello? 268 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:07,910 River? 269 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:29,473 Dr. Tam, why don't you sit yourselfdown? 270 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:31,475 Rather die standing. 271 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:34,603 Well, the intention is not for you to die. 272 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:40,484 The warrant doesn't specify any particular need for you to be alive, but... 273 00:22:47,491 --> 00:22:49,952 Where's your sister? 274 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,913 Are you alliance? —am I a lion? 275 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:56,917 What? — I don't think of myselfas a lion. 276 00:22:57,001 --> 00:23:00,087 You might as well, though. I have a mighty roar. 277 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,423 I said “alliance.” 278 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:04,466 Oh. I thought... 279 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,802 No, iwas— — that's weird. 280 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:12,766 Where's your sister? — I don't know. Who do you work for? 281 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:15,603 This is her room. — yes. 282 00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:18,439 - — It's empty. - I know. 283 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:21,317 So is it still her room when it's empty? 284 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,111 Does the room, the thing, have purpose? 285 00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:26,322 Or do we... 286 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:28,490 What's the word? 287 00:23:28,574 --> 00:23:30,492 I really can't help you. 288 00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:33,495 The plan is to take your sister... 289 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:36,373 Get the reward, which is substantial. 290 00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:40,878 “Imbue.” that's the word. — so you're a bounty hunter. 291 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:45,716 No. That ain't it at all. — then what are you? 292 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,843 I'm a bounty hunter. 293 00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:52,640 I'm named early. 294 00:23:52,723 --> 00:23:55,809 I'm known to some. 295 00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:58,395 Been tracking you since the feds were tipped offon Ariel. 296 00:24:00,481 --> 00:24:03,317 - — She sleep with anybody? - River? 297 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,986 Yeah. She grapple with any of the crew? 298 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:08,489 Might be in their qua/ters? — no. 299 00:24:08,572 --> 00:24:11,241 Maybe she does, and you don't know about it. 300 00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:15,829 This is insane. I'm not gonna help you find her, in any case. 301 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:21,835 I think this is very pretty. 302 00:24:23,087 --> 00:24:24,922 I like the weight of it. 303 00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:28,175 I thought the intention was not to kill me. 304 00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:32,680 No. You're missing the point. 305 00:24:32,763 --> 00:24:38,602 The design of the thing... Is functional. 306 00:24:40,938 --> 00:24:43,774 The plan is not to shoot you. 307 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:45,943 The plan is to get the girl. 308 00:24:46,026 --> 00:24:51,115 Ifthere's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room. 309 00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:55,202 You are gonna help me look for her. 310 00:24:55,285 --> 00:24:59,540 I don't think my last act in this 'verse is gonna be betraying my sister. 311 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:02,835 You're gonna help me. 312 00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:06,380 'Cause every second you're with me is a chance to turn the tables... 313 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:08,799 Get the better of me. 314 00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:14,388 Maybe you'll find your moment. Maybe I'll slip. Or... 315 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:18,600 You refuse to help me, I shoot your brain out... 316 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:21,311 And I go upstairs and spend some time violating... 317 00:25:21,395 --> 00:25:24,773 The little mechanic / got trussed up in the engine room. 318 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,775 I take no pleasure in the thought... 319 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:30,571 But she will die weeping if you cross me. 320 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:33,949 You're out of your mind. 321 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,994 That's between me and my mind. 322 00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:38,996 Let's start with these rooms. 323 00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:46,754 He '5 not killed 324 00:25:46,837 --> 00:25:49,173 be a while before he comes to, but he'll mend. 325 00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:53,093 And which part of your plan dictated the necessity of beating up a Shepherd? 326 00:25:53,177 --> 00:25:55,804 That ain't a Shepherd. 327 00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:02,978 She wouldn't come in here anyway. She hates this room. 328 00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:08,358 You see, early, the people you're planning to sell her to... 329 00:26:08,442 --> 00:26:12,446 Cut up her brain in a lab like this. 330 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:15,282 Tortured her. A teenaged girl 331 00:26:15,365 --> 00:26:17,993 not some bandit on a murder run. Just an innocent... 332 00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:21,288 - — You ever been shot? - No. 333 00:26:21,371 --> 00:26:26,335 You ought to be shot... Or stabbed. 334 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:31,048 Lose a leg. To be a surgeon, you know? 335 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,926 Know what kind of pain you're dealing with. 336 00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:38,514 They make psychiatrists get psychoanalyzed before they can get certified... 337 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,891 But they don't make a surgeon get cut on. 338 00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:42,893 That seem right to you? 339 00:26:57,950 --> 00:26:59,868 Come on out, river. 340 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:05,332 The nice man wants to kidnap you. — shh! 341 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:08,502 I like the way the walls go out. 342 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:11,421 Gives you an open feeling. 343 00:27:12,923 --> 00:27:16,844 Firefly's a good design. 344 00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:20,180 People don't appreciate the substance of things. 345 00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,349 Objects in space. 346 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:26,770 People miss out on what's solid. 347 00:27:30,107 --> 00:27:33,610 It's not your moment, doctor. 348 00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:40,701 Is that the companion shuttle? — yes. 349 00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:46,623 We 7! Try the empty first. Then we'll pa y her a visit. 350 00:27:49,543 --> 00:27:52,212 Her room's not saying a damn thing. 351 00:27:57,801 --> 00:28:00,470 Hold it. 352 00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:17,988 This is pointless, you know that? 353 00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:21,950 Two hundred thousand seems fairly pointed to me. 354 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,786 Money like that, I could retire. 355 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:26,830 Not that I would. 356 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,042 What's life without work? 357 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,085 Se re n ity's a smuggling ship. 358 00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:34,814 I've been here a year. I couldn't name all the places she might hide. 359 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:38,425 I don't have a year. 360 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:40,427 Your sister's becoming a real annoyance. 361 00:28:40,510 --> 00:28:42,429 I feel for you. 362 00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:53,148 I'm not gonna waste my time threatening you... 363 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,525 'Cause / think you believe I will kill people... 364 00:28:55,609 --> 00:28:57,694 If someone upsets my plan. 365 00:28:57,778 --> 00:28:59,863 I'm gonna seal you in, though. 366 00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,491 You just sit. 367 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:06,536 You can still walk away from this. I know you're tired. 368 00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:11,667 Don't go visiting my intentions. 369 00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:16,380 Don't ever. 370 00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:23,470 Man is stronger by far than woman... 371 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:26,348 Yet only woman can create a child. 372 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,475 Does that seem right to you? 373 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:35,065 All right. That's all the hide—and—seek I got time for. 374 00:29:35,148 --> 00:29:37,859 I kno w you're on this ship, little girl.. 375 00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:41,738 So here's how this goes. 376 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:43,740 You show yourself. We finish this exchange... 377 00:29:43,824 --> 00:29:46,201 Or your brother's brains will be flying every which—a—way. 378 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:49,705 You understand. I'm sort of on the clock here. It's frustrating. 379 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:51,748 You're wrong, early. 380 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:56,521 I'm not wrong, dumpling. I will shoot your brother dead if you don't... 381 00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:58,505 Wrong about river. 382 00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,507 River's not on the ship. 383 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:03,760 They didn't want her here... 384 00:30:03,844 --> 00:30:06,513 But she cou/dn 't make herself Lea ve. 385 00:30:06,596 --> 00:30:10,434 So she melted melted a way 386 00:30:12,019 --> 00:30:15,439 they didn't know she could do that, but she did. 387 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,068 I'm not sure / take your meaning there. 388 00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:24,614 I'm not on the ship. 389 00:30:24,698 --> 00:30:26,783 I'm in the ship. 390 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,079 I am the ship. 391 00:30:32,706 --> 00:30:36,376 Rive r— — river's gone. 392 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:40,255 Then who exactly are we talking to? 393 00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:43,550 You're talking to Serenity. 394 00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:49,097 And earkv, Serenity is very unhappy 395 00:31:03,653 --> 00:31:06,073 Kaylee. 396 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:11,745 - River. — you're afraid. 397 00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:14,998 He tied me up. 398 00:31:15,082 --> 00:31:18,460 I don't know where he came from. — It's okay 399 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:21,421 you're gonna be okay 400 00:31:21,505 --> 00:31:25,217 I told him where you were. 401 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:28,053 I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do. 402 00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:32,057 - Shh. I'm fine. 403 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:35,394 But I need you to do something for me. 404 00:31:35,477 --> 00:31:37,396 Gotta be brave. 405 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:41,191 I'm tied up. I—I can't. 406 00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:44,569 Got tools. Something sharp. 407 00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:47,489 Don't be scared 408 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,533 I'm right here. 409 00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:55,205 Where'd she go? 410 00:31:55,288 --> 00:31:58,834 I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a spaceship. 411 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,461 Don't look at me. — that's some nonsensical crap. 412 00:32:01,545 --> 00:32:04,798 Ain't nobody can do that. You're somewhere on this boat. 413 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:07,342 Somewhere with a com, playing games. 414 00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:15,016 That's somewhat unsettling. 415 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:20,313 Early. Mr. Jubal Earl, bounty hun ter. 416 00:32:20,397 --> 00:32:22,315 Ma y/ca/I you 'jubal”? 417 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:24,317 Ain't nobody calls me that. 418 00:32:24,401 --> 00:32:25,986 Your mother does. 419 00:32:26,069 --> 00:32:29,781 I'm sorry. Did. 420 00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:31,783 She's gone now. 421 00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:34,786 Is that supposed to scare me, bringing up my mother? 422 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:37,164 You're a liar. 423 00:32:37,247 --> 00:32:39,833 I don't think your intentions are honorable. 424 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:42,878 Well, no. I'm a bounty hunter. 425 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:46,214 It's not generally considered honorable, so much as... 426 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:50,218 - — I live by a code, though, which I think is worth— - You hurt people. 427 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,721 Only when the job requires it. 428 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:56,099 Wrong. You're a bad liar. 429 00:32:56,183 --> 00:33:00,854 You cra w/ inside me uninvited and you hurt my crew / see everything that passes... 430 00:33:00,937 --> 00:33:03,749 I only hurt people 'cause they keep getting in the way of me finding you. 431 00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:05,775 Tell her. 432 00:33:05,859 --> 00:33:09,237 What am I, your advocate? — you are, starting now. 433 00:33:11,406 --> 00:33:15,243 He's really very gentle and fuzzy. 434 00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:18,955 We're becoming fast friends. 435 00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,416 You folks are all insane. 436 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:26,630 Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood. 437 00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:31,218 Doesn't anybody care that I have a finely crafted gun pointed at this boy's head? 438 00:33:31,301 --> 00:33:33,220 I care. 439 00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:36,431 Then you gonna come out and stop me from doing what I don't want to? 440 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:38,475 You gonna be smart here, river? 441 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:43,647 River? 442 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:47,901 Serenity? 443 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,906 What the hell's going on here? 444 00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:55,867 /need you to do me a favor, captain. 445 00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:58,912 There was a guy. He's very blurry. 446 00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:01,581 You gotta be careful. 447 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:03,583 How come there's a guy on board... 448 00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:05,919 And how come you're all of a sudden the ship? 449 00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:09,172 I kno w you have questions. — that would be why I just asked them. 450 00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:11,424 But there isn't a lot of time, captain. 451 00:34:11,508 --> 00:34:13,510 /need you to trust me. 452 00:34:13,593 --> 00:34:17,639 - — Am I dreaming? - We al/are. 453 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,683 Don't make laces. 454 00:34:22,686 --> 00:34:24,604 Are you ready? 455 00:34:35,782 --> 00:34:37,701 I just have to think here. 456 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,662 These older models have locators at all? 457 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:42,706 Won't help. 458 00:34:45,041 --> 00:34:47,520 You know, with the exception ofone deadly and unpredictable midget... 459 00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,005 This girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport... 460 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,007 Yet by far the most troublesome. 461 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:56,177 - — Does that seem right to you? - What'd he do? 462 00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:58,805 Who? — the midget. 463 00:34:58,888 --> 00:35:01,182 Arson. 464 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:04,352 The little man loved fire. 465 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,541 I can take this guy out. 466 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:29,336 He's faster than you. All of you. 467 00:35:29,419 --> 00:35:32,297 And he's wearing armor. — what about his face? 468 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:36,051 - Is his face wearing armor? - — no touching guns. 469 00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:40,096 It's soon now are you ready? 470 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:43,683 How do you know what this guy's gonna do? — I'm very close to him 471 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:46,019 he doesn't even see it. — okay, but... 472 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:48,063 Go now! 473 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:56,946 You're not welcome here anymore, early. 474 00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:58,948 Do you think I'm gonna leave here empty—handed? 475 00:35:59,032 --> 00:36:01,242 I know it. 476 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,663 Yeah, well, you know me real well. 477 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:08,041 Wish / didn't. You like to hurt folk 478 00:36:09,459 --> 00:36:11,544 it's part ofthejob. 479 00:36:11,628 --> 00:36:14,547 It's why you took the job. 480 00:36:14,631 --> 00:36:19,719 Power control pain. 481 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:23,139 Your mother knew. 482 00:36:23,223 --> 00:36:26,393 Sadness in her when she wa ved good—b ye. 483 00:36:26,476 --> 00:36:28,853 She's rel/e ved 484 00:36:28,937 --> 00:36:33,483 saw darkness in you. You're not well 485 00:36:33,566 --> 00:36:36,236 you'll be wanting to shut up now. 486 00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:39,906 Big golden retriever sitting on the lawn. 487 00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:44,077 Never took to you, smelling you. 488 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,288 The neighbors pet. 489 00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,791 You did things to him. 490 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:52,669 Cleaned up alter 491 00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:55,714 shined and polished 492 00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:59,676 everything in here gleams. 493 00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,595 Well, I'll be a son of a whore. 494 00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:05,682 You're not in my gorram mind. You're on my gorram ship! 495 00:37:10,437 --> 00:37:13,857 It's very interesting, all these buttons. 496 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:17,652 Okay! We're not touching those, okay? 497 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,113 How the hell did she get on my ship? — put the gun away. 498 00:37:20,196 --> 00:37:23,783 Okay. I'm putting it away. 499 00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:28,121 No, he's not. 500 00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:32,542 I'm putting it away because we're all reasonable people. 501 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:34,836 Don't want to be doing anything rash... 502 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,880 Fiddling with any dials. 503 00:37:36,963 --> 00:37:39,382 You're not right, early. 504 00:37:40,717 --> 00:37:43,553 You're not righteous. You've got issues. 505 00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:46,473 No. Or yes. 506 00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:50,018 I could have that. You might have me figured out then. 507 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,979 Good job. I'm not a hundred percent. 508 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:57,817 You talk too much. — I'm flawed in that way. I sometimes go on. 509 00:37:57,901 --> 00:38:00,528 It's been said— — it's okay, early. 510 00:38:01,905 --> 00:38:06,034 I'm going with you. — river, what are you... 511 00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:11,164 Don't belong. Dangerous like you. 512 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:15,210 Can't be controlled 513 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,378 can't be trusted 514 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:23,176 everyone could just go on without me and not just have to worry. 515 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,847 People could be what they wanted to be... 516 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:32,018 Could be with the people they wanted 517 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,355 could live simple. 518 00:38:35,438 --> 00:38:38,107 No secrets. 519 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:43,780 No. — I'll be fine. 520 00:38:46,491 --> 00:38:50,954 I'll be your bounty, jubal early... 521 00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:53,414 And / '/I just fade away 522 00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:59,879 well, finally something goes according to... 523 00:39:01,631 --> 00:39:03,132 Simon? 524 00:39:16,646 --> 00:39:19,899 See? That's what it feels like. 525 00:39:25,822 --> 00:39:28,950 Just hang tight, darlin'. Early's on the move. 526 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,309 Shh. It's okay 527 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:11,451 You made the right move, darlini 528 00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:14,370 best for you to go on with ol' early. 529 00:40:15,872 --> 00:40:18,958 You think so? Some of us feel differently. 530 00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,991 Permission to come aboard? 531 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:55,995 You know, you ain't quite right. 532 00:40:57,580 --> 00:40:59,707 It's the popular theory. 533 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:02,001 Go on, get in there. 534 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:04,504 Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. 535 00:41:04,587 --> 00:41:07,423 He takes so much looking after. 536 00:41:10,843 --> 00:41:12,762 To the left. 537 00:41:12,845 --> 00:41:14,806 Your left. 538 00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:18,351 Okay, now, very gently, pull that aside. 539 00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:21,729 This is really not my area of expertise, doctor. 540 00:41:21,813 --> 00:41:26,025 I tend to be putting these into people more than the other thing. 541 00:41:26,109 --> 00:41:29,612 Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow mop. 542 00:41:29,696 --> 00:41:32,407 You got the bullet... 543 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:37,120 Okay, I'm just gonna pass out for a minute, but you're doing great. 544 00:41:38,621 --> 00:41:40,540 And we live to fight another day. 545 00:41:40,623 --> 00:41:43,710 Any chance that— Might survive? 546 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:48,297 Air he had left, I'd say his chance would be about one in... 547 00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:50,425 A very large number. 548 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,802 Ain't odds I'd play. 549 00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:54,929 How's your lip? 550 00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:04,439 I just feel such a fool — Yeah. 551 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:06,733 All them years of priest training... 552 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:08,735 And taken out by one bounty hunter. 553 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:12,071 Don't get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight. 554 00:42:12,155 --> 00:42:15,992 Epic, I'm guessing. — they're be poems and songs. 555 00:42:16,075 --> 00:42:20,830 Just you wait. — at least you got some play. I missed every damn thing. 556 00:42:20,913 --> 00:42:24,083 And then his folks come by to fetch him... 557 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:27,462 And it turns out he's, like, 74 years old! 558 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,924 I mean, he must've been some kind of genetic experiment... 559 00:42:32,008 --> 00:42:34,093 'Ca use I swear this guy was, uh... 560 00:42:34,177 --> 00:42:37,096 Oh, my daddy whupped me so hard 561 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:38,806 oh. 562 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:41,976 Well, I'm at fours. Let's see you match that. 563 00:42:45,188 --> 00:42:47,148 I can win this. 564 00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:51,944 I'm hearing a lot of talk there, genius. Come on. Show me what you got. 565 00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:18,429 Well, here I am. 566 00:43:57,051 --> 00:43:59,971 Grr! Arrgh!