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Didn't hardly have
to convert the ship even.
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Six in the corner.
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Stronger locks, thicker doors, keep
everybody where they're supposed to be.
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Don't even need more rations.
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Hey!
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- Wait!
- Come on!
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- You made money, huh?
- Hand over fist, my friend.
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Water plants need labor, terraforming
crews got a prodigious death rate.
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Labor? You mean slaves.
10
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Well, they wasn't volunteers,
for damn sure.
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That why you didn't have to lay in
more rations?
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- I didn't hear no complaints.
How much money? Lots?
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There's a chance you might want
to head back to the ship.
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No, I'm all right.
This is entertaining, actually.
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- Yeah? What's entertaining?
- I like watching the game.
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As with other situations,
the key seems to be...
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...giving Jayne a heavy stick
and standing back.
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Still, might have to clear out
before too much longer.
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- Seems there's a thief about.
- Thief?
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Took this right off him.
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They earned that with the sweat
of their slave-trading brows.
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- Mal.
- Oh, terrible shame.
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They won't discover it till they order
their next round of drinks.
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Good drinker, that one.
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Lovely place.
I'll tell my friends.
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- Seem to you we clear out in a hurry?
- Seems to me, we do that a lot.
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Hear tell, though,
we're gonna stay a while on Persephone.
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- Shiny.
- Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy...
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- ... that long in port.
- Probably.
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But I been sane a long while now,
and change is good.
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- Well, ain't that a joyful sight.
Gotta love a sunset.
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It's starting to get familiar,
like a second home.
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Persephone ain't home.
Too many people we need to avoid.
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Resupply, look for work,
move along.
35
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- We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.
- Wasn't planning on the dirt kissing.
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I wouldn't stand for it anyway, captain,
jealous man like me.
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- Closing in.
- Planet's coming up a mite fast.
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That's just because I'm going down
too quick.
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- Likely crash and kill us all.
- Well, that happens, let me know.
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Okay. Whoa.
41
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No, we're good. We're good.
It's okay.
42
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I understand your time on our planet
is limited...
43
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...and if you've selected my proposal
to hear...
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...then the honor you do me
flatters my...
45
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...my honor, and I hope to-
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- Now there's the smile made of sunlight.
- Atherton. How wonderful to see you.
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Did you get my message?
I was extra appealing.
48
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Flattering. I had no idea I was arriving in
time for the social event of the season.
49
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So you'll accompany me?
I ask, heart in my throat.
50
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There's a certain offer
I'm still waiting to hear about.
51
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Yes, I imagine there is.
I'm delighted to say I'll be there.
52
00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,564
Now, I'm sorry, Atherton,
I have to run.
53
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No, please, I understand.
I'll see you soon.
54
00:05:10,070 --> 00:05:12,656
- Good afternoon, captain.
- Morning.
55
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We're downing. In case Wash don't kill
us, local time's gonna be a.m., 10 or so.
56
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Yes, I saw that.
57
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Making plans?
"Atherton Wing. "
58
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Now he's a regular, ain't he?
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- I've seen him before.
- I never did.
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Not what I pictured. Young.
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- Must be rich to afford your rates.
- I suppose.
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- He has engaged me for several days.
- Days?
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- Boy must have stamina.
- He does.
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Well. Fine.
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- Is he letting you out at all?
- We're attending a ball tomorrow night.
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Do all the men there pay for their dates,
or just young, rich ones with stamina?
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Most women will not be companions,
if that's what you're asking.
68
00:06:03,582 --> 00:06:06,335
Perhaps the other men
couldn't attract one.
69
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It sounds like the finest party
I could imagine getting paid to go to.
70
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I don't suppose you'd find it
up to the standards of your outings.
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More conversation and less petty theft
and getting hit with pooI cues.
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I understand if you need to go prepare
for that...
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..."it's 10 in the morning" issue.
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Yeah, better go do that, because I think
this is more of an evening look.
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Look at the pretties!
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What am I looking at?
The girls or the clothes?
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00:07:00,556 --> 00:07:03,475
- There's girls?
- The clothes, please.
78
00:07:04,810 --> 00:07:07,771
Say, look at the fluffy one.
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00:07:08,522 --> 00:07:10,899
Too much foofaraw.
If I were gonna wear a dress...
80
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- ... I'd want something with slink.
- You want a slinky dress?
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I can buy you a slinky dress.
Can I have money for a slinky dress?
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- I'll chip in.
- I can hurt you.
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The only place I seen something
so nice...
84
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- ... is some of the things Inara has.
- We best be moving.
85
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I guess she needs all that stuff.
Life she leads.
86
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Well, sure. Sometimes the customers
buy her things.
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She knows some real rich men.
88
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- These ain't feathers I'm toting here.
- I like the ruffles.
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- Inara gets to wear whatever she wants.
- What are you gonna do in that rig?
90
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Bounce around the engine room?
Be like a sheep walking on its hind legs.
91
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See you on the ship, captain.
92
00:08:06,622 --> 00:08:08,957
What, she mad or something?
93
00:08:25,849 --> 00:08:29,061
- Badger.
- Capt. Reynolds.
94
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Heard you was in town. Thought
we might have a bit of a sit-down.
95
00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:35,609
Prefer a bit of a piss off.
96
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I'm very sorry, did I give you
the impression I was asking?
97
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Seems to me, last time
there was a chance for a palaver...
98
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...we were all manner
of unwelcome.
99
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This ain't bad.
100
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There's a trick to it.
Wood alcohoI.
101
00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:02,511
Now we're favored guests.
102
00:09:02,678 --> 00:09:05,889
Treated to the finest in beverages
that make you blind.
103
00:09:06,807 --> 00:09:10,561
- So, what is it you need?
- Excuse me.
104
00:09:11,019 --> 00:09:14,815
There's a local
by the name of Warrick Harrow.
105
00:09:14,982 --> 00:09:19,027
Got some property he wants to sell
off-planet. Fetch a higher price.
106
00:09:19,236 --> 00:09:22,114
- The local powers won't let him.
- It's a conundrum.
107
00:09:22,281 --> 00:09:26,118
What my man Harrow needs himself
is a smuggler. Willing to cut you in on it.
108
00:09:26,285 --> 00:09:30,038
Why me? You have access to ships.
You could do it yourself.
109
00:09:30,205 --> 00:09:33,584
He won't deal with me direct.
He's taken an irrational dislike.
110
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What happened, he see your face?
111
00:09:37,296 --> 00:09:41,175
He's a quality gent. Nose in the air
like he never won gwa pee.
112
00:09:41,341 --> 00:09:45,512
Don't find me respectable,
but you, I figure, got a chance.
113
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You backed out of a deal last time.
Left us hanging.
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- Hurt our feelings.
- You recall why that took place?
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00:09:52,811 --> 00:09:55,272
I had a problem with your attitude,
is why.
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Felt you was, what's the word?
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- Pretentious?
- Exactly!
118
00:10:01,695 --> 00:10:03,822
You think you're better
than other people.
119
00:10:03,989 --> 00:10:05,824
Just the ones I'm better than.
120
00:10:05,991 --> 00:10:09,578
I'm thinking that very quality
is the one you're placing value on today.
121
00:10:09,786 --> 00:10:12,581
I place value on the fact
that stick up your peeku...
122
00:10:12,748 --> 00:10:16,502
- ... is as large as the one Harrow's got.
- How would you even set up a meet?
123
00:10:16,668 --> 00:10:18,212
The man won't deal with you.
124
00:10:18,754 --> 00:10:21,173
Know a place he'll be.
Safe place...
125
00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:24,551
...using some new-tech gun scans.
High-class too.
126
00:10:24,718 --> 00:10:27,971
Won't let me in there.
You might slip in.
127
00:10:28,514 --> 00:10:32,184
Of course, you couldn't buy an invite
with a diamond the size of a testicle.
128
00:10:32,351 --> 00:10:33,977
I got my hands on a couple.
129
00:10:40,734 --> 00:10:43,695
Of invites.
You want this meeting or not?
130
00:10:52,496 --> 00:10:55,499
CoI. Cyrus Mumsen and escort.
131
00:10:59,545 --> 00:11:01,797
William and Lady Courtland.
132
00:11:13,725 --> 00:11:17,521
Atherton Wing and Inara Serra.
133
00:11:32,536 --> 00:11:35,038
Roberta, it's been too long.
134
00:11:44,506 --> 00:11:47,259
Half the men in this room
wish you were on their arm.
135
00:11:47,468 --> 00:11:52,181
Only half? I must be losing
my undefinable allure.
136
00:11:52,347 --> 00:11:56,685
Oh, it's not that undefinable.
All of them wish they were in your bed.
137
00:11:59,438 --> 00:12:01,815
I'm looking for the boy
with the shimmer one.
138
00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:07,321
Oh, she blushes.
Not many in your line of work do that.
139
00:12:08,363 --> 00:12:12,784
You are a very singular woman.
And I find...
140
00:12:14,328 --> 00:12:17,206
I find I admire you more and more.
141
00:12:26,882 --> 00:12:28,592
Kaylee!
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00:12:29,968 --> 00:12:31,678
Kaylee!
143
00:12:31,929 --> 00:12:34,264
Not speaking to you, captain.
144
00:12:34,473 --> 00:12:36,809
Got no need to speak.
Come on, got a job for you.
145
00:12:49,696 --> 00:12:54,326
I'm trying to offer you something,
you know. A life.
146
00:12:54,952 --> 00:12:59,122
- If you want it.
- Atherton.
147
00:13:01,416 --> 00:13:06,046
You can live here on Persephone
as my personal companion.
148
00:13:08,298 --> 00:13:10,592
You're a generous man.
149
00:13:11,385 --> 00:13:16,765
- That is not a yes.
- It's not a no, either.
150
00:13:17,516 --> 00:13:19,852
You look gorgeous, dear.
151
00:13:24,231 --> 00:13:28,235
You belong here, Inara.
Not on a flying piece of gosa.
152
00:13:28,402 --> 00:13:31,363
- You see that, don't you?
- Atherton, language.
153
00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:35,742
What, "piece of gosa"?
But it is a piece of gosa.
154
00:13:35,909 --> 00:13:40,372
Miss Kaywinnit Lee Frye and escort.
155
00:13:40,914 --> 00:13:42,624
Kaylee?
156
00:13:55,262 --> 00:13:56,638
Oh, gosa.
157
00:14:34,927 --> 00:14:37,429
Does...? Does this seem kind of tight?
158
00:14:38,263 --> 00:14:41,809
It shows off your backside.
Did you see the chandelier? It's hovering.
159
00:14:41,975 --> 00:14:44,686
- What's the point of that, I wonder.
- Oh, mangoes.
160
00:14:44,853 --> 00:14:47,773
I mean, I see how they did it,
I just ain't getting the why.
161
00:14:47,981 --> 00:14:50,859
These girls have
the most beautiful dresses.
162
00:14:51,026 --> 00:14:53,237
- And so do I, how about that?
- Just be careful.
163
00:14:53,403 --> 00:14:55,697
We cheated Badger
out of good money to buy that.
164
00:14:55,864 --> 00:14:57,950
You're supposed to make me
look respectable.
165
00:14:58,158 --> 00:15:00,702
- Yes, sir, Captain Tight Pants.
- Okay.
166
00:15:00,869 --> 00:15:02,663
I'm looking for our guy Harrow.
167
00:15:02,871 --> 00:15:05,749
And Inara. We should look for her, right?
Just to say hello.
168
00:15:05,916 --> 00:15:09,545
If we see her.
I think she's wearing gold.
169
00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,549
Okay, help me find our man.
He's supposed to be older, stocky...
170
00:15:13,715 --> 00:15:17,177
- ... wears a red sash crossways.
- Why does he do that?
171
00:15:17,386 --> 00:15:20,013
Maybe he won the Miss Persephone
pageant. Just help me.
172
00:15:20,180 --> 00:15:22,057
Is that him?
173
00:15:23,851 --> 00:15:25,144
That's the buffet table.
174
00:15:25,686 --> 00:15:29,690
Well, how can we be sure
unless we question it?
175
00:15:30,691 --> 00:15:32,943
Fine. Don't make yourself sick.
176
00:15:49,585 --> 00:15:53,964
Ante up, gentlemen. Dishes.
177
00:15:54,423 --> 00:15:58,051
Dishes. Could do with less of them.
178
00:15:58,635 --> 00:16:00,012
Garbage.
179
00:16:01,263 --> 00:16:04,892
So I'll card... Plum.
180
00:16:05,726 --> 00:16:07,478
Plums are tall.
181
00:16:08,479 --> 00:16:10,856
I'll take two.
182
00:16:11,064 --> 00:16:14,193
Two. No tall-card claim.
183
00:16:14,359 --> 00:16:17,946
- Speaking of garbage, I'll take three.
Three.
184
00:16:18,739 --> 00:16:20,908
Dealer forced to claim the tall.
185
00:16:26,038 --> 00:16:30,125
What do you suppose the captain
and Kaylee are doing now?
186
00:16:30,334 --> 00:16:33,378
- Septic vac.
Eating steaks off of plates...
187
00:16:33,587 --> 00:16:36,673
...made of solid money, like as anything.
I fold.
188
00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,344
Me too. Tall cards around
my neck like a weight.
189
00:16:40,511 --> 00:16:41,595
Take it, Shepherd.
190
00:16:41,762 --> 00:16:44,223
That's a nice pile of things
I don't have to do.
191
00:16:45,557 --> 00:16:47,726
It's the ones that take you.
192
00:16:47,935 --> 00:16:50,979
The ones reaching and doing it.
193
00:16:54,525 --> 00:16:57,277
River.
Is she hurt?
194
00:16:58,362 --> 00:16:59,905
- Better see to her.
- It's okay.
195
00:17:00,072 --> 00:17:02,491
It's a bad habit for a fugitive.
196
00:17:02,658 --> 00:17:06,078
- Calm down.
- Do that in public, get herself hauled off.
197
00:17:06,245 --> 00:17:08,163
Everywhere.
- Sit down.
198
00:17:08,330 --> 00:17:13,502
- Hands go everywhere-
- She didn't harm much.
199
00:17:13,961 --> 00:17:16,839
- We'll have a few mystery meals.
Because sometimes...
200
00:17:17,005 --> 00:17:20,092
It's okay. It's okay. Shh.
201
00:17:22,886 --> 00:17:24,555
And they come.
202
00:17:24,721 --> 00:17:28,308
So we gonna play cards
or screw around?
203
00:17:41,029 --> 00:17:45,117
I thought you wanted to spend
more time off-ship this visit.
204
00:17:47,786 --> 00:17:53,500
Out there, it seems like it's all
fancy parties. I like our party better.
205
00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:57,337
The dress code's easier,
and I know all the steps.
206
00:17:58,172 --> 00:18:00,883
I'd say you do, at that.
207
00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,177
Oh...
208
00:18:04,595 --> 00:18:06,763
Don't fall asleep now.
209
00:18:06,930 --> 00:18:09,475
Sleepiness is weakness of character.
Ask anyone.
210
00:18:09,641 --> 00:18:11,268
It is not.
211
00:18:11,435 --> 00:18:15,063
You are acting captain. Know
what happens, you fall asleep now?
212
00:18:15,230 --> 00:18:19,485
Jayne slits my throat
and takes over.
213
00:18:20,277 --> 00:18:23,989
- That's right.
- Then we can't stop it.
214
00:18:24,823 --> 00:18:29,703
Well, I wash my hands of it.
It's a hopeless case.
215
00:18:29,995 --> 00:18:33,582
I'll read a nice poem at the funeral.
Something with imagery.
216
00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:38,921
You could lock the door and keep
the power-hungry maniac at bay.
217
00:18:39,087 --> 00:18:43,425
Don't know,
I'm starting to like this poetry idea now.
218
00:18:43,759 --> 00:18:49,515
Here lies my beloved Zoe
My autumn flower
219
00:18:50,682 --> 00:18:54,895
Somewhat less attractive now that
She's all corpsified and gross
220
00:18:55,062 --> 00:18:57,064
Oh, no!
221
00:19:07,199 --> 00:19:08,909
Aren't they something?
222
00:19:09,117 --> 00:19:14,832
They're like butterflies or little pieces
of wrapping paper blowing around.
223
00:19:24,174 --> 00:19:28,846
- Hello.
- I don't- Have we been introduced?
224
00:19:29,513 --> 00:19:31,765
Oh, I'm Kaylee.
225
00:19:31,974 --> 00:19:34,977
Banning. And this is Dester,
Cabott and Zoe.
226
00:19:35,144 --> 00:19:37,771
Don't you just love this party?
227
00:19:37,938 --> 00:19:41,525
Everything's so fancy, and there's
some kind of hot cheese over there.
228
00:19:42,192 --> 00:19:46,113
- It's not as good as last year.
- Really? What did they have last year?
229
00:19:46,321 --> 00:19:48,115
Standards.
230
00:19:50,784 --> 00:19:52,202
Who made your dress, Kaylee?
231
00:19:52,411 --> 00:19:57,082
Oh, do you like it? When I saw
the ruffles, I just couldn't resist.
232
00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:00,752
You ought to see to your girl.
233
00:20:03,755 --> 00:20:06,800
Your girl,
she's not very good.
234
00:20:06,967 --> 00:20:10,929
She made you a dress
that looks like you bought it in a store.
235
00:20:11,638 --> 00:20:14,349
Oh, I didn't know-
236
00:20:14,892 --> 00:20:17,478
Why, Banning Miller,
what a vision in your fine dress.
237
00:20:17,686 --> 00:20:21,899
It must've take a dozen slaves
a dozen days to get you into that getup.
238
00:20:22,065 --> 00:20:24,985
Of course, your daddy tells me
it takes a schoolboy's wink...
239
00:20:25,152 --> 00:20:27,362
...to get you out of it again.
240
00:20:34,828 --> 00:20:39,708
Forgive my rudeness.
I cannot abide useless people.
241
00:20:55,516 --> 00:20:57,643
Oh, no. No. Thank you very much.
242
00:20:57,810 --> 00:21:01,480
Beg your pardon,
but would you be Mr. Warrick Harrow?
243
00:21:01,647 --> 00:21:06,068
- Sir Warrick Harrow. The sash.
- The sash?
244
00:21:06,235 --> 00:21:11,448
- It indicates lordhood.
- And it's doing a great job.
245
00:21:15,118 --> 00:21:19,498
Sir, my name's Malcolm Reynolds.
I captain a ship named Serenity.
246
00:21:19,665 --> 00:21:23,877
I've been led to understand you want
to move some property off-world.
247
00:21:27,548 --> 00:21:30,175
Some property you want to move
off-world discreetly.
248
00:21:31,343 --> 00:21:34,471
You're mistaken, sir.
I'm an honest man.
249
00:21:35,013 --> 00:21:38,809
There's nothing dishonest about getting
your goods to people what need them.
250
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,188
- Whom do you represent?
- Represent isn't exactly the-
251
00:21:43,355 --> 00:21:47,651
- Don't waste my time.
- Fellow called Badger.
252
00:21:48,610 --> 00:21:51,613
I know him,
and I think he's a psychotic lowlife.
253
00:21:51,822 --> 00:21:55,409
I think calling him that is an insult
to the psychotic lowlife community.
254
00:21:55,576 --> 00:21:58,287
- But the deal is solid.
- Sorry to interrupt.
255
00:21:58,453 --> 00:22:01,415
Sir Warrick, I know you from the club,
I believe.
256
00:22:02,332 --> 00:22:04,251
Captain, this is Atherton Wing.
257
00:22:04,418 --> 00:22:06,295
Atherton, Capt. Mal Reynolds.
258
00:22:06,962 --> 00:22:10,591
Pleased to meet you. Inara, I didn't
realize you were going to this party.
259
00:22:10,757 --> 00:22:13,552
- It's the only party.
- And I can see why.
260
00:22:13,719 --> 00:22:15,804
How about that floating chandelier?
261
00:22:16,221 --> 00:22:18,348
Almost outshines our girl here.
262
00:22:21,852 --> 00:22:24,730
Ath- Can I call you Ath?
263
00:22:25,481 --> 00:22:28,942
Inara has spoken of you to me.
She made a point of your generosity.
264
00:22:29,109 --> 00:22:30,903
Given that,
I'm sure you won't mind...
265
00:22:31,111 --> 00:22:33,780
...if I ask Inara the favor of a dance?
266
00:22:36,825 --> 00:22:38,494
Of course.
267
00:22:47,336 --> 00:22:51,632
- You're a brave man.
- I know what's mine.
268
00:22:53,342 --> 00:22:56,011
This dance I think I actually know.
269
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,938
- Why are you here?
- Business, same as you.
270
00:23:06,104 --> 00:23:09,066
I was talking to a contact about a job,
and you came over.
271
00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:13,821
- You were staring at me.
- I saw you, is all. You stand out.
272
00:23:17,658 --> 00:23:20,452
In this company, I believe
you're the one who stands out.
273
00:23:20,619 --> 00:23:22,955
Maybe I just want to see
a professional at work.
274
00:23:23,121 --> 00:23:25,249
Is this the hardest part,
or is that later?
275
00:23:25,415 --> 00:23:28,794
You've no call to try to make me
ashamed of my job. What I do is legal.
276
00:23:28,961 --> 00:23:31,421
And how's that smuggling coming?
277
00:23:31,797 --> 00:23:34,383
- My work's illegal, but it's honest.
- What?
278
00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:36,468
While this, the lie of it.
279
00:23:36,677 --> 00:23:39,972
That man parading you around
on his arm as if he actually won you.
280
00:23:40,139 --> 00:23:43,684
As if he loves you.
And everyone here going along with it.
281
00:23:43,851 --> 00:23:47,187
These people like me and I like them.
I like Atherton too, by the way.
282
00:23:47,354 --> 00:23:50,107
Well, sure. What's not to like?
283
00:23:50,649 --> 00:23:54,403
- I'm liable to sleep with him myself.
- He likes me, whether you see it or not.
284
00:23:54,570 --> 00:23:57,531
- Of course.
- He's made me an offer.
285
00:23:58,574 --> 00:24:01,410
You think he doesn't honor me,
but he wants me to live here.
286
00:24:01,577 --> 00:24:04,163
I'd be his personal companion.
I could belong here.
287
00:24:04,329 --> 00:24:07,249
Call me pretentious,
but there is some appeal in that.
288
00:24:08,250 --> 00:24:11,879
You're right.
Got no call to stop you.
289
00:24:12,921 --> 00:24:15,132
You've got the right to a decent life.
290
00:24:16,884 --> 00:24:20,053
- I see Kaylee's here.
- Cried Cinderella tears.
291
00:24:20,220 --> 00:24:22,931
I told her she could have that layer cake
she's wearing.
292
00:24:23,098 --> 00:24:27,269
- I think she looks adorable.
- Yeah, but I never said it.
293
00:24:28,770 --> 00:24:30,898
I'm not saying the 80-04
is hard to repair...
294
00:24:31,064 --> 00:24:34,318
- ... it just ain't worth it.
- It's a fine machine. Just keep it tuned.
295
00:24:34,485 --> 00:24:37,821
- The extenders ain't braced.
- I've been telling them to buy the 80-10.
296
00:24:37,988 --> 00:24:40,699
Tenders snap off,
don't matter how the engine's cycling.
297
00:24:40,908 --> 00:24:44,453
- I wonder if I could request the honor-
Wait a minute, let her talk.
298
00:24:44,620 --> 00:24:47,206
By the way,
the 80-10's the same machine.
299
00:24:47,372 --> 00:24:51,168
They just changed the plating,
hoped no one noticed.
300
00:25:06,767 --> 00:25:10,020
It's possible you're right,
this ain't my kind of party.
301
00:25:10,687 --> 00:25:13,357
Whoa, now.
Watch yourself. No need for hands on.
302
00:25:13,524 --> 00:25:16,777
Excuse me, she's not here with you,
captain. She's mine.
303
00:25:16,985 --> 00:25:20,405
Yours? She don't belong to nobody.
304
00:25:21,114 --> 00:25:23,575
Money changed hands,
which makes her mine tonight.
305
00:25:23,742 --> 00:25:25,911
No matter how you dress her up,
she's still-
306
00:25:31,041 --> 00:25:33,001
- So this is my kind of party.
- Oh, Mal.
307
00:25:33,168 --> 00:25:35,546
What? The man was out of line.
308
00:25:35,921 --> 00:25:38,841
- I accept.
- That's great. What?
309
00:25:39,424 --> 00:25:42,594
- There has been a challenge.
- I hope you're prepared, captain.
310
00:25:43,137 --> 00:25:46,014
You all talking about a fight?
Fine. Let's get out of here.
311
00:25:46,181 --> 00:25:49,601
- It's not a fistfight, Mal.
- The duel will be tomorrow morning...
312
00:25:49,768 --> 00:25:52,646
- ... at Kaytree Pond.
- Why wait? Where's that guard?
313
00:25:52,813 --> 00:25:55,649
- He collected a whole mess of pistols.
- If you require it...
314
00:25:55,816 --> 00:25:58,694
...any gentleman here
can give you use of a sword.
315
00:25:58,861 --> 00:26:01,155
Use of a what?
316
00:26:06,451 --> 00:26:09,580
- What's going on?
- I'm not rightly sure. What's going on?
317
00:26:09,746 --> 00:26:13,792
Well, first, you'll be put up in lodgings
for the night so you don't disappear.
318
00:26:13,959 --> 00:26:15,878
I wouldn't blame you, incidentally.
319
00:26:16,044 --> 00:26:19,840
Wing may be a spoiled dandy,
but he's an expert swordsman.
320
00:26:20,007 --> 00:26:23,552
He's killed a dozen men.
You're the only one gave him a reason.
321
00:26:24,052 --> 00:26:26,263
- Oh, this is a joke.
He'll need a second.
322
00:26:26,430 --> 00:26:28,223
- What's that?
- I'll take on the job.
323
00:26:29,057 --> 00:26:30,392
He fights if you refuse.
324
00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:33,854
Inara, come with me, please.
325
00:26:34,563 --> 00:26:36,982
Now, you taking on this job...
326
00:26:37,191 --> 00:26:39,693
...being my second,
does this mean we're in business?
327
00:26:39,860 --> 00:26:42,488
It means you're in mortal danger.
328
00:26:42,654 --> 00:26:47,326
But you mussed up Atherton's face and
that has endeared you to me somewhat.
329
00:26:47,493 --> 00:26:50,579
You might even give him a fight
before he guts you.
330
00:26:50,787 --> 00:26:52,414
Inara!
331
00:27:00,547 --> 00:27:05,552
Up until the punching,
it was a real nice party.
332
00:27:41,130 --> 00:27:44,299
The captain's gone
and got himself in trouble.
333
00:27:44,550 --> 00:27:47,970
- A duel?
- With swords?
334
00:27:48,137 --> 00:27:51,557
The captain's a good fighter.
He must know how to handle a sword.
335
00:27:51,723 --> 00:27:54,226
I think he knows which end to hold.
336
00:27:54,601 --> 00:27:57,437
So we just need to figure out
how to get him out of there.
337
00:27:57,604 --> 00:28:01,150
We have until the morning, correct?
Do you know what lodging he's in?
338
00:28:01,316 --> 00:28:04,528
Oh. This is embarrassing.
Some of you seem...
339
00:28:04,695 --> 00:28:07,114
...to be misapprehending
my purpose in being here.
340
00:28:07,281 --> 00:28:10,993
You're here to make sure that we don't
do what these men are keen on doing.
341
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,911
Penny for the smart lady.
342
00:28:13,787 --> 00:28:17,207
Persephone's my home. I got to
do business with the people here.
343
00:28:17,374 --> 00:28:21,462
I don't want it known I brought
someone in, caused this kind of ruckus.
344
00:28:21,628 --> 00:28:25,215
We'll just settle in till this blows over,
one way or the other.
345
00:28:30,012 --> 00:28:33,599
- Jayne, I wouldn't.
- Why not?
346
00:28:39,855 --> 00:28:40,981
Hi.
347
00:29:01,502 --> 00:29:03,128
- Mal.
- Whoa!
348
00:29:04,296 --> 00:29:05,839
What are you doing here?
349
00:29:08,592 --> 00:29:11,136
Atherton's a heavy sleeper
night before a big day.
350
00:29:11,345 --> 00:29:13,806
Killing you in the morning,
then a haircut later.
351
00:29:14,014 --> 00:29:17,476
Such a comfort,
having friends visit at a time like this.
352
00:29:18,852 --> 00:29:21,897
I knew the accommodations
would be nice. Atherton doesn't skimp.
353
00:29:22,064 --> 00:29:25,609
I don't suppose I like being kept by him
as much as others do.
354
00:29:26,527 --> 00:29:32,115
- How come you're still attached to him?
- Because it's my decision, not yours.
355
00:29:32,324 --> 00:29:35,160
Thought he made it pretty clear
he's got no regard for you.
356
00:29:35,327 --> 00:29:37,788
You did manage to push him
into saying something.
357
00:29:37,955 --> 00:29:40,040
It made a nice justification
for the punch.
358
00:29:40,207 --> 00:29:44,086
He insulted you, I hit him.
Seemed like the thing to do.
359
00:29:45,170 --> 00:29:49,258
- Why'd this get so complicated?
- Well, it's about to get simpler.
360
00:29:49,424 --> 00:29:51,969
There's a back door.
The desk clerk is on alert.
361
00:29:52,553 --> 00:29:55,055
- He'll let us out.
- I'm not running off.
362
00:29:55,639 --> 00:29:58,475
I didn't do this to prove
some kind of point to you.
363
00:29:58,642 --> 00:30:02,771
I thought I was defending your honor,
and I never back down from a fight.
364
00:30:03,313 --> 00:30:06,650
- Yes, you do. You do all the time.
- Well, yeah.
365
00:30:06,817 --> 00:30:09,444
But I'm not backing down
from this one.
366
00:30:09,611 --> 00:30:13,615
He's an expert swordsman, Mal.
You had trouble with the pillar.
367
00:30:13,782 --> 00:30:17,619
- How will your death help my honor?
- Well, I plan on having it be his death.
368
00:30:18,412 --> 00:30:20,164
That's why I need lessons.
369
00:30:20,330 --> 00:30:25,294
I figure you know how,
being such an educated woman and all.
370
00:30:32,217 --> 00:30:34,136
He said not to do anything.
371
00:30:35,512 --> 00:30:39,183
- He'll join us after he wins the duel.
Yeah, what if he don't win?
372
00:30:39,725 --> 00:30:43,020
It doesn't hurt
to have a contingency plan, Kaylee.
373
00:30:43,937 --> 00:30:48,817
I'm thinking, since we're unarmed,
we should take them by surprise.
374
00:30:49,568 --> 00:30:52,154
- All at once.
Not necessarily.
375
00:30:52,946 --> 00:30:57,201
We can lure one or two of them away.
Say, infirmary?
376
00:30:59,912 --> 00:31:02,873
Take them out, be on Badger
before he knows what happens.
377
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,752
Yeah, only if his attention
is elsewhere.
378
00:31:07,085 --> 00:31:10,255
What we need is a diversion.
379
00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:14,176
- I say Zoe gets naked.
- Nope.
380
00:31:14,384 --> 00:31:16,595
- I could get naked.
- No!
381
00:31:48,669 --> 00:31:50,129
River, you can't be here.
382
00:31:51,630 --> 00:31:53,006
No, come on.
383
00:31:54,007 --> 00:31:56,760
- River! River, please.
Who's that there?
384
00:32:01,932 --> 00:32:04,726
Yeah, look at me.
What's your story, love?
385
00:32:04,935 --> 00:32:07,563
She's just a passenger.
386
00:32:07,771 --> 00:32:11,358
Yeah? Why ain't she talking?
She got a secret?
387
00:32:11,525 --> 00:32:15,195
- No, I-
- Sure. I got a secret.
388
00:32:16,155 --> 00:32:17,656
More than one.
389
00:32:19,158 --> 00:32:22,327
Don't seem likely I'd tell
them to you, now, do it?
390
00:32:22,578 --> 00:32:25,956
Anyone off Dayton Colony knows better
than to talk to strangers.
391
00:32:33,714 --> 00:32:37,176
You're talking loud enough
for the both of us, though, ain't you?
392
00:32:37,718 --> 00:32:39,303
I've known a dozen like you.
393
00:32:40,012 --> 00:32:43,932
Skipped off home early.
Minor graft jobs here and there.
394
00:32:44,099 --> 00:32:47,728
Spent some time in the lock-down,
but less than you claim.
395
00:32:48,353 --> 00:32:53,775
Now you're what?
Petty thief with delusions of standing?
396
00:32:54,943 --> 00:32:58,697
Sad little king of a sad little hill.
397
00:32:59,615 --> 00:33:01,950
Nice to see someone
from the old homestead.
398
00:33:02,159 --> 00:33:04,036
Not really.
399
00:33:05,078 --> 00:33:08,081
Call me if anyone interesting
shows up.
400
00:33:11,543 --> 00:33:13,295
I like her.
401
00:33:16,632 --> 00:33:21,762
That there, exactly the kind of diversion
we could've used.
402
00:33:23,138 --> 00:33:24,807
Attack.
403
00:33:28,060 --> 00:33:29,812
How did I avoid that?
404
00:33:29,978 --> 00:33:32,606
- By being fast like a freak.
- No.
405
00:33:32,773 --> 00:33:35,025
Because you always attack
the same way.
406
00:33:35,192 --> 00:33:37,694
Swinging from the shoulder
like you're chopping wood.
407
00:33:37,861 --> 00:33:41,073
Thrust with the point sometimes
or swing from the elbow.
408
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,952
- From the shoulder feels stronger.
- It's also slower, Mal.
409
00:33:45,118 --> 00:33:49,081
You don't need strength as much
as speed. We're fragile creatures.
410
00:33:49,248 --> 00:33:52,709
It takes less than a pound of pressure
to cut skin.
411
00:33:52,876 --> 00:33:56,213
You know that?
They teach you that in whore academy?
412
00:33:58,590 --> 00:34:01,593
You have a strange sense
of nobility, captain.
413
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:06,348
Lay a man out for implying I'm a whore,
but you keep calling me one to my face.
414
00:34:06,515 --> 00:34:09,476
I might not respect your job,
but he didn't respect you.
415
00:34:09,685 --> 00:34:11,436
That's the difference.
416
00:34:11,645 --> 00:34:13,272
Inara, he doesn't even see you.
417
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,817
Well, I guess death will solve the issue
to everyone's satisfaction.
418
00:34:16,984 --> 00:34:20,404
This duel is the result of the rules
of your society, not mine.
419
00:34:20,571 --> 00:34:24,825
You are always breaking the rules,
no matter what society you're in.
420
00:34:24,992 --> 00:34:28,787
You don't get along with criminals
either, so you constantly get in trouble.
421
00:34:28,996 --> 00:34:33,876
You think following rules will buy you a
nice life, even if they make you a slave.
422
00:34:35,043 --> 00:34:37,045
Don't take his offer.
423
00:34:38,297 --> 00:34:41,842
- What?
- Don't do it.
424
00:34:42,634 --> 00:34:45,429
In case it happens, it means
he's the fellow who killed me...
425
00:34:45,596 --> 00:34:48,474
...and I don't like fellows who kill me,
not in general.
426
00:34:50,684 --> 00:34:55,439
I said before that I didn't have call
to stop you, and that's true.
427
00:34:57,065 --> 00:34:58,817
Anyways, don't.
428
00:35:05,115 --> 00:35:07,034
I need to get back.
429
00:35:10,245 --> 00:35:12,289
He'll be up early.
430
00:35:13,499 --> 00:35:17,294
Right. He's got that big day.
431
00:36:12,724 --> 00:36:15,727
Best be careful, Ath.
I hear these things are sharp.
432
00:36:17,312 --> 00:36:21,108
- He thinks he's doing well, doesn't he?
- He's being toyed with.
433
00:36:43,755 --> 00:36:46,133
- What's he doing?
- Don't fall for that!
434
00:36:51,305 --> 00:36:56,018
Well, this isn't
going to take long, is it?
435
00:37:18,916 --> 00:37:21,919
We're coming up on the end, miss.
You might not want to watch.
436
00:37:31,220 --> 00:37:33,597
Atherton! Wait.
437
00:37:33,764 --> 00:37:37,142
I'll stay here, exclusive to you.
Just let him live.
438
00:37:51,949 --> 00:37:53,200
He's down.
439
00:37:55,452 --> 00:37:57,037
You have to finish it, lad.
440
00:38:01,458 --> 00:38:03,919
You have to finish it.
441
00:38:04,503 --> 00:38:07,881
For a man to lay beaten
and yet breathing...
442
00:38:08,090 --> 00:38:11,468
- ... it makes him a coward!
- It's humiliation.
443
00:38:11,635 --> 00:38:15,472
Sure. It would be humiliating.
444
00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:20,227
Having to lie there while the better man
refuses to spill your blood.
445
00:38:20,435 --> 00:38:24,022
Mercy is the mark of a great man.
446
00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:27,234
Guess I'm just a good man.
447
00:38:29,945 --> 00:38:31,822
Well, I'm all right.
448
00:38:39,121 --> 00:38:42,291
Inara. Inara!
449
00:38:42,458 --> 00:38:44,793
You've lost her, lad.
Be gracious.
450
00:38:45,544 --> 00:38:51,049
You set this up, whore.
After I bought and paid for you.
451
00:38:51,216 --> 00:38:54,052
I should've uglied you up
so no one else would want you.
452
00:38:55,429 --> 00:38:58,891
See how I'm not punching him?
I think I've grown.
453
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:04,813
Well, get ready to starve.
I'll see to it you never work again.
454
00:39:06,064 --> 00:39:08,358
Actually, that's not how it works.
455
00:39:08,525 --> 00:39:11,361
You've earned yourself a black mark
in the client registry.
456
00:39:11,528 --> 00:39:15,157
No companion is going to contract
with you ever again.
457
00:39:15,324 --> 00:39:19,203
You'll have to rely on your
winning personality to get women.
458
00:39:19,369 --> 00:39:20,454
God help you.
459
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:32,758
- You didn't have to wound that man.
- Yeah, I know. It was just funny.
460
00:39:33,258 --> 00:39:36,011
You willing to fight that hard
to protect my property...
461
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:38,847
...I'll have it in your hold
before midnight.
462
00:39:47,105 --> 00:39:48,774
Mighty fine shindig.
463
00:39:57,908 --> 00:40:00,911
Doc's filling the Shepherd in
on the plan.
464
00:40:01,078 --> 00:40:05,999
We're ready to move on your signal.
Doc is the diversion.
465
00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:09,545
Did you ever see such a lazy crew?
466
00:40:11,046 --> 00:40:14,049
- Captain!
- You're hurt.
467
00:40:18,137 --> 00:40:20,889
- You get us a deal?
- I got a deal.
468
00:40:21,056 --> 00:40:25,602
- Now get off my ship.
- Ta very much for a lovely night, then.
469
00:40:32,484 --> 00:40:35,070
- Ow.
- Are you badly hurt?
470
00:40:35,279 --> 00:40:36,655
Oh...
471
00:40:37,447 --> 00:40:39,783
We was just about to spring
into action, captain.
472
00:40:39,992 --> 00:40:42,995
- Complicated escape and rescue op.
- I was gonna watch.
473
00:40:43,162 --> 00:40:45,164
It was very exciting.
474
00:41:39,843 --> 00:41:43,430
Thank you for the wine.
It's very fresh.
475
00:41:43,597 --> 00:41:48,560
To Kaylee and her inter-engine
fermentation system.
476
00:41:48,727 --> 00:41:51,021
- Are you in pain?
- Absolutely.
477
00:41:51,188 --> 00:41:53,982
- I got stabbed, you know, right here.
- I saw.
478
00:41:54,650 --> 00:41:58,946
I don't care much for fancy parties.
Too rough.
479
00:41:59,112 --> 00:42:02,658
- It wasn't entirely a disaster.
- I got stabbed right here.
480
00:42:02,866 --> 00:42:05,869
You also lined up
exciting new crime.
481
00:42:06,662 --> 00:42:08,789
It's good to have cargo.
482
00:42:09,456 --> 00:42:12,876
Makes us a target for every other
scavenger out there, of course...
483
00:42:13,043 --> 00:42:15,379
...but sometimes, that's fun too.
484
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,470
I am grateful, you know, for the
ill-conceived and highhanded attempt...
485
00:42:23,637 --> 00:42:27,015
...to defend my honor,
although I didn't want you to.
486
00:42:28,559 --> 00:42:32,521
Gracious as that is, as I look back...
487
00:42:32,688 --> 00:42:34,731
...I should've stayed
out of your world.
488
00:42:34,898 --> 00:42:38,277
My world? If it is that.
489
00:42:39,153 --> 00:42:41,405
I wasn't gonna stay, you know.
490
00:42:42,573 --> 00:42:46,201
Yeah? Why is that?
491
00:42:47,703 --> 00:42:50,706
Someone needs to keep Kaylee
out of trouble.
492
00:42:51,290 --> 00:42:53,584
And all my things are here.
493
00:42:56,086 --> 00:43:00,132
Besides, why would I
want to leave Serenity?
494
00:43:01,925 --> 00:43:04,011
Can't think of a reason.