1 00:00:27,387 --> 00:00:28,680 Nandy! 2 00:00:29,639 --> 00:00:31,307 Nandy! 3 00:00:40,525 --> 00:00:42,193 Get inside. 4 00:00:44,946 --> 00:00:46,614 Go. 5 00:00:54,456 --> 00:00:57,667 - We ain't open for business. - Shut up, whore. 6 00:00:57,876 --> 00:01:00,420 You we don't trade with at all, Rans Burgess. 7 00:01:00,587 --> 00:01:03,256 You're no longer welcome. You've been told that. 8 00:01:03,465 --> 00:01:07,260 I've been told a great many things. I'm here for what's mine. 9 00:01:07,469 --> 00:01:09,429 Ain't nothing here belongs to you. 10 00:01:09,596 --> 00:01:13,099 You don't get gone, we'll be well within our rights to drop you. 11 00:01:13,308 --> 00:01:16,352 Only rights you got are the ones I give you. 12 00:01:17,061 --> 00:01:19,355 - Find the girl! - She ain't here. 13 00:01:19,522 --> 00:01:23,026 Girl left this moon more than a month ago. It was you chased her off. 14 00:01:30,825 --> 00:01:32,660 Petaleen! 15 00:01:34,162 --> 00:01:37,707 It's a good thing you haven't left with my baby. 16 00:01:37,916 --> 00:01:40,960 - This baby ain't yours. - So you keep saying. 17 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:48,134 If this DNA is a match with mine... 18 00:01:48,301 --> 00:01:51,721 ...know I will be back for my baby. 19 00:01:53,348 --> 00:01:57,227 And if I have to, I'll cut it out of you. 20 00:02:07,570 --> 00:02:10,031 All right, now, it'll all work out. 21 00:02:12,909 --> 00:02:17,622 - He'll do it too. He'll do what he says. - No, he won't. We won't allow it. 22 00:02:17,789 --> 00:02:20,959 How we gonna stop him? - We'll get help, that's how. 23 00:02:21,126 --> 00:02:24,838 Help? There's not a soul on this moon go up against Rans Burgess. 24 00:02:25,004 --> 00:02:27,841 She's right. Ain't nobody strong enough. 25 00:02:28,007 --> 00:02:31,511 And even if there was, who'd help us? 26 00:02:34,973 --> 00:02:36,057 Hi. 27 00:02:37,475 --> 00:02:39,936 Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you. 28 00:02:40,103 --> 00:02:42,021 You didn't. I was just- 29 00:02:43,606 --> 00:02:47,777 That's more like a, it's a warrior-like, strikes fear into the hearts of... 30 00:02:47,986 --> 00:02:51,030 You know, not altogether wise, sneaking up on a fellow... 31 00:02:51,197 --> 00:02:54,743 - ... when he's handling his weapon. - Sure. I've heard that said. 32 00:02:54,909 --> 00:02:58,371 But perhaps the dining area isn't the place for this sort of thing. 33 00:02:58,538 --> 00:03:00,915 What? It's the only place with a table big enough. 34 00:03:01,082 --> 00:03:02,375 Of course. 35 00:03:03,543 --> 00:03:07,005 In that case, every well-bred petty crook knows... 36 00:03:07,213 --> 00:03:10,717 ...small, concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting. 37 00:03:14,721 --> 00:03:17,557 Got a distress call coming in. Some folks asking for help. 38 00:03:17,766 --> 00:03:21,936 Really? Folks asking for help from us petty crooks. 39 00:03:22,145 --> 00:03:24,105 - Well- - I should take that right away. 40 00:03:24,981 --> 00:03:26,608 Well, it's for her. 41 00:03:28,485 --> 00:03:29,736 Huh? 42 00:03:29,903 --> 00:03:31,112 The call's for Inara. 43 00:03:31,279 --> 00:03:33,990 - I'll take it in my shuttle. I'll send it there. 44 00:03:35,492 --> 00:03:37,744 This distress wouldn't happen to be... 45 00:03:37,911 --> 00:03:40,747 ...taking place in someone's pants, would it? 46 00:04:45,019 --> 00:04:47,147 And I got word you were in the area. 47 00:04:47,313 --> 00:04:49,774 I'm imposing, but I got no one else to ask. 48 00:04:49,941 --> 00:04:52,569 It sounds like something this crew can handle. 49 00:04:52,736 --> 00:04:56,030 I can't guarantee they'll handle it particularly well, but... 50 00:04:56,239 --> 00:05:00,285 - If they've got guns and brains at all... - They've got guns. 51 00:05:00,994 --> 00:05:04,289 Payment won't be a problem. We just ain't equipped for this. 52 00:05:04,497 --> 00:05:08,501 - Nandy, it's gonna be all right. - The house would tell you not to come. 53 00:05:08,668 --> 00:05:11,171 I know they ordered you to shun me when I left. 54 00:05:14,674 --> 00:05:17,761 I would have waived you long ago. It's just... 55 00:05:17,969 --> 00:05:20,054 It doesn't matter. 56 00:05:21,264 --> 00:05:23,767 Who'd have thought we'd end up way out here? 57 00:05:23,933 --> 00:05:25,477 Who'd have thought? 58 00:05:25,685 --> 00:05:28,980 - Let me know what your people say? - Of course. 59 00:05:29,147 --> 00:05:30,899 I'll wait to hear from you. 60 00:05:33,026 --> 00:05:34,694 And you. 61 00:05:39,282 --> 00:05:41,785 I suppose you heard most of that. 62 00:05:43,411 --> 00:05:46,081 Only because I was eavesdropping. 63 00:05:47,499 --> 00:05:50,335 - Your friend sounds like she's in trouble. She is. 64 00:05:50,543 --> 00:05:54,464 And there's no authority on that moon she can go to. They're totally alone. 65 00:05:54,631 --> 00:05:56,716 Some men might take advantage of that. 66 00:05:56,883 --> 00:05:58,510 One man. 67 00:05:59,385 --> 00:06:02,639 She's looking for someone to come and explain things to him? 68 00:06:02,847 --> 00:06:05,266 That's essentially it, yes. 69 00:06:06,309 --> 00:06:10,939 A whole houseful of companions. How are they fixed for payment? 70 00:06:11,189 --> 00:06:13,608 They're not companions. 71 00:06:14,692 --> 00:06:17,195 They're whores. 72 00:06:17,487 --> 00:06:19,531 Thought you didn't care for that word. 73 00:06:19,697 --> 00:06:20,740 It applies. 74 00:06:20,907 --> 00:06:23,243 They're not registered with the guild. They're- 75 00:06:23,451 --> 00:06:25,995 - Independent? Yes. 76 00:06:27,455 --> 00:06:30,458 If you agree to do this you'll be compensated. I'll see to it. 77 00:06:30,625 --> 00:06:32,710 - I've put a little aside- - Keep your money. 78 00:06:33,711 --> 00:06:36,005 I won't be needing no payment. 79 00:06:38,341 --> 00:06:39,843 Mal. 80 00:06:40,844 --> 00:06:42,554 Thank you. 81 00:06:44,305 --> 00:06:46,266 I'll contact Nandy at once. 82 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:49,894 But you will be paid. I feel it's important that we keep ours... 83 00:06:50,061 --> 00:06:52,480 ...strictly a business arrangement. 84 00:06:54,941 --> 00:06:57,318 - I'll speak with the crew. Good. 85 00:07:02,741 --> 00:07:04,951 Those who have a mind are welcome to join. 86 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,705 Those who'd just as soon stay on the ship can do that too. 87 00:07:09,873 --> 00:07:11,875 Don't see the benefit, getting involved... 88 00:07:12,083 --> 00:07:14,878 ...in a stranger's troubles without an up-front price. 89 00:07:15,044 --> 00:07:18,965 These people need assistance. The benefit wouldn't necessarily be for you. 90 00:07:19,174 --> 00:07:22,051 - That's what I'm saying. - No one's gonna force you to go. 91 00:07:22,218 --> 00:07:24,596 As stated, this job is strictly speculative. 92 00:07:24,804 --> 00:07:27,056 Good. Don't know these folks, don't care to. 93 00:07:27,265 --> 00:07:28,933 - They're whores. - I'm in. 94 00:07:29,142 --> 00:07:31,269 Wash, plot a course. 95 00:07:40,153 --> 00:07:43,323 That's the whorehouse? - Yes. 96 00:07:43,490 --> 00:07:46,201 How come it looks like a frozen dinner pack? 97 00:07:46,367 --> 00:07:49,454 Solar sheeting. Cheap power. 98 00:07:49,662 --> 00:07:52,791 Hope the whores are prettier than the house. 99 00:07:54,459 --> 00:07:57,337 - Nandy, darling. It's so good to see you. 100 00:07:57,545 --> 00:08:00,715 You look wonderful. You look exactly the same. 101 00:08:00,924 --> 00:08:04,219 - How do you do that out here? Sheer force of will. 102 00:08:04,385 --> 00:08:07,097 - This is Malcolm Reynolds. - I appreciate your coming. 103 00:08:07,305 --> 00:08:11,726 Well, any friend of Inara's is a strictly business-like relationship of mine. 104 00:08:11,935 --> 00:08:15,772 This is my first mate, Zoe. I'll introduce you to the rest later. 105 00:08:15,980 --> 00:08:20,026 - Can I start getting sexed already? - Well, that one's kind of horrific. 106 00:08:20,235 --> 00:08:22,904 Can we talk business? - In here. The rest of you... 107 00:08:23,113 --> 00:08:27,492 ...there's food and some liquor at the sideboard. Make yourselves at home. 108 00:08:32,622 --> 00:08:36,084 Look, they got boy whores. Isn't that thoughtful? 109 00:08:36,709 --> 00:08:40,463 - I wonder if they service girl folk at all? - Let's not ask. 110 00:08:40,630 --> 00:08:43,091 Isn't there a pregnant woman to examine? 111 00:08:43,258 --> 00:08:45,927 You'd really lie with someone being paid for it? 112 00:08:46,094 --> 00:08:50,723 Well, it's not like anyone else is lining up to, you know, examine me. 113 00:08:50,890 --> 00:08:54,102 Whoo! My John Thomas is about to pop off and fly around... 114 00:08:54,269 --> 00:08:55,937 ...there's so much tasty in here! 115 00:08:56,104 --> 00:08:59,983 Would be you'd get your most poetical about your pecker. 116 00:09:02,819 --> 00:09:05,530 - You'd be the doctor? - Yes. 117 00:09:06,531 --> 00:09:08,324 - This is Petaleen. - Yes, sir. 118 00:09:08,491 --> 00:09:10,910 She's feeling a might weak right now. 119 00:09:11,077 --> 00:09:14,831 - Well, let's get you lying down. - Now that's a plan. 120 00:09:16,541 --> 00:09:18,251 - Shepherd? - No, thank you. 121 00:09:19,627 --> 00:09:21,880 We were hoping we might have a prayer meeting. 122 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:26,009 We ain't had one in months, except what Emma here reads out on Sundays. 123 00:09:26,176 --> 00:09:29,929 The last shepherd to come by was springtime, he only read one passage. 124 00:09:30,096 --> 00:09:33,224 And he took it out in trade off both of us. 125 00:09:34,642 --> 00:09:37,520 Everyone's got somebody. 126 00:09:38,146 --> 00:09:40,190 Wash, tell me I'm pretty. 127 00:09:40,356 --> 00:09:43,610 Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. 128 00:09:43,777 --> 00:09:46,571 - Because I'm pretty? - Because you're pretty. 129 00:09:46,780 --> 00:09:49,199 I take it reason doesn't enter into this. 130 00:09:49,365 --> 00:09:51,701 Not with Rans Burgess. The man is a taker. 131 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:54,579 - You think the kid is his? - I think it's Petaleen's. 132 00:09:54,788 --> 00:09:56,414 But the blood test. 133 00:09:56,581 --> 00:10:00,043 Well, he did favor Petaleen pretty exclusively, but she had others. 134 00:10:00,251 --> 00:10:04,464 Fifty-fifty, not that it matters. The man ain't fit to raise a cactus plant. 135 00:10:04,631 --> 00:10:07,050 His barren prairie shrew can't bear him an heir... 136 00:10:07,258 --> 00:10:10,720 ...so he takes it into his head to pull it out of us. Not gonna happen. 137 00:10:10,887 --> 00:10:14,015 - I see that's the case. - And you see the way we live here. 138 00:10:14,182 --> 00:10:15,600 Go into town, it's the same. 139 00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:18,937 Some places come up rustic because they ain't got more than basics. 140 00:10:19,104 --> 00:10:23,024 Rans Burgess has money enough to build a city, a real community. 141 00:10:23,191 --> 00:10:25,860 Keeps people living like this so he can play cowboy... 142 00:10:26,069 --> 00:10:30,407 ...be the one with the best toys. Turn this moon into a gorram theme park. 143 00:10:30,573 --> 00:10:32,659 Someone stands up to him... 144 00:10:33,201 --> 00:10:35,328 He means to burn me out. 145 00:10:35,745 --> 00:10:39,082 Yeah, he sounds like a fun guy. I'd like to meet him. 146 00:10:39,290 --> 00:10:41,459 This won't be solved with talk. 147 00:10:41,668 --> 00:10:44,379 When I'm gonna fight a man, it helps to size him up. 148 00:10:44,546 --> 00:10:48,133 - Well, he'll be at the theater tonight. - And so will I. 149 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:51,594 Inara. Think you can stoop to being on my arm? 150 00:10:51,803 --> 00:10:54,347 Will you wash it first? 151 00:10:59,811 --> 00:11:04,399 So I told the boy, "You take a clean woman's virtue, you take the woman. 152 00:11:04,607 --> 00:11:07,736 And that's for life! " And the boy said his vows right then. 153 00:11:08,403 --> 00:11:10,572 Took very little persuading on my part. 154 00:11:15,201 --> 00:11:18,496 It's nice to know there's some places left where old-fashioned... 155 00:11:18,705 --> 00:11:20,081 ...values still mean a thing. 156 00:11:20,248 --> 00:11:21,708 - Isn't that right, dear? - Mm. 157 00:11:22,333 --> 00:11:25,879 - I don't think I know you. - Name's Malcolm, Malcolm Reynolds. 158 00:11:26,045 --> 00:11:28,256 And might I just say, she is quite a beauty. 159 00:11:28,465 --> 00:11:30,049 Well, thank you. 160 00:11:30,216 --> 00:11:34,053 Ever had occasion to handle one of these, Mr. Reynolds? 161 00:11:34,262 --> 00:11:37,932 Silk trigger, active return bolt laser. 162 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,228 - It's lighter than it looks. - Don't let that fool you. 163 00:11:42,437 --> 00:11:45,023 Won't find technology like that short of Alliance. 164 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:47,859 And even their issues don't have the auto-target adjust. 165 00:11:48,026 --> 00:11:50,361 I had that crafted special. 166 00:11:50,528 --> 00:11:54,365 Didn't think weapons such as this were generally legal. For a private owner. 167 00:11:55,241 --> 00:11:59,746 My husband makes a distinction between legality and morality, Mr. Reynolds. 168 00:11:59,954 --> 00:12:04,167 - I've said that myself. - Bending one unjust law is small... 169 00:12:04,334 --> 00:12:07,337 ...when it comes to protecting one's family. 170 00:12:07,504 --> 00:12:11,424 - I think I understand you. - And as you say, she is a beauty. 171 00:12:12,217 --> 00:12:16,513 She sure is. Of course, I was referring to the lady. 172 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,348 Ma'am. 173 00:12:24,979 --> 00:12:26,648 Yes? 174 00:12:27,816 --> 00:12:29,984 - Well? - Well what? 175 00:12:30,151 --> 00:12:33,488 You said you wanted to look him in the eye. You've done that. 176 00:12:33,655 --> 00:12:35,990 - So, what's the plan? - We get back to Serenity... 177 00:12:36,157 --> 00:12:39,869 ...and we get off this rock just as fast as we can. 178 00:12:42,372 --> 00:12:46,626 And there can be no mistake? Good. 179 00:12:46,835 --> 00:12:49,838 - Rans? - The DNA matches. 180 00:12:52,048 --> 00:12:54,217 The child is mine. 181 00:12:59,097 --> 00:13:02,475 We run. Math just don't add up. 182 00:13:02,684 --> 00:13:05,228 Our weapon stores aren't exactly overpowering... 183 00:13:05,437 --> 00:13:07,939 ...and I don't much like what we'd be up against. 184 00:13:08,106 --> 00:13:11,484 Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God. 185 00:13:11,651 --> 00:13:14,487 I turn Burgess away once and he'll keep coming. 186 00:13:14,696 --> 00:13:17,198 Won't stop till he gets what he thinks is his. 187 00:13:17,407 --> 00:13:20,034 - So we run. - I understand, Capt. Reynolds. 188 00:13:20,702 --> 00:13:24,205 You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. 189 00:13:24,831 --> 00:13:28,835 I don't believe you do understand, Nandy. I said we run. "We. " 190 00:13:29,002 --> 00:13:32,756 My people, your people, and whatever bits of precious you got in this house... 191 00:13:32,964 --> 00:13:35,633 ...you can't bear to part with. We load up Serenity... 192 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,470 ...and we leave Burgess in the dust. 193 00:13:44,893 --> 00:13:49,064 It took me years to cut this piece of territory out of other men's hands... 194 00:13:49,272 --> 00:13:51,232 - ... to build this from nothing. - Nandy- 195 00:13:51,441 --> 00:13:55,570 It's who I am, and it's my home. I'm not going anywhere. 196 00:13:56,196 --> 00:14:00,450 He'll kill you. He'll kill every last one of them, it comes to that. 197 00:14:00,658 --> 00:14:05,080 - And he'll sleep well that night. - Rans Burgess is just a man. 198 00:14:05,246 --> 00:14:07,707 And I won't let any man take what's mine. 199 00:14:09,834 --> 00:14:12,837 I doubt you'd do different in my position. 200 00:14:14,047 --> 00:14:16,341 Well, lady, I must say... 201 00:14:17,759 --> 00:14:19,719 ...you're my kind of stupid. 202 00:14:19,886 --> 00:14:22,097 Hell, he ain't expecting much of a fight. 203 00:14:22,263 --> 00:14:24,349 Might be we catch him with his drawers low. 204 00:14:24,557 --> 00:14:26,601 He'll probably ride in by daylight. 205 00:14:26,768 --> 00:14:30,772 But I figure, three-point watch, say four-hour shift... 206 00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:35,693 - ... just to be on the safe side. - Three-point, Four-hour... 207 00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:38,863 - ... should do it. - I'm fair handy with a hammer. 208 00:14:39,072 --> 00:14:40,156 That so, Shepherd? 209 00:14:40,323 --> 00:14:43,159 Been following the footsteps of a carpenter some time now. 210 00:14:43,368 --> 00:14:45,620 I can do something about our fortifications. 211 00:14:47,956 --> 00:14:49,833 Okay, then. We start shooting... 212 00:14:50,041 --> 00:14:52,919 ...he'll most like try to burn us out, save sweat and bullets. 213 00:14:53,128 --> 00:14:55,964 - Nandy, what's the water supply like? - Underground well. 214 00:14:56,131 --> 00:14:58,842 Pump that draws it up's antiquated, but don't break down. 215 00:14:59,008 --> 00:15:01,052 Kaylee, think you can swing an upgrade? 216 00:15:01,261 --> 00:15:03,638 I'll talk to Serenity, see what she's got. 217 00:15:03,847 --> 00:15:05,348 - Good. We might- - Starting! 218 00:15:06,391 --> 00:15:08,643 - And that it is, but time- - Dr. Tam? 219 00:15:09,561 --> 00:15:11,354 Oh, it's starting! Okay! 220 00:15:11,521 --> 00:15:13,064 Okay, it's starting! All right. 221 00:15:13,690 --> 00:15:15,024 Everybody relax, be calm. 222 00:15:15,233 --> 00:15:17,152 Nobody panic! Everything's gonna be okay! 223 00:15:17,318 --> 00:15:19,404 - I got this one, captain. - Thanks. Okay. 224 00:15:19,571 --> 00:15:22,866 Okay, then. Let's get to work, people! 225 00:15:46,264 --> 00:15:49,225 The girls and I have been talking, Shepherd. 226 00:15:49,851 --> 00:15:53,313 We've been discussing what we'd like said over us if we should fall. 227 00:15:53,521 --> 00:15:55,190 No. 228 00:15:55,899 --> 00:15:57,734 I only bury the dead, child. 229 00:15:59,194 --> 00:16:01,571 No one here's gonna die. 230 00:16:02,155 --> 00:16:04,282 There's people gonna die. 231 00:16:04,449 --> 00:16:07,452 And with people dying, comes guts and screaming. 232 00:16:07,660 --> 00:16:10,914 That can bring on screwed-up behavior, a person ain't used to it. 233 00:16:11,081 --> 00:16:14,876 When the time comes, most important thing, keep your wits about you. Clear? 234 00:16:16,252 --> 00:16:17,921 All right. 235 00:16:18,088 --> 00:16:21,049 These are my favorites. You're to keep them coming. 236 00:16:21,257 --> 00:16:25,762 I shoot, I run out, you hand me the next biggest one, and so on. 237 00:16:26,638 --> 00:16:29,516 - Is there an understanding here? - Yes. 238 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:32,143 Alrighty then, let's get to work. 239 00:16:37,649 --> 00:16:40,610 All I'm saying is that we're living in the rough and tumble... 240 00:16:40,777 --> 00:16:44,197 - ... and don't see that changing soon. - Nor do I. 241 00:16:44,364 --> 00:16:48,493 Not sure now is the best time to bring a tiny, helpless person into our lives. 242 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,287 That excuse is getting a little worn, honey. 243 00:16:51,913 --> 00:16:54,582 It's not an excuse, dear. It's objective assessment. 244 00:16:54,749 --> 00:16:57,293 I can't help that it stays relevant. 245 00:16:57,794 --> 00:17:01,339 I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. 246 00:17:01,548 --> 00:17:05,844 And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. 247 00:17:06,094 --> 00:17:09,389 You and I would make one beautiful baby. 248 00:17:09,556 --> 00:17:12,600 And I wanna meet that child one day. 249 00:17:13,309 --> 00:17:14,978 Period. 250 00:17:19,983 --> 00:17:22,861 Y'all are pulling, not squeezing like I said. 251 00:17:23,027 --> 00:17:26,740 Next one don't hit that board is giving up a special treat. 252 00:17:27,949 --> 00:17:30,702 That man's gonna use up our credit before we've earned it. 253 00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:33,705 After you've saved our lives, you can do some chores maybe. 254 00:17:33,872 --> 00:17:37,459 - I'm a fair hand with a mop. - So your legend tells. 255 00:17:37,625 --> 00:17:40,920 Truth is, I expected more of you to be taking payment in our trade. 256 00:17:41,087 --> 00:17:43,423 Well, we're not a conglomeration. 257 00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:46,760 Got a preacher, married fella, and the doctor... 258 00:17:46,926 --> 00:17:50,722 ...well, he'd have to relax for 30 seconds to get his play. 259 00:17:50,889 --> 00:17:52,849 That'd be more or less a miracle. 260 00:17:53,016 --> 00:17:55,101 These are fetching pieces. Any of them work? 261 00:17:55,268 --> 00:17:58,772 Don't got many rounds for the chaplain there, but the rest'll be of use. 262 00:17:59,439 --> 00:18:03,234 - This is my favorite. - What's its history? 263 00:18:03,443 --> 00:18:05,612 Violence and crime, sad to say. 264 00:18:05,779 --> 00:18:08,073 - What about you? - Similar. 265 00:18:08,698 --> 00:18:12,952 No, I mean when are you planning to avail yourself of some of our trade? 266 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:18,291 - My girls is clean and kind-spirited. - Well, I got the job on my mind. 267 00:18:18,958 --> 00:18:21,503 After, I'm sure I'll trade. 268 00:18:21,711 --> 00:18:24,130 They're a fine bunch. 269 00:18:24,297 --> 00:18:28,635 You ain't looked at one of them as long or loving as you looked at those pistols. 270 00:18:28,802 --> 00:18:31,096 You're not sly, are you? Because I got my boys. 271 00:18:31,304 --> 00:18:32,931 Sly? No. 272 00:18:33,098 --> 00:18:36,851 I lean toward women folk. Just, one thing at a time. 273 00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:39,104 Never liked complications. 274 00:18:39,270 --> 00:18:41,022 Oh, I'm certain of that. 275 00:18:42,857 --> 00:18:47,278 - Something to be smiling at? - I trained as a companion, remember? 276 00:18:47,445 --> 00:18:51,574 - I read people pretty well. - Well, that's nice for you. 277 00:18:51,741 --> 00:18:54,160 She's a hell of a woman, ain't she? 278 00:18:54,327 --> 00:18:55,620 Inara. 279 00:18:55,787 --> 00:18:58,748 Yeah, she's a cherry blossom, no denying. 280 00:18:58,915 --> 00:19:01,876 Expect you know her better, coming up together and all. 281 00:19:02,043 --> 00:19:05,547 Imagine I do. She ever tell you why she left Soonal? 282 00:19:06,756 --> 00:19:09,300 - Never asked. Yes, you did. 283 00:19:09,509 --> 00:19:13,471 And I don't know my own self. I was gone long before. 284 00:19:13,638 --> 00:19:18,017 And I'll tell you, it was a shock, her leaving. She was special. 285 00:19:18,685 --> 00:19:22,272 There's 40 women in House Madrassa, and you'd pick her out in a second. 286 00:19:22,439 --> 00:19:24,816 Could've been House Priestess, few years' time. 287 00:19:24,983 --> 00:19:27,861 - Is that right? - Had her eyes on it too. 288 00:19:28,027 --> 00:19:30,321 Very focused. 289 00:19:31,114 --> 00:19:33,700 She's like you, more than a little. 290 00:19:34,367 --> 00:19:36,995 And how exactly is that? 291 00:19:37,996 --> 00:19:40,457 She hates complications. 292 00:19:42,834 --> 00:19:45,170 They do crop up though, don't they? 293 00:19:45,336 --> 00:19:47,422 Such is life. 294 00:19:51,718 --> 00:19:54,137 You're not completely dilated yet. 295 00:19:54,345 --> 00:19:57,474 Don't try to force it, the contractions are still preliminary. 296 00:19:57,682 --> 00:20:00,769 - What's he saying? - It's gonna be a little while, sweetie. 297 00:20:00,935 --> 00:20:02,270 But it hurts! 298 00:20:02,437 --> 00:20:04,522 This child wants to be born, I know it! 299 00:20:04,731 --> 00:20:06,608 Can you get the green vial from my bag? 300 00:20:06,816 --> 00:20:08,860 We can dull the pain some. 301 00:20:09,736 --> 00:20:11,863 How many babies have you actually delivered? 302 00:20:12,030 --> 00:20:15,533 As a primary, this'll be the first. You? 303 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:18,328 - My first too. - Mine too. 304 00:20:22,123 --> 00:20:25,627 - It's gonna be a long night. - You'll do great, doctor. 305 00:20:27,629 --> 00:20:30,298 Who do you think is in there? 306 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:35,053 It was the dulcimer. 307 00:20:36,096 --> 00:20:38,264 The dulcimer drove you out of Soonal? 308 00:20:38,932 --> 00:20:41,309 Did you kill a dulcimer in a terrible passion? 309 00:20:41,518 --> 00:20:42,811 Actually, yes. 310 00:20:42,977 --> 00:20:47,148 And now that dulcimer's family is out to get even, I get it. 311 00:20:47,816 --> 00:20:49,025 I was at practice. 312 00:20:49,192 --> 00:20:52,237 You never stop practicing, you know, not a true companion. 313 00:20:52,445 --> 00:20:57,409 Some baroque piece, and the instructor keeps saying: 314 00:20:57,575 --> 00:21:00,203 "You're playing it, not feeling it. " 315 00:21:00,370 --> 00:21:03,873 And the fifth time he said it, I took the damn thing and smashed it. 316 00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:08,211 And that's when it occurred to me that a companion's life... 317 00:21:08,378 --> 00:21:11,297 ...might be a little too constricting. 318 00:21:11,756 --> 00:21:16,678 So I trucked out to the border, learned to say "ain't. " Came to find work. 319 00:21:16,845 --> 00:21:18,930 Found this place. 320 00:21:19,431 --> 00:21:21,391 It's a nice place. 321 00:21:21,558 --> 00:21:27,313 It was a dung-heap run by a pig who had half the girls strung-out on drops. 322 00:21:28,314 --> 00:21:29,607 There's no guild out here. 323 00:21:29,774 --> 00:21:32,944 They let men run the houses, and they don't ask for references. 324 00:21:33,111 --> 00:21:34,779 We didn't get along. 325 00:21:35,655 --> 00:21:37,949 And where's he at now? 326 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,580 Let's just say he ain't playing the dulcimer anymore either. 327 00:21:50,128 --> 00:21:52,380 You are a remarkable woman. 328 00:21:53,006 --> 00:21:55,091 If you don't mind my saying. 329 00:21:57,177 --> 00:22:01,055 Well, as long as it's you saying it and not my fine rice wine. 330 00:22:01,264 --> 00:22:04,934 It takes more than a few drinks to render my judgment blurry. 331 00:22:05,602 --> 00:22:07,270 What about you? 332 00:22:07,437 --> 00:22:11,191 - Am I getting any prettier? - By the minute. 333 00:22:20,075 --> 00:22:22,368 I should make sure everyone's ready for- 334 00:22:22,577 --> 00:22:24,537 Everyone's asleep. 335 00:22:24,746 --> 00:22:27,248 Well, there's them that can't... 336 00:22:27,415 --> 00:22:29,417 ...night before a fight. 337 00:22:31,044 --> 00:22:32,796 Can you? 338 00:22:33,004 --> 00:22:35,006 - What? - Sleep. 339 00:22:39,552 --> 00:22:42,263 Listen, Nandy, I have a confession to make. 340 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:44,808 Maybe I should get the Shepherd. 341 00:22:44,974 --> 00:22:47,352 Well, I ain't sinned yet. 342 00:22:47,519 --> 00:22:50,730 And I'd feel a little more than awkward if he were here when I did. 343 00:22:50,939 --> 00:22:54,484 You expect to accomplish something sinful then, do you? 344 00:22:55,819 --> 00:22:57,862 If I'm overstepping my bounds, let me know. 345 00:22:59,739 --> 00:23:03,827 Malcolm, I've been waiting for you to kiss me since I showed you my guns. 346 00:23:08,706 --> 00:23:10,750 You okay with this? 347 00:23:11,501 --> 00:23:14,254 I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. 348 00:23:15,130 --> 00:23:17,006 Long story. 349 00:23:17,674 --> 00:23:21,010 - I want you to bed me. - I guess I mean to. 350 00:23:21,177 --> 00:23:23,138 I ain't her. 351 00:23:26,307 --> 00:23:29,185 Only people in this room are you and me. 352 00:23:31,646 --> 00:23:33,773 So my child... 353 00:23:34,023 --> 00:23:37,527 ...how long has it been since your last confession? 354 00:23:37,944 --> 00:23:40,989 - Longer than I care to say. - You remember where everything goes? 355 00:23:41,156 --> 00:23:44,659 Let's just say I plan to take it real slow. 356 00:24:23,239 --> 00:24:26,910 So the whore's got herself a champion, has she? 357 00:24:27,202 --> 00:24:31,414 - This great man got a name? - Reynolds. Malcolm Reynolds. 358 00:24:32,290 --> 00:24:34,709 Yes, I've met the man. 359 00:24:34,876 --> 00:24:37,587 - How many has he got with him? - Just a few. 360 00:24:37,754 --> 00:24:40,423 And only two real fighters besides himself. 361 00:24:40,632 --> 00:24:43,718 But they got the girls stirring for a battle. 362 00:24:44,135 --> 00:24:46,888 I certainly wasn't expecting a battle. 363 00:24:48,056 --> 00:24:51,601 Seems the Heart of Gold's got itself a few mercenaries. 364 00:24:51,768 --> 00:24:54,312 Guess we best call the whole thing off. 365 00:24:57,774 --> 00:25:01,361 Earned yourself quite a bag of silver, little kitten. 366 00:25:01,528 --> 00:25:06,449 But I got a few more chores in mind before you get it. 367 00:25:06,783 --> 00:25:08,618 I'm ready. 368 00:25:09,911 --> 00:25:12,038 Now, Shahri here... 369 00:25:12,205 --> 00:25:15,708 ...she understands a whore's place, don't she? 370 00:25:15,875 --> 00:25:19,629 But Nandy and those others, they spit on our town. 371 00:25:20,296 --> 00:25:26,553 They've no respect for the sanctity of fatherhood or decency or family! 372 00:25:26,761 --> 00:25:33,184 They have my child, held hostage to their decadent ways, and that I will not abide! 373 00:25:33,935 --> 00:25:36,062 We will show them what power is! 374 00:25:36,271 --> 00:25:40,024 We will show them what their position in this town is! 375 00:25:40,650 --> 00:25:46,531 Let us all remember, right here and now, what a woman is to a man! 376 00:25:52,287 --> 00:25:54,664 Get on your knees. 377 00:26:34,913 --> 00:26:37,791 - Well. - I just had to... 378 00:26:37,957 --> 00:26:41,002 ...tell Nandy about... 379 00:26:41,211 --> 00:26:42,504 About time to... 380 00:26:43,671 --> 00:26:45,632 - Big fight today. - Mal, please. 381 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,675 No, well, I, no... 382 00:26:47,842 --> 00:26:49,469 You know, I was up, I got- 383 00:26:49,677 --> 00:26:52,639 So you took to bed with Nandy. I'm glad. 384 00:26:53,598 --> 00:26:55,433 - Glad? - Yes. 385 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,395 She's a dear friend, and probably in need of comfort now. 386 00:26:59,062 --> 00:27:00,480 Well... 387 00:27:00,647 --> 00:27:03,566 One of the virtues of not being puritanical about sex... 388 00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:07,070 ...is not feeling embarrassed afterwards. You should look into it. 389 00:27:07,237 --> 00:27:09,739 Well, I just didn't want you thinking... 390 00:27:10,323 --> 00:27:13,076 ...that I was taking advantage of your friend. 391 00:27:13,243 --> 00:27:16,996 She's well worth taking advantage of. I sincerely hope you did. 392 00:27:17,163 --> 00:27:19,207 So you're okay. 393 00:27:19,374 --> 00:27:23,002 Well, yeah, why wouldn't you be? 394 00:27:23,211 --> 00:27:25,964 I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. 395 00:27:26,589 --> 00:27:29,551 I'm a little appalled at her taste. 396 00:28:12,135 --> 00:28:14,304 Wash, you there yet? 397 00:28:14,471 --> 00:28:15,722 All but. 398 00:28:15,889 --> 00:28:18,183 - Nice day for a last stand, eh? Nope. 399 00:28:18,391 --> 00:28:20,477 Plan to make a few stands after this. 400 00:28:20,643 --> 00:28:22,937 Just hoping for air support from your quarter. 401 00:28:23,104 --> 00:28:25,899 Couple of low flyovers, engines tipped earthward at full-blast. 402 00:28:26,107 --> 00:28:29,861 Should give our guests something other than killing you to think about. 403 00:28:30,028 --> 00:28:31,863 What I like to hear. Out. 404 00:28:32,447 --> 00:28:35,784 Malcolm seem a little funny to you at breakfast this morning? 405 00:28:35,950 --> 00:28:37,702 Come on, Kaylee. 406 00:28:37,869 --> 00:28:40,121 We all know I'm the funny one. 407 00:28:44,042 --> 00:28:46,169 You ladies and gentlemen all locked and loaded? 408 00:28:46,336 --> 00:28:48,171 - Yes, sir. - Good. Remember... 409 00:28:48,338 --> 00:28:52,550 ...shoot the man, not the horse. Dead horse is cover. Live horse, pile of panic. 410 00:28:52,717 --> 00:28:55,637 Now, girl, that is just plain dirty. 411 00:28:55,804 --> 00:28:57,764 You are aware your radio's transmitting. 412 00:28:57,931 --> 00:29:01,184 Because I don't feel particularly girlish or dirty at the moment. 413 00:29:01,351 --> 00:29:06,606 Yeah, just up here waiting, captain. Ready, 100 percent. 414 00:29:06,773 --> 00:29:09,109 Better be. 415 00:29:14,197 --> 00:29:15,865 You're stronger than this thing. 416 00:29:16,032 --> 00:29:17,826 I can feel it in your grip. 417 00:29:18,034 --> 00:29:19,452 Petaleen, look at me. 418 00:29:19,661 --> 00:29:21,663 This is just a moment in time. 419 00:29:21,871 --> 00:29:24,290 Step aside and let it happen. 420 00:29:25,250 --> 00:29:28,795 - How is she, doctor? - She's at 10 centimeters. Not long now. 421 00:29:36,553 --> 00:29:39,180 Inara, I thought it was just him that... 422 00:29:41,766 --> 00:29:44,310 Nandy, believe me, I'll be fine. 423 00:30:15,884 --> 00:30:17,343 Morning. 424 00:30:17,510 --> 00:30:20,346 - How are you doing? - A might tense. 425 00:30:20,513 --> 00:30:23,475 I'd like you on the balcony with me. See everyone from there- 426 00:30:23,641 --> 00:30:27,145 - You didn't give me the whole truth. - About what? 427 00:30:27,312 --> 00:30:29,564 About her feelings for you. 428 00:30:29,731 --> 00:30:33,943 - I really don't know- Looks like imminent violence! 429 00:30:51,711 --> 00:30:54,005 Zoe, Jayne, you seeing this? 430 00:30:54,672 --> 00:30:56,299 Gotta be 30 men out there. 431 00:30:56,466 --> 00:30:59,302 Confirm that. Plus a mounted gun on that hovercraft. 432 00:30:59,511 --> 00:31:01,930 What's that you said about running for it? 433 00:31:02,097 --> 00:31:03,556 Okay, folks! 434 00:31:03,765 --> 00:31:07,602 We got no shortage of ugly riding in on us. But that don't change the plan. 435 00:31:07,769 --> 00:31:10,939 Anybody goes down, drag them to the back and get back to shooting. 436 00:31:11,106 --> 00:31:14,150 Only way to help them's to finish this. 437 00:31:27,831 --> 00:31:31,209 Wash, we'll be trading injuries in under two minutes. 438 00:31:31,376 --> 00:31:33,086 I'd like my sky a bit less empty. 439 00:31:33,253 --> 00:31:34,796 Copy that, Mal. We- 440 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:56,568 Open her up! 441 00:31:57,819 --> 00:31:59,154 Cover! 442 00:32:19,257 --> 00:32:21,676 Jayne, I do believe that's our first hurdle. 443 00:32:21,885 --> 00:32:23,762 You might- 444 00:32:25,013 --> 00:32:26,765 I think I might, captain. 445 00:32:26,931 --> 00:32:28,141 Fire! 446 00:32:46,701 --> 00:32:48,620 What have I done? 447 00:32:58,004 --> 00:32:59,130 Go! 448 00:33:03,676 --> 00:33:06,721 Wash! Where the hell is my spaceship? 449 00:33:20,568 --> 00:33:25,031 Rotten lasers! Book! Zoe! Second hurdle! 450 00:33:38,044 --> 00:33:40,046 That's it, Petaleen. One more push. 451 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,675 That's the shoulders! 452 00:33:43,883 --> 00:33:45,552 Good! 453 00:34:04,779 --> 00:34:07,574 Jayne? I lost visual on Burgess! 454 00:34:08,366 --> 00:34:10,160 Same here. 455 00:34:26,301 --> 00:34:28,178 Take to right! 456 00:34:36,895 --> 00:34:37,937 Whoo-hoo! 457 00:34:38,146 --> 00:34:40,231 Hey! There he is! Get him! 458 00:34:42,692 --> 00:34:44,360 Come on, let's get him! 459 00:34:53,119 --> 00:34:55,246 Try the other side! 460 00:34:58,374 --> 00:34:59,417 Got you! 461 00:35:01,002 --> 00:35:02,087 Open this door! 462 00:35:02,253 --> 00:35:04,756 Nobody's going... 463 00:35:08,009 --> 00:35:09,677 ...anywhere. 464 00:35:12,013 --> 00:35:13,932 - It's- - It's a boy. Healthy. 465 00:35:16,768 --> 00:35:18,061 Good morning, Petaleen. 466 00:35:18,228 --> 00:35:19,562 How's my boy? 467 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,908 No! 468 00:35:38,873 --> 00:35:40,166 Rans. 469 00:35:40,333 --> 00:35:42,877 Most of your men are either dead, dying or run off. 470 00:35:43,044 --> 00:35:45,839 That don't matter none. I got what I came here for. 471 00:35:46,464 --> 00:35:49,551 - Ain't leaving here with it. - This is my blood, woman! 472 00:35:49,717 --> 00:35:51,928 No! This is your blood! 473 00:35:52,846 --> 00:35:55,098 Now you hand that child over nice and slow... 474 00:35:55,306 --> 00:35:57,517 ...or I'll spill more than you can spare. 475 00:37:23,103 --> 00:37:26,564 - You're gonna pay for what you've took. - She was just a whore! 476 00:37:36,908 --> 00:37:39,911 Petaleen! You bring my baby out right now! 477 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,915 You hear me? I wanna see my son! 478 00:37:54,801 --> 00:37:57,345 Rans, this is Jonah. 479 00:37:58,304 --> 00:38:01,850 Jonah, say hi to your daddy. 480 00:38:06,146 --> 00:38:08,815 Say goodbye to your daddy, Jonah. 481 00:38:11,526 --> 00:38:13,987 Go on! Go on home! 482 00:38:17,782 --> 00:38:19,492 You go with them. 483 00:39:21,638 --> 00:39:23,848 I think those girls'll do all right. 484 00:39:24,849 --> 00:39:26,976 She taught them well. 485 00:39:27,143 --> 00:39:28,812 Yeah. 486 00:39:34,567 --> 00:39:37,946 I'm glad you were with her, her last night. 487 00:39:38,154 --> 00:39:40,365 - I am. - Yeah, well, I ain't. 488 00:39:42,992 --> 00:39:45,245 Hell, I wish I never met her. 489 00:39:45,412 --> 00:39:47,163 Then I wouldn't have failed her. 490 00:39:47,831 --> 00:39:49,874 That wasn't the way of it. 491 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,378 That's a kindness. 492 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:56,756 But nothing you say will convince me different. 493 00:39:58,258 --> 00:40:00,343 Well, I'm still glad. 494 00:40:03,972 --> 00:40:05,890 So you weren't before? 495 00:40:11,855 --> 00:40:13,523 Inara. 496 00:40:16,484 --> 00:40:18,778 I ain't looking for anything from you. 497 00:40:18,945 --> 00:40:20,905 I'm just... 498 00:40:22,073 --> 00:40:26,369 Just feeling kind of truthsome right now. 499 00:40:27,454 --> 00:40:29,080 And, uh... 500 00:40:30,415 --> 00:40:34,252 And life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes. 501 00:40:34,627 --> 00:40:37,172 I learned something from Nandy. 502 00:40:37,881 --> 00:40:40,592 Not just from what happened, but from her. 503 00:40:41,593 --> 00:40:43,553 The family she made... 504 00:40:44,429 --> 00:40:47,682 ...the strength of her love for them, it's what kept them together. 505 00:40:51,436 --> 00:40:53,313 When you live... 506 00:40:54,272 --> 00:40:56,775 ...with that kind of strength... 507 00:40:57,859 --> 00:40:59,486 ...you get tied to it. 508 00:41:00,945 --> 00:41:02,906 You can't break away. 509 00:41:03,073 --> 00:41:05,533 And you never want to. 510 00:41:07,952 --> 00:41:09,704 There's something... 511 00:41:11,581 --> 00:41:15,376 There's something I should have done a long while ago. 512 00:41:16,461 --> 00:41:18,338 And I'm sorry... 513 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,174 ...for both of us, that it took me this long. 514 00:41:26,638 --> 00:41:28,515 I'm leaving.