1 00:00:20,121 --> 00:00:22,123 We're all just floating. 2 00:00:28,838 --> 00:00:32,133 You couldn't possibly- No, I wish I was lying. 3 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:35,678 I just, you know, we'd all just made surgeon. 4 00:00:35,845 --> 00:00:40,016 That was it. We were the elite. The world was ours, you know. 5 00:00:40,183 --> 00:00:41,643 So you had to be naked? 6 00:00:41,809 --> 00:00:46,648 Naked, yes. And on top of the statue of Hippocrates. 7 00:00:48,691 --> 00:00:51,861 Can you just picture me? What, naked? 8 00:00:52,028 --> 00:00:55,865 Oh, well, let's see, I'm gonna have to conjure up... 9 00:00:56,032 --> 00:00:58,451 Yeah, that's gonna be difficult. 10 00:01:00,703 --> 00:01:04,582 - So did the Feds come? - There were no Feds. 11 00:01:04,999 --> 00:01:08,461 - Until I started singing. - Oh, no... 12 00:01:08,628 --> 00:01:11,214 - No, this is not- - What did you sing? 13 00:01:11,381 --> 00:01:16,552 This is not funny. This is a morality tale about the evils of sake. 14 00:01:20,431 --> 00:01:22,892 I would be there right now. 15 00:01:25,395 --> 00:01:27,563 I mean, it was- It was either- 16 00:01:27,730 --> 00:01:30,858 It was either that or the national anthem. 17 00:01:31,025 --> 00:01:34,028 - Reports vary. - You don't remember any of this? 18 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:38,574 I remember talking the Feds out of telling my father. 19 00:01:38,741 --> 00:01:41,244 Or paying the Feds out of telling my father. 20 00:01:41,411 --> 00:01:43,496 I get fuzzy on aspects. 21 00:01:54,424 --> 00:01:56,259 So, like, never? 22 00:01:56,426 --> 00:01:58,386 Well... 23 00:01:58,553 --> 00:01:59,971 ...no. 24 00:02:00,138 --> 00:02:02,473 Not ever never? 25 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:08,813 Some orders allow shepherds to marry, but I follow a narrower path. 26 00:02:10,023 --> 00:02:14,777 But, I mean, you still got the urge? They don't cut it off or nothing? 27 00:02:14,944 --> 00:02:17,864 No. I'm more or less intact. 28 00:02:18,031 --> 00:02:21,242 I just direct my energy elsewhere. 29 00:02:21,784 --> 00:02:24,287 You mean, like masturbating? 30 00:02:24,454 --> 00:02:27,874 I hope you're not thinking of taking orders yourself. 31 00:02:28,041 --> 00:02:29,667 Yeah, that'll be the day. 32 00:02:30,585 --> 00:02:33,546 I got stupid. The money was too good. 33 00:02:33,713 --> 00:02:36,758 I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. 34 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:39,093 So where does that put you? 35 00:02:40,053 --> 00:02:43,222 It ain't impossible. Saint Jayne. It's got a ring to it. 36 00:02:43,389 --> 00:02:47,018 I'm just trying to remember how many miracles you've performed. 37 00:02:47,185 --> 00:02:49,729 I once hit a guy from 500 yards with a bent scope. 38 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:54,025 - Don't that count upstairs? - Oh, it'll be taken into consideration. 39 00:02:54,192 --> 00:02:57,362 You made that sound kind of ominous. 40 00:03:33,439 --> 00:03:35,692 I put out waves to some old acquaintances. 41 00:03:35,858 --> 00:03:39,237 I may even find something in New Melbourne if you need the shuttle. 42 00:03:39,404 --> 00:03:41,531 I'll only be there to pick up cargo. 43 00:03:41,698 --> 00:03:45,326 The only thing you're gonna find there is fish and fish-related activities. 44 00:03:45,493 --> 00:03:49,205 So unless you got the overwhelming urge to gut sturgeon, and who hasn't? 45 00:03:49,372 --> 00:03:52,292 But it's a layover point for almost every planet. 46 00:03:52,458 --> 00:03:56,504 I could... I just don't want to draw this out. 47 00:03:56,671 --> 00:03:59,090 Have you decided when you'll tell the others? 48 00:03:59,257 --> 00:04:02,719 I... No. 49 00:04:03,678 --> 00:04:09,017 - I appreciate your not saying anything. - Well, I don't, so make up your mind. 50 00:04:09,183 --> 00:04:11,436 I'm a big girl. Just tell me. 51 00:04:11,603 --> 00:04:14,272 None of it means a damn thing. 52 00:04:41,299 --> 00:04:46,471 It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think. 53 00:04:48,598 --> 00:04:50,266 - Stay calm! You know that's... 54 00:04:50,433 --> 00:04:52,727 Stop yelling. That's gonna make it worse. 55 00:04:52,894 --> 00:04:54,938 River. Sweetheart. Put it down. 56 00:04:55,104 --> 00:04:57,273 Where did you get that? Don't yell. 57 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:58,608 It was in my hand. 58 00:04:58,775 --> 00:05:00,735 I'm not mad, just let me- Thank you. 59 00:05:03,196 --> 00:05:07,325 Fully loaded, safety off. This here is a recipe for unpleasantness. 60 00:05:07,492 --> 00:05:10,745 - Does she understand that? - She understands. 61 00:05:10,912 --> 00:05:13,122 She doesn't comprehend. 62 00:05:13,706 --> 00:05:18,419 I'm glad we've made that distinction. No touching guns, okay? 63 00:05:18,878 --> 00:05:21,172 No touching. 64 00:05:21,339 --> 00:05:25,093 - River- RlvER: It's getting very, very crowded! 65 00:05:25,259 --> 00:05:27,637 Thought she was on the mend. 66 00:05:27,804 --> 00:05:29,514 Her medications are erratic. 67 00:05:29,681 --> 00:05:32,809 There's not one that her system can't eventually break down and- 68 00:05:32,976 --> 00:05:36,604 If I want a lot of medical jargon, I'll talk to a doctor. 69 00:05:36,771 --> 00:05:40,316 - You are talking to a doctor. - Yeah. Okay. 70 00:05:40,483 --> 00:05:43,444 My point is, it could have been you she might have shot. 71 00:05:43,611 --> 00:05:47,323 The doctor, as you just made note of. And who exactly could fix you? 72 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:49,242 Not nobody. 73 00:05:49,409 --> 00:05:51,911 We're deep in space, corner of No and Where. 74 00:05:52,078 --> 00:05:54,414 You take extra care with her... 75 00:05:54,580 --> 00:05:56,749 ...because we're very much alone out here. 76 00:07:25,588 --> 00:07:29,300 Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? 77 00:07:29,467 --> 00:07:32,595 Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a tossup. 78 00:07:32,762 --> 00:07:34,264 I hope she does the soup thing. 79 00:07:34,430 --> 00:07:36,766 It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it. 80 00:07:36,933 --> 00:07:39,310 - That poor kid. - Yeah. 81 00:07:39,477 --> 00:07:41,187 She's definitely got- 82 00:07:41,354 --> 00:07:43,564 - Funny. - Something wrong? 83 00:07:43,731 --> 00:07:45,942 I'm getting a weird heat bounce off our wake. 84 00:07:46,109 --> 00:07:48,820 - Engine flux? - Sensors probably got turned around- 85 00:07:48,987 --> 00:07:51,990 She can only get in there if she knows the combination. 86 00:07:52,156 --> 00:07:54,325 I don't leave loaded guns around. 87 00:07:54,492 --> 00:07:56,452 She got her hands on your hardware. 88 00:07:56,619 --> 00:07:59,330 Suppose she took up something with hull-piercing bullets. 89 00:07:59,497 --> 00:08:02,542 Bullets are soft lead. Even Vera could barely breach the hull... 90 00:08:02,709 --> 00:08:04,877 ...and she's the best I got. Now... 91 00:08:05,044 --> 00:08:08,006 ...let's move the conversation in "not Jayne's fault" direction. 92 00:08:08,172 --> 00:08:11,426 I didn't make her crazy. Hell, I didn't even want her on the ship. 93 00:08:12,719 --> 00:08:15,888 Is that the direction you want this conversation to go in? 94 00:08:16,055 --> 00:08:19,517 Just don't want to take a lashing for something I ain't the cause of. 95 00:08:19,684 --> 00:08:21,269 Where is River now? - Her room. 96 00:08:21,436 --> 00:08:23,813 Which I'm thinking of bolting from the outside. 97 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:25,523 That's a little extreme. 98 00:08:25,690 --> 00:08:28,026 Remember her coming at me with a butcher's knife? 99 00:08:28,484 --> 00:08:31,070 - Wacky fun. - You wanna go, little man? 100 00:08:31,237 --> 00:08:33,197 Only if it's someplace with candlelight. 101 00:08:33,364 --> 00:08:35,491 I don't think she'd harm anyone. 102 00:08:35,658 --> 00:08:37,744 Butcher's knife! - Anyone we can't spare. 103 00:08:37,910 --> 00:08:41,289 As far as we know, she's never even picked up a gun before. 104 00:08:41,456 --> 00:08:42,749 That ain't so. 105 00:08:45,335 --> 00:08:48,921 Kaylee, you got something to say? 106 00:09:55,697 --> 00:09:59,033 Okay, Kaylee, why don't you speak your piece? 107 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:03,454 It was when the captain and Wash got took by Niska. 108 00:10:03,746 --> 00:10:06,749 I ain't like to forget that anytime soon. 109 00:10:06,916 --> 00:10:09,627 Well, we all went in. Me too. 110 00:10:10,670 --> 00:10:13,256 Didn't make much account of myself, I'm afraid. 111 00:10:13,423 --> 00:10:16,134 I got no problem with you not killing nobody. 112 00:10:16,301 --> 00:10:18,761 What's it to do with River? She wasn't in the fight. 113 00:10:18,928 --> 00:10:21,097 Well, no, she was. 114 00:10:21,264 --> 00:10:26,352 I got pinned down, and there were three guys, and I couldn't... 115 00:10:28,855 --> 00:10:31,232 And then River comes up. 116 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:34,444 She looks out, sees them all. 117 00:10:34,652 --> 00:10:37,447 And they was spread out, you know, had some cover. 118 00:10:37,739 --> 00:10:40,950 She only looked for a second, and... 119 00:10:41,784 --> 00:10:45,538 ...took my gun, closed her eyes... 120 00:10:46,748 --> 00:10:48,041 ...killed them. 121 00:10:51,586 --> 00:10:52,754 She shot them? 122 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,633 All three. Dead in an instant. And their eyes still closed. 123 00:10:56,799 --> 00:10:59,260 Well, that's... You saw it wrong. 124 00:10:59,427 --> 00:11:03,681 Not a jot. And it weren't auto-fire, or luck. 125 00:11:03,973 --> 00:11:07,810 She just... She just did the math. 126 00:11:08,728 --> 00:11:10,480 You understand how that sounds? 127 00:11:10,647 --> 00:11:13,483 She killed them with math. What else could it have been? 128 00:11:13,650 --> 00:11:17,487 You couldn't have done it, Jayne. Nor you, captain. 129 00:11:17,654 --> 00:11:20,657 Nobody can shoot like that that's a person. 130 00:11:21,366 --> 00:11:23,159 So River's not a person? 131 00:11:24,285 --> 00:11:26,454 Oh, please, don't be mad. 132 00:11:26,621 --> 00:11:29,540 I just want to understand what you're saying here. 133 00:11:29,707 --> 00:11:31,376 I thought River was your friend. 134 00:11:31,542 --> 00:11:35,296 She is! But, Simon, the way she... 135 00:11:35,463 --> 00:11:38,341 Right after, she looked at me... 136 00:11:38,549 --> 00:11:43,471 ...and she smiled, like nothing was wrong. 137 00:11:44,514 --> 00:11:46,349 Like we were playing. 138 00:11:48,142 --> 00:11:49,727 Scared me. 139 00:11:51,771 --> 00:11:53,898 Could be she saved your life, Kaylee. 140 00:11:54,065 --> 00:11:55,984 I'm aware of that, and I'm not- 141 00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:58,486 She probably didn't even know what was going on. 142 00:11:58,653 --> 00:11:59,988 Thought it was a game. 143 00:12:00,446 --> 00:12:02,657 Later on, explain to me how that's a comfort. 144 00:12:03,157 --> 00:12:05,201 Might have to use some of that math. 145 00:12:05,368 --> 00:12:07,996 What we've got here to deal with is the larger issue. 146 00:12:08,162 --> 00:12:12,542 And that larger issue is, we've got someone onboard this ship... 147 00:12:12,709 --> 00:12:14,294 ...might be a danger to us. 148 00:12:14,460 --> 00:12:16,337 Ain't a question of whether we like her. 149 00:12:16,504 --> 00:12:18,423 Some of us have grown attached to River. 150 00:12:18,589 --> 00:12:20,967 Kaylee, you have, or you would have spoken sooner. 151 00:12:21,134 --> 00:12:23,303 Which, by the by, you should have. 152 00:12:23,469 --> 00:12:26,097 I find River pleasant enough myself... 153 00:12:26,306 --> 00:12:28,474 ...but she does have an oddness to her. 154 00:12:28,933 --> 00:12:32,645 And I ain't just talking about her proficiency with firearms. 155 00:12:32,812 --> 00:12:34,856 The girl knows things. 156 00:12:35,023 --> 00:12:37,775 Things she shouldn't. Things she couldn't. 157 00:12:37,942 --> 00:12:40,111 What, are you saying she's a witch? 158 00:12:40,278 --> 00:12:44,324 Yes, Jayne. She's a witch. She has had congress with the Beast. 159 00:12:44,782 --> 00:12:47,118 She's in Congress? 160 00:12:47,285 --> 00:12:50,496 How did your brain even learn human speech? 161 00:12:50,663 --> 00:12:52,332 I'm just so curious. 162 00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:57,920 This isn't a joking matter. This is about our lives and River's. 163 00:12:58,087 --> 00:12:59,130 Thank you. 164 00:13:01,674 --> 00:13:05,511 She's deeply intuitive. It's true that sometimes- 165 00:13:05,678 --> 00:13:08,640 I don't think she's intuitive, doctor. I think she's a reader. 166 00:13:09,515 --> 00:13:12,477 - Psychic? - Is that even remotely possible? 167 00:13:12,644 --> 00:13:14,437 You tell me. 168 00:13:15,021 --> 00:13:17,815 You've been studying what they've done to her. 169 00:13:18,942 --> 00:13:23,279 Well, they've definitely altered the way she reacts to things. 170 00:13:23,446 --> 00:13:25,365 Even the way she perceives. But I'm not- 171 00:13:25,531 --> 00:13:28,743 Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. 172 00:13:28,910 --> 00:13:31,412 - You live in a spaceship, dear. - So? 173 00:13:31,579 --> 00:13:35,541 Back up a second. Are you saying she really reads minds? 174 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:38,795 Or near enough. Am I alone thinking along these lines? 175 00:13:39,754 --> 00:13:40,797 No. 176 00:13:40,964 --> 00:13:44,384 Well, I don't like the idea of someone hearing what I'm thinking. 177 00:13:44,550 --> 00:13:47,095 No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking. 178 00:13:47,262 --> 00:13:50,056 The Alliance could have any number of uses for a psychic. 179 00:13:50,348 --> 00:13:52,934 A psychic. Or an assassin. 180 00:13:54,394 --> 00:13:55,812 She's just a kid. 181 00:13:58,564 --> 00:14:01,901 And she just wants to be a kid. 182 00:14:02,777 --> 00:14:04,237 I wish it were that simple. 183 00:14:04,404 --> 00:14:06,990 Yeah. If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak. 184 00:14:07,156 --> 00:14:11,035 - What do we plan to do about this? - Well, that's the question. 185 00:14:12,662 --> 00:14:15,915 I don't think she'd ever hurt any of us. 186 00:14:17,250 --> 00:14:19,085 Maybe you're right. 187 00:14:20,795 --> 00:14:24,340 I ain't gonna make a decision till I thought on it a while. 188 00:14:24,507 --> 00:14:26,384 It's late. 189 00:14:27,343 --> 00:14:29,095 Let's get some rest. 190 00:14:35,476 --> 00:14:37,478 - Simon... - I gotta check on my assassin. 191 00:14:37,645 --> 00:14:40,315 Oh, please don't be mad. I had to say something. 192 00:14:40,481 --> 00:14:42,567 I'm not mad at you. 193 00:14:44,527 --> 00:14:46,404 I just... 194 00:14:47,989 --> 00:14:50,074 She loves this ship. 195 00:14:51,743 --> 00:14:54,829 I think it's more home to her than any place she's been. 196 00:14:56,623 --> 00:14:58,583 What about you? 197 00:15:01,002 --> 00:15:02,712 I mean, I... 198 00:15:03,630 --> 00:15:06,090 I thought the hospital was home. 199 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,678 I was really making a difference there... 200 00:15:12,347 --> 00:15:15,308 ...and embarrassingly large stacks of money. 201 00:15:15,475 --> 00:15:17,477 And I could've... 202 00:15:19,020 --> 00:15:21,981 I would be there right now if she hadn't- 203 00:15:24,025 --> 00:15:26,819 If they had just left her alone. 204 00:15:30,907 --> 00:15:32,867 Is it so bad here? 205 00:15:35,078 --> 00:15:36,955 I don't even know if the captain- 206 00:15:37,121 --> 00:15:39,624 No, I mean... 207 00:15:40,917 --> 00:15:45,296 Isn't there anything about this place you're glad of? 208 00:15:57,558 --> 00:16:00,061 Good night, you two. 209 00:16:03,398 --> 00:16:06,276 - I... - Don't. Yeah, I... 210 00:16:07,026 --> 00:16:08,486 Good night. 211 00:16:09,529 --> 00:16:12,365 Don't let the space bugs bite. 212 00:16:17,370 --> 00:16:19,455 Space bugs? 213 00:18:43,766 --> 00:18:45,810 River? 214 00:18:53,776 --> 00:18:55,403 River? 215 00:19:05,830 --> 00:19:07,498 I like this ship. 216 00:19:08,124 --> 00:19:11,878 Serenity. She's good-looking. 217 00:19:13,671 --> 00:19:16,633 How did you get on...? 218 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:21,137 Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. 219 00:19:21,596 --> 00:19:24,349 Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. 220 00:19:24,515 --> 00:19:28,895 Bring presents to the good girls and boys. 221 00:19:29,062 --> 00:19:34,025 Maybe not though. Maybe I've always been here. 222 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:36,653 What do you want? 223 00:19:39,906 --> 00:19:43,409 That's a beating heart, isn't it? 224 00:19:43,576 --> 00:19:46,704 Pull off any one of 1000 parts, she'll just die. 225 00:19:47,580 --> 00:19:50,541 Such a slender thread. 226 00:19:52,210 --> 00:19:54,212 You ever been raped? 227 00:19:58,049 --> 00:20:00,969 The captain is right down that hallway. He can hear you. 228 00:20:01,135 --> 00:20:03,596 The captain's locked in his quarters. 229 00:20:03,763 --> 00:20:05,723 They all are. 230 00:20:06,474 --> 00:20:09,727 There's nobody can help you. 231 00:20:09,894 --> 00:20:11,437 Say it. 232 00:20:13,606 --> 00:20:18,403 There's nobody can help me. 233 00:20:19,821 --> 00:20:22,448 I'm gonna tie you up now. 234 00:20:22,824 --> 00:20:25,368 And you know what I'm gonna do then? 235 00:20:26,953 --> 00:20:32,125 I'm gonna give you a present. Get rid of a problem you've got. 236 00:20:32,292 --> 00:20:37,046 And I won't touch you in any wrong fashion, nor hurt you at all. 237 00:20:37,797 --> 00:20:40,258 Unless you make some kind of ruckus. 238 00:20:41,050 --> 00:20:44,596 You throw a monkey wrench into my dealings in any way... 239 00:20:44,762 --> 00:20:46,764 ...your body is forfeit. 240 00:20:48,808 --> 00:20:51,185 It ain't nothing but a body to me... 241 00:20:51,644 --> 00:20:55,481 ...and I can find all unseemly manner of use for it. 242 00:20:56,649 --> 00:20:58,610 Do you understand? 243 00:20:59,694 --> 00:21:01,446 Yes. 244 00:21:03,281 --> 00:21:05,491 Turn around and put your hands behind your back. 245 00:21:05,658 --> 00:21:06,993 Oh... 246 00:21:13,625 --> 00:21:19,255 Now tell me, Kaylee, where does River sleep? 247 00:21:31,851 --> 00:21:33,519 Hello? 248 00:22:05,969 --> 00:22:07,303 River? 249 00:22:24,112 --> 00:22:28,658 Dr. Tam, why don't you sit yourself down. 250 00:22:30,201 --> 00:22:34,455 - I'd rather die standing. - Well, the intention is not for you to die. 251 00:22:34,622 --> 00:22:39,043 The warrant doesn't specify a particular need for you to be alive, but... 252 00:22:48,219 --> 00:22:49,971 Where's your sister? 253 00:22:50,513 --> 00:22:51,764 Are you Alliance? 254 00:22:51,931 --> 00:22:53,850 - Am I a lion? - What? 255 00:22:54,642 --> 00:22:56,811 I don't think of myself as a lion. 256 00:22:56,978 --> 00:23:00,064 You might as well, though. I have a mighty roar. 257 00:23:00,857 --> 00:23:04,360 - I said "Alliance. " - Oh. I thought... 258 00:23:04,527 --> 00:23:06,779 - No, I was... - That's weird. 259 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,076 - Where's your sister? - I don't know. 260 00:23:12,243 --> 00:23:13,411 Who do you work for? 261 00:23:13,578 --> 00:23:15,622 - This is her room. - Yes. 262 00:23:16,247 --> 00:23:18,708 - It's empty. - I know. 263 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:21,169 So is it still her room when it's empty? 264 00:23:21,336 --> 00:23:26,341 Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we...? 265 00:23:27,550 --> 00:23:31,346 - What's the word? - I really can't help you. 266 00:23:31,512 --> 00:23:33,556 The plan is to take your sister. 267 00:23:33,723 --> 00:23:36,392 Get the reward, which is substantial. 268 00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:39,562 "Imbue," that's the word. 269 00:23:39,729 --> 00:23:44,609 - So you're a bounty hunter? - No, that ain't it at all. 270 00:23:44,776 --> 00:23:49,530 - Then what are you? - I'm a bounty hunter. 271 00:23:49,697 --> 00:23:52,659 I'm named Early. 272 00:23:52,825 --> 00:23:54,911 I'm known to some. 273 00:23:55,870 --> 00:24:00,416 Been tracking you since the Feds were tipped off on Ariel. 274 00:24:00,583 --> 00:24:03,336 - She sleep with anybody? - River? 275 00:24:03,503 --> 00:24:06,506 Yeah. She grapple with any of the crew? May be in their quarters. 276 00:24:06,673 --> 00:24:08,341 No. 277 00:24:08,508 --> 00:24:11,094 Maybe she does and you don't know about it. 278 00:24:11,261 --> 00:24:15,807 This is insane. I'm not gonna help you find her, in any case. 279 00:24:19,686 --> 00:24:24,941 I think this is very pretty. I like the weight of it. 280 00:24:25,942 --> 00:24:28,194 I thought the intention was not to kill me. 281 00:24:28,361 --> 00:24:32,615 You're missing the point. 282 00:24:32,782 --> 00:24:38,579 The design of the thing is functional. 283 00:24:41,332 --> 00:24:45,753 The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. 284 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:51,092 If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room. 285 00:24:53,094 --> 00:24:55,221 You are gonna help me look for her. 286 00:24:56,055 --> 00:25:00,476 I don't think my last act in this 'verse is gonna be betraying my sister. 287 00:25:00,643 --> 00:25:02,395 You're gonna help me. 288 00:25:02,562 --> 00:25:06,899 Because every second you're with me is a chance to turn the tables... 289 00:25:07,066 --> 00:25:08,818 ...to get the better of me. 290 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:13,156 Maybe you'll find your moment. Maybe I'll slip. 291 00:25:13,323 --> 00:25:16,451 Or you refuse to help me... 292 00:25:16,618 --> 00:25:20,121 ...I shoot your brain out and I go upstairs and spend some time... 293 00:25:20,288 --> 00:25:24,792 ...violating the little mechanic I got trussed up in the engine room. 294 00:25:25,209 --> 00:25:30,548 I take no pleasure in the thought, but she will die weeping if you cross me. 295 00:25:32,133 --> 00:25:33,927 You're out of your mind. 296 00:25:35,094 --> 00:25:39,015 That's between me and my mind. Let's start with these rooms. 297 00:25:45,521 --> 00:25:49,192 He's not killed. Be a while before he comes to, but he'll mend. 298 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,112 How much a part of your plan dictated the need of beating up a shepherd? 299 00:25:53,279 --> 00:25:55,782 That ain't a shepherd. 300 00:26:00,536 --> 00:26:04,749 She wouldn't come in here anyway. She hates this room. 301 00:26:04,916 --> 00:26:06,668 You see, Early... 302 00:26:06,834 --> 00:26:12,131 ...the people you're planning to sell her to cut up her brain in a lab like this. 303 00:26:12,298 --> 00:26:15,260 Tortured her. A teenaged girl. 304 00:26:15,426 --> 00:26:18,930 - Not some bandit, just an innocent- - Ever been shot? 305 00:26:20,682 --> 00:26:24,769 - No. - You ought to be shot. 306 00:26:24,936 --> 00:26:28,189 Or stabbed. Lose a leg. 307 00:26:28,356 --> 00:26:30,566 To be a surgeon, you know. 308 00:26:30,733 --> 00:26:33,611 Know what kind of pain you're dealing with. 309 00:26:33,778 --> 00:26:36,155 They make psychiatrists get psychoanalyzed... 310 00:26:36,322 --> 00:26:38,408 ...before they can get certified... 311 00:26:38,574 --> 00:26:41,411 ...but they don't make a surgeon get cut on. 312 00:26:41,577 --> 00:26:42,912 That seem right to you? 313 00:26:58,136 --> 00:27:02,849 Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you. 314 00:27:03,016 --> 00:27:04,601 Shh. 315 00:27:06,227 --> 00:27:09,022 I like the way the walls go out. 316 00:27:09,188 --> 00:27:15,737 Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. 317 00:27:17,196 --> 00:27:20,158 People don't appreciate the substance of things. 318 00:27:20,325 --> 00:27:23,411 Objects in space. 319 00:27:23,911 --> 00:27:26,789 People miss out on what's solid. 320 00:27:30,293 --> 00:27:33,004 It's not your moment, doctor. 321 00:27:36,591 --> 00:27:39,928 Is that the companion shuttle? 322 00:27:40,094 --> 00:27:41,971 Yes. 323 00:27:42,138 --> 00:27:46,225 We'll try the empty first. Then we'll pay her a visit. 324 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,523 Her room's not saying a damn thing. 325 00:27:57,654 --> 00:27:59,530 Hold it. 326 00:28:15,505 --> 00:28:17,924 This is pointless, you know that? 327 00:28:18,091 --> 00:28:21,803 Two hundred thousand seems fairly pointed to me. 328 00:28:21,970 --> 00:28:24,639 Money like that, I could retire. 329 00:28:24,806 --> 00:28:27,225 Not that I would. 330 00:28:28,059 --> 00:28:32,105 - What's life without work? Serenity's a smuggling ship. 331 00:28:32,272 --> 00:28:35,191 I've been here a year. I couldn't name where she might hide. 332 00:28:35,358 --> 00:28:38,278 I don't have a year. 333 00:28:38,444 --> 00:28:41,072 Your sister's becoming a real annoyance. 334 00:28:41,239 --> 00:28:43,324 I feel for you. 335 00:28:50,748 --> 00:28:53,167 I'm not gonna waste my time threatening you... 336 00:28:53,334 --> 00:28:57,630 ...because I think you believe I will kill people if someone upsets my plan. 337 00:28:57,797 --> 00:29:01,509 I'm gonna seal you in, though. You just sit. 338 00:29:03,386 --> 00:29:06,556 You can still walk away from this. I know you're tired. 339 00:29:09,851 --> 00:29:13,229 Don't go visiting my intentions. 340 00:29:14,897 --> 00:29:16,858 Don't ever. 341 00:29:20,653 --> 00:29:23,364 Man is stronger by far than woman... 342 00:29:23,531 --> 00:29:26,200 ...yet only woman can create a child. 343 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:28,494 Does that seem right to you? 344 00:29:30,997 --> 00:29:35,084 All right. That's all the hide-and-seek I got time for. 345 00:29:36,419 --> 00:29:38,713 I know you're on this ship, little girl. 346 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,090 So here's how this goes. 347 00:29:41,257 --> 00:29:46,220 Show yourself and finish this exchange, or your brother's brains'll be flying. 348 00:29:46,387 --> 00:29:49,974 You understand. I'm sort of on the clock here. It's frustrating. 349 00:29:50,141 --> 00:29:51,726 You're wrong, Early. 350 00:29:53,811 --> 00:29:56,189 No, dumpling. I will shoot your brother if you- 351 00:29:56,356 --> 00:30:00,526 Wrong about River. River's not on the ship. 352 00:30:00,693 --> 00:30:06,491 They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave... 353 00:30:06,658 --> 00:30:10,411 ...so she melted. Melted away. 354 00:30:12,038 --> 00:30:17,460 They didn't know she could do that, but she did. 355 00:30:17,627 --> 00:30:21,673 I'm not sure I take your meaning there. 356 00:30:22,131 --> 00:30:27,053 I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. 357 00:30:29,514 --> 00:30:31,057 I am the ship. 358 00:30:32,809 --> 00:30:36,354 - River... - River's gone. 359 00:30:36,521 --> 00:30:40,191 Then who exactly are we talking to? 360 00:30:40,358 --> 00:30:43,569 You're talking to Serenity. 361 00:30:43,736 --> 00:30:45,154 And Early... 362 00:30:46,197 --> 00:30:50,076 ...Serenity is very unhappy. 363 00:31:03,715 --> 00:31:05,341 Kaylee. 364 00:31:07,510 --> 00:31:08,970 River! 365 00:31:10,221 --> 00:31:11,764 You're afraid. 366 00:31:11,931 --> 00:31:14,767 He tied me up. 367 00:31:14,934 --> 00:31:18,479 - I don't know where he came from. - It's okay. 368 00:31:18,646 --> 00:31:21,399 You're gonna be okay. 369 00:31:22,150 --> 00:31:25,028 I told him where you were. 370 00:31:25,194 --> 00:31:29,449 I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do. I- 371 00:31:29,616 --> 00:31:35,246 I'm fine. I need you to do something for me. 372 00:31:35,413 --> 00:31:37,165 Gotta be brave. 373 00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:44,380 - I'm tied up. I can't. - Got tools. Something sharp. 374 00:31:44,547 --> 00:31:47,091 Don't be scared. 375 00:31:47,550 --> 00:31:49,761 I'm right here. 376 00:31:53,723 --> 00:31:55,224 Where'd she go? 377 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:59,979 I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a spaceship. 378 00:32:00,146 --> 00:32:03,191 That's nonsensical crap. Ain't nobody can do that. 379 00:32:03,358 --> 00:32:07,528 You somewhere on this boat. Somewhere with a 'com, playing games. 380 00:32:11,616 --> 00:32:14,410 That's somewhat unsettling. 381 00:32:14,577 --> 00:32:16,287 Early. 382 00:32:16,454 --> 00:32:20,249 Mr. Jubal Early, bounty hunter. 383 00:32:20,416 --> 00:32:22,460 May I call you Jubal? 384 00:32:22,627 --> 00:32:24,462 Ain't nobody calls me that. 385 00:32:24,629 --> 00:32:27,131 Your mother does. 386 00:32:27,298 --> 00:32:31,594 Oh, sorry. Did. She's gone now. 387 00:32:31,761 --> 00:32:34,597 Is that supposed to scare me, bringing up my mother? 388 00:32:34,764 --> 00:32:39,811 You're a liar. I don't think your intentions are honorable. 389 00:32:40,979 --> 00:32:42,647 Well, no. I'm a bounty hunter. 390 00:32:42,814 --> 00:32:45,900 It's not generally considered honorable, so much as... 391 00:32:46,067 --> 00:32:48,611 I live by a code, though, which I think is worth- 392 00:32:48,778 --> 00:32:50,822 You hurt people. 393 00:32:50,989 --> 00:32:52,740 Only when the job requires it. 394 00:32:52,907 --> 00:32:57,495 Wrong. You're a bad liar. You crawl inside me uninvited... 395 00:32:57,662 --> 00:33:00,707 ...and you hurt my crew. I see everything that passes- 396 00:33:00,873 --> 00:33:04,627 I only hurt people because they keep getting in the way of me finding you. 397 00:33:04,794 --> 00:33:07,046 - Tell her. - What am I, your advocate? 398 00:33:07,213 --> 00:33:09,215 You are, starting now. 399 00:33:11,342 --> 00:33:15,263 He's really very gentle and fuzzy. 400 00:33:16,264 --> 00:33:17,849 We're becoming fast friends. 401 00:33:20,143 --> 00:33:21,811 You folks are all insane. 402 00:33:21,978 --> 00:33:26,649 Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood. 403 00:33:27,066 --> 00:33:28,234 Doesn't anybody care... 404 00:33:28,401 --> 00:33:31,571 ...that I have a finely crafted gun pointed at this boy's head? 405 00:33:31,738 --> 00:33:33,197 I care. 406 00:33:33,364 --> 00:33:36,200 Then you gonna stop me from doing what I don't want to? 407 00:33:36,367 --> 00:33:39,162 You gonna be smart here, River? 408 00:33:41,623 --> 00:33:43,416 River? 409 00:33:46,002 --> 00:33:47,879 Serenity? 410 00:33:50,381 --> 00:33:52,717 What the hell's going on here? 411 00:33:52,884 --> 00:33:55,637 I need you to do me a favor, captain. 412 00:33:55,803 --> 00:33:58,765 There was a guy. He's very blurry. 413 00:33:58,932 --> 00:34:00,308 You better be careful. 414 00:34:01,601 --> 00:34:05,897 How come there's a guy onboard, and why are you all of a sudden the ship? 415 00:34:06,064 --> 00:34:09,150 - I know you have questions. - That's why I just asked them. 416 00:34:09,317 --> 00:34:13,363 But there isn't a lot of time, captain. I need you to trust me. 417 00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:15,239 Am I dreaming? 418 00:34:15,406 --> 00:34:17,450 We all are. 419 00:34:17,617 --> 00:34:20,161 Don't make faces. 420 00:34:22,622 --> 00:34:24,791 Are you ready? 421 00:34:36,427 --> 00:34:38,763 I just have to think here. 422 00:34:38,930 --> 00:34:41,474 These older models have locators at all? 423 00:34:41,641 --> 00:34:42,725 Won't help. 424 00:34:44,769 --> 00:34:48,606 With the exception of one deadly midget, this girl is the smallest cargo... 425 00:34:48,773 --> 00:34:51,943 ...I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. 426 00:34:52,110 --> 00:34:53,695 Does that seem right to you? 427 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,740 - What did he do? - Who? 428 00:34:57,907 --> 00:34:59,534 The midget. 429 00:34:59,701 --> 00:35:01,202 Arson. 430 00:35:01,369 --> 00:35:04,414 Little man loved fire. 431 00:35:24,851 --> 00:35:26,227 I can take this guy out. 432 00:35:26,394 --> 00:35:30,315 He's faster than you. All of you. And he's wearing armor. 433 00:35:30,481 --> 00:35:33,401 What about his face? Is his face wearing armor? 434 00:35:33,568 --> 00:35:36,404 No touching guns. 435 00:35:37,655 --> 00:35:39,907 It's soon now. Are you ready? 436 00:35:40,074 --> 00:35:43,578 - How do you know what he's gonna do? - I'm very close to him. 437 00:35:43,745 --> 00:35:45,997 - He doesn't even see it. - Okay, but- 438 00:35:46,164 --> 00:35:47,915 Go now! 439 00:35:53,630 --> 00:35:57,050 You're not welcome here anymore, Early. 440 00:35:57,216 --> 00:35:59,844 Do you think I'm gonna leave here empty-handed? 441 00:36:00,011 --> 00:36:01,262 I know it. 442 00:36:01,804 --> 00:36:04,557 Yeah, well, you know me real well. 443 00:36:04,724 --> 00:36:09,437 Wish I didn't. You like to hurt folk. 444 00:36:09,604 --> 00:36:11,481 It's part of the job. 445 00:36:11,648 --> 00:36:14,567 It's why you took the job. 446 00:36:14,734 --> 00:36:19,697 Power, control, pain. 447 00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:23,076 Your mother knew. 448 00:36:23,242 --> 00:36:26,287 Signed "the sinner" when she waved goodbye. 449 00:36:26,454 --> 00:36:28,706 She's relieved. 450 00:36:28,873 --> 00:36:31,751 Saw darkness in you. 451 00:36:31,918 --> 00:36:34,003 You're not well. 452 00:36:34,170 --> 00:36:36,172 You'll be wanting to shut up now. 453 00:36:36,339 --> 00:36:39,759 Big Golden Retriever sitting on the lawn. 454 00:36:39,926 --> 00:36:42,595 Never took to you. 455 00:36:42,762 --> 00:36:44,806 Smelling you. 456 00:36:44,973 --> 00:36:47,267 Your neighbor's pet. 457 00:36:47,433 --> 00:36:49,352 You did things to him. 458 00:36:50,270 --> 00:36:52,605 Cleaned up after. 459 00:36:52,772 --> 00:36:55,566 Shined and polished. 460 00:36:55,733 --> 00:36:59,654 Everything in here gleams. 461 00:36:59,821 --> 00:37:02,532 Well, I'll be a son of a whore. 462 00:37:02,699 --> 00:37:05,702 You're not in my mind. You're on my ship! 463 00:37:10,415 --> 00:37:13,876 It's very interesting, all these buttons. 464 00:37:14,043 --> 00:37:17,672 Okay. We're not touching those, okay? 465 00:37:17,839 --> 00:37:20,133 - How'd she get on my ship? - Put the gun away. 466 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:23,761 Okay. I'm putting it away. 467 00:37:24,762 --> 00:37:27,807 No, he's not. 468 00:37:28,766 --> 00:37:30,435 I'm putting it away... 469 00:37:30,602 --> 00:37:32,562 ...because we're all reasonable people. 470 00:37:32,729 --> 00:37:34,856 Don't want to do anything rash... 471 00:37:35,023 --> 00:37:36,899 ...fiddling with any dials. 472 00:37:37,942 --> 00:37:42,572 You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. 473 00:37:42,739 --> 00:37:45,199 - You've got issues. - No. 474 00:37:45,366 --> 00:37:50,038 Or, yes. I could have that. You might have me figured out then. 475 00:37:50,455 --> 00:37:52,957 Good job. I'm not 100 percent. 476 00:37:53,124 --> 00:37:54,417 You talk too much. 477 00:37:55,209 --> 00:37:59,005 I'm flawed in that way. I sometimes go on, it's been said. 478 00:37:59,172 --> 00:38:00,506 It's okay, Early. 479 00:38:02,508 --> 00:38:04,260 I'm going with you. 480 00:38:05,219 --> 00:38:07,221 River, what are...? 481 00:38:07,388 --> 00:38:11,142 I don't belong. Dangerous, like you. 482 00:38:13,227 --> 00:38:17,357 Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. 483 00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:24,489 Everyone can just go on without me and not have to worry. 484 00:38:24,656 --> 00:38:27,867 People could be what they wanted to be... 485 00:38:28,493 --> 00:38:32,121 ...could be with the people they wanted. 486 00:38:33,122 --> 00:38:35,375 Could live simple. 487 00:38:36,501 --> 00:38:38,962 No secrets. 488 00:38:40,088 --> 00:38:41,631 No. 489 00:38:41,798 --> 00:38:44,300 I'll be fine. 490 00:38:46,511 --> 00:38:49,889 I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. 491 00:38:51,474 --> 00:38:54,978 And I'll just fade away. 492 00:38:55,812 --> 00:39:00,525 Well, finally something goes according to- 493 00:39:01,734 --> 00:39:03,111 Simon? 494 00:39:17,125 --> 00:39:20,378 See? That's what it feels like. 495 00:39:26,342 --> 00:39:28,928 Hang tight, darling. Early's on the move. 496 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,079 Shh. It's okay. 497 00:40:09,636 --> 00:40:14,849 You made the right move, darling. Best of you to go with old Early. 498 00:40:15,892 --> 00:40:17,101 You think so? 499 00:40:17,727 --> 00:40:19,604 Some of us feel differently. 500 00:40:49,884 --> 00:40:52,011 Permission to come aboard? 501 00:40:53,054 --> 00:40:55,974 You know, you ain't quite right. 502 00:40:57,642 --> 00:40:59,727 It's a popular theory. 503 00:41:00,812 --> 00:41:02,021 Go on, get in there. 504 00:41:02,522 --> 00:41:05,149 Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. 505 00:41:05,316 --> 00:41:07,402 He takes so much looking after. 506 00:41:11,030 --> 00:41:14,617 To the left. Your left. 507 00:41:14,784 --> 00:41:18,371 Okay, now, very gently, pull that aside. 508 00:41:18,538 --> 00:41:21,624 This is really not my area of expertise, doctor. 509 00:41:21,791 --> 00:41:25,920 I tend to be putting these into people more than the other thing. 510 00:41:26,087 --> 00:41:29,424 Can I mop your brow? I'm at the ready with the fearsome brow mop. 511 00:41:29,591 --> 00:41:31,092 You got the bullet. 512 00:41:32,427 --> 00:41:38,182 Okay, I'm just gonna pass out for a minute, but you're doing great. 513 00:41:38,725 --> 00:41:40,393 And we live to fight another day. 514 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,605 Any chance that shima lakkoren might survive? 515 00:41:43,771 --> 00:41:48,192 Air he had left, I'd say his chance would be about one in... 516 00:41:48,359 --> 00:41:50,278 ...a very large number. 517 00:41:50,445 --> 00:41:51,988 He knows that play. 518 00:41:52,905 --> 00:41:54,741 How's your lip? 519 00:42:00,038 --> 00:42:03,082 I just feel such a fool. 520 00:42:03,249 --> 00:42:08,755 All them years of priest training, taken out by one bounty hunter. 521 00:42:08,922 --> 00:42:11,966 Don't get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight. 522 00:42:12,133 --> 00:42:13,259 Epic, I'm guessing. 523 00:42:13,426 --> 00:42:17,055 They'll be poems and songs. Just you wait. 524 00:42:17,221 --> 00:42:20,767 Least you got some play. I missed every damn thing. 525 00:42:20,934 --> 00:42:23,978 And then his folks come by to fetch him... 526 00:42:24,145 --> 00:42:28,983 ...and it turns out he's, like, 14 years old! 527 00:42:29,150 --> 00:42:31,903 I mean, he must've been some kind of genetic experiment... 528 00:42:32,070 --> 00:42:35,031 ...because I swear this guy was... 529 00:42:35,198 --> 00:42:38,409 Oh, my daddy whupped me so hard. 530 00:42:38,993 --> 00:42:41,955 One of fours. Let's see you match that. 531 00:42:45,166 --> 00:42:46,209 I can win this. 532 00:42:46,376 --> 00:42:51,297 I'm hearing a lot of talk there, genius. Come on. Show me what you got. 533 00:43:14,904 --> 00:43:18,741 Yep. Here I am.