1
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Didn't hardly have
to convert the ship even.

2
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Six in the corner.

3
00:00:15,770 --> 00:00:19,270
Stronger locks, thicker doors, keep
everybody where they're supposed to be.

4
00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,060
Don't even need more rations.

5
00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:22,900
Hey!

6
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- Wait!
- Come on!

7
00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:38,830
- You made money, huh?
- Hand over fist, my friend.

8
00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:43,380
Water plants need labor, terraforming
crews got a prodigious death rate.

9
00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:46,170
Labor? You mean slaves.

10
00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:50,550
Well, they wasn't volunteers,
for damn sure.

11
00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:54,220
That why you didn't have to lay in
more rations?

12
00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:59,940
- l didn't hear no complaints.
- How much money? Lots?

13
00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,110
There's a chance you might want
to head back to the ship.

14
00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:08,360
No, l'm all right.
This is entertaining, actually.

15
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- Yeah? What's entertaining?
- l like watching the game.

16
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As with other situations,
the key seems to be...

17
00:01:14,870 --> 00:01:18,450
...giving Jayne a heavy stick
and standing back.

18
00:01:19,460 --> 00:01:21,960
Still, might have to clear out
before too much longer.

19
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- Seems there's a thief about.
- Thief?

20
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Took this right off him.

21
00:01:26,630 --> 00:01:29,470
They earned that with the sweat
of their slave-trading brows.

22
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- Mal.
- Oh, terrible shame.

23
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They won't discover it till they order
their next round of drinks.

24
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Good drinker, that one.

25
00:02:06,090 --> 00:02:08,800
Lovely place.
l'll tell my friends.

26
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- Seem to you we clear out in a hurry?
- Seems to me, we do that a lot.

27
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Hear tell, though,
we're gonna stay a while on Persephone.

28
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- Shiny.
- Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy...

29
00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,910
...that long in port.
- Probably.

30
00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,630
But l been sane a long while now,
and change is good.

31
00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:32,670
- Well, ain't that a joyful sight.
- Gotta love a sunset.

32
00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,300
lt's starting to get familiar,
like a second home.

33
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Persephone ain't home.
Too many people we need to avoid.

34
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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.

36
00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:50,570
l wouldn't stand for it anyway, captain,
jealous man like me.

37
00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:54,190
- Closing in.
- Planet's coming up a mite fast.

38
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That's just because l'm going down
too quick.

39
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- Likely crash and kill us all.
- Well, that happens, let me know.

40
00:04:02,330 --> 00:04:05,500
Okay. Whoa.

41
00:04:05,750 --> 00:04:09,210
No, we're good. We're good.
lt's okay.

42
00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,060
l understand your time on our planet
is limited...

43
00:04:23,310 --> 00:04:26,020
... and if you've selected my proposal
to hear...

44
00:04:26,230 --> 00:04:30,020
... then the honor you do me
flatters my...

45
00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,560
... my honor, and l hope to...

46
00:04:35,690 --> 00:04:39,820
- Now there's the smile made of sunlight.
- Atherton. How wonderful to see you.

47
00:04:40,070 --> 00:04:43,200
Did you get my message?
l was extra appealing.

48
00:04:43,490 --> 00:04:47,790
Flattering. l had no idea l was arriving in
time for the social event of the season.

49
00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,960
So you'll accompany me?
l ask, heart in my throat.

50
00:04:52,210 --> 00:04:54,840
There's a certain offer
l'm still waiting to hear about.

51
00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,090
Yes, l imagine there is.
l'm delighted to say l'll be there.

52
00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:03,300
Now, l'm sorry, Atherton,
l have to run.

53
00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,520
No, please, l understand.
l'll see you soon.

54
00:05:09,890 --> 00:05:12,400
- Good afternoon, captain.
- Morning.

55
00:05:12,650 --> 00:05:16,820
We're downing. ln case Wash don't kill
us, local time's gonna be a.m., 10 or so.

56
00:05:17,110 --> 00:05:19,200
Yes, l saw that.

57
00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:22,570
Making plans?
''Atherton Wing.''

58
00:05:23,910 --> 00:05:25,910
Now he's a regular, ain't he?

59
00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:30,120
- l've seen him before.
- l never did.

60
00:05:30,370 --> 00:05:32,630
Not what l pictured. Young.

61
00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,210
- Must be rich to afford your rates.
- l suppose.

62
00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:40,010
- He has engaged me for several days.
- Days?

63
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- Boy must have stamina.
- He does.

64
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Well. Fine.

65
00:05:50,310 --> 00:05:54,110
- ls he letting you out at all?
- We're attending a ball tomorrow night.

66
00:05:54,860 --> 00:05:59,280
Do all the men there pay for their dates,
or just young, rich ones with stamina?

67
00:05:59,530 --> 00:06:03,160
Most women will not be companions,
if that's what you're asking.

68
00:06:03,410 --> 00:06:06,120
Perhaps the other men
couldn't attract one.

69
00:06:06,870 --> 00:06:10,160
lt sounds like the finest party
l could imagine getting paid to go to.

70
00:06:11,540 --> 00:06:14,630
l don't suppose you'd find it
up to the standards of your outings.

71
00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,630
More conversation and less petty theft
and getting hit with pool cues.

72
00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:24,390
l understand if you need to go prepare
for that...

73
00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,850
...''it's 10 in the morning'' issue.

74
00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:32,640
Yeah, better go do that, because l think
this is more of an evening look.

75
00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:57,630
Look at the pretties!

76
00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,130
What am l looking at?
The girls or the clothes?

77
00:07:00,380 --> 00:07:03,220
- There's girls?
- The clothes, please.

78
00:07:04,630 --> 00:07:07,510
Say, look at the fluffy one.

79
00:07:08,350 --> 00:07:10,640
Too much foofaraw.
lf l were gonna wear a dress...

80
00:07:10,890 --> 00:07:13,520
...l'd want something with slink.
- You want a slinky dress?

81
00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:16,900
l can buy you a slinky dress.
Can l have money for a slinky dress?

82
00:07:17,190 --> 00:07:19,190
- l'll chip in.
- l can hurt you.

83
00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,480
The only place l seen something
so nice...

84
00:07:21,730 --> 00:07:25,700
...is some of the things lnara has.
- We best be moving.

85
00:07:25,990 --> 00:07:28,280
l guess she needs all that stuff.
Life she leads.

86
00:07:28,570 --> 00:07:31,540
Well, sure. Sometimes the customers
buy her things.

87
00:07:31,790 --> 00:07:33,580
She knows some real rich men.

88
00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:37,000
- These ain't feathers l'm toting here.
- l like the ruffles.

89
00:07:37,830 --> 00:07:41,380
- lnara gets to wear whatever she wants.
- What are you gonna do in that rig?

90
00:07:41,630 --> 00:07:45,090
Bounce around the engine room?
Be like a sheep walking on its hind legs.

91
00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,520
See you on the ship, captain.

92
00:08:06,450 --> 00:08:08,700
What, she mad or something?

93
00:08:25,670 --> 00:08:28,800
- Badger.
- Capt. Reynolds.

94
00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:32,470
Heard you was in town. Thought
we might have a bit of a sit-down.

95
00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,390
Prefer a bit of a piss off.

96
00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,350
l'm very sorry, did l give you
the impression l was asking?

97
00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,160
Seems to me, last time
there was a chance for a palaver...

98
00:08:50,410 --> 00:08:53,240
...we were all manner
of unwelcome.

99
00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,200
This ain't bad.

100
00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,500
There's a trick to it.
Wood alcohol.

101
00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,250
Now we're favored guests.

102
00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,630
Treated to the finest in beverages
that make you blind.

103
00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:10,300
- So, what is it you need?
- Excuse me.

104
00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,560
There's a local
by the name of Warrick Harrow.

105
00:09:14,810 --> 00:09:18,770
Got some property he wants to sell
off-planet. Fetch a higher price.

106
00:09:19,060 --> 00:09:21,850
- The local powers won't let him.
- lt's a conundrum.

107
00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,860
What my man Harrow needs himself
is a smuggler. Willing to cut you in on it.

108
00:09:26,110 --> 00:09:29,780
Why me? You have access to ships.
You could do it yourself.

109
00:09:30,030 --> 00:09:33,320
He won't deal with me direct.
He's taken an irrational dislike.

110
00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:35,200
What happened, he see your face?

111
00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,920
He's a quality gent. Nose in the air
like he never won gwa pee.

112
00:09:41,170 --> 00:09:45,250
Don't find me respectable,
but you, l figure, got a chance.

113
00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:48,210
You backed out of a deal last time.
Left us hanging.

114
00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:52,010
- Hurt our feelings.
- You recall why that took place?

115
00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,010
l had a problem with your attitude,
is why.

116
00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:57,970
Felt you was, what's the word?

117
00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:01,100
- Pretentious?
- Exactly!

118
00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,560
You think you're better
than other people.

119
00:10:03,810 --> 00:10:05,570
Just the ones l'm better than.

120
00:10:05,820 --> 00:10:09,320
l'm thinking that very quality
is the one you're placing value on today.

121
00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:12,320
l place value on the fact
that stick up your peeku...

122
00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:16,240
...is as large as the one Harrow's got.
- How would you even set up a meet?

123
00:10:16,490 --> 00:10:17,950
The man won't deal with you.

124
00:10:18,580 --> 00:10:20,910
Know a place he'll be.
Safe place...

125
00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,290
...using some new-tech gun scans.
High-class too.

126
00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:27,710
Won't let me in there.
You might slip in.

127
00:10:28,340 --> 00:10:31,920
Of course, you couldn't buy an invite
with a diamond the size of a testicle.

128
00:10:32,170 --> 00:10:33,720
l got my hands on a couple.

129
00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:43,440
Of invites.
You want this meeting or not?

130
00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,240
Col. Cyrus Mumsen and escort.

131
00:10:59,370 --> 00:11:01,540
William and Lady Courtland.

132
00:11:13,550 --> 00:11:17,260
Atherton Wing and lnara Serra.

133
00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,780
Roberta, it's been too long.

134
00:11:44,330 --> 00:11:47,040
Half the men in this room
wish you were on their arm.

135
00:11:47,290 --> 00:11:51,920
Only half? l must be losing
my undefinable allure.

136
00:11:52,170 --> 00:11:56,430
Oh, it's not that undefinable.
All of them wish they were in your bed.

137
00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,560
l'm looking for the boy
with the shimmer one.

138
00:12:01,810 --> 00:12:07,100
Oh, she blushes.
Not many in your line of work do that.

139
00:12:08,190 --> 00:12:12,530
You are a very singular woman.
And l find...

140
00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:16,950
l find l admire you more and more.

141
00:12:26,710 --> 00:12:28,330
Kaylee!

142
00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:31,420
Kaylee!

143
00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:34,010
Not speaking to you, captain.

144
00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:36,550
Got no need to speak.
Come on, got a job for you.

145
00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:54,070
l'm trying to offer you something,
you know. A life.

146
00:12:54,780 --> 00:12:58,860
- lf you want it.
- Atherton.

147
00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,790
You can live here on Persephone
as my personal companion.

148
00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,330
You're a generous man.

149
00:13:11,210 --> 00:13:16,510
- That is not a yes.
- lt's not a no, either.

150
00:13:17,340 --> 00:13:19,590
You look gorgeous, dear.

151
00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:27,980
You belong here, lnara.
Not on a flying piece of gosa.

152
00:13:28,230 --> 00:13:31,100
- You see that, don't you?
- Atherton, language.

153
00:13:31,350 --> 00:13:35,480
What, ''piece of gosa''?
But it is a piece of gosa.

154
00:13:35,730 --> 00:13:40,110
Miss Kaywinnit Lee Frye and escort.

155
00:13:40,740 --> 00:13:42,370
Kaylee?

156
00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:56,380
Oh, gosa.

157
00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:37,170
Does...? Does this seem kind of tight?

158
00:14:38,090 --> 00:14:41,550
lt shows off your backside.
Did you see the chandelier? lt's hovering.

159
00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,430
- What's the point of that, l wonder.
- Oh, mangoes.

160
00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,510
l mean, l see how they did it,
l just ain't getting the why.

161
00:14:47,810 --> 00:14:50,600
These girls have
the most beautiful dresses.

162
00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:52,980
- And so do l, how about that?
- Just be careful.

163
00:14:53,230 --> 00:14:55,440
We cheated Badger
out of good money to buy that.

164
00:14:55,690 --> 00:14:57,690
You're supposed to make me
look respectable.

165
00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,440
- Yes, sir, Captain Tight Pants.
- Okay.

166
00:15:00,690 --> 00:15:02,400
l'm looking for our guy Harrow.

167
00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:05,490
And lnara. We should look for her, right?
Just to say hello.

168
00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:09,290
lf we see her.
l think she's wearing gold.

169
00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:13,290
Okay, help me find our man.
He's supposed to be older, stocky...

170
00:15:13,540 --> 00:15:16,920
...wears a red sash crossways.
- Why does he do that?

171
00:15:17,210 --> 00:15:19,750
Maybe he won the Miss Persephone
pageant. Just help me.

172
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,800
ls that him?

173
00:15:23,670 --> 00:15:24,880
That's the buffet table.

174
00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:29,430
Well, how can we be sure
unless we question it?

175
00:15:30,510 --> 00:15:32,680
Fine. Don't make yourself sick.

176
00:15:49,410 --> 00:15:53,700
Ante up, gentlemen. Dishes.

177
00:15:54,250 --> 00:15:57,790
Dishes. Could do with less of them.

178
00:15:58,460 --> 00:15:59,750
Garbage.

179
00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:04,630
So l'll card... Plum.

180
00:16:05,550 --> 00:16:07,220
Plums are tall.

181
00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,600
l'll take two.

182
00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:13,930
Two. No tall-card claim.

183
00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:17,690
- Speaking of garbage, l'll take three.
- Three.

184
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,650
Dealer forced to claim the tall.

185
00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:29,870
What do you suppose the captain
and Kaylee are doing now?

186
00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,120
- Septic vac.
- Eating steaks off of plates...

187
00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:36,410
...made of solid money, like as anything.
l fold.

188
00:16:36,660 --> 00:16:40,080
Me too. Tall cards around
my neck like a weight.

189
00:16:40,330 --> 00:16:41,340
Take it, Shepherd.

190
00:16:41,590 --> 00:16:43,960
That's a nice pile of things
l don't have to do.

191
00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:47,470
lt's the ones that take you.

192
00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,720
The ones reaching and doing it.

193
00:16:54,350 --> 00:16:57,060
- River.
- ls she hurt?

194
00:16:58,190 --> 00:16:59,650
- Better see to her.
- lt's okay.

195
00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:02,230
lt's a bad habit for a fugitive.

196
00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,820
- Calm down.
- Do that in public, get herself hauled off.

197
00:17:06,070 --> 00:17:07,900
- Everywhere.
- Sit down.

198
00:17:08,150 --> 00:17:13,240
- Hands go everywhere...
- She didn't harm much.

199
00:17:13,780 --> 00:17:16,580
- We'll have a few mystery meals.
- Because sometimes...

200
00:17:16,830 --> 00:17:19,830
lt's okay. lt's okay. Shh.

201
00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:24,300
And they come.

202
00:17:24,550 --> 00:17:28,050
So we gonna play cards
or screw around?

203
00:17:40,850 --> 00:17:44,860
l thought you wanted to spend
more time off-ship this visit.

204
00:17:47,610 --> 00:17:53,240
Out there, it seems like it's all
fancy parties. l like our party better.

205
00:17:53,490 --> 00:17:57,080
The dress code's easier,
and l know all the steps.

206
00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,620
l'd say you do, at that.

207
00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:02,920
Oh...

208
00:18:04,420 --> 00:18:06,500
Don't fall asleep now.

209
00:18:06,750 --> 00:18:09,220
Sleepiness is weakness of character.
Ask anyone.

210
00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:11,010
lt is not.

211
00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:14,800
You are acting captain. Know
what happens, you fall asleep now?

212
00:18:15,050 --> 00:18:19,230
Jayne slits my throat
and takes over.

213
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:23,730
- That's right.
- Then we can't stop it.

214
00:18:24,650 --> 00:18:29,440
Well, l wash my hands of it.
lt's a hopeless case.

215
00:18:29,820 --> 00:18:33,320
l'll read a nice poem at the funeral.
Something with imagery.

216
00:18:33,610 --> 00:18:38,660
You could lock the door and keep
the power-hungry maniac at bay.

217
00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:43,170
Don't know,
l'm starting to like this poetry idea now.

218
00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:49,260
Here lies my beloved Zoe
My autumn flower

219
00:18:50,510 --> 00:18:54,640
Somewhat less attractive now that
She's all corpsified and gross

220
00:18:54,890 --> 00:18:56,800
Oh, no!

221
00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:08,650
Aren't they something?

222
00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:14,570
They're like butterflies or little pieces
of wrapping paper blowing around.

223
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,590
- Hello.
- l don't... Have we been introduced?

224
00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:31,510
Oh, l'm Kaylee.

225
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,720
Banning. And this is Dester,
Cabott and Zoe.

226
00:19:34,970 --> 00:19:37,510
Don't you just love this party?

227
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,270
Everything's so fancy, and there's
some kind of hot cheese over there.

228
00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:45,850
- lt's not as good as last year.
- Really? What did they have last year?

229
00:19:46,150 --> 00:19:47,860
Standards.

230
00:19:50,610 --> 00:19:51,940
Who made your dress, Kaylee?

231
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,820
Oh, do you like it? When l saw
the ruffles, l just couldn't resist.

232
00:19:58,570 --> 00:20:00,490
You ought to see to your girl.

233
00:20:03,580 --> 00:20:06,540
Your girl,
she's not very good.

234
00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:10,670
She made you a dress
that looks like you bought it in a store.

235
00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:14,090
Oh, l didn't know...

236
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,220
Why, Banning Miller,
what a vision in your fine dress.

237
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:21,640
lt must've take a dozen slaves
a dozen days to get you into that getup.

238
00:20:21,890 --> 00:20:24,730
Of course, your daddy tells me
it takes a schoolboy's wink...

239
00:20:24,980 --> 00:20:27,100
...to get you out of it again.

240
00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:39,450
Forgive my rudeness.
l cannot abide useless people.

241
00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:57,380
Oh, no. No. Thank you very much.

242
00:20:57,630 --> 00:21:01,220
Beg your pardon,
but would you be Mr. Warrick Harrow?

243
00:21:01,470 --> 00:21:05,810
- Sir Warrick Harrow. The sash.
- The sash?

244
00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:11,190
- lt indicates lordhood.
- And it's doing a great job.

245
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:19,240
Sir, my name's Malcolm Reynolds.
l captain a ship named Serenity.

246
00:21:19,490 --> 00:21:23,620
l've been led to understand you want
to move some property off-world.

247
00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:29,920
Some property you want to move
off-world discreetly.

248
00:21:31,170 --> 00:21:34,210
You're mistaken, sir.
l'm an honest man.

249
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,550
There's nothing dishonest about getting
your goods to people what need them.

250
00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:42,930
- Whom do you represent?
- Represent isn't exactly the...

251
00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:47,390
- Don't waste my time.
- Fellow called Badger.

252
00:21:48,430 --> 00:21:51,350
l know him,
and l think he's a psychotic lowlife.

253
00:21:51,650 --> 00:21:55,150
l think calling him that is an insult
to the psychotic lowlife community.

254
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,030
- But the deal is solid.
- Sorry to interrupt.

255
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,160
Sir Warrick, l know you from the club,
l believe.

256
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,990
Captain, this is Atherton Wing.

257
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,040
Atherton, Capt. Mal Reynolds.

258
00:22:06,790 --> 00:22:10,330
Pleased to meet you. lnara, l didn't
realize you were going to this party.

259
00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:13,290
- lt's the only party.
- And l can see why.

260
00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:15,550
How about that floating chandelier?

261
00:22:16,050 --> 00:22:18,090
Almost outshines our girl here.

262
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,470
Ath... Can l call you Ath?

263
00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:28,680
lnara has spoken of you to me.
She made a point of your generosity.

264
00:22:28,930 --> 00:22:30,640
Given that,
l'm sure you won't mind...

265
00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:33,560
...if l ask lnara the favor of a dance?

266
00:22:36,650 --> 00:22:38,230
Of course.

267
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,370
- You're a brave man.
- l know what's mine.

268
00:22:53,170 --> 00:22:55,790
This dance l think l actually know.

269
00:23:03,380 --> 00:23:05,680
- Why are you here?
- Business, same as you.

270
00:23:05,930 --> 00:23:08,810
l was talking to a contact about a job,
and you came over.

271
00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:13,560
- You were staring at me.
- l saw you, is all. You stand out.

272
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,190
ln this company, l believe
you're the one who stands out.

273
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,700
Maybe l just want to see
a professional at work.

274
00:23:22,950 --> 00:23:24,990
ls this the hardest part,
or is that later?

275
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,530
You've no call to try to make me
ashamed of my job. What l do is legal.

276
00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:31,160
And how's that smuggling coming?

277
00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:34,120
- My work's illegal, but it's honest.
- What?

278
00:23:34,370 --> 00:23:36,210
While this, the lie of it.

279
00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:39,710
That man parading you around
on his arm as if he actually won you.

280
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,420
As if he loves you.
And everyone here going along with it.

281
00:23:43,670 --> 00:23:46,930
These people like me and l like them.
l like Atherton too, by the way.

282
00:23:47,180 --> 00:23:49,890
Well, sure. What's not to like?

283
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:54,140
- l'm liable to sleep with him myself.
- He likes me, whether you see it or not.

284
00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:57,270
- Of course.
- He's made me an offer.

285
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,150
You think he doesn't honor me,
but he wants me to live here.

286
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,900
l'd be his personal companion.
l could belong here.

287
00:24:04,150 --> 00:24:06,990
Call me pretentious,
but there is some appeal in that.

288
00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:11,620
You're right.
Got no call to stop you.

289
00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:14,870
You've got the right to a decent life.

290
00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:19,790
- l see Kaylee's here.
- Cried Cinderella tears.

291
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,670
l told her she could have that layer cake
she's wearing.

292
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:27,010
- l think she looks adorable.
- Yeah, but l never said it.

293
00:24:28,590 --> 00:24:30,640
l'm not saying the 80-04
is hard to repair...

294
00:24:30,890 --> 00:24:34,060
...it just ain't worth it.
- lt's a fine machine. Just keep it tuned.

295
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:37,560
- The extenders ain't braced.
- l've been telling them to buy the 80-10.

296
00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:40,440
Tenders snap off,
don't matter how the engine's cycling.

297
00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:44,190
- l wonder if l could request the honor...
- Wait a minute, let her talk.

298
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,950
By the way,
the 80-10's the same machine.

299
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,910
They just changed the plating,
hoped no one noticed.

300
00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:09,760
lt's possible you're right,
this ain't my kind of party.

301
00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:13,140
Whoa, now.
Watch yourself. No need for hands on.

302
00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:16,520
Excuse me, she's not here with you,
captain. She's mine.

303
00:25:16,810 --> 00:25:20,150
Yours? She don't belong to nobody.

304
00:25:20,940 --> 00:25:23,320
Money changed hands,
which makes her mine tonight.

305
00:25:23,570 --> 00:25:25,650
No matter how you dress her up,
she's still...

306
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:32,740
- So this is my kind of party.
- Oh, Mal.

307
00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:35,290
What? The man was out of line.

308
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:38,580
- l accept.
- That's great. What?

309
00:25:39,250 --> 00:25:42,340
- There has been a challenge.
- l hope you're prepared, captain.

310
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,760
You all talking about a fight?
Fine. Let's get out of here.

311
00:25:46,010 --> 00:25:49,340
- lt's not a fistfight, Mal.
- The duel will be tomorrow morning...

312
00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:52,390
...at Kaytree Pond.
- Why wait? Where's that guard?

313
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,390
- He collected a whole mess of pistols.
- lf you require it...

314
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,430
...any gentleman here
can give you use of a sword.

315
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,900
Use of a what?

316
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,320
- What's going on?
- l'm not rightly sure. What's going on?

317
00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:13,530
Well, first, you'll be put up in lodgings
for the night so you don't disappear.

318
00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:15,620
l wouldn't blame you, incidentally.

319
00:26:15,870 --> 00:26:19,580
Wing may be a spoiled dandy,
but he's an expert swordsman.

320
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:23,290
He's killed a dozen men.
You're the only one gave him a reason.

321
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,000
- Oh, this is a joke.
- He'll need a second.

322
00:26:26,250 --> 00:26:27,960
- What's that?
- l'll take on the job.

323
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,130
He fights if you refuse.

324
00:26:31,130 --> 00:26:33,590
lnara, come with me, please.

325
00:26:34,390 --> 00:26:36,720
Now, you taking on this job...

326
00:26:37,010 --> 00:26:39,430
...being my second,
does this mean we're in business?

327
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,230
lt means you're in mortal danger.

328
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,070
But you mussed up Atherton's face and
that has endeared you to me somewhat.

329
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,320
You might even give him a fight
before he guts you.

330
00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:52,150
lnara!

331
00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:05,290
Up until the punching,
it was a real nice party.

332
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:44,040
The captain's gone
and got himself in trouble.

333
00:27:44,370 --> 00:27:47,710
- A duel?
- With swords?

334
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,300
The captain's a good fighter.
He must know how to handle a sword.

335
00:27:51,550 --> 00:27:53,970
l think he knows which end to hold.

336
00:27:54,430 --> 00:27:57,180
So we just need to figure out
how to get him out of there.

337
00:27:57,430 --> 00:28:00,890
We have until the morning, correct?
Do you know what lodging he's in?

338
00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:04,270
Oh. This is embarrassing.
Some of you seem...

339
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,850
...to be misapprehending
my purpose in being here.

340
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:10,730
You're here to make sure that we don't
do what these men are keen on doing.

341
00:28:10,980 --> 00:28:12,650
Penny for the smart lady.

342
00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:16,950
Persephone's my home. l got to
do business with the people here.

343
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,200
l don't want it known l brought
someone in, caused this kind of ruckus.

344
00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:24,960
We'll just settle in till this blows over,
one way or the other.

345
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,340
- Jayne, l wouldn't.
- Why not?

346
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:40,720
Hi.

347
00:29:01,330 --> 00:29:02,870
- Mal.
- Whoa!

348
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,580
What are you doing here?

349
00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:10,880
Atherton's a heavy sleeper
night before a big day.

350
00:29:11,170 --> 00:29:13,550
Killing you in the morning,
then a haircut later.

351
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,220
Such a comfort,
having friends visit at a time like this.

352
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,640
l knew the accommodations
would be nice. Atherton doesn't skimp.

353
00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:25,350
l don't suppose l like being kept by him
as much as others do.

354
00:29:26,350 --> 00:29:31,860
- How come you're still attached to him?
- Because it's my decision, not yours.

355
00:29:32,150 --> 00:29:34,900
Thought he made it pretty clear
he's got no regard for you.

356
00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:37,530
You did manage to push him
into saying something.

357
00:29:37,780 --> 00:29:39,780
lt made a nice justification
for the punch.

358
00:29:40,030 --> 00:29:43,830
He insulted you, l hit him.
Seemed like the thing to do.

359
00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:49,000
- Why'd this get so complicated?
- Well, it's about to get simpler.

360
00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:51,710
There's a back door.
The desk clerk is on alert.

361
00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:54,800
- He'll let us out.
- l'm not running off.

362
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,220
l didn't do this to prove
some kind of point to you.

363
00:29:58,470 --> 00:30:02,510
l thought l was defending your honor,
and l never back down from a fight.

364
00:30:03,140 --> 00:30:06,390
- Yes, you do. You do all the time.
- Well, yeah.

365
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,190
But l'm not backing down
from this one.

366
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,360
He's an expert swordsman, Mal.
You had trouble with the pillar.

367
00:30:13,610 --> 00:30:17,360
- How will your death help my honor?
- Well, l plan on having it be his death.

368
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,900
That's why l need lessons.

369
00:30:20,150 --> 00:30:25,030
l figure you know how,
being such an educated woman and all.

370
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,880
He said not to do anything.

371
00:30:35,340 --> 00:30:38,920
- He'll join us after he wins the duel.
- Yeah, what if he don't win?

372
00:30:39,550 --> 00:30:42,760
lt doesn't hurt
to have a contingency plan, Kaylee.

373
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:48,560
l'm thinking, since we're unarmed,
we should take them by surprise.

374
00:30:49,390 --> 00:30:51,890
- All at once.
- Not necessarily.

375
00:30:52,770 --> 00:30:56,940
We can lure one or two of them away.
Say, infirmary?

376
00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:02,610
Take them out, be on Badger
before he knows what happens.

377
00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:06,490
Yeah, only if his attention
is elsewhere.

378
00:31:06,910 --> 00:31:10,000
What we need is a diversion.

379
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,920
- l say Zoe gets naked.
- Nope.

380
00:31:14,210 --> 00:31:16,340
- l could get naked.
- No!

381
00:31:48,490 --> 00:31:49,870
River, you can't be here.

382
00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:52,750
No, come on.

383
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:56,540
- River! River, please.
- Who's that there?

384
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,470
Yeah, look at me.
What's your story, love?

385
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,300
She's just a passenger.

386
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,100
Yeah? Why ain't she talking?
She got a secret?

387
00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:14,940
- No, l...
- Sure. l got a secret.

388
00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:17,400
More than one.

389
00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:22,070
Don't seem likely l'd tell
them to you, now, do it?

390
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,700
Anyone off Dayton Colony knows better
than to talk to strangers.

391
00:32:33,540 --> 00:32:36,920
You're talking loud enough
for the both of us, though, ain't you?

392
00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:39,040
l've known a dozen like you.

393
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,670
Skipped off home early.
Minor graft jobs here and there.

394
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,470
Spent some time in the lock-down,
but less than you claim.

395
00:32:48,180 --> 00:32:53,560
Now you're what?
Petty thief with delusions of standing?

396
00:32:54,770 --> 00:32:58,440
Sad little king of a sad little hill.

397
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,690
Nice to see someone
from the old homestead.

398
00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,780
Not really.

399
00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,820
Call me if anyone interesting
shows up.

400
00:33:11,370 --> 00:33:13,040
l like her.

401
00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:21,500
That there, exactly the kind of diversion
we could've used.

402
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,550
Attack.

403
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,550
How did l avoid that?

404
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,350
- By being fast like a freak.
- No.

405
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,770
Because you always attack
the same way.

406
00:33:35,020 --> 00:33:37,440
Swinging from the shoulder
like you're chopping wood.

407
00:33:37,690 --> 00:33:40,810
Thrust with the point sometimes
or swing from the elbow.

408
00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:44,690
- From the shoulder feels stronger.
- lt's also slower, Mal.

409
00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,820
You don't need strength as much
as speed. We're fragile creatures.

410
00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:52,450
lt takes less than a pound of pressure
to cut skin.

411
00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:55,950
You know that?
They teach you that in whore academy?

412
00:33:58,410 --> 00:34:01,330
You have a strange sense
of nobility, captain.

413
00:34:01,580 --> 00:34:06,090
Lay a man out for implying l'm a whore,
but you keep calling me one to my face.

414
00:34:06,340 --> 00:34:09,220
l might not respect your job,
but he didn't respect you.

415
00:34:09,510 --> 00:34:11,180
That's the difference.

416
00:34:11,470 --> 00:34:13,010
lnara, he doesn't even see you.

417
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:16,560
Well, l guess death will solve the issue
to everyone's satisfaction.

418
00:34:16,810 --> 00:34:20,140
This duel is the result of the rules
of your society, not mine.

419
00:34:20,390 --> 00:34:24,570
You are always breaking the rules,
no matter what society you're in.

420
00:34:24,820 --> 00:34:28,530
You don't get along with criminals
either, so you constantly get in trouble.

421
00:34:28,820 --> 00:34:33,620
You think following rules will buy you a
nice life, even if they make you a slave.

422
00:34:34,870 --> 00:34:36,790
Don't take his offer.

423
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,580
- What?
- Don't do it.

424
00:34:42,460 --> 00:34:45,170
ln case it happens, it means
he's the fellow who killed me...

425
00:34:45,420 --> 00:34:48,210
...and l don't like fellows who kill me,
not in general.

426
00:34:50,510 --> 00:34:55,180
l said before that l didn't have call
to stop you, and that's true.

427
00:34:56,890 --> 00:34:58,560
Anyways, don't.

428
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:06,770
l need to get back.

429
00:35:10,070 --> 00:35:12,030
He'll be up early.

430
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,030
Right. He's got that big day.

431
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:15,470
Best be careful, Ath.
l hear these things are sharp.

432
00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:20,850
- He thinks he's doing well, doesn't he?
- He's being toyed with.

433
00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:45,870
- What's he doing?
- Don't fall for that!

434
00:36:51,130 --> 00:36:55,760
Well, this isn't
going to take long, is it?

435
00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:21,660
We're coming up on the end, miss.
You might not want to watch.

436
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,340
Atherton! Wait.

437
00:37:33,590 --> 00:37:36,880
l'll stay here, exclusive to you.
Just let him live.

438
00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:52,940
He's down.

439
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,780
You have to finish it, lad.

440
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,660
You have to finish it.

441
00:38:04,330 --> 00:38:07,620
For a man to lay beaten
and yet breathing...

442
00:38:07,910 --> 00:38:11,210
...it makes him a coward!
- lt's humiliation.

443
00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:15,210
Sure. lt would be humiliating.

444
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:19,970
Having to lie there while the better man
refuses to spill your blood.

445
00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:23,760
Mercy is the mark of a great man.

446
00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:26,970
Guess l'm just a good man.

447
00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:31,560
Well, l'm all right.

448
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:42,030
lnara. lnara!

449
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,530
You've lost her, lad.
Be gracious.

450
00:38:45,370 --> 00:38:50,790
You set this up, whore.
After l bought and paid for you.

451
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,790
l should've uglied you up
so no one else would want you.

452
00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:58,630
See how l'm not punching him?
l think l've grown.

453
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:04,550
Well, get ready to starve.
l'll see to it you never work again.

454
00:39:05,890 --> 00:39:08,100
Actually, that's not how it works.

455
00:39:08,350 --> 00:39:11,100
You've earned yourself a black mark
in the client registry.

456
00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:14,900
No companion is going to contract
with you ever again.

457
00:39:15,150 --> 00:39:18,940
You'll have to rely on your
winning personality to get women.

458
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:20,190
God help you.

459
00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:32,500
- You didn't have to wound that man.
- Yeah, l know. lt was just funny.

460
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,790
You willing to fight that hard
to protect my property...

461
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,590
...l'll have it in your hold
before midnight.

462
00:39:46,930 --> 00:39:48,510
Mighty fine shindig.

463
00:39:57,730 --> 00:40:00,650
Doc's filling the Shepherd in
on the plan.

464
00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:05,740
We're ready to move on your signal.
Doc is the diversion.

465
00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:09,290
Did you ever see such a lazy crew?

466
00:40:10,870 --> 00:40:13,790
- Captain!
- You're hurt.

467
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,670
- You get us a deal?
- l got a deal.

468
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:25,340
- Now get off my ship.
- Ta very much for a lovely night, then.

469
00:40:32,310 --> 00:40:34,810
- Ow.
- Are you badly hurt?

470
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,400
Oh...

471
00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:39,520
We was just about to spring
into action, captain.

472
00:40:39,820 --> 00:40:42,740
- Complicated escape and rescue op.
- l was gonna watch.

473
00:40:42,990 --> 00:40:44,900
lt was very exciting.

474
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:43,170
Thank you for the wine.
lt's very fresh.

475
00:41:43,420 --> 00:41:48,300
To Kaylee and her inter-engine
fermentation system.

476
00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:50,760
- Are you in pain?
- Absolutely.

477
00:41:51,010 --> 00:41:53,720
- l got stabbed, you know, right here.
- l saw.

478
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:58,690
l don't care much for fancy parties.
Too rough.

479
00:41:58,940 --> 00:42:02,400
- lt wasn't entirely a disaster.
- l got stabbed right here.

480
00:42:02,690 --> 00:42:05,610
You also lined up
exciting new crime.

481
00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:08,530
lt's good to have cargo.

482
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,620
Makes us a target for every other
scavenger out there, of course...

483
00:42:12,870 --> 00:42:15,120
...but sometimes, that's fun too.

484
00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:23,210
l am grateful, you know, for the
ill-conceived and highhanded attempt...

485
00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:26,760
...to defend my honor,
although l didn't want you to.

486
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:32,260
Gracious as that is, as l look back...

487
00:42:32,510 --> 00:42:34,470
...l should've stayed
out of your world.

488
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,020
My world? lf it is that.

489
00:42:38,980 --> 00:42:41,150
l wasn't gonna stay, you know.

490
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,940
Yeah? Why is that?

491
00:42:47,530 --> 00:42:50,450
Someone needs to keep Kaylee
out of trouble.

492
00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:53,320
And all my things are here.

493
00:42:55,910 --> 00:42:59,870
Besides, why would l
want to leave Serenity?

494
00:43:01,750 --> 00:43:03,750
Can't think of a reason.

