Zo: It's a fair bet the Alliance knows about Mr. Universe.

They're gonna see this c

oming. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: No. They're not going to see this coming. Capt. M
alcolm Reynolds: Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip
about at all. This job goes south, there well may not be another. So here is us,
on the raggedy edge. Don't push me, and I won't push you. Dong le ma? Shepherd
Book: It's not your way, Mal. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I have a way? Is that bett
er than a plan? Dr. Simon Tam: [referring to River] One simple job. She'll be fi
ne. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: She is fine! Except for still being crazy! She's the
picture of health. Shepherd Book: It's not your way, Mal. Capt. Malcolm Reynold
s: I have a way? Is that better than a plan? The Operative: Secrets are not my c
oncern. Keeping them is. Shepherd Book: I don't care what you believe in, just b
elieve in it. The Operative: Yes, have you found the nav sat trajectory? Ensign:
Sir, we found seven. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Do you want to run this ship? Jayn
e Cobb: Yes! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [caught off guard] Well... you can't... Cap
t. Malcolm Reynolds: Ready to get off this heap, back to civilized life? Inara S
erra: I, uh... I don't know. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Good answer. Capt. Malcolm
Reynolds: You had a gorram time bomb living with us! Who we gonna find in there
when she wakes up? The girl? Or the weapon? Dr. Simon Tam: I thought she was get
ting better. Jayne Cobb: And I thought they was getting off. Didn't we have an i
ntricate plan on how they was gonna be not here any more? Kaylee Frye: We couldn
't leave them now. Jayne Cobb: No, now that she's a killer woman, we ought to be
bringing her tea and dumplings. Fruity Oaty Bar Jingle: Fruity Oaty Bars! Make
a man out of a mouse! Fruity Oaty Bars! Make you bust out of your blouse! Eat th
em all the time! Let them blow your mind... ohh! Fruity Oaty Bars! Capt. Malcolm
Reynolds: Do you want to run this ship? Jayne Cobb: Yes! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds
: [caught off guard] Well... you can't... Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Come a day the
re won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all. This job goes sou
th, there well may not be another. So here is us, on the raggedy edge. Don't pus
h me, and I won't push you. Dong le ma? The Operative: Yes, have you found the n
av sat trajectory? Ensign: Sir, we found seven. Jayne Cobb: She is startin' to d
amage my calm. Zo: Jayne! Jayne Cobb: She's *right*! Everybody's dead!... This whol
e world is dead for no reason! Mr. Universe: You guys always bring me the very b
est violence. Shepherd Book: [dying] I killed the ship that killed us. Not very
Christian. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You did what was right. Shepherd Book: Coming
from you that means - almost nothing. [grin] Zo: It's a fair bet the Alliance know
s about Mr. Universe. They're gonna see this coming. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: No.
They're not going to see this coming. Dr. Simon Tam: Eta Kooram Nah Smech! Capt
. Malcolm Reynolds: It's of interest to me how much you seem to know about that
world. Shepherd Book: I wasn't born a shepherd, Mal. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You
have to tell me about that sometime. Shepherd Book: [pause] No, I don't. Capt.
Malcolm Reynolds: Ready to get off this heap, back to civilized life? Inara Serr
a: I, uh... I don't know. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Good answer. Capt. Malcolm Rey
nolds: I didn't start this. Jayne Cobb: No, that's right. Alliance starts the wa
r, and then you volunteer. Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many..
. [Mal turns to walk away] Jayne Cobb: Hey, I'm talking at you! How many men in
your platoon came out of there alive? Zo: You wanna leave this room. Jayne Cobb: Da
mn right, I do. Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: Can I make a suggestion that doesn't invo
lve violence, or is this the wrong crowd for that? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Come
a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all. This job
goes south, there well may not be another. So here is us, on the raggedy edge.
Don't push me, and I won't push you. Dong le ma? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [RE: Wh
at they found on Miranda] This record here's about twelve years old. Parliament
buried it and it stayed buried until River here dug it up. This is what they wer
e afraid she knew. And they were right to fear. There's a universe of folk who'r
e gonna know it, too. Someone *has to* speak for these people. [pause] Capt. Mal
colm Reynolds: Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all come to t
he same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure
as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world,
maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back
to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So

no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave. Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: It's okay, I'm a le
af on the wind! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: What does that mean? Zo: How much ammo we g
ot left? Jayne Cobb: Three full mags, and my swinging cod! [after the hovercraft
makes a crash landing in the hanger of Serenity. Simon runs to his sister] Dr.
Simon Tam: River? River Tam: I swallowed a bug. Zo: It's a fair bet the Alliance kn
ows about Mr. Universe. They're gonna see this coming. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: N
o. They're not going to see this coming. Kaylee Frye: Goin' on a year now I ain'
t had nothin' twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:
Oh, God! I can't *know* that! Jayne Cobb: I could stand to hear a little more.
Inara Serra: Mal, what are you doing here? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You invited m
e. Inara Serra: I never thought for a second you'd be stupid enough to come! Cap
t. Malcolm Reynolds: Well that makes you a tease. The Operative: That girl will
rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Capt.
Malcolm Reynolds: Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some
idiot killed it. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [to Inara] Yes, I've read a poem. Try
not to faint. Mr. Universe: I cried like a baby, a hungry, angry baby. Capt. Mal
colm Reynolds: You had a gorram time bomb living with us! Who we gonna find in t
here when she wakes up? The girl? Or the weapon? Dr. Simon Tam: I thought she wa
s getting better. Jayne Cobb: And I thought they was getting off. Didn't we have
an intricate plan on how they was gonna be not here any more? Kaylee Frye: We c
ouldn't leave them now. Jayne Cobb: No, now that she's a killer woman, we ought
to be bringing her tea and dumplings. Mr. Universe: You can't stop the signal, M
al. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [gre
eting the twins] Fanty. Mingo. Mingo: He's Mingo. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: He's F
anty. You're Mingo. Mingo: How is it you always know? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Fa
nty's prettier. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I got no answers for you, Inara. I got n
o rudder. Wind blows northerly, I go north. That's who I am. Now, maybe that ain
't a man to lead, but they have to follow. So you wanna tear me down... do it in
side your own mind. I'm not trying to tear you down. But you fog things up. You
always have. You spin me about. I wish like hell you was elsewhere. Inara Serra:
I was. [Mal suspects Inara is being forced to lure them into a trap] Kaylee Fry
e: But how can you be sure Inara don't just want to see you? Sometimes people ha
ve feelings. I'm referring here to people. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Y'all were wa
tching I take it? Kaylee Frye: Yes? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Did you see us fight
? Kaylee Frye: No. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Trap. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I got n
o answers for you, Inara. I got no rudder. Wind blows northerly, I go north. Tha
t's who I am. Now, maybe that ain't a man to lead, but they have to follow. So y
ou wanna tear me down... do it inside your own mind. I'm not trying to tear you
down. But you fog things up. You always have. You spin me about. I wish like hel
l you was elsewhere. Inara Serra: I was. [last lines] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Wh
at was that? Zo: It's a fair bet the Alliance knows about Mr. Universe. They're gon
na see this coming. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: No. They're not going to see this co
ming. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: So I'm noticing. Is there a problem we don't know
of? [pause] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You got a sweet take kissing your foot. How
about you take your 25% and we can talk about the next job? Fanty: Well our end
is forty, precious. Jayne Cobb: My muscular buttocks it's forty. Hoban 'Wash' Wa
shburn: I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: [on
the ship's intercom] This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entr
y sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then - explode. Capt
. Malcolm Reynolds: This is how it is. Anybody doesn't wanna fly with me any mor
e, this is your port of harbor. There's a lot of fine ways to die. I ain't waiti
ng for the Alliance to choose mine. [shoots Alliance soldier crawling from wreck
age] Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I mean to confound these bungers. Take my shot at g
etting to Miranda. Maybe find something I can use to get clear of this. So I hea
r a word out of any of you that ain't helping me out or taking your leave, I wil
l shoot you down. Get to work! Dr. Simon Tam: In all that time on the ship... I'
ve always regretted... not being with you. Kaylee Frye: With me? You mean to say
... as in sex? Dr. Simon Tam: I mean to say. Kaylee Frye: To Hell with this. I'm
gonna live! Jayne Cobb: We're gonna explode? I don't wanna explode! Capt. Malco
lm Reynolds: Jayne, how many weapons you plan on bringing? You only got the two

arms. Jayne Cobb: I just get excitable as to choice- like to have my options ope
n. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I don't plan on any shooting taking place during this
job. Jayne Cobb: Well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly be
en similar. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: No grenades. [Jayne groans] Capt. Malcolm Re
ynolds: No grenades! Zo: We crashin' again? Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Go talk to your
husband. Is the mule prepped? Zo: Good to go sir. Just loading her up. Are those g
renades? Jayne Cobb: Cap'n doesn't want them. Zo: We're robbing the place, we're no
t occupying it. [opening narration for episodes: Safe, Ariel, War Stories, Heart
of Gold] Mal: Here's how it is: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terr
aformed a whole new galaxy of Earths. Some rich and flush with the new technolog
ies, some not so much. The Central Planets, thems formed the Alliance, waged war
to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them
myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity. She's a transport ship; Firef
ly class. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preach
er for some reason, and a bona fide companion. There's a doctor, too, took his g
enius sister outta some Alliance camp, so they're keepin' a low profile. You und
erstand. You got a job, we can do it, don't much care what it is. Zo: In the time o
f war, we would never have left a man behind. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Maybe that
's why we lost.