Quotes

• This section contains memorable quotes from all the scenes that the characters have appeared in together, some of which may contain spoilers. All were transcriped by me, Hider, and they should not be posted elsewhere without permission and a link back.

101/102: Serenity

JAYNE: What the hell they doing out this far anyhow? KAYLEE: Shining the light of civilization. Mal: Let’s get these crates stored, I don’t want no tourists stumbling over ‘em. Kaylee: We’re taking on passengers at Persephone? Mal: Yeah, that’s the notion, lend a little respectability on the way to Boros, not to mention the money. Jayne: Yes. Kaylee: No, it’s shiny. I like to meet new people. They’ve all got stories. Jayne: (To Mal) Captain, can you stop her from being cheerful, please? Mal: I don’t believe there’s power in the ‘verse to stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just want to duck tape her mouth and dump her in the hull for a month. Kaylee: You seem so young to be a doctor. Simon: You’re pretty young to be a ship’s mechanic. Kaylee: Don’t know how, machine’s just got workin’s and they talk to me. Book: That’s a rare gift. Kaylee: Well not like being a doctor. Helping fix people, that’s important. Jayne: Little Kaylee here just wishes you were a gynecologist. (Laughs) Mal: Jayne, you will keep a civil tongue in that mouth or I will sew it shut. Is there an understanding between us? Jayne: You don’t pay me to talk pretty. Just because Kaylee gets lubed up over some big city- Mal: Walk away from this table, right now. Jayne: (To Book, after Kaylee is shot) Out of the way. Book: You’re not killing this man. Jayne: Not right away. (Pause) Move. Book: Not gonna happen. Jayne: (Pulls his gun) I ain’t joking with you, Preacher. Mal: Where’s the Fed? Jayne: (Holding Simon) Secure. The Shepherd’s with him, seems to think he’s not safe alone with me. Inara: (About Simon) He didn’t shoot her. Jayne: No, but someone else on this boat did and I’m scratching my head as to why we haven’t dealt with him.

103: The Train Job

Kaylee: It’s a train heist. See, we fly over the train car. The Captain and Zoe sneak in, we lower Jayne onto the car and they bundle up the booty and we haul all back up. Easy as a lion. Simon: You’ve done this before? Kaylee: (Laughs) Hell no… but I think it’s going to work. The Captain’s kind of ? when it comes to plans. Simon: Is there anything I, ya know, something I should be doing? Jayne: Staying the hell out of everyone’s way. Kaylee: There’s no call to be snappy, Jayne. Jayne: Are you about to jump onto a moving train? Captain ain’t around, I’m in charge. Kaylee: Since when? Jayne: And just ‘cause Mal says your medic don’t make you part of the crew. You just play figuring it out what’s wrong with that moon brain sister of yours until we call for you. Kaylee: (After Jayne tells Simon to leave) You shouldn’t be so rude to him. Jayne: Why? ‘Cause he’s all rich and fancible? Kaylee: He’s not rich. The Alliance crashed his accounts when he snuck out his sister. Jayne: Yeah, well, we could all be rich if we handed her back. Kaylee: You’re not even thinking that. Jayne: Mal is. Kaylee: That’s not funny. Jayne: He ain’t stupid. Why would he take on trouble like those two if there weren’t no profit in it? Captain’s got a move he ain’t made yet, you’ll see. (He puts on his cap.) Time for some thrilling heroics. Kaylee: Where are the others? Jayne: They shot my garam leg! Kaylee: Jayne! Are they still on the train?! Are they gonna be okay?! Wash: (To Jayne) I’m not flying anywhere without my wife. Kaylee: She’ll be okay. She’s with the Captain. Jayne: Yeah, you see? Everybody wins. (To Simon) Dock, I need a pop to quite this pain some. Kaylee: We can’t just leave the Captain and Zoe here. Jayne: They ain’t coming, we can’t walk in there and get ‘em, they’re done. Now let’s fire it up. Jayne: (About leaving Mal and Zoe behind) Captain’d do the same it were any one of us. Kaylee: Not in a million years! Jayne: Shut it. Kaylee: (After Mal finds Jayne on the stairs) We tried to get him to the infirmary, he’s just… heavy.

104: Bushwhacked

Kaylee: (After Wash leaves) I guess that makes us one man short. Jayne: Little Kaylee’s always one man short. (She smiles as she hits him.) Inara: Mal, how can you know? Jayne: He don’t, that’s how. No way. It was that other fellow, the one we run into, like I said before. He went stir crazy, killed the rest, then took a walk in space. Kaylee: Just a second ago, you said- Jayne: Don’t matter what I said, wasn’t Reevers. Reevers don’t leave no survivors. Mal: Strictly speaking, I wouldn’t say they did. Jayne: What’s going on? Mal: Well, right at this particular moment, I’d say not a thing, right? Kaylee: Not a gorram thing. Jayne: Looked like a thing to me.