INT. SERENITY BRIDGE – MORNING

CAMERA FOCUSES ON WASH WHO IS IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND PICKS UP THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO TALK TRANSMIT A MESSAGE ALL ACROSS THE SHIP.

WASH ATTENTION FUGITIVES, PREACHERS, AND SEX TRADE WORKERS. ITS BEEN THREE WHOLE HOURS AND NO SIGN OF ANY ALLIANCE ACTIVITY ON OUR SIDE OF THE ‘VERSE.

JAYNE WALKS INTO THE BRIDGE AND IMMEDIATELY RUNS TOWARD THE NEAREST MONITOR AND CHANGES THE SIGNAL.

JAYNE CHANGE THE SIGNAL WASH, THE DANG DRAW IS COMIN’ ON. TODAY MIGHT BE MY LUCKY DAY.

WASH SO THE TIME YOU GOT PUT IN AN ALLIANCE CELL FOR SLAPPING TWO MIDGETS WASN’T YOUR LUCKY DAY?

JAYNE HEY, THOSE GORRAM’ MIDGETS HAD IT COMIN’. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THEY WERE ALLIANCE. I RECKON’ THEIR UNIFORM WAS JUST A MIDGET COSTUME. NOW KEEP QUIET, HERE COMES THE…

MAL WALKS IN AND CHANGES THE SIGNAL ON THE MONITOR. THE MONITOR NOW SHOWS LIVE VIDEO OF THE BRIDGE THAT JAYNE, WASH, AND NOW MAL ARE CURRENTLY IN. THE MONITOR SHOWS A MIRROR VIDEO OF MAL.

JAYNE MAL WUT’ YOU DO THAT FOR.

MAL DO THESE PANTS REALLY MAKE MY ASS LOOK BIG?

WASH I HATE TO SAY IT MAL, BUT THOSE PANTS ARE REALLY TIGHT.

MAL AND JAYNE SIMULTAENOUSLY GIVE WASH AN AKWARD LOOK

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INT. INARA’S SHUTTLEPOD – MORNING

INARA IS SITTING AT THE WORKSTATION OF HER SHUTTLEPOD FOOLING AROUND WITH THE SWITCHES. THEN SUDDENLY HER MONITOR SWITCHES TO THE IMAGE OF WASH AND JAYNE CHECKING OUT MAL ON THE BRIDGE OF SERENITY.

INARA MAL, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON OVER THERE. UNLIKE YOURSELF I HAVE IMPORTANT MEETINGS TO GET TO.

MAL (INTERCOM) INARA, THAT WHOLE AMABASSADOR JOKE IS ALL OVER. YOU CAN JUST TELL THE CREW THE NATURE OF YOUR MEETING.

JAYNE (INTERCOM) 10 BUCKS SAY IT A’ SEXUAL MEETIN’.

MAL (INTERCOM) DON’T MIND THA’ ANTICS OVER HERE INARA. WASH WILL CLEAR YOU TO DOCK CLAMPS NOW. WE’LL RONDEVOUS IN A BIT. GOT BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF UNTIL THEN.

INARA SHUTS OFF THE MONITOR

INARA WHEN WILL THAT MAN GROW UP?

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EXT. INARA’S SHUTTLEPOD

INARA’S SHUTTLEPOD SEPERATES FROM SERENITY AND EMBARKS ON HER OWN JOURNEY

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INT. CARGO BAY

KAYLEE AND RIVER ARE CHASING PLAYING AND CHASING EACH OTHER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CARGO BAY WHILE ZOE IS ON THE TOP LEANING FORWARD AGAINST THE RAILING LOOKING OVER AT HER CREW MATES PLAYING BELOW.

THE SHEPHERD, WHILE READING FROM HIS BIBLE, WALKS TOWARDS ZOE

SHEPHERD SO WHAT HAS DOOM AND GLOOM BROUGHT YOU TODAY CHILD?

ZOE I AINT LOOKIN’ FOR NO PASSAGE FROM THE GOOD BOOK RIGHT NOW PREACHER. DOOM AND GLOOM IS ALL WE BEEN SEEIN’ SINCE THE WAR. IMAGINE HOW LIFE OUT HERE IN THE BLACK WOULD BE IF THE BROWNCOATS CAME OUT IN FRONT.

SHEPHERD GOD WORKS IN STRANGE WAYS CHILD. IF THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR WAS DIFFERENT, MAYBE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE MET YOUR HUSBAND, BECAME AN OUTLAW, OR END UP ON THIS SHIP.

ZOE AND MAYBE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE ENDED UP AS A PREACHER.

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INT. BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE CARGO BAY

MAL WALKS INTO THE CARGO BAY ON THE BOTTOM WHERE KAYLEE AND RIVER ARE PLAYING

MAL HEY, HEY, I DON’T PAY YOU GUY’S TO PLAY GAMES ON MY BOAT.

KAYLEE WHAT GOT INTO YOU CAPTAIN.

RIVER YOU DON’T PAY ME AT ALL.

MAL WELL KAYLEE GET TO THE ENGINE ROOM, WE’RE GONNA LAND SOON AND RIVER, YOU GO AND, UHHH, DO THAT, UHHH, CRAZY THING YOU DO. ZOE I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.

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INT. TOP LEVEL OF CARGO BAY

WE ARE STILL IN THE CARGO BAY BUT THE ANGLE IS ON SHEPHERD AND ZOE OVERLOOKING MAL, KAYLEE, AND RIVER

ZOE LOOKS LIKE I GOTTA CUT OUR CONVO A LITTLE SHORT TODAY PREACHER. CAPTAIN TIGHTPANTS IS CALLING.

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INT. PASSAGEWAY TO THE BRIDGE

ZOE AND MAL PACE THEIR SELVES DOWN THE HALLWAY QUIETLY WHEN MAL STOPS AND GRABS ZOE AT THE SHOULDERS

MAL ZOE, BEFORE WE WALK ONTO THAT BRIDGE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HANDLE YOURSELF. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE SET FOOT ON THIS ROCK AND THE LAST THING I NEED IS ANOTHER ONE OF CREW HAVING AN EMOTIONAL PANIC ATTACK.

ZOE CAP’N, I CAN HANDLE IT. EMOTIONS DON’T RUN HIGH ON ME.

MAL ZOE, THIS AINT LIKE NO JOB THAT WE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR. THERE’S MEMORIES DOWN THERE, AND BAD ONES AT THE BEST.

ZOE WASH IS WAITING FOR US UP THERE SIR. LETS GET IT OVER WITH.

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INT. SERENITY BRIDGE

WASH IS SITTING AT HIS CHAIR WHILE ZOE AND MAL WALK IN

WASH AHH. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ARRIVE. SO MAL, WHERE IN THE VERSE ARE WE. ARE YOU SURE THERE IS A JOB HERE. THIS PLACE LOOKS IT WAS IN A WAR OR SOMETHIN.

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EXT. SURFACE OF A DUSTY PLANET SERENITY LANDS ON THE DUSTY SURFACE OF THE BROKEN DOWN PLANET NEXT TO A SIGN. THAT FACES THE FRONTAL VIEW OF SERENITY.

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INT. SERENITY BRIDGE

ZOE AND MAL CROWD BEHIND WASH WHO LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE BRIDGE AND SEES A SIGN THAT READS. .

WASH I THINK I JUST SOILED MYSELF.

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