Objects in Space
Jayne: Well I don’t like the idea of someone hearing what I’m thinking.
Inara: No one likes the idea of someone hearing what you’re thinking. […]
Category: Firefly
Firefly
Heart of Gold
Nandi (Melinda Clarke): Rance Burgess is just a man. And I won’t let any man take what’s mine. I doubt you’d do different in my position.
Mal: Well, Lady, I must say. You’re my kind of stupid.
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The Message
Mal: Tracey, ain’t you dead yet?
Tracey: Through no fault of my own.
Mal: I really wanted your beans. […]
Trash
Wash: We’re in space! How did she get here?
Mal: She hid.
Wash: I don’t recall pulling over! […]
War Stories
Book: A government is a body of people usually—notably—ungoverned.
Simon: Now you’re sounding like the captain. […]
Ariel
Inara: What’s going on here?
Kaylee: Let’s see. We killed Simon and River, stole a bunch of medicine, and now the Cap and Zoe are off springing the others ‘got snatched by the Feds. […]
Out of Gas
Mal: Ship like this, be with you ’til the day you die.
Zoe: ‘Cause it’s a death trap.
Mal: That’s not— You are very much lacking in imagination. […]
Jaynestown
Mal: Jayne?
Jayne: Yeah?
Mal: You wanna tell me how come there’s a statue of you here lookin’ at me like I owe him something? […]
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Saffron: Did Elder Gommen not tell you?
Mal: Tell me what? Who are you?
Saffron: Mr. Reynolds, sir. I’m your wife. […]
Safe
Mal: It never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth. […]
Shindig
Wash: You are acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now?
Zoe: Jayne slits my throat and takes over. […]
Bushwhacked
Alliance: Looks to me like an illegal salvage operation.
Malcolm Reynolds: It does? That’s discouraging. […]
The Train Job
Mal: You know they tell ya, never hit a man with a closed fist. But it is on occasion hilarious. […]
Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion): The Alliance said they were gonna waltz through Serenity Valley, and we choked ’em with those words. We’ve done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Bendis: We’re gonna die. Mal: We’re not going to die. We can’t die, Bendis. And you know why? Because […]
Inara Serra
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Inara Serra: I’d have to say, this is the first time we’ve had a preacher on board. Book: Well, I wasn’t expecting to see a state official either. Ambassador. {shakes her hand as Mal laughs.} I’m missing something funny. Kaylee: Not so funny. Inara: Ambassador is Mal’s way of— Mal: […]
River Tam
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Simon: I need to check her vitals. Mal: Oh, is that what they call it? Simon: She’s not supposed to wake up for another week. The shock— Mal: The shock of what? Waking up, finding out she’d been sold to some border world Baron? Or… I’m sorry, was this one […]
Hoban “Wash” Washburne
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Hoban “Wash” Washburne playing with a toy dinosaur: Yes. Yes. This is a fertile land and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land! And we will call it… this land! Wash as Ceratosaurus: I think we should call it your grave! Wash as the other dinosaur: Ah! […]
Serenity (Part 1 & 2)
Zoe: I know something ain’t right.
Wash: Sweetie, we’re crooks. If everything were right we’d be in jail. […]
Zoe Alleyne Washburne
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Mal: Zoe! Tell the 82nd to— Zoe: They’re not coming. Command says it’s too hot. They’re pulling out. We’re to lay down arms. Six years later… Zoe: I know something ain’t right. Wash: Sweetie, we’re crooks. If everything were right we’d be in jail. Zoe: Sir, we don’t want to […]
Simon Tam
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Simon about Jayne: What do you pay him for? Mal: What? Simon: I was just wondering what his job is. On the ship. Mal: Public relations. Mal: Forget your toothpaste? Simon: Are you out of your mind? Mal: Ah, just about. What’d you tell them? Simon: Tell who? Mal: I […]
Other Characters
Serenity (Part 1 & 2) Aboard the Alliance Cruiser: I.A.V. “Dortmunder” Captain: It’s a transport ship. Firefly class. Crew member: They still make those? Captain: Illegal salvage. Low-life vultures picking the flesh off the dead. Crew member: Should we deploy gun ships and bring her in? Captain: Do it. Persephone : Eavesdown Docks Badger (Mark […]