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Mal sits in a field - naked. Flashback to 72 hours earlier: Mal meets an old friend who introduces Mal to his new wife - Saffron. Mal isn’t happy to see her. The old friend questions her past history and leaves her with Mal. Not wanting to be left behind, Saffron claims to have information on a treasure.

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Simon analyzes River’s medical records to learn what the Alliance did to her. Wondering if the intent was essentially malicious, Shepherd quotes Xiang Yu, a warrior who advocated torture. Cut to a space station where Niska (the criminal from the Train Job) is torturing someone while quoting Xiang Yu. An aide tells Niska that the Serenity is near.

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Serenity is taking Inara to the “core” planet Ariel, when River attacks Jayne with a sword. Understandably angry, Jayne wants River to leave. Mal says this won’t happen but confines River to her quarters.

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Mal passes out and hits the floor, bleeding. He struggles to get back on his feet, holding something in his right hand. He has a flashback to he and Zoe checking out Serenity for the first time. To Mal, Serenity represents freedom.

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Kaylee asks Simon why he never swears as Inara leaves to meet a client. They are visiting a run-down planet where the primary export is clay, where Mal has hidden some loot. Simon poses as a buyer of mud and doesn’t do a very good job. Jayne is nervous because he has a history there. In the town square, they find a statue of - Jayne.

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At a village celebration, Mal dances with a local woman. After the Serenity takes off, Mal finds she has snuck aboard the ship - and claims to be his wife.

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Eleven years ago, a young Simon studies while a much younger River plays behind a sofa. Their father tells them Simon will become a doctor. Back in the present, Simon thinks the Alliance doctors have given River paranoid schizophrenia. Serenity lands on a planet where a rough hunter, observing from the woods, voices his plans to steal whatever is aboard.

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Jayne, Mal, Inara are in a bar playing futuristic pool. A man brags about making tons of money transporting slave labor. Mal gives Inara something he stole from the man, and a fight breaks out. Jayne and Mal take everyone out and hurriedly leave.

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The crew play a ball game when a proximity alert goes off. From the cockpit, Wash sees a dead body hit the windshield, and a drifting space ship. River says it’s a ghost.

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Mal, Jayne, and Zoe are in a bar when a drunk calls for a toast to the Alliance. Offended, Zoe punches him and a bar fight ensues, eventually backing Mal and his accomplices to the edge of a cliff. Luckily, the Serenity appears from behind the ledge to save them. Safely aboard their ship, Mal announces a new job lead.

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