Mal and Wash have an issue because one of them is married to Zoe and the other one is her captain. While Mal is trying to take care business, Wash insists that he go on the mission instead of Zoe. This is an issue because an old friend, Niska, is looking to get some payback from a job the crew didn't finish earlier in "The Train Job."
This episode is great because it deals with the dynamic between Mal and Wash, but it also gives the crew a chance to show just how much they love Mal when they have to make a rescue attempt.
The biggest problem is that Niska doesn't just want to get payback, he also wants to "discover" who Mal and Wash truly are deep down. This involves lots of torture and pain.
Zoe tries to buy them back with the money that they have left over from the the hospital job in the last episode. Niska offers her one of them, and she quickly chooses her husband. They go back to Serenity to prepare a rescue attempt.
All of the crew insists on being a part of that attempt and they manage to pull it off, but not before Mal dies a few times and loses an ear. Niska gets what he wanted. He gets to see the real Mal.
- No power in the 'Verse can stop me.
- Hey, I've been in a firefight before. Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired... from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
- Mal and Wash arguing about Zoe while being tortured.
- Preacher talking about guns (Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.)
- Kaylee ends up back at the ship, and she's in a lot of trouble until River shows up. River picks up a gun and kills all three men that are attacking. She does it however with her eyes closed. This gives a little insight into what is happening in River's head. After she kills the men, she says, "No power in the 'Verse can stop me."
- Tension arises between Kaylee and River because of this moment.
- Zoe make Wash a bowl of Wife Soup.
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