Firefly (TV Series)

Heart of Gold (2003)

Nathan Fillion: Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds

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• Mal : Inara, think you can stoop to bein' on my arm?

  Inara Serra : Will you wash it first?

• Mal : You know, not wise, sneaking up on a man when he's handling his weapon.

  Inara Serra : I'm sure I've heard that said. But perhaps the dining area isn't the place for this sort of thing?

  Mal : What do you mean? Only place with a table big enough.

  Inara Serra : Of course. In that case, every well-bred petty crook knows that the small, concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting.

• Mal : Any friend of Inara's is a strictly business-like relationship of mine.

• Jayne : [over radio]  Well, now, girl, that is just plain dirty.

  Mal : [into radio]  Jayne, you are aware your radio's transmittin'? 'Cause I don't feel particularly girlish or dirty at the moment.

• Mal : Well, I just, I... didn't want you thinking that I was taking advantage of your friend.

  Inara Serra : She's well worth taking advantage of. I sincerely hope you did.

  Mal : So you're okay. Well, yeah, why-why wouldn't you be...

  Inara Serra : I wouldn't say I'm entirely okay. I'm a little appalled at her taste.

• Mal : Well, lady, I must say, you're my kind of stupid.

• [after Inara agrees to help a friend of hers] 

  Inara Serra : I suppose you heard most of that?

  Mal : [peeking around the shuttle entrance]  Only because I was eavesdropping.

• Mal : This is my first mate, Zoë. I'll introduce you to the rest later. They're good folk.

  Jayne : Can I start gettin' sexed already?

  Mal : Well, that one's kinda horrific.

• Mal : Remember, shoot the man, not the horse. Dead horse is cover; live horse great pile of panic.

• Mal : [over the radio, as Wash and Kaylee are boarding Serenity]  Wash, gonna be tradin' injuries in under two minutes. Like my sky a little less empty!

• Jayne : Don't much see the benefit in gettin' involved in stranger's troubles without a up-front price negotiated.

  Shepherd Book : These people need assistance. The benefit wouldn't necessarily be for you.

  Jayne : That's what I'm sayin'.

  Zoë : No one's gonna force you to go, Jayne. As has been stated, this job is strickly speculative.

  Jayne : Good. Don't know these folks, don't much care to.

  Mal : They're whores.

  Jayne : I'm in.

• Mal : Math just don't add up. Our weapon store aren't exactly overpowerin' at the moment, and I don't much like what we'd be up against. Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God. We might turn Burgess away once, but he'll keep comin' - won't stop 'till he gets what he thinks is his. So we run.