Zoe: He’s the captain, Wash.
Wash: Right, I’m just the husband.
Zoe: Look, I’ll ask him.
Wash: Don’t forget to call him sir, he likes that.
Mal: (walking in) Who likes what?
Zoe: It’s nothing, sir.
Wash: (gives Zoe a thumbs up)
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Mal: All right, let’s get these crates stowed, I don’t want any tourists stumbling over them.
Kaylee: We’re taking on passengers at Persephone?
Mal: That’s the notion. Could use a little respectability on the way to Boros. Not to mention the money.
Jayne: Pain in the ass.
Kaylee: No, it’s shiny! I like to meet new people, they’ve all got stories!
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from being cheerful, please?
Mal: I don’t believe there’s a power in the ‘Verse can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
Kaylee: I love my captain.
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity”
Mal: Wash, we’re on! Go!
Wash: Hang on travelers.
Jayne: Let’s moon ’em!
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity”
Mal: ‘Cry baby, cry.’
Wash: ‘Make your mother sigh.’
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity”
Bendis: We’re gonna die…
Mal: We’re not gonna die! We can’t die, Bendis, you know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die. Huh? Look at that chiseled jaw! Huh? Come on!
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity
Mal: Alliance said they were gonna waltz through Serenity Valley, and we choked them with those words. We’ve done the impossible, and that makes us mighty.
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity”
Graydon: Seargent, command says air support is hold ’til they can assess our status.
Mal: Our status is we need some gorram air support!
Firefly: Episode 1 – “Serenity”
The Love Pirate 