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Season 2 Episode 12: Pull the Trigger

Written and Directed by Matt Engstorm

Teaser from 2x12: Pull the Trigger

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EXT. SPACE

Serenity sails through the black.

INT. SERENITY – INFIRMARY

SIMON packs up medical supplies as KAYLEE follows him about the room.

KAYLEE: But the Captain is a moron! I know this from years of knowing this. He’s a total backbirth – plus, he’s still shook up from the job on Lilac.

SIMON: Getting chased by Reavers… I imagine that would be a little exciting.

KAYLEE: (not really listening): And everybody knows he’s been extra crabby since Inara left the ship—again!—which letting her go this time— again!—just proves his moron-hood!

SIMON: I think things between the Captain and Inara are very… complicated.

KAYLEE: There’s no call for you to leave, too!

SIMON: It’s time, Kaylee. It’s long past time.

KAYLEE: But where y’all gonna go? You’re wanted fugitives! The Alliance—

SIMON: The Alliance thinks River is dead. They probably stopped looking for us months ago. Anyway, there must be some out of the way place that needs a doctor. Zoe mentioned they needed help with a lung disease on Haven…

KAYLEE: But we need your help! (beat) We’re all the time getting shot, or cut up, ears flying this way and that…

SIMON: You can find a competent medic, I’m sure.

KAYLEE: Yeah, but he wouldn’t be you.

He stops to look at her. She looks away, not meeting his gaze.

KAYLEE (cont’d): ‘Sides, now that Inara’s gone, River’s been about my only good girl friend. She don’t always make sense of any kind, but she’s a dear heart to me.

SIMON: And you to her. Your kindness, of all the things here, is what I…

They move closer, but Simon thinks better of it and pulls back.

SIMON (cont’d): But we knew this was coming. Serenity isn’t our home. River and I have to find our place. That’s just the way of it. (beat) I should pack.

Kaylee looks down, defeated.

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