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Season 2 Episode 13: The Breathing

Written by DC Washington and Katie Fiorino

Directed by DC Washington

Selected scenes & text from the R. Tam Sessions, Shooting Script, and Extended Draft of the “Serenity” Motion Picture by Joss Whedon

Teaser from 2x13: The Breathing

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Previously on Firefly

2x11 (Lilac) – INT. BENA – TRAINING HOUSE

Inara and the stranger share the moment, then it passes, and they go back to their preparations.

MAN: You didn’t mention your name.

INARA: It’s Inara. Inara Serra. And yours?

MAN: I’m Jude. Pleased to meet you, Inara.

2x11/12 (Lilac/Pull the Trigger) - INT. BENA – TRAINING HOUSE

SHEYDRA: He told me that you met in the kitchen. I think he has his eye on you.

INARA: I’m not taking clients now. I’m teaching. You know that.

SHEYDRA: Inara, you are a strong woman. Stronger than me. You are ready to move on.

2x11 (Lilac) – INT. BENA – TRAINING HOUSE

JUDE: One must acquire many stories, travelling on such a ship.

INARA: I’ve got my share.

JUDE: You should tell me sometime. Perhaps over dinner.

INARA: Are you looking to contract my services, because Sheydra—

JUDE: No. (beat) I was asking you to dinner.

1x02 (Serenity pt II) – INT. SERENITY – CARGO HOLD

The top of the futuristic box flies off, clattering to the floor as the smoke clears from over what’s inside. River.

SIMON (VO): Everything she did, music, math, theoretical physics - even dance - there was nothing that didn't come as naturally to her as breathing does to us.

1x03 (The Train Job) – INT. SERENITY – INFIRMARY

Flashbacks of River getting needles stuck into her head.

SIMON (VO): There was a school... a, uh, government-sponsored academy… She was fourteen.

1x10 (Ariel) – INT. ST LUCY’S HOSPITAL - IMAGING ROOM

Simon manipulates the holographic scan of River’s brain.

SIMON (VO): I was contacted by some men, some underground movement. They said she was