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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chun-tzu" data-source="post: 476900" data-attributes="member: 1441">Firefly was pretty good.They land on an Alliance world because Inara's got a client. That leaves the others with little to do, though, and we see Mal and Jayne literally playing horse shoes (you'd think they'd have video games in the future!). Also, River's getting worse, and in one of her weird fits, she cuts Jayne with a knife (not too serious, but pissed him off pretty good).The doctor, Simon, comes up with a job for them. His plan is to raid an Alliance hospital. He helps them get past security and tells them what's valuable, and in turn he gets some time to use their high-tech neuroimaging equipment to look into River's head. The hospital will be able to restock within hours, at the expense of the Alliance.So, they bribe a guy for uniforms, forge some ID, and fix up a broken down ambulance (yeah, the ambulance part is pretty lame). Then the Doc coaches Mal, Zoe, and Jayne (disguised as emergency medical technicians) on what to tell the hospital when they pull up. Watching Jayne struggle to memorize his one line was hilarious. River and the Doc have to go in as corpses (since they're fugitives), and he injects them both with something that simulated death.The crew gets into the hospital easily, as the nurse just waves them by. Mal and Zoe take their carts down to supplies and clean it out. Jayne accompanies River and Simon to neuroimaging, where Simon discovers some interesting things. There are multiple incisions in her brain, so they did a lot of tampering with it. Her amygdala (i think) was pretty messed up, which is what prevents her from being able to filter her actions or feelings the way the rest of us do. Jayne, however, has turned traitor on the fugitives, and has cut a deal with the Feds. He shepherds them out the back, where they're all grabbed by the Marshalls (including Jayne, for aiding and abetting; never trust those Feds).Mal and Zoe (and Wash, piloting the ambulance) are getting worried. The others are 10 minutes past rendez-vous; something must have happened. So they go in to find them. The 3 captured guys are interrogated a bit (Doc has no clue that Jayne betrayed them), and taken to holding. That's when Jayne makes a break for it, and they manage to overpower their two guards. But they still have to make it back to the ship. Meanwhile, the Feds have arrived, and these guys are creepy and nasty. When they find out that the marshalls spoke to River, they kill the marshalls without hesitation. Hearing the death cries, the 3 escapees make a break for the other way, and with some help from Mal and Zoe, they manage to escape.Back on the ship, the Doc thinks Jayne is a hero, for fighting so hard to defend him and his sister. As everyone goes off to do their duties, Jayne starts putting away their loot and Mal KOs him with a wrench. Jayne wakes up in the outer hold, with the outer door open as they're taking off. He's going to get sucked out soon once they hit orbit. Jayne asks the Captain what the heck's going on through a walkie talkie, and the Captain asks him what they were doing in the back entrance. Mal sees right through Jayne's betrayal, and makes it clear to him that this is the punishment for traitors. Mal tells him, what you do to anyone on my crew, you do to ME.Mal leaves him to die, but before he goes, Jayne begs him not to tell the others what he did. Just make something up. Mal closes the outer door, sparing Jayne.Overall, one of the best shows this season (second only to "Out of Gas," the one where they ran out of air).As for John Doe, I can't help you there. That show doesn't do anything for me.</blockquote>

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