MAL: Look, we get back to Haven in a few hours time --
JAYNE: Hiding under the Shepherd's skirts, that's a manful scheme
MAL: You wanna run this ship?
JAYNE: Yes!
MAL: Well you can't!
JAYNE: Do a damn sight better job'n you. Getting us lashed over a couple of strays... No offense, Doc, I think it's noble as a grape the way you look to River, but she ain't my sister and she ain't your crew. Oh, and neither is she exactly helpless! So where's it writ we gotta lay down our lives for her, which is what you've steered us toward.
MAL: I didn't start this.
JAYNE: No, the Alliance starts the war - and then you volunteer. Battle of Serenity, Mal besides Zoe here, how many -- I'm talkin' at you --how many men in your platoon came out of there alive?
ZOE: You wanna leave this room.
JAYNE: You’re damn right I do.










