Trash

Saffron is back and talks Mal into a heist: a valuable antique weapon waits on a wealthy planet.

The episode opens with Mal sitting naked on a rock in the desert. Then it shows how he got there: Saffron is back. She knows a wealthy collector, Durran Haymer, who owns one of the first laser pistols ever made, the “Lassiter”.

Saffron gets into the house posing as Haymer’s wife – and she really was married to him once. The crew sends the gun down the trash chute, where Jayne catches it in a container.

Of course Saffron plans to double-cross everyone, but this time Mal is ready and Inara plays a double game. In the end Saffron is left tied up with the collector, and Serenity has the prize. Along the way River lets Jayne know she is aware of his betrayal on Ariel.

Written by Ben Edlund and Jose Molina. Fox never aired it; it was released on DVD in December 2003.