Firefly (TV Series)

Out of Gas (2002)

Morena Baccarin: Inara Serra

Quotes 

• Inara : Mal, you don't have to die alone.

  Mal : Everybody dies alone.

• Jayne : Now, I-nara, she's gotta have some funny whorin' stories, I'd wager.

  Inara : Oh, do I ever. Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will.

• Inara : You're gonna rent this shuttle to me.

  Mal : Am I?

  Inara : Yes. And for one quarter less than your asking price.

  Mal : Is that a fact?

  Inara : It is.

  Mal : And you figure you'll be getting this discount why, exactly?

  Inara : You want me.

  [pause] 

  Inara : You want me on your ship.

• Jayne : Hey, you know, we'd have been back first, 'cept there's somethin' wrong with 'Nara's shuttle. She done somethin' to it, Mal. It smells funny.

  Inara : I told you, that's incense.

  Jayne : So you say.

• Dr. Simon Tam : Always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

  Inara : I love this ship. I have from the first moment I saw it.

  Dr. Simon Tam : I just don't wanna die on it.

  Inara : I don't wanna die at all.

  Dr. Simon Tam : Suffocation's not exactly the most dignified way to go. The human body will...

  Inara : [cutting him off]  Please, I don't really require a clinical description right now.

  Dr. Simon Tam : I'm sorry. I'm just... It was my birthday.

• Inara : And just so we're clear, under no circumstances will I be servicing you, or anyone who is under your employ.

  Mal : I'll post a sign.

• Inara : The Alliance has no quarrel with me. I supported Unification.

  Mal : Did ya? Well, I don't supposed you're the only whore that did.

  Inara : Oh, one further addendum. That's the last time you get to call me "whore".

  Mal : Absolutely. Never again.

• Zoë Washburne : [Upon seeing Mal wake up in the infirmary]  Welcome back, sir.

  Mal : I go some place?

  Shepherd Book : Very nearly.

  Inara : We thought we lost you.

  Mal : Oh, I've been right here.

• Inara : I don't discuss my clients.

  Jayne : Aww, come on, Inara. Who'd know?

  Inara : You.

  [Beat] 

  Inara : A Companion doesn't kiss and tell.

  Mal : So there is kissing?

• Inara : Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship.

• Inara : I prefer something with a few miles on it.

• Inara : Mal...

  Mal : You fly smart, don't push too hard, shuttle life support should last you a good long while.

  Inara : Mal, this isn't the ancient sea. You don't have to go down with your ship.

  Mal : She ain't going down. She ain't going anywhere.

• Dr. Simon Tam : I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

  Inara : I love this ship. I have from the first moment I saw it.

  Dr. Simon Tam : I just don't want to die on it.

  Inara : I don't want to die at all.