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Serenity returns to Persephone for a dual purpose: Inara has a client and the crew has a job.
Badger, who had previously refused to fence the Serenity crew's goods, now comes to Mal hoping he will broker a deal to move some cattle offworld to Jiangyin. Sir Warwick Harrow refuses to deal with so low-born a gent, but Badger thinks that Mal is respectable enough for Sir Warwick to speak to.
Badger gets Mal an invite to a party, which he attends, with a lushly dressed Kaylee as his date. Inara is also present with her client, Atherton Wing, who tries to convince her to be exclusive to him. While Kaylee is shunned by the women at the ball — but bonds with the men-folk over engineering minutiae — Mal objects to the attention that Wing lavishes on Inara, which leads to violence. Violence leads to a duel — with swords, an instrument Mal is ill-equipped to handle.
While Badger holds Serenity's crew hostage to prevent a rescue, Inara tries to give Mal a crash course in swordfighting, which almost works. Somehow, Mal manages to win the duel, Inara blacklists Wing with the Companion Guild, and Sir Warwick agrees to hire Mal and his crew for the job.
Written by JANE ESPENSON
Directed by VERN GILLUM
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