Simon states that River had her amygdala stripped, which is why she feels everything. The amygdala, however, is not responsible for regulating emotions. It is responsible for discrimination of objects and fear. If it were stripped, she wouldn't feel anything, or at least her emotions would be very dull and un-noticeable, not increased. She would feel the same for a garden path or a dark creepy cave. There would be no increase in cerebral activity. It would pretty much turn her fear off.
When Jayne is lifting up the Guard during the fight scene in the hospital, you can see that the handcuffs are undone on his left hand (they're supposed to be done up).
Trivia: The part that Wash throws in the salvage yard appears to be a catalyzer, the engine component that broke in "Out of Gas."
Trivia: When River lies on the Holoimager, you can see the Blue Sun logo on the hologram.
When the ambulance lands, you can see the casters that it is sitting on.
The ambulance used in this episode was eventually found in a scrap yard in the Mojave Desert, and then purchased by fans.
One of the guards had blood all over his mouth from biting Jayne, but the blood is gone when the blue-handed operatives check them.
Jayne: Nothin' buys bygones quicker than cash.
(Mal and Zoƫ wheel out the medicine-laden containers)
Wash: How much did we get?
Mal: Enough to keep us flying.
Zoƫ: Can we fly somewhere with a beach?
Wash: Maybe a naked beach?
(Wash and Zoƫ go into a passionate embrace)
Mal: Cut it out! The job's not done till we're back on Serenity.
Zoƫ: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
(River slashes Jayne) River: He looks better in red.
Mal: Hey! How was your thing? Inara: As advertised. Lots of needles and cold exam tables. I heard you had some excitement. Mal: Ah, nothing much. Lots of running around, a little gunplay. Couple of needles.
Mal: You called the Feds Jayne: What, no...I got pinched! Mal: Which is what happens, when you call the Feds.
Simon: We'll need to procure a few items off-ship. I've made a list. Given my status as a fugitive someone else will have to... (Jayne, Kaylee & Wash eagerly raise their hands) ...we have some volunteers. Good.
Wash: Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey! Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excludin' people. That'd be rude...
Mal: You've got a job for us? Simon: One that'll pay for itself ten times over. Jayne: Awww, forget it. I ain't that desperate.
Wash: It's all very sweet - stealing from the rich, selling to the poor...
Wash: Could you please tell my wife the fun she's missing out on? Inara: Ariel's a pretty nice place, actually. There are some beautiful museums not to mention some of the finest restaurants in the Core. Wash: But, not boring, like she made it sound.
Mal: Big stop just to renew your licence to companion. Wash: Can I use "companion" as a verb?
River: Is it time to go to sleep again? Simon: No, mei-mei, it's time to wake up.
Simon: Thank you. Jayne: Well...hey, you're part of the crew. Mal: I think I might cry.
Inara: So, what's happening? Kaylee: We killed Simon and River, stole a bunch of medicine, and now the Cap and Zoe are off springing the others who got captured by the Feds. Here they are now!
Mal: The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.
River: Hands...of blue. Two...by two. Hands of blue, two by two. Hands of blue, two by two!
Mal: Now all we need are some patients. Simon: Corpses. For this to work River and I will have to be dead. Jayne: I'm starting to like this plan.
Simon: If I didn't know better I'd say we were ready to save some lives.
Simon: What about cortical electrodes? Jayne: We, uh, used them electro...magnetic... Hell, I don't know. If I wanted schooling, I'd have gone to school.
(Jayne spits) Simon: Will you not do that while we...ever!
River: I don't want it Simon: River, you have to eat. It's good, it tastes like---its good. Jayne: It smells like crotch. Kaylee: Jayne! Jayne: Well, it does.
The scene in which Malcolm grabs and hugs Kaylee from behind after the hospital robbery is finished was not scripted, but was improvised by Nathan Fillion.
Note that River appears to be slashing at the blue-sun Alliance symbol on Jayne's chest rather than Jayne himself. She similarly attacked the same symbol on the cans in "Shindig."
Despite being billed as a regular, Ron Glass as Book doesn't appear in this episode.
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