Trash

"Trash" is the eleventh episode of the science fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon. It is the first of three episodes that were not broadcast in the original 2002 Fox run. Mal's "wife" Saffron convinces him to help her steal a valuable artifact, but the crew of Serenity suspects foul play. Synopsis The episode opens in a desert, where a naked Mal sits on a rock, staring into the distance and saying to himself: "Yeah… that went well." During a cargo transfer seventy-two hours earlier, Mal meets up with Monty, a fellow ex-Browncoat turned smuggler. Surprised to see that Monty has shaved off his beard, Mal learns that he has married a woman named Bridget. Bridget turns out to be Mal's former "wife" Saffron, and a fight breaks out between them. Enraged to learn of Saffron's double-dealing, Monty and his crew throw her off their ship and depart. Mal draws his gun and orders Saffron to walk away, implying that he leaves her marooned even when she tempts him with the prospect of a lucrative heist. Later, Serenity arrives to pick up Mal and the cargo. After Inara criticizes Mal for only doing "petty thefts" instead of taking more lucrative jobs, he frees Saffron from the crate he had locked her in and agrees to the heist.