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In a desperate attempt to get a brainscan for River so that he can see what was done to her at the Academy, Simon persuades the crew to help smuggle him and River into a highly guarded hospital on the planet of Ariel, pointing out that [[The Caper|the hospital has stockpiles of many medications that are in short supply anywhere other than the Core Worlds]]. Jayne, who at the start of the episode got his chest slashed by River in a quite infamous [[Ax Crazy]] moment, is assigned to protect Simon and River during their infiltration while Mal and the others disguise themselves as EMTs and make off with the goods. The infiltration involves Simon and River having to fake their deaths in order to get in, since they are still very much wanted fugitives. While Simon and River are unconscious, Jayne, who has had issues with Simon and River pretty much from the moment they first came on board Serenity even before he got slashed up by River, spies a terminal during the episode with a reward posted for Simon and River and decides to contact the Feds in order to turn them in for the reward money. When Jayne returns, River rises like a zombie and says "Copper for a kiss?" which thoroughly spooks out Jayne. Simon's awakening is a little more violent, which is soon evidenced by River vomiting offscreen.

 

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Simon is very much this here

* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Justified in that Simon ''does'' know what he's doing.

* [[Brother-Sister Team]]: Simon and River

* [[The Caper]]: Obviously

* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: "Federal Marshalls. River and Simon Tam, by the authority of the Union of Allied Planets, you are hereby bound by law."