"I thought we were getting beagles…Mal? Mal when do we get to smuggle beagles?" Wash stares at the cows as they mill around the cargo bay.

Mal throws him a glare. "If I say we smuggle cattle then that's what we smuggle dong ma?"

Wash rolls his eyes, and heads back to the bridge. He brushes past Zoë. "He's a right grumpy git today."

Zoë just gives her husband a look.

Tequila Sunrise

Mal is leaning heavily on the fence of the cattle pen surveying the land. His face is turned to the last dying rays of the sun. No one else dares to approach him. The look on his face is one of loneliness and despair. Book stands on Serenity's ramp and watches him. He starts to sing; all the while Mal watches the sunset, oblivious.

"Its another Tequila Sunrise,
stirring slowly cross the sky,
said good bye.

He was just a hired hand,
working on the dreams he'd planned to try,
the days go by.Ev'ry night when the sun go down,
just another lonely boy in town.
And she's out runnin' 'round.

She wasn't just another woman,
and I couldn't keep from comin' on.
It's been so long.

Whoa, and it's a hollow feeling when it comes down to dealing friends
it never endsTake another shot of courage,
wonder why the right words never come
you just get numb.

It's another Tequila Sunrise
this is old world still looks the same,
another frame.

Hmm."

Mal turns and passes Book as he heads back onto his ship.

"Oughta get to bed soon Preacher. Big job tomorrow," he says before vanishing.

Heartache Tonight

The crew are in a bar, job finished, sitting around a table. Mal is obviously drunk and the others are exchanging significant glances. Kaylee and Zoë look at each other, and then they sing together.

"Somebody's gonna hurt someone
before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone.
There's nothin' we can do.
Everybody wants to touch somebody
if it takes all night.
Everybody wants to take a little chance,
Make it come out right."

"There's gonna be a heartache tonight,
a heartache tonight, I know.
There's gonna be a heartache tonight, I know.
Lord, I know." Jayne sings the verse, and throws a sly glance at River.

"Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can't hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now.
There's too much goin' on." Mal sings drunkenly, lifting his glass high. "This night is gonna last forever.
Last all, last all summer long.
Some time before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song."

"There's gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
There's gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know.
Lord I know." Book looks at them all in obvious despair.

"There's gonna be a heartache tonight,
the moon's shinin' bright
so turn out the light, and we'll get it right.
There's gonna be a heartache tonight, a
heartache tonight I know.
Heartache baby," Kaylee looks at Simon with obvious lust.

"Somebody's gonna hurt someone, (somebody)
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone,
There's nothin' we can do
(Everybody) Everybody wants to touch somebody
if it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
To make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight,
A heartache tonight, I know
Let's go.
We can beat around the bushes;
we can get down to the bone
We can leave it in the parkin' lot,
but either way, there's gonna be a
heartache tonight, a heartache tonight I know.
There'll be a heartache tonight
a heartache tonight I know."

They all sing in harmony looking at each other uneasily. Simon catches a particularly intense glance of Kaylee's and blushes furiously. River stares unabashedly at Jayne, who tries to glare at her. Zoë is trying to get Mal to stand, while Wash doesn't look happy at the way Mal is falling over his wife. Finally they manage to haul Mal to his feet and leave the bar.