Captain Kaylee leads the crew on a heist that proves too much for their moral code, but when mercenaries steal the relics anyway, it turns into a recovery mission.
Meanwhile, unexpected revelations about Jayne’s family and past further complicate things.
But how will Jayne’s past collide with the crew’s desperate present, especially when it leads them to steal from… not the thieves den they had in mind...
Jayne drifts in space, isolated but kept company by memories of his mother, the debris of the mercenaries’ ship, and the terrible guilt he feels over the recent tragedy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crew are met with a surprise as they answer a distress call from Requiem, leading Mal to discover where the relics really came from…