David Krumholtz credited as playing...
Mr. Universe
- Mr. Universe: [Watching the video feed of River fighting in the Maidenhead] And, she falls asleep. Which, she would be sleepy.
- Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Can you go back? See if anybody spoke with her before she acted up... made any kind of contact with her.
- River Tam: [On video] Miranda...
- Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Miranda? Go back further.
- Mr. Universe: [Watching Oaty Bar commercial] No...
- Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Uh... please?
- Mr. Universe: Oh, Mal, you're very smart. Someone is talking to her.
- Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: The Oaty Bar?
- Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Subliminal. It's a subliminal message, broadwaved to trigger her.
- Mr. Universe: I've been seeing this code pop up all over, the last few weeks. It's Alliance, and it's high military.
- [pause]
- Mr. Universe: They have gone to enormous trouble to find your little friend... and found her they have. Do you all know what it is you're carrying?
- Mr. Universe: There is no news. There is only the truth of the signal. What I see. And, there's the puppet theater the Parliament jesters foist on the somnambulant public.
- Mr. Universe: From here to the eyes and the ears of the 'Verse, that's my motto, or it might be if I start having a motto.