MAL: I would appreciate it if one person on this boat would not assume I’m an evil, lecherous hump.

ZOE: No one’s saying that, sir.

WASH: Yeah, we’re pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.

Joss Whedon (b. 1964) American screenwriter, author, producer [Joseph Hill Whedon]

Firefly, 1×06 “Our Mrs. Reynolds” (2 Oct 2002)