Dollhouse 1x04 - "Gray Hour" ....a short question

Question about this week's Dollhouse, "Gray Hour" and discontinuity/plot holes:

( In the pilot episode DeWitt said... )

This is so, so wrong.

How can Agent Fox Mulder be losing the ultimate character show-down to Captain Mal Reynolds? I heart Firefly as much as the next girl, but come on. This is Mulder, I'd save him from a burning building over Mal any day. He'd probably be less appreciative, but I'd still pick him. Boy's gonna save us from the alien invasion, after all! And his glasses are hot.


On the other hand: go Liz Lemon, go!