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The TV series Firefly was created by Joss Whedon and produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc. in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
Firefly depicts a world five hundred years in the future, there is a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space.
Characters
Episodes in their intended order
Serenity - Part 1 & 2
Air date: December 20, 2002
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
The crew of Serenity is eager to rid themselves of an easily traceable cargo they salvaged from a vessel adrift in space, totally unaware that a passenger has brought an even more dangerous cargo aboard.
The Train Job
Air date: September 20, 2002
Written by: Joss Whedon & Tim Minear
Directed by: Joss Whedon
Mal has second thoughts after discovering that two boxes of Alliance goods his crew has been hired to steal are full of badly needed medical supplies headed for the mining town of Paradiso.
Bushwacked
Air date: September 27, 2002
Written by: Tim Minear
Directed by: Tim Minear
After encountering a booby-trapped spacecraft carrying the lone crewmember of a horrific Reaver attack, Serenity is boarded by an Alliance Commander looking for Simon and River.
Shindig
Air date: November 1, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Vern Gillum
In order to secure a job transporting cargo off-planet for a client, Mal attends a social event where a dance with Inara leads to him being challenged to a swordfight in defense of her honor.
Safe
Air date: November 8, 2002
Written by: Drew Z. Greenberg
Directed by: Michael Grossman
When Simon is kidnapped by a group of villagers in need of a doctor, Serenity is forced to make contact with an Alliance ship in order to seek medical help for the critically wounded Book.
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Air date: October 4, 2002
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Vondie Curtis Hall
After a celebration in which the crew is honored for ridding a planet of a group of bandits, they return to Serenity to find a woman named Saffron who claims that Mal married her during the festivities.
Jaynestown
Air date: October 18, 2002
Written by: Ben Edlund
Directed by: Marita Grabiak
When the crew returns to a planet where Jayne participated in a heist gone bad, they're shocked to discover that Jayne's past actions have turned him into a local hero of Robin Hood-like mythic proportions.
Out of Gas
Air date: October 25, 2002
Writen by: Tim Minear
Directed by David Solomon
After an explosion leaves Serenity crippled, Mal orders everyone to abandon ship while he stays behind in an attempt to make repairs - and reminisces how he found the ship and picked his crew.
Ariel
Air date: November 15, 2002
Written by: Jose Molina
Directed by: Allan Kroeker
Simon offers the crew a proposition: if they help him sneak River into a hospital so he can run tests on her, he'll tell them where to find medical supplies that will fetch an enourmous price on the black market.
War Stories
Air date: December 6, 2002
Written by: Cheryl Cain
Directed by: James Contner
Wash regrets insisting he be allowed to accompany Mal on a mission after the two men are captured by Adelai Niska - the client who previously hired Mal to steal the medicine bound for Paradiso.
Trash
Air date: NEVER AIRED
Written by: Ben Edlund & Jose Molina
Directed by: Vern Gillum
Mal is shocked to discover his old friend's new bride is Saffron who, although furious after Mal blows her cover, offers to cut Mal in on what she calls the perfect big time scam.
The Message
Air date: NEVER AIRED
Written by: Joss Whedon & Tim Minear
Directed by: Tim Minear
While Jayne opens a mail package from his mother that contains a wool cap with ear flaps and a pom-pom, Mal and Zoe open their package to discover the body of their old war buddy, Tracey.
Heart of Gold
Air date: NEVER AIRED
Written by: Brett Matthews
Directed by: Thomas J. Wright
The crew comes to the aid of a bordello when its madam, an old acquaintance of Inara's, asks for help after a gunslinger claims a prostitute's baby is his and he's taking it because his wife is barren.
Objects in Space
Air date: December 13, 2002
Written by Joss Whedon
Directed by Joss Whedon
The crew is caught off-guard when a bounty hunter, eager to claim the enormous reward on River's head, sneaks aboard Serenity and methodically begins taking the crew prisoner one by one.
Life After Firefly in Media and Film
Serenity - Serenity is the continuation of the story first presented in the Firefly series. Released in American theatres in September of 2005, it marked the series' premier on the big screen.
Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of Firefly & Serenity - A touching fan made documentary that documents the life and death of Firefly and its rebirth as Serenity from the perspective of the fans.
Popular Culture
Quotes
- Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis, and you know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."
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- Mal: "Now think real hard. You been bird-doggin' this township a while now, they wouldn' mind a corpse o' you. Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you."
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- Wash: "Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese."
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- Mal: I'm getting a little weary of this attitude, Wash.
- Wash: Are you? Well, I'm so very sorry, sir. I guess the news that we're all gonna be purple and bloated and fetal in a few hours has made me a bit snippy.
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- Jayne: “You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.”
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- Inara: It sounds like the sort of thing this crew can handle. I can't guarantee they'll handle it particularly well, but....
- Nandi: If they got guns, and brains at all...
- Inara: They have guns.
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