TV series
Firefly
Overview
In the year 2517, the universe is a vast frontier where lawlessness reigns and adventure awaits! Join Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his ragtag crew aboard the spaceship Serenity as they navigate the fringes of society, battling the oppressive Alliance and facing off against ruthless bounty hunters.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-09-20
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 11 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- FOX
- Production
- Mutant Enemy Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nathan Fillion as Mal Reynolds
- Gina Torres as Zoë Washburne
- Alan Tudyk as Hoban Washburne
- Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra
- Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb
- Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye
- Sean Maher as Simon Tam
- Summer Glau as River Tam
- Ron Glass as Derrial Book
- Michael Fairman as Adelai Niska
- Jeff Ricketts as Blue Glove Man #1
- Dennis Cockrum as Other Man
Creators and crew
- Joss Whedon - Creator
- Joss Whedon - Producer
- Tim Minear - Producer
- Ben Edlund - Producer
- Joss Whedon - Director
- James A. Contner - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: The Train Job
The crew of Serenity take on a train heist commissioned by a crime lord. They steal the goods, only to find it is medicine that's desperately needed by the town.
Episode 2: Bushwhacked
Serenity is pulled in by a Tohoku-class cruiser while investigating a spaceship that was attacked by Reavers. Simon and River must hide to prevent capture, while something is wrong with the lone survivor of the attacked spaceship.
Episode 3: Our Mrs. Reynolds
As an unexpected reward for an unpaid job, Mal finds himself married to a naïve, subservient young woman named Saffron. The crew are amused at his discomfort and Book lectures him on propriety, but things aren't as smoothly straightforward as they thought them to be.
Episode 4: Jaynestown
Returning to a planet where he ran into some serious trouble years ago, Jayne discovers that he's become a local folk legend. Mal decides to use this entertaining distraction to complete a job, but some unfinished business may derail his plans.
Episode 5: Out of Gas
After Serenity suffers a catastrophe that leaves her crew with only hours of oxygen, flashbacks show how Mal and Zoë acquired Serenity and assembled their motley band.
Episode 6: Shindig
Inara attends a formal society dance, only to find Malcolm there as well, attempting to set up a smuggling job. Mal comes to blows with Inara's conceited date and finds himself facing a duel with a renowned swordsman, and only one night to learn how to fence.
Episode 7: Safe
Mal must choose which crew members to save when one is gravely wounded and two others are kidnapped. Simon finds an uneasy haven in a remote village, but River's uncanny perceptions jeopardize the Tams' temporary safety.
Episode 8: Ariel
Hard up for cash, Serenity takes on a job from Simon: help him get a thorough diagnostic of River in return for the opportunity to loot the vast medical stores of an Alliance hospital on central world Ariel. But River's pursuers are hot on their trail, and they receive some unexpected inside help.
Episode 9: War Stories
Angered at Zoë's unshakable war connection to Mal, Wash demands a shot at a field assignment. Unfortunately, crime lord Niska chooses this moment to exact a brutal vengeance for Mal's failure to complete an earlier job.
Episode 10: Objects in Space
Serenity encounters a ruthlessly professional bounty hunter, Jubal Early, who will stop at nothing to retrieve River. But River, feeling unwelcome on the ship, takes a novel approach to escaping from the long arm of the Alliance.
Episode 11: Serenity
Malcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.
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