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Firefly

2002
4.9
583 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (14)

1 Serenity
9/20/02
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.
2 The Train Job
9/27/02
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.
3 Bushwhacked
11/1/02
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.
4 Shindig
11/8/02
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.
5 Safe
10/4/02
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.
6 Our Mrs. Reynolds
10/18/02
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.
7 Jaynestown
10/25/02
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.
8 Out Of Gas
11/15/02
After an explosion leaves Serenity crippled, Mal orders everyone to abandon ship while he stays behind in an attempt to make repairsÑand reminisces how he found the ship and picked its crew.
9 Ariel
12/6/02
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 enormous price on the black market.
10 War Stories
12/6/02
Wash regrets insisting he be allowed to accompany Mal on a mission after the two men are captured by Adelai NiskaÑthe client who previously hired Mal to steal the medicine bound for Paradiso.
11 Trash
12/13/02
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.
12 The Message
1/1/03
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.
13 Heart Of Gold
12/31/02
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.
14 Objects In Space
12/19/02
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.

About this show

The crew of a spaceship, Serenity, take on a mysterious new passenger and find themselves under attack as they travel the galaxy.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
583 reviews
Eric Manktelow
July 19, 2020
Just a brilliantly written, acted and executed show. The characters are all lovable and the humour is superb. It should be classed as a crime this show being killed before it even started to reach it's potential but we did get a great movie. If my wishes would ever come true the remaining actors (RIP Book) would regroup with Whedon at the helm again and they would continue the story of this wonderful crew in one of the best realised sci-fi universes ever created.
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Keith Pirrie
August 24, 2019
I absolutely loved this show. As with many, I didn't discover it until long after it was axed, only just one season in. It is so popular that the movie 'Serenity' was produced to wrap up the story for the many fans that wanted more. I can best describe this show as a cross between sci fi and wild west. The characters are believable and very human. Had the producing network given this the slot it deserved it would have become a hit overnight, saving it from early termination.
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Nick Colosimo
February 19, 2016
Quite simply brilliant. Great acting, great characters, a truly engaging and emotional experience. This is family. The biggest travesty of modern times was the failure to make more seasons than the quite brilliant season 1. Serenity went a long way to close things off and it did so brilliantly but the pining for a season 2 continues. As good as Battlestar Galactica.
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