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Firefly

TV·2002–2002·1 season, 14 episodes·FOX·Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction·1h 4m·8.9·Created by Joss Whedon

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Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Firefly S01E05Out of GasS01E05 · 8.9In a delirious state after Serenity's engine explodes, draining the ship of its oxygen supply, Mal has a series of flashbacks about how he came to own Serenity and form his crew.
  2. 02Firefly S01E08ArielS01E08 · 8.6The ship heads to Ariel to drop off Inara for her yearly companion health check-up. Simon realizes River's condition is getting worse and decides to sneak her into an Alliance hospital in Ariel for a brain scan. Mal and the others agrees to help him with his plan, but also takes this opportunity to steal some valuable medical supplies in the hospital and sell it at the street market.
  3. 03Firefly S01E10Objects in SpaceS01E10 · 8.5A bounty hunter boards the Serenity hoping to capture River for the Alliance.

Castfull cast & details

Nathan FillionNathan FillionCaptain Malcolm "Mal" ReynoldsGina TorresGina TorresZoe Alleyne WashburneAlan TudykAlan TudykHoban "Wash" WashburneMorena BaccarinMorena BaccarinInara SerraAdam BaldwinAdam BaldwinJayne CobbJewel StaiteJewel StaiteKaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" FryeSean MaherSean MaherDr. Simon TamSummer GlauSummer GlauRiver Tam

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode14Episodes2002Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Firefly S01E01The Train JobSeptember 20, 2002 8.0After finding themselves in a fight with supporters of The Alliance in a place that fairly resembles a bar, Mal, Zoe and Jayne walk away wit
  2. S01E02Firefly S01E02BushwhackedSeptember 27, 2002 8.0On a salvage mission aboard a drifting colony ship, the Serenity crew find signs that the crew were killed by the cannibalistic Reavers. The
  3. S01E03Firefly S01E03Our Mrs. ReynoldsOctober 4, 2002 8.4While completing a job on a backwater world, Mal is married to a village girl without his knowledge. The girl, Saffron, gets onboard and the
  4. S01E04Firefly S01E04JaynestownOctober 18, 2002 8.3Serenity sets down at the mudder colony of Canton where it turns out Jayne is a hero for having dropped a bunch of money there years ago tha
  5. S01E05Firefly S01E05Season's bestOut of GasOctober 25, 2002 8.9In a delirious state after Serenity's engine explodes, draining the ship of its oxygen supply, Mal has a series of flashbacks about how he c
  6. S01E06Firefly S01E06ShindigNovember 1, 2002 8.1On the planet Persephone the crew contact their old "friend" Badger the ruthless crime lord to transport some goods on behalf of a local lor
  7. S01E07Firefly S01E07SafeNovember 8, 2002 8.0On a planet, Simon is kidnapped by locals who need a doctor, while River is threatened with burning as a witch.
  8. S01E08Firefly S01E08ArielNovember 15, 2002 8.6The ship heads to Ariel to drop off Inara for her yearly companion health check-up. Simon realizes River's condition is getting worse and de
  9. S01E09Firefly S01E09War StoriesDecember 6, 2002 8.3Niska finally gets his revenge on Mal when his men find him and Wash on a planet. Nothing would please Niska more than to see them suffer ri
  10. S01E10Firefly S01E10Objects in SpaceDecember 13, 2002 8.5A bounty hunter boards the Serenity hoping to capture River for the Alliance.
  11. S01E11Firefly S01E11SerenityDecember 20, 2002 8.3After a flashback to Zoe's and Mal's days in the wars six years previous, we cut to the modern day where the Serenity crew is running a salv
  12. S01E12Firefly S01E12Trash 8.1Saffron returns to plague Serenity with a scheme to steal a rare antique weapon from a wealthy landowner. Unfortunately for Mal, she neglect
  13. S01E13Firefly S01E13The Message 8.1A former Independence soldier who had served with Mal and Zoe returns in a dramatic manner, with a vicious Alliance officer chasing after hi
  14. S01E14Firefly S01E14Heart of Gold 8.2A Companion-trained friend of Inara's who runs a brothel on a remote planet calls for help from Serenity when a local bigwig reveals his int

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