Ariel (15 Nov. 2002)

Serenity travels to the core world Ariel and Simon comes up with a plan to steal drugs from the hospital.

Director:

Allan Kroeker

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Jose Molina

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Nathan Fillion	...	Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
Gina Torres	...	Zoë Washburne
Alan Tudyk	...	Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
Morena Baccarin	...	Inara Serra
Adam Baldwin	...	Jayne Cobb
Jewel Staite	...	Kaylee Frye
Sean Maher	...	Dr. Simon Tam
Summer Glau	...	River Tam
Ron Glass	...	Shepherd Book (credit only)
Blake Robbins	...	Agent McGuinness
Jeff Ricketts	...	Blue Glove Man #1
Dennis Cockrum	...	Blue Glove Man #2
Tom Virtue	...	Pompous Doctor
Roma Chugani	...	Receiving Doctor
Ira Steck	...	Young Intern

Storyline

When the crew of Serenity arrives on the heavily populated, industrialized Alliance core world of 'Ariel', where Inara is to undergo an annual physical examination for her clean companion medical record, Simon realizes it is the perfect opportunity to sneak River into an Alliance medical facility and find out what they did to her. In return for the crew's help in getting them in to the facility, Simon helps Mal, Zoe and Jayne organize an operation to steal valuable medical supplies. But Jayne has other ideas when he learns about the reward for Simon and River and contacts the local authorities, leading to another appearance of the two, sinister-looking agents known as "Hands of Blue".

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | 26th century | brain | faked death | robbery | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

15 November 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ariel is the name of one of Uranus's moons.

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Goofs

When Jayne is taken into custody he's handcuffed. He charges the officer and gets shot and suddenly his hands are free.

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Quotes

Mal: This is exactly what I didn't want. I wanted simple, I wanted in-and-out, I wanted easy money.
Zoë Washburne: Things always get a little more complicated, don't they, sir?
Mal: Once, just once, I want things to go according to the gorram plan!

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Connections

Referenced in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Act III (2008)

User Reviews

just great!

Great episode of great show, but one quibble: hi-tech pro killers choose noisiest, bloodiest, most attention-grabbing way to dispatch their victims, all of whom are on their side?! what's with that? Other than that - and wont begrudge the team a little hyperbole in an otherwise superbly restrained and understated show - it's a brilliant heist flick in 42-odd minutes. We came to expect it, but the pace of plot development, the economy of the telling, the sublime interaction between characters whose actors really like each other a lot, and the downright actual excitement of it all continues to amaze. I've been watching telly for 45 years, and I think this may be the best show ever (speaking of hyperbole...)