Trash (21 Jul. 2003)

Saffron returns to offers the crew a mission but not everyone is willing to trust her again.

Director:

Vern Gillum

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Ben Edlund,

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk

Cast

Episode cast overview:
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
Christina Hendricks	...	Saffron
Franc Ross	...	Monty Reynolds
Dwier Brown	...	Durran Haymer
John Eric Bentley	...	Police Sergeant

Storyline

When Mal bumps in to his ex-wife, Saffron, he has to make a difficult decision whether or not to trust her as she offers the crew the chance to make a handsome profit from a mission that will take them to the planet Balerephon, where they'll have to steal a heavily guarded, priceless Earth antique. However, Inara does not trust Saffron from the last time (see 'Our Mrs. Reynolds') and plots with Mal to have an alternate plan. Meanwhile, Jayne is concerned that Simon and River will discover that he sold them out to the Alliance on Ariel.

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Plot Keywords:

antique | confrontation | deception | 26th century | security system | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

21 July 2003 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Jayne and Kaylee attempt to install a new component into the trash disposal computer, the display shows a Microsoft Windows XP desktop with several open windows. The window that's on top of the other windows is Microsoft's "CD Writing Wizard". The message indicated that the user has just finished burning a CD. It also appears the cursor (mouse) is positioned over the "Finish" button at the bottom of the "CD Writing Wizard" window.

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Goofs

In Firefly: Serenity, Mal is shot in his left arm, grazing it. In the Firefly: The Train Job, Mal receives a knife wound in his right shoulder. In Firefly: Shindig he is stabbed by a sword in his right side. In Firefly: Out of Gas he is shot through the stomach near his sternum. None of these scars are visible when Mal is seen naked in the frame story of "Trash".

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Quotes

Mal: Woman, you are completely off your nut.

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Connections

References Toy Story (1995)

User Reviews

Not again. Guest star Christina Hendrixs reappears as the vixen she is.

The no name doxie is back to dupe are BDHs. Once again are crew is no match for her cunningness. Its not for long before are crew once again is in chaos. She is found with a new man's man Monty an old friend of Mal and Zoe. With a new alias this time Bridgette. Mal spoils her scam on Monty. Saffron bamboozles her way on Serenity. Mal being the ever fool with SaffBridge puts her on board in a box. Should have left her on that black rock. After a bad day with Saffbridge Mal is in verbal battle with Inara. The ever tactical ambassador wounds Captain Malcolm Reynolds with an arrow straight to his pride. Mal trying to elevate his prestige with Inara other than being a common petty thief to her he buys into Saffbridge's plan of the heist of the universe. Big mistake. Luckily he knows that his crew will cover him. Hmmmm. While doing the job we find out that old Saffron is married to her mark going by the name Yolanda. Yosaffbridge and Mal now with feds in tow narrowly escape with the priceless prize. YoSaffBridge now as expected double crosses Mal, luckily his crew is not caught with their pants down. No but just as stranded. Luckily Inara the player of players covers their back to save some or one of their naked butts. A fun entertaining episode with what is she up to now. A great guest star of the series.