Firefly 

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.

Creator:

Joss Whedon

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk

Top Rated TV #20 | Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Nathan Fillion	...	Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Gina Torres	...	Zoë Washburne 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Alan Tudyk	...	Hoban 'Wash' Washburne 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Morena Baccarin	...	Inara Serra 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Adam Baldwin	...	Jayne Cobb 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Jewel Staite	...	Kaylee Frye 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Sean Maher	...	Dr. Simon Tam 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Summer Glau	...	River Tam 14 episodes, 2002-2003
Ron Glass	...	Shepherd Derrial Book 14 episodes, 2002-2003

Storyline

Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds is a former galactic war veteran who is the captain of the transport ship "Serenity". Mal and his crew, ensign Zoe Alleyne Washburne; Zoe's husband, pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburne; muscular mercenary Jayne Cobb; young mechanic Kaylee Frye; former Alliance medical officer Simon Tam; his disturbed teenage sister River (both on the run from the interplanetary government "The Alliance"); the beautiful courtesan Inara Serra; and preacher Shepherd Book do any jobs, legal or illegal, they can find as the Serenity crew travels across the outskirts of outer space.

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Plot Keywords:

future | captain | space | psychic | spacecraft | 

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Taglines:

Meet the most spaced-out crew in the galaxy.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Firefly: The Series

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 616 min (Entire show)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Sean Maher (Simon) and Summer Glau (River) have appeared in Arrow (2012), as Mark Scheffer/Shrapnel and Isabel Rochev/Ravenger respectively. Though they didn't share any episodes or scenes together.

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Goofs

In commentary for Firefly: Shindig, costume designer Shawna Trpcic states that Gina Torres wears her lariat necklace "binding" her neck as symbolic of her marriage bond. However, Zoe is shown wearing her lariat necklace in the flashbacks of Firefly: Out of Gas, which take place before Zoe meets her future husband.

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Quotes

opening song: Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand / I don't care, I'm still free / You can't take the sky from me / Take me out to the black / Tell 'em I ain't comin' back / Burn the land and boil the sea / You can't take the sky from me / There's no place I can be / Since I found serenity / But you can't take the sky from me

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Connections

Referenced in Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz (2006)

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Soundtracks

The Ballad of Serenity
Performed by Sonny Rhodes
Written by Joss Whedon

User Reviews

The Man They Call Jayne

Firefly was easily the best sci fi show Fox developed aside from the X-Files. It had science fiction staples spaceships, laser pistols, and tech, but also a nice retro quality of frontier western speech, horses, and guns. The humor alone made this one of the best shows on television. The Joss Whedon ability to spin a familiar plot convention/line in a surprising direction and the top notch cast of talented and charismatic actors help make this cancelled science fiction Fox casualty a cult favorite and upcoming movie. While the discussion about why it was cancelled and who was to blame is up for debate, no one can argue 200,000 in DVD secondary market sales to date. Clearly, Firefly was a show that deserved a chance to shine and with it's incarnation next year as a film, will allow this phoenix to rise again.