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Firefly

  • TV Series
  • 2002–20032002–2003
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 44m
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
263K
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Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Summer Glau in Firefly (2002)
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AdventureDramaSci-Fi
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 ag... Read allFive 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.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.
IMDb RATING
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263K
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POPULARITY
401
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    • Creator
      • Joss Whedon
    • Stars
      • Nathan Fillion
      • Gina Torres
      • Alan Tudyk
    Top credits
    • Creator
      • Joss Whedon
    • Stars
      • Nathan Fillion
      • Gina Torres
      • Alan Tudyk
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    • 845User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
    Top rated TV #28
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 8 nominations total

    Episodes14

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    1 Season

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    Season 1 Trailer
    Trailer 1:01
    Season 1 Trailer
    Firefly: Safe
    Trailer 1:33
    Firefly: Safe
    Firefly: Our Mrs. Reynolds
    Trailer 1:25
    Firefly: Our Mrs. Reynolds
    Firefly: The Train Job
    Trailer 1:01
    Firefly: The Train Job
    Firefly: Serenity
    Trailer 1:31
    Firefly: Serenity

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    Adam Baldwin in Firefly (2002)
    Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, and Morena Baccarin in Firefly (2002)
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    Top cast

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    Nathan Fillion
    Nathan Fillion
    • Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Gina Torres
    Gina Torres
    • Zoë Washburne
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Alan Tudyk
    Alan Tudyk
    • Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Morena Baccarin
    Morena Baccarin
    • Inara Serra
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Adam Baldwin
    Adam Baldwin
    • Jayne Cobb
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Jewel Staite
    Jewel Staite
    • Kaylee Frye
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Sean Maher
    Sean Maher
    • Dr. Simon Tam
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Summer Glau
    Summer Glau
    • River Tam
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Ron Glass
    Ron Glass
    • Shepherd Derrial Book
    14 episodes14 eps • 2002–2003
    Christina Hendricks
    Christina Hendricks
    • Saffron…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002–2003
    Mark Sheppard
    Mark Sheppard
    • Badger
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Michael Fairman
    Michael Fairman
    • Adelai Niska
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Jeff Ricketts
    Jeff Ricketts
    • Man
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Dennis Cockrum
    Dennis Cockrum
    • Other Man
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Zac Efron
    Zac Efron
    • Young Simon…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2002
    Gregory Itzin
    Gregory Itzin
    • Magistrate Higgins
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Doug Savant
    Doug Savant
    • Commander Harken
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    Richard Brooks
    Richard Brooks
    • Jubal Early
    1 episode1 ep • 2002
    • Creator
      • Joss Whedon
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Between shots, the cast preferred to wait in the ship's lounge instead of their trailers/dressing rooms.
    • Goofs
      The Chinese characters for "Blue Sun" change from throughout the series. On Jayne's T-shirt, "Blue Sun" is Qing Ri, but in logo signs, it's Lan Ri. In ancient China, as well as Japan, green and blue were seen as different shades of the same color. The character Qing was used to represent both green and blue. In modern China, Lan is the character used for blue.
    • 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

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD episodes end with Joss Whedon and Tim Minear's Executive Producer credit washing across the screen, left to right. On the television episodes, instead of their names, a wireframe model of Serenity fades up.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time/Sex and the City 2/MacGruber (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ballad of Serenity
      Performed by Sonny Rhodes

      Written by Joss Whedon

    User reviews845

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    Top review
    You will either love it, or hate it - read why...
    There is one big premise that you have to swallow in order to like this show. If you can't cope with it, you won't like it, because it will smack you in the face in every episode.

    It is like the James Bond movies, if you don't accept, as a premise, that Bond, James Bond, can do everything, fly, drive, shoot, use *every* piece of machinery on the planet, that he can shoot better than all his adversaries (who all miss, all the time) and gets *all* the babes, if you don't accept this, you have to hate James Bond movies, because they are ridiculous. We talk about suspense of disbelief.

    The one thing you have to swallow, without thinking about it, is, that in this particular science fiction universe, the future looks like this:

    You have core planets, which are like one would imagine future worlds: Big, beautiful buildings, hight tech gadgets, spaceships and shuttles, modern weapons (some that don't kill by using some kind of sonic boom), flat displays, a modern, digital credit system instead of localised currency, a totally diverse people influenced by every imaginable culture, heavily influenced by the chinese society, the only remaining superpower besides the USA and so forth.

    But, and this is a capitalized BUT: There are also the outer rim planets. They don't have a developed infrastructure and such. Settlers are dumped on planets with next to nothing, exploited to recover raw materials, used as cheap labor, trying to survive. Still sounds reasonable, no? The catch is: all these outer rim worlds look like you have been thrown into a cheap spaghetti WESTERN movie.

    They trade cows, they use old revolvers, drive horses and dress in western-style garments. You have little, old, dirty small villages with a saloon and stuff. These outer rim planets, out of reach of the civilised Alliance, are a no-mans-land, with superstitious, uneducated fools, where the strong fist rules - if you have the most men and guns behind you, you are the law. The poor grunt is like the cowboy in a typical western movie.

    Hard to accept? Partially yes, of course. But there is logic in almost everything: there are future references everywhere! Real food (as opposed to synthesized proteins) is a rare commodity, the RICH guys have laser guns or state of the art display devices.

    And - they stay true to this premise throughout the show, which is a rare thing in today's entertainment.

    But apart from this (for some) hard to accept premise, this show is the most entertaining, clever, realistic(!), funny, imaginative, creative, thrilling piece of entertainment I had the pleasure of viewing (by downloading it from the internet) in years (don't get me wrong: I downloaded it because I live in Germany and the show was never aired here, and I asked my brother, who lives in the USA, to get me the DVD as a christmas present - and he did)

    As for realism: Why do they still use guns to kill people, why not lasers like in Star Trek (which i am avid fan of)? I say: guns kill people, bullets are cheap. Guns get the killing done. (And there are modern (bullet) guns and lasers in the show, they exist, they are simply not widespread and only available to the rich.

    No sound in space - a little thing with big impact. Not only is it realistic, but it adds to the atmosphere. Instead of ridiculous sound effects the scenes in space are underlaid with vivid music, only emphasising the vastness and nothingness of space.

    The basics of the universe comply with our world. In the outer rim, where modern civilization hasn't gotten a foothold yet, things - which are to us - common, are valuable merchandise! Just imagine the third world... How much worth are medicine, guns, food there? There are (to us) barbaric customs in uncivilised areas of the world and all this is being portrayed in the show.

    The Plots are great, not like in Enterprise where you seem to have seen everything somewhere before, these plots are unique, thrilling and exciting. I have seen episodes where I thought "ok, I get it" and then *wham* the story turns into a totally different direction. Surprises at every corner.

    The show is so refreshingly politically incorrect, I don't want to give away plot details, but there are situations you know from your movie/series experience and think OMG there we go again (Hostage situations someone?) and then*boom* - the protagonist does EXACTLY what WE would wish to do but which every movie/series is afraid of doing because it is not PC.

    The characters are three dimensional and so well laid out. This "family" on board a little spaceship, a confined space(!), with all their motivations, quirks and problems, trying to get along and achieve their goals, are so believable and make for a hell of a ride.

    The creators of this show have, in the first 14 episodes, established plots, characters and atmosphere that other science fiction series have only managed to achieve - if ever - in the last seasons of their time on air.

    Such a pity that most American viewers couldn't see behind a bold, unique, hilarious - if difficult to accept at first glance - premise... and see the beautiful gem of a show behind it.
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    • Darknessinthesky
    • Jan 22, 2004

    FAQ14

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Hulu
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Firefly: The Series
    • Filming locations
      • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mutant Enemy
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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