Heart of Gold

Episode aired Aug 4, 2003
TV-PG
42m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

Melinda Clarke and Morena Baccarin in Firefly (2002)

Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

A Companion-trained friend of Inara's who runs a brothel on a remote planet calls for help from Serenity when a local reveals his intentions to take the baby from a woman he impregnated.A Companion-trained friend of Inara's who runs a brothel on a remote planet calls for help from Serenity when a local reveals his intentions to take the baby from a woman he impregnated.A Companion-trained friend of Inara's who runs a brothel on a remote planet calls for help from Serenity when a local reveals his intentions to take the baby from a woman he impregnated.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This episode was nominated for a Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation: Short Form.

Goofs
The first shot of Nandi waking up shows her hair loose on the pillow, and her hand curled up on the sheet beside her; in the next shot, a close-up, her hair is mostly tucked behind her ear and her hand is closer to her face than previously.

She turned her head slightly and moved her hand slightly, totally normal for someone waking. This isn't a Goof.

Quotes
Kaylee: Everyone's got somebody. Wash, tell me I'm pretty.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion.
Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty?
Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.

Alternate versions
The intended order differs from the released order with the 2-hour pilot 'Serenity' and the season finale 'Objects in Space' being released in the middle of the show run. The true order appears on all modern media releases and is as follows - Serenity, The Train Job, Bushwacked, Shindig, Safe, Our Mrs. Reynolds, Jaynestown, Out of Gas, Ariel, War Stories, Trash, The Message, Heart of Gold, and Objects in Space.

Connections
References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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

User reviews10

Featured review

8/10

True Feelings

Inara receives a distress call from her old friend Nandi, who owns a brothel on a moon. Mal and his crew heads to the place and they learn that the leader of the town Rance Burgess has an infertile wife and the prostitute Petaline is pregnant of him. Now he wants the baby to raise with his family. Mal and his crew decide to help Nandi, Petaline and the other girls, defending the brothel from Rance Burgess. Meanwhile Mal an Nandi feel attracted for each other hurting the feelings of Inara.

"Heart of Gold" is an episode of "Firefly" full of action and feelings. Inara shows her feelings for Mal but does not disclose to him. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Heart of Gold"