Heart of Gold 

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.

Director:

Thomas J. Wright

Writers:

Joss Whedon (created by), Brett Matthews

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 Derrial Book
Melinda Clarke	...	Nandi
Kimberly McCullough	...	Chari
Fredric Lehne	...	Rance Burgess (as Fredric Lane)
Tracy Ryan	...	Petaline (as Tracy Leah Ryan)
Heather Black	...	Helen
Angie Hart	...	Lucy

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

brothel | baby | colour in episode title | horseback riding | three word episode title | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

4 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heart of Gold

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutant Enemy, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fact that Tracy speaks to Kaylee about Zoe being married in the opening re-cap (which occurs in Firefly: The Message (2003)) can be viewed as a continuity error, or as incorrectly classified as an error. In the order the episodes were aired, this conversation has not happened, but in the order they were intended to be aired, it would have been in the previous episode.

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Goofs

When Mal and Nandi are talking on the couch, Mal has his arm around her, but when the camera moves to show Nandi talking, his hand is next to her, and then his arm is around her again when the camera zooms back out.

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Quotes

Jayne: [over radio] Well, now, girl, that is just plain dirty.
Mal: [into radio] Jayne, you are aware your radio's transmittin'? 'Cause I don't feel particularly girlish or dirty at the moment.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Amazing Grace
Written by John Newton
[Sung by Angie Hart at Nandi's funeral]

User Reviews

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"