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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

Michael Fairman

Adelai Niska

Katherine Kendall

The Councillor

Rolando Molina

Bolles

John Dunn

Torturer

Michael Bentt

Viktor
(as Michael A. Bentt)

Adam Pilver

Vanilla Husband
(scenes deleted)

Johnny Shakespeare

Torture Victim

Jason Van

Man

Damion Poitier

Henchman
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The long Chinese phrase Wash angrily yells at Zoe on the bridge translates (roughly) as "Shove all the planets in the Universe up my ass!".

Goofs
Niska's henchman is shown cutting off Mal's left ear. However, when the 'pet' device is applied to Mal, he is shown with a bloody wound instead of a right ear.

Quotes
Zoë: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killin'?
Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

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
Referenced in Serenity (2005)

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

Jealousy, Friendship and Bravery

Wash is jealous of the bond between Zoe and Mal and demands to go with Mal to trade the cargo of medical supplies with locals. However Niska's men capture and bring them on board. Niska tortures them both while Zoe collects money from the crew to pay a ransom for them. However Niska releases only Wash and takes Mal's ear to give to Zoe. But the Serenity 's crew decides to fight to bring their captain back.

"War Stories" is a full of action episode of "Firefly" of jealousy, friendship and bravery. The attitude of Wash towards the cynical Mal is boring and annoying. Unfortunately they are not able to kill the evil Niska. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "War Stories"