Season Guide
Firefly Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
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.
Episodes
1
Summary After finding themselves in a fight with supporters of The Alliance in a place that fairly resembles a bar, Mal, Zoe and Jayne walk away with knowledge that a…
2
SummaryOn a salvage mission aboard a drifting colony ship, the Serenity crew find signs that the crew were killed by the cannibalistic Reavers. They find one survivor, but things take…
3
SummaryWhile completing a job on a backwater world, Mal is married to a village girl without his knowledge. The girl, Saffron, gets onboard and the crew does not find her…
4
Summary Serenity sets down at the mudder colony of Canton where it turns out Jayne is a hero for having dropped a bunch of money there years ago that he…
5
SummaryIn a delirious state after Serenity's engine explodes, draining the ship of its oxygen supply, Mal has a series of flashbacks about how he came to own Serenity and form…
6
SummaryOn the planet Persephone the crew contact their old "friend" Badger the ruthless crime lord to transport some goods on behalf of a local lord. While at a ball to…
7
SummaryOn a planet, Simon is kidnapped by locals who need a doctor, while River is threatened with burning as a witch.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and…
8
Summary The ship heads to Ariel to drop off Inara for her yearly companion health check up. Simon realizes River’s condition is getting worse and decides to sneak her into…
9
Summary Niska finally gets his revenge on Mal when his men find him and Wash on a planet. Nothing would please Niska more than to see them suffer right in…
10
Summary A bounty hunter boards the Serenity hoping to capture River for the Alliance. Our Take This is a slow, tense hour built almost entirely on one performance, and Summer…
11
SummaryAfter a flashback to Zoe's and Mal's days in the wars six years previous, we cut to the modern day where the Serenity crew is running a salvage operation on…
12
SummarySaffron returns to plague Serenity with a scheme to steal a rare antique weapon from a wealthy landowner. Unfortunately for Mal, she neglects to mention just how she came across…
13
SummaryA former Independence soldier who had served with Mal and Zoe returns in a dramatic manner, with a vicious Alliance officer chasing after him for some unusual smuggled goods.Our TakeA…
14
Summary A Companion trained friend of Inara’s who runs a brothel on a remote planet calls for help from Serenity when a local bigwig reveals his intentions to take the…