Following on the original television episodes, film, and three graphic novel series, still flying collects snippets from a variety of previously published interviews, numerous production stills, and essays on different aspects of the television show, cancelled seven years ago. Set in the 26th century, the series follows the nineperson crew of the fireflyclass vessel, a small transport ship, as they earn a living through various legal and illegal means. Theres no real debate about the episode order of firefly, fox got it wrong and made the train job be aired first, but netflix gets it right. Book is a christian preacher that boards serenity during the first episode along with river and simon. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of serenity, a firefly. As is typical in a good pilot episode, these intros are mostly done without exposition. It then cuts to six years later and it immediately shows our cast floating in space trying to salvage a wreck. The following is an episode list for the television series firefly. 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 and his partner stitch stole from the local magistrate. The captain of serenity is malcolm mal reynolds nathan fillion and the episode serenity establishes that the captain and his first.
This is popapostles home for studies of the tv episodes, videos, movie and licensed tieins to firefly and serenity. Specifically, it takes place within the myth of the confederacy fighting the union over states rights. Despite only running for a single season and airing its episodes out of order, the series has had a lasting impact. Joss whedon intended serenity firefly episode to be the. Simon and river must hide to prevent capture, while something is wrong with the lone survivor of the attacked spaceship. Serenity is the series pilot for the american science fiction television series firefly created by joss whedon. Their efforts are impeded, though, when wash and mal realize that there is an undercover alliance fed on board. With nathan fillion, gina torres, alan tudyk, morena baccarin. In firefly s pilot episode, the opening scene features the legendary battle of serenity valley between the browncoats and the union of allied planets. Serenity episode the firefly and serenity database. Season 1 episode 1 breakaway full episode duration. These answer some questions left open in both the tv series and movie, so could be read either between the two chronological order or after the movie publication order. The series was initially broadcast on fox from september 20, 2002 to august 19, 2003.
What was the original intended order of the episodes of. Serenity episode the firefly and serenity database fandom. Firefly brings together almost all of whedons strengths, with very few of the weaknesses. Did i make a mistake by watching the firefly episode. It seems to me that all the serenity titles in this franchise could get confusing. In desperate times, the crew of serenity is transporting passengers to another planet, only to discover that one of them has. Did i make a mistake by watching the firefly episode serenity first. Serenity was written to provide an ending for fans serenity can be watched alone since they give a quick semiretconned intro for nonfans to not be lost, but is essentially the end of the story told and is much better after getting to know the characters through the series. Unfortunately, after fox prematurely cancelled the show, the only other piece of media filmed in the firefly universe was the movie serenity, named after the ship the main characters live on. Mal starts out not being a fan of book at the beginning of the show, due to his opposition to religion, but over time grows fond of him. In the first half of the original pilot episode, the crew of serenity takes on several passengers and make their way to another planet to try and sell goods they salvaged from a wrecked ship.
Whedon served as an executive producer, along with tim minear. Malcolm reynolds is a veteran and the captain of serenity. As is typical in a pilot episode, we get little intros to each of the characters who crew the ship serenity a firefly class transport ship. Firefly first aired out of order, beginning on september 20, 2002, and its last episode was aired august 4, 2003. Serenity is the twohour series pilot for the american science fiction television series firefly created by joss whedon. Happens again in war stories when he meets inaras guest the councillor, who is revealed to be a woman and not the male assistant who first entered serenity. Although it is the pilot episode, it was not aired. Serenity firefly vessel serenity is a fictional spaceship that appears in joss whedons firefly television series and related works. Theres no real debate about the episode order of firefly, fox got it wrong and made the train job be aired. Fans were so dedicated to the show, they tried to start a postcard campaign in the. Firefly was axed after one season by fox, but the story was continued in the feature film serenity, made by universal.
Firefly is an american space western drama television series which ran from 20022003, created by writer and director joss whedon, under his mutant enemy productions label. Firefly, the first part of the franchise, was a shortlived tv series. Set in 2517, serenity is the story of the captain and crew of serenity, a fireflyclass spaceship. Three of the fourteen episodes went unaired in the original broadcasts by fox. How are the series firefly and the movie serenity linked.
After losing his faith in the bloodiest battle of the war, he takes to the skies in a firefly class transport ship seeking whatever jobs he can get to keep flying. Blue sun, one of the many firefly storylines that never got resolved, is a mysterious megacorporation that was teased at a few points during the shows run. Although it is the pilot episode, it was not aired first. Episodes 1 through 7 if you missed my introduction to firefly, click here to catch up. The series first aired in 2002 on fox, although the episodes were aired out of the intended order. Fox trashed the first pilot which brilliantly introduced all the characters and then aired it a few weeks later anyway and then never aired three of the back episodes which is the main difference in order. In addition to the original bonus features, there are a couple new ones. When i showed a friend the series, we mustve rewatched that particular episode 3 times before continuing to the rest of them. Join us today as we cast judgement and determine if the sci fi western firefly will be hoisted, or not hoisted.
In the pilot episode serenity, he reacts to opening simons box and seeing river with a dazed stare and simply muttering, huh. The chronicles of serenity follows the story of malcolm reynolds, a soldier who fought for the losing side of the unification war. Aside from putting the pilot serenity at the beginning, this is the same order as that of the production codes in wikipedias list of firefly episodes. Serenity was the original twohour pilot episode for the firefly tv series. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, fox executives were not satisfied with this as a pilot, and so instead, the train job was created as a second pilot and was the first episode of the series aired.
However, fox executives were not satisfied with this as a pilot, and so instead, the train job was created to be the pilot. Devoted fans or browncoats knew it all along, and with this wellpackaged dvd set, those who missed the shows original broadcasts can see what they missed. Serenity firefly episode ultimate pop culture wiki. Even now, i know there are some people out there who love firefly but arent especially keen on much else from the buffyverse, and i can understand why that would be. The captain and first mate are veterans of the unification war. The tv series firefly is first in consumption order, and is the basic location in the timeline for comparisons the comics those left behind and better days are set between the tv series and the film. On top of this, as just evidenced in the pilot episode that came first in chronology if not in original release date, whedon is a really spoton storyteller in getting the. Legend tells us that the pilot episode of cancelled show firefly actually aired last on its. In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of serenity, a firefly class spaceship. Join us as we discuss the first three hours of joss whedons firefly.
In what order are the episodes of firefly intended to be. The captain of the ship is malcolm mal reynolds nathan fillion, a former soldier who quit the game after the rebels lost to the alliance. Episodes 1 and 2 the pilot, titled serenity story alchemy. Firefly serenity the podcast with nothing much ado about aircrafts, and potentially everything ado with first episodes of a filmic series. After a flashback to zoes and mals days in the wars six years previous, we cut to the modern day where the serenity crew is running a salvage operation on a d. My favorite episode is probably the one when the captain gets a wife, so many funny lines in that episode.
Firefly was my first whedon experience, and an ideal one, id say. Episode list list of firefly episodes serenity is the original twohour series pilot for the firefly sciencefiction television series created by joss whedon. Still flying is an interesting addition to joss whedons popular universe. Firefly is the rare science fiction classic that comes along once in a generation. Firefly episodes serenity parts one and two, the train job welcome to our first tv timewarp. He is a very calm guy, but it is often hinted at during the series that he has a lot of uncovered secrets. However, not all the passengers are what they seem. Director joss whedons success with the avengers films makes a serenity 2 unlikely, but the franchise lives on in the hearts of its diehard fans. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of serenity, a firefly class spaceship. The opening heist is the first and last time the alliance.