"Firefly" Ariel (2002)

Director:

Allan Kroeker

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Jose Molina (written by)

TV Series:

"Firefly" (2002)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2002 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

When the crew of Serenity arrives on the heavily populated, industrialized Alliance core world of 'Ariel'...

Plot Keywords:

Ambulance | Heroine | Pharmacy | Fugitive | Brother Sister Relationship

Cast

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 Book (credit only)
Blake Robbins	...	Agent McGuinness
Jeff Ricketts	...	Blue Glove Man #1
Dennis Cockrum	...	Blue Glove Man #2
Tom Virtue	...	Pompous Doctor
Roma Chugani	...	Receiving Doctor
Ira Steck	...	Young Intern

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

While sifting through the junkyard, Wash picks up a piece of trash and heaves it at what ends up being the hover ambulance they use to break in to the hospital. The piece of junk he heaves is the catalyzer from "Firefly: Out of Gas (#1.5)" (2002).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Simon and River are captured by the Alliance, Jayne is handcuffed with his hands behind his back. However, when he is shot with a stun gun moments later, his hands are unbound and the cuffs are nowhere to be seen.

Quotes:

Inara Serra: What's going on here?
Kaylee Frye: Oh, well, let's see. We killed Simon and River, stole a bunch of medicine, and now the Captain and Zoë are off springing the others got snatched by the feds. Oh, 'n here they are now!

My personal favorite

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I love this show! While watching these episodes in order on the great SciFi channel I enjoyed the chemistry as much as the SG1 Team. But when this episode came on I found this is no above average plus show but perfection in film art. I missed the original airing in 2002 but who didn't. The ending with Captain Malcolm Reynolds and the mercenary Jayne having discussion about the definition of loyalty was fantastic. I was utterly and completely hooked. I am a browncoat forever because of it. A page right out the A team manual. This is a fast pace, action orientated, slick written, and A team stunt on a caper of the times. With Shepherd Book on leave at the Abby and Inara gone to her yearly guild provided check up it provides are A team to jump into mission impossible action. A must see, to see how the crew works together for the benefit of themselves. River who is becoming unstable more and more with the crew in need of a job to pay the bills Dr Tam becomes a criminal mastermind. He lays out the plan for the Captain and crew which also shows his worth is more that patching up gunshot wounds. Now a full member of the gang. He helps his sister with needs while attending to the crews needs due to that they have to take low key jobs while River is flying with them. We also see in this episode the lengths that the Blue Sun Corporation will resort to.