"Firefly" Safe (2002)

Director:

Michael Grossman

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator)
Drew Z. Greenberg (written by)

TV Series:

"Firefly" (2002)

Original Air Date:

8 November 2002 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

While visiting an outlying planet, Simon and River are kidnapped by local villagers in need of a doctor...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Cattle | Kidnapping | Brother Sister Relationship | Teenage Boy

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
Isabella Hofmann	...	Regan Tam
William Converse-Roberts	...	Gabriel Tam
John Thaddeus	...	Stark
Gary Werntz	...	Patron
Andy Rolfes	...	Marcus Grange (as Andrew A. Rolfes)
Matthew Ferreira	...	Nathaniel Grange (as Matthew C. Ferreira)

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Mutant Enemy

Trivia:

Inara asks whether a carved wooden statuette in a trading post is supposed to be a duck, and Kaylee replies that it's a swan. There is a Chinese proverb that says, "A badly painted tiger looks like a dog; a badly carved swan looks like a duck." (The meaning of the proverb is that it's better not to do certain things than to do them badly.)

Quotes:

Patron: [River is about to be burned at the stake] This is a holy cleansing. You cannot think to thwart God's will.
Mal: Y'all see the man hangin' out of the spaceship with the really big gun? I'm not saying you weren't easy to find, but it was kind of out of our way and he didn't wanna come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal: [to Simon] Gotta say, Doctor, your talent for alienatin' folks is near miraculous.
Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
Mal: [about River] Cut her down.
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Shindig part 2

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

You must watch Shindig first since the cargo their carring is from that episode. Can still pick up what's going on even if you don't. The crew now with a job carring the cargo to a backwater planet to make some quick cash from settlers. Seems OK at first and somewhat relaxing but then the men they deal with our wanted fugitives. The law pounces on the crew and fugies. In the chaos of a gunfight between the law and criminals our beloved Shepherd Book is shot in the chest. Bleeding to death Mal the captain of Serenity makes a descision to leave atmo to save his life. While everything was fine at first the Doc and his little sister River go to town. Hanging out at a country dance they are kidnapped by hill folk. They are now took to a mountain town. With Serenity and crew out in the black to save the Shepherd it seems the Tams are forgotten but Mal keeps his word and saves the day. The term Big Damn Heroes comes from this episode as well as finding Shepherd Book has influence with the Alliance. Now Book shows he has a mysterious past that puzzles the crew.