Firefly Special: The R.Tam Sessions

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Kept prisoner at the Academy, River Tam becomes the subject of Alliance experimentation, falling deeper and deeper into psychosis and losing sight of who she is. Though never directly stated, River's given mission grows steadily clearer the longer she's held hostage, and she's forever changed by the experience.

Firefly Special: Those Left Behind

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Figures from both Mal and River's pasts come back to take their revenge while Inara and Book both consider their upcoming departures from Serenity.

Firefly Special: Downtime

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Stranded on an icy planet after a job, the crew bides their time trying to enjoy themselves, unaware that a group of bandits is slowly closing in on them. River takes matters into her own hands while keeping the rest of the crew completely clueless to the situation, dispatching her own style of justice.

Firefly Special: The Other Half

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Charged with protecting a hover-stage coach, the crew of the Serenity is made to deal with the incoming threat of the Reavers as well as a group of Alliance agents determined to take River into custody.

Firefly Special: Better Days

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When a job leaves Mal and his crew wealthy beyond their wildest dreams they take it as an opportunity to live out their fantasies, but the crew's bounty seems far less important when they learn that Mal's life is suddenly in danger.

Firefly Overview

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After the Earth was used up, humanity found a new solar system and hundreds of new Earths were terra-formed and colonized. The central planets formed the Alliance and decided all the planets had to join under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point. After the War, many of the Independents who had fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system, far from Alliance control. Out here, people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies; a ship would bring you work, a gun would help you keep it. A captain's goal was simple: find a crew, find a job, keep flying.

Objects in Space

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Serenity's crew is put in danger when bounty hunter Jubal Early tracks them down in an effort to take River into custody, making her feel even more unwelcome among her friends than she already did whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture.

Heart of Gold

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Mal and the crew are called to help a friend of Inara's whose brothel is under attack by a man trying to claim the baby from a woman he had impregnated. Some of the brothel-bound crew take advantage of their situation, delighting in the pleasures at hand, while others argue that they shouldn't even get involved.

The Message

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Mal and Zoë reminisce on the past when their former war ally mails them his corpse with instructions to return him to his family for proper burial. Unfortunately, there's more to his story than his message lets on, and the Serenity finds itself under attack from those with an interest in what the dead man has to offer.

Trash

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While catching up with an old friend Mal runs into an old enemy in the form of his treacherous wife Saffron. Soon, the two are forced to work together to perform a high-paying heist, though both run the risk of being betrayed by the other before their payday arrives.

War Stories

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Hoping to gain a better understanding of Zoë's relationship with Mal, Wash volunteers for a field assignment, only to find himself face to face with a crime lord looking to exact vengeance on the Serenity.

Ariel

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Simon hires the crew of the Serenity to help him break into an Alliance hospital in an effort to get a complete diagnostic of River's condition with the hope of understanding exactly what was done to her when she was sent away from home.

Out of Gas

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Stranded in space with only a few hours of oxygen left, the crew of Serenity reminisce about how they all came together.

Jaynestown

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The Serenity lands on a planet where Jayne has become something of a folk hero, despite the fact that he had tried to betray the entire town.

Our Mrs. Reynolds

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Mal finds a stowaway on board who claims to have married him in a drunken stupor and must find a way to get her off the ship without hurting her feelings.

Safe

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With two of his crew kidnapped, and a third seriously injured, Mal is forced to choose who to focus his attention on knowing that the other(s) may not survive the night.

Shindig

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Mal is challenged to a duel when he confronts Inara's date to a formal dance, halting the smuggling job he had been trying to set up.

Bushwhacked

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In order to avoid capture during an Alliance investigation, Simon and River are forced to hide while the rest of the crew is interrogated in regards to the cargo they had retrieved from an abandoned vessel.

The Train Job

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Mal and his crew are hired to rob a train of some valuable cargo; meanwhile, River's nightmares regarding her institutionalization cause worry for Simon.

Serenity (Part 2)

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Captain Mal sets down on Whitefall in order to do business with an old contact named Patience. Naturally, when the deal goes awry, the crew of Serenity find themselves running from Patience, the Alliance, and the Reavers all in one go.