Firefly

Best Cancelled Gorram Show in the 'Verse!

About Firefly

Setting

The show is set in the year 2517 CE, following the depletion of Earth's resources and an expansion of the human race into the frontier of outer space. The show takes its name from the "Firefly-class" starship operated by the central characters; the ship's class name is itself a reference to the appearance of the ship, whose tail section blinks during acceleration. Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is the veteran of a war of resistance against "The Alliance"—an organization that attempted to achieve the unification of all mankind under a single imperial government. A central "core" of planetary systems have fallen under Alliance control, while settlers and refugees in the farther reaches of space enjoy relative freedom from the long arm of the government but lack many of the amenities of a high-tech civilization. Mal now owns a small Firefly-class starship called Serenity, making cargo runs and performing various other tasks—legal or otherwise—to scrape together a living for himself and his crew.

Featuring a blend of elements from science fiction and western genres, the show depicts mankind's future in a way that is uncharacteristic of many contemporary science fiction programs. The dialogue and interplay between characters is central to the plot of the program, resulting in a story that is alternately serious and humorous.

Cast

Nathan Fillion plays Malcolm Reynolds,

Serenity's captain.

Gina Torres plays Zoe,

crew member and wartime friend of Reynolds.


Alan Tudyk plays Wash,

the pilot of Serenity and Zoë's husband.

Morena Baccarin plays Inara Serra,

a prostitute (called a Companion - an honored profession in this society, with much in common with a renaissance courtesan or Japanese geisha) with special status on the ship and a mutual unspoken crush and love-hate relationship with Mal.

Jewel Staite plays Kaylee Frye,

ship's mechanic. With no formal training, she keeps the ship, Serenity, running with an intuitive knowledge of mechanical things.

Adam Baldwin plays Jayne Cobb,

crew member. A straight-forward (some might mistakenly say dull-witted), violent, and treacherous bandit that Mal bought off while in the very process of being robbed by him.

Sean Maher plays Simon Tam,

a surgeon and physician of the first caliber, on the run after breaking his sister River out of a research facility.

Summer Glau plays River Tam,

originally a stowaway on the ship. Previously suffered exploitation in medical experiments for unspecified reasons (but with strong hints of brain tampering to bring out a natural psychic ability), presumably by the agency whose operatives include the "Hands Of Blue".

Ron Glass plays Shepherd Book,

a preacher, holy man, or Shepherd, though there are hints that he is or was an agent of some Alliance organization.

The show's plot pits these characters against various criminals and schemers, Alliance security forces, the violently insane Reavers, and the mysterious men with "hands of blue" who are apparently operatives of some rogue secret agency within the Alliance. The crew is driven by the need to secure enough income to keep their ship operational, against the need to keep a low profile to avoid their adversaries. Their situation is greatly complicated by the very divergent motivations of the individuals on board Serenity. The show's brief run did not allow full elucidation of all the complex interrelationships of the cast and their external contacts.</center>

SERENITY THE MOVIE

Coming to Cinemas everywhere this September