Firefly

Duration:

44 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

9.2

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Bonnie Bartlett

Firefly

Richard Burgi

Christina Hendricks

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Morena Baccarin

Firefly

Nathan Fillion

Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds

Gina Torres

Zoë Washburne

Alan Tudyk

Hoban 'Wash' Washburne

Adam Baldwin

Jayne Cobb

Jewel Staite

Kaylee Frye

Sean Maher

Dr. Simon Tam

Summer Glau

River Tam

Ron Glass

Shepherd Book

Did you know?

Trivia

Every time Mal rides a horse, no matter what planet, it's always the same horse. His name is Fred.

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Nearly all of the main cast members have appeared as villains in other Joss Whedon projects. Nathan Fillion appeared in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) as Caleb. Gina Torres appeared in the fourth season of Angel (1999) as Jasmine. Adam Baldwin also appeared in "Angel" (1999), but in the fifth season as Marcus Hamilton. After "Firefly" (2003), Summer Glau and Alan Tudyk appeared in Dollhouse (2009) as Bennett Halverson and Alpha, respectively. Sean Maher played Don John in Whedon's movie of Much Ado About Nothing.

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All of the main characters have voiced a character of the DC Universe except Jewel Staite. Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern and Vigilante, Gina Torres as Vixen and Wonder Woman, Alan Tudyk as Green Arrow and the Flash, Morena Baccarin as Black Canary, Cheetah and Talia al Ghul, Adam Baldwin as Superman, Green Lantern, Jonah Hex and Parasite, Summer Glau as Supergirl, Sean Maher as Nightwing / Dick Grayson and Ron Glass voiced a newscaster in Superman: Blasts from the Past: Part II (1997).

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Goofs

The Chinese characters for "Blue Sun" change from throughout the series. On Jayne's T-shirt, "Blue Sun" is Qing Ri, but in logo signs, it's Lan Ri. In ancient China, as well as Japan, green and blue were seen as different shades of the same color. The character Qing was used to represent both green and blue. In modern China, Lan is the character used for blue.

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Quotes

Agent McGuinness: I'm only doing my job.

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Shepherd Book: [Regarding Mal's new "wife"] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters. And people who talk at the theatre.

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opening song: Take my love, take my land / Take me where I cannot stand / I don't care, I'm still free / You can't take the sky from me / Take me out to the black / Tell 'em I ain't comin' back / Burn the land and boil the sea / You can't take the sky from me / There's no place I can be / Since I found serenity / But you can't take the sky from me 40 of 40 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options [opening narration for episodes: Safe, Ariel, War Stories, Heart of Gold] Mal: Here's how it is: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths. Some rich and flush with the new technologies, some not so much. The Central Planets, thems formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of Serenity. She's a transport ship; Firefly class. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher for some reason, and a bona fide companion. There's a doctor, too, took his genius sister outta some Alliance camp, so they're keepin' a low profile. You understand. You got a job, we can do it, don't much care what it is.

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Faq

Q

What other Whedon alumni appear in Firefly?

A

1. Nathan Fillion (3); Firefly, Caleb in S7 of Buffy, and Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog2. Gina Torres (2); Firefly, Jasmine in S4 of Angel, and Nebula in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys3. Alan Tudyk (2); Firefly and the villainous/heroic(?) Alpha in Dollhouse4. Adam Baldwin (2); Firefly and Marcus Hamilton in S5 of Angel5. Summer Glau (3); Firefly, Dollhouse, and the prima ballerina in the S03E13 Angel ep 'Waiting in the Wings'.6. Carlos Jacott (3); The Fed in Firefly, Ken in the 'Anne' ep of Buffy, and Richard Straley in 'The Bachelor Party' ep of Angel.7. Andy Umberger (3); the captain of the Dortmunder in Firefly, D'Hoffryn in Buffy, and the psychic surgeon in the Angel ep 'I Fall to Pieces'.8. Mark Shepherd (2); Badger in Firefly and later turns up as one of Ballard's FBI colleagues in Dollhouse. Also a BSG alumni.9. Jeff Rickets (3); one of the blue handed men in Firefly, Weatherby on Buffy/Angel plus the spiderdemon at the end of Angel season 410. Gregg Henry (2); the Sheriff in 'The Train Job' here, and he later recurs in Dollhouse s01ep10 'Ghost'.11. Christina Hendricks (2); Saffron in Firefly and a bar maid in the Angel ep 'The Prodigal'. She later starred in Mad Men with Whedonverse alumni Vincent Kartheiser.12. Ira Steck (2); The intern here and the vamp Buffy fights in 'Lies My Parents Told Me'.13. Michael Nagy (3); one of the hospital staff here, the Rat Pack vamp Jay-Don in the Angel ep 'The Shroud of Rahmon', and Alfonse (one of vampWillow's lackeys) in the Buffy ep 'Dopplegangland'.14. Cathy Cohen (2); the admitting nurse here and the estate agent who hits on cool Xander in the Buffy ep 'The Replacement'.15. Jonathon Woodward (3); as observed in the commentary, a hattrick (but not the only one): Tracey here, the vamp Holden Webster whom Buffy slays in 'Conversations With Dead People', and the traitorous Knox in season 5 of Angel each character seeming good but betraying everyone at the end.

Q

Do all Joss Whedon creations take place in the same reality?

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It's possible, Buffy/Angel and 'Cabin in the Woods' all feature otherworldly threats, secret government organisations (The Initiative trying to exploit them, The Conspiracy trying to appease them and Shield trying to combat them). Humanity may have left Earth to establish the Firefly/Serenity colonies after the 'Cabin in the Woods'/Dollhouse apocalypses and this would explain Paris being in ruins at the end of Alien; Resurrection

Q

What is a Browncoat?

A

The term "Browncoat" was used in the episode "The Train Job" to refer to soldiers of the resistance who fought against the Alliance and lost. Devoted fans of Firefly adopted the moniker, seeing a parallel between the Browncoats' loss against the Alliance and their own defeat when Fox cancelled the series.

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