Serenity
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Writer: Joss Whedon
Director: Joss Whedon
Airdate: 12/20/02
After taking aboard a group of passengers bound for another planet, the crew of the spaceship Serenity encounters lawmen, double-dealers and savages as they attempt to rid themselves of precious--but easily traceable--cargo salvaged from a wrecked vessel adrift in space.
Guest cast: Carlos Jacott (Lawrence Dobson), Mark A. Sheppard (Badger), Andy Umberger (Dortmunder Captain), Philip Sternberg, Eddie Adams, Colin Patrick Lynch (Radio Operator), Bonnie Bartlett (Patience).

The Train Job
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Writer: Joss Whedon & Tim Minear
Director: Joss Whedon
Airdate: 9/20/02
A powerful and fearsome mobster named Adelei Niska demands that the crew of Serenity pull a train robbery.
Guest cast: Gregg Henry (Bourne), Tom Towles (Lund), Andrew Bryniarski (Crow), Michael Fairman (Niska), Jeff Ricketts (Blue-Hand Man #1).

Bushwhacked
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Writer: Tim Minear
Director: Tim Minear
Airdate: 9/27/02
On a salvage mission aboard a drifting colony ship, the Serenity crew find signs that the crew were killed by the cannibalistic Reavers.
Guest cast: Doug Savant (Alliance Captain Harken), Branden Morgan (The Survivor).

Shindig
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Writer: Jane Espenson
Director: Vern Gillum
Airdate: 11/1/02
Hoping to initiate a smuggling transaction, Mal attends an elegant social event with Kaylee. But when Mal upsets a wealthy man who hired Inara as his companion, he is challenged to a sword fight.
Guest cast: Edward Atterton (Atherton Wing), Larry Drake (Sir Warwick Harrow), Mark A. Sheppard (Badger)

Safe
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Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
Director: Michael Grossman
Airdate: 11/8/02
Book is critically injured when the crew of Serenity is caught in the crossfire between policemen and outlaws; a backward people in need of a doctor kidnap Simon... and mistake River for a witch.
Guest cast: William Converse-Roberts (Gabriel Tam), Isabella Hofmann (Regan Tam), Scott Terra (Young Simon), Matthew C. Ferreira (Nathaniel Grange), Andrew A. Rolfes (Marcus Grange)

Our Mrs. Reynolds
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Writer: Joss Whedon
Director: Vondie Curtis Hall
Airdate: 10/4/02
After ridding a peaceful planet of a group of bandits, Mal and his crew are honoured for their heroism. But when he returns to Serenity, a horrified Mal is told he inadvertently married one of the local women during the celebration.
Guest cast: Christina Hendricks (Saffron), Benito Martinez (Boss), Erik Passoja (Bree), Jason Gray (Holder)

Jaynestown
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Writer: Ben Edlund
Director: Marita Grabiak
Airdate: 10/18/02
Arriving on the Canton factory settlement for a job, the crew are shocked to learn that Jayne Cobb has achieved folk hero status after dropping a box of money on the town years earlier. Meanwhile, Simon and Kaylee bond.
Guest cast: Josef Cannon (Prod #2), Gregory Itzin (Magistrate Higgins), Daniel Bess (Mudder), Kevin Gage (Stitch Hessian)

Out of Gas
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Writer: Tim Minear
Director: David Solomon
Airdate: 10/25/02
The crew is forced to abandon ship when Serenity is crippled by an explosion, leaving behind a dying Mal, who recalls how he first acquired the vessel and assembled the crew.
Guest cast: Dax Griffin (Bester)

Ariel
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Writer: Jose Molina
Director: Alan Kroaker
Airdate: 11/15/02
Disguised as medical personnel, the crew infiltrates a hospital with the intention of stealing valuable supplies; meanwhile, Simon uses a high-tech imaging device to study River's brain in hopes of curing her &only to be betrayed by Jayne.
Guest cast: Blake Robbins (Agent McGinnis) Jeff Ricketts (Blue-Hand Man #1) Dennis Cockrum (Blue-Hand Man #2) Tom Virtue (Doctor)

War Stories
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Writer: Cheryl Cain
Director: Jim Contner
Airdate: 12/6/02
The crew stages a rescue mission when Niska takes Mal prisoner and subjects him to torture; Inara raises eyebrows when she takes a female client.
Guest cast: Michael Fairman (Niska), Katherine Kendall (Councillor)

Heart of Gold
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Writer: Brett Matthews
Director: Tom Wright
Airdate: ??
Serenity crew defends a bordello from a gunslinger who got a prostitute pregnant and now intends to collect the child; Mal falls for the bordello's madam.
Guest cast: Melinda Clarke (Nandi), Tracy Leah Ryan (Petaline), Fredric Lane (Ranse Burgess)

Objects in Space
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Writer: Joss Whedon
Director: Joss Whedon
Airdate: 12/13/02
A bounty hunter bent on apprehending River (and collecting the reward for her capture) boards the ship at night, catching the crew off-guard. He soon grows confused when River claims she's become one with Serenity.
Guest cast: Richard Brooks (Jubel Early)

Trash
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Writer: Ben Edlund & Jose Molina
Director: Vern Gillum
Airdate: ??
Our Mrs. Reynolds returns, this time with a plan to steal an ancient artefact, The Lassiter, from a floating estate. However, the plan does not go smooth. Meanwhile, Simon learns Jayne tried to sell the Tams out on Ariel.
Guest cast: Christina Hendricks (Saffron), Franc Ross (Monty)

The Message
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Writer: Joss Whedon & Tim Minear
Director: Tim Minear
Airdate: ??
Mal and Zoe receive the body of a former private under Mal's command during the war, but an unscrupulous Fed is also after the corpse. Meanwhile, Simon and Kaylee's burgeoning relationship hits a snag.
Guest cast: Jonathan Woodward (Tracey), Richard Burgi (Womack)