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"Firefly" The Message (2003)


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"Firefly" (2002): Season 1: Episode 14 -- What starts out as a nice day at a space station goes very wrong when Mal and Zoe receives the corpse of their old war buddy in the mail.
"Firefly" (2002): Season 1: Episode 14 -- River looks into the core of the crew to see what is really happening on the ship.

Overview

User Rating:
8.6/10   649 votes
Director:
Tim Minear
Writers:
Joss Whedon (creator)
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TV Series:
"Firefly" (2002)
Original Air Date:
28 July 2003 (Season 1, Episode 14)
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
A pleasant day out at a space station turns sour when Mal and Zoe receive the dead body of one of their old army buddy's in the post office... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One of my favorite episodes, and possibly the best one. more (4 total)

Cast

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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

Jonathan M. Woodward ... Tracey
Richard Burgi ... Lieutenant Womack
Al Pugliese ... Amnon Duul

Tod Nakamura ... Fendris

Craig Vincent ... Skunk

Morgan Rusler ... Barker
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
44 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Company:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although it is not the last episode aired, this was the last episode ever shot. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The straw on Jayne's knit cap disappears and reappears repeatedly. more
Quotes:
Simon: This may come as a shock, but I'm actually not very good at-at talking to girls.
Zoë: Why, is there someone you *are* good at talkin' to?
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User Comments

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
One of my favorite episodes, and possibly the best one., 27 August 2006
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Author: PFCGrady from United States

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Watching this episode actually got me choked up. Seriously, there could have been tears. (Ah, Serenity joke).

This episode was a beautiful goodbye to the series, and I loved the plot line. "When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't do that..." is one of my favorite quotes. Being in the military, I fully understand a saying like that.

It really was a great episode, and I thought the acting as well as the directing was purely amazing.

I will continue to watch this episode over and over, and hope they make another movie/TV series.

Jayne is just gorram funny.

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