This page lists characters from the television series firefly. Zoe and wash enter, playfully arguing about taking a vacation. The councilor the firefly and serenity database fandom. Dictionary the firefly and serenity database fandom. Firefly isnt a sitcom, and continuity mattered to that show. Black gate articles firefly, a retrospective part 6. Reconsidering the feminism of joss whedon the mary sue. Summer glau in firefly 2002 nathan fillion and alan tudyk in firefly 2002 jewel staite and summer glau in. Id seen a couple of episodes before, but my wife and daughter were looking for something to watch last night, and i suggested that we start watching this series again. Theyll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. Ive seen more than one queer woman roll her eyes at the romanticised image of lesbian sex as platonic massages. Inara leased a shuttle from captain malcolm reynolds and traveled with serenitys crew. Unfortunately, crime lord niska chooses this moment to exact a brutal vengeance for mals failure to complete an earlier job.
Sexual tension between mal and inara my wife and i just got into the firefly series. This can only partly be chalked up to the seediness of serenitys crew and shipping. Serenity episode the firefly and serenity database. Inara serra explaining how much studying is involved with being a companion. Contentsshow biography inara, born in the late 25th century on sihnon, is a companion, a highsociety courtesan licensed by the union of allied planets the alliance.
Mal and wash are kidnapped, wash and zoe are fighting, and we find out that rivers time at the institute left her with super soldier capabilities. Firefly tv series 20022003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Almost humans firefly serenity the movie nathan fillion. The client in fact refers to it when he is leaving. River unexpectedly takes a peek at the positions four mooks, jumps out of cover with a weapon, then kills all four with her eyes closed. Did the gang of misfits aboard the serenity escape the clutches of the alliance. Angered at zoes unshakable war connection to mal, wash demands a shot at a field assignment. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. There are plenty of good things in this episode, but frankly, they. I say almost, of course, in acknowledgement of inaras female client a storyline that is presented wholly for male. This torture is some of the most brutal acts weve seen so far in the series, and it gets worse as we proceed through the episode. Firefly 20022003 is a sciencefiction television series, written by joss whedon and tim minear, about the crew of the fireflyclass spaceship serenity and their adventures as they try to get by as independents in a culture of conformity enforced by a generally peaceful but authoritarian alliance government. Serenity was not aired until the end of the series run on december 20, 2002.
In order to secure a job transporting cargo offplanet for a client, mal attends a social event where a dance with inara leads to him being challenged to a swordfight in defense of her honor. When fox ran firefly in 20022003 i never heard of it, of course i was busy deploying to iraq and elsewhere due to this little thing called the. Turns out that before the events of firefly, inara broke the. In alliance society, companions are part of the social elite, often accompanying the wealthy and powerful.
During this, inara welcomes a client to her shuttle on serenity. Since one of the episodes made it into my personal top 10, and because i love this series, im going to grant this request. I say almost, of course, in acknowledgement of inaras female client a. Episode 10 war stories posted on december 9, 2010 by mark oshiro in the tenth episode of firefly, the events of the episode, the train job come back to haunt mal and wash in the most brutal way imaginable. In the shortlived tv series firefly, inara serra morena baccarin is a companion a courtesan whose occupation makes her a member of the aristocracy. Top 20 hottest women in science fiction therichest. He fought under the rank of sergeant for the independents, the side that lost to the alliance. This is the best episode of firefly ever its where us viewers get in our heads that. With inara and her female client, like lots of other people i get the impression that shes mostly straight, but is attracted to the occasional woman.
I also love this episode because it refuses to acknowledge even a hint of a love. Repeated line, when jayne spots inara with her female client. A tribute to the character inara serra from firefly and serenity, played by. Malcolm mal reynolds, zoe, and several fellow soldiers are part of an attempt to prevent alliance forces from. The crew stages a rescue mission when niska takes mal prisoner and subjects him to torture. I rent the shuttle from captain reynolds, which allows me to expand my client base. The only bum note this episode is the infamous female client inara takes on.
War stories the firefly and serenity database fandom. Joss whedon who created this series planned for it to run for seven seasons and instead it only produced 14 and aired 11 before it was canceled purportedly after the first episode was shown. The women in firefly are not damsels in distress or blushing brides. Kim li nodded and motioned to one of his female servants.
But the companions guild empowers inara to protect herself and others from his abuse. The top 11 lesbianbi moments in sci fi and fantasy page. Also fun was inara bringing home an important female client, an event that certainly excited jayne. War stories is the tenth episode of the science fiction television series firefly created by joss whedon. The notsoofficial ranking of every firefly episode because it had to be done. A woman of stature such as yourself falling in with these types. Serenity was the original twohour pilot episode for the firefly tv series. Its quick cancellation helped give rise to the firefly effect. If they dont get paid for the hooky cargo, they wont have enough fuel to fly or enough money to maintain their ship.
On sihnon, we started training at twelve, years of discipline and preparation before the physical act of pleasure was even mentioned. Inara serra is a companion who leases a shuttle from captain malcolm reynolds and travels with serenitys crew. I like inaras line about being able to relax, because it would probably be true. Ive always wanted to see the movie, but ive been putting it off until i finished watching the television series. While wash and zoe were arguing, he called her lamby toes and she called him sweetcakes. Captain reynolds is a browncoata veteran of the stellar civil war that precedes the events of the series by six years. The top 11 lesbianbi moments in sci fi and fantasy page 3.
There is a greeting ceremony that she performs before the physical intimacy, grant interrupted, wiping his hands on his pants as he spoke. Jaynes reaction to inara bringing a female client aboard serenity. Simon tries to convince river that the food is good, but jayne says it smells like crotch, which is the funniest description ive ever heard. Its the first time weve seen inara have a female client. Serenity, part 1 by title fireflyserenity chinese pinyinary. This is the best episode of firefly ever its where us viewers get in our heads that nyska from the train job is a sadist which if you watched this youll understand. I mean, inara isnt my favorite character, but shes at least fully developed as a person. Serenity is the series pilot for the american science fiction television series firefly created by joss whedon. Jayne sees them and announces that hell be in his bunk. Oct 14, 2007 in the shortlived tv series firefly, inara serra morena baccarin is a companion a courtesan whose occupation makes her a member of the aristocracy. Unfortunately, crime lord niska chooses this moment to exact a brutal vengeance for mals failur.
The conclusion to this thread comes in the film serenity, where wash. Its the hourglass you see when she is with her first client. Zoe, kaylee, inara, and river are four women who have likes and dislikes, like any other person. While kaylee babbles her admiration of inaras female client, jayne quickly departs, announcing, ill be in my bunk. And while the subplot of inara and her female client. My client says there is a moon nearby that needs to hire a freighter. Sexual tension between mal and inara by thirdmonkey. Did mal actually order zoe not to marry wash, or was mal just saying that to make wash angry. Before canceling the season, fox ran the episodes in the wrong order. So far, weve covered the pilot in part 1, episodes two and three train job and bushwhacked in part 2, shindig and safe in part 3, our mrs. Inara serra the firefly and serenity database fandom. By the time the episode war stories begins, inara has only been seen with male clients, but then a new client arrives. A medical tool that mends severed skinsimon got to use it for mals ear in the episode war stories, thanks to the councilor a female client of inara s generously loaning the equipment for them to use.
Reconsidering the feminism of joss whedon the mary sue part 2. Mal tells saffron shed better learn to stand up for herself. Tudyk is the second firefly alum to pay fillions rookie a visit. Of all the stories told on firefly, war stories was my favourite. A dvd boxed set was released in december 2003 and has sold briskly ever since. In this deleted scene, river tells simon they should get married. Check out the games schedule for more details and to join in. At the end of the episode, the ladies have gone to war alongside zoe, wash. Companions choose their own clients and are notoriously picky. An instrument used to pull out things like bullet shards. There are plenty of good things in this episode, but frankly, they just dont compare to the rest of the series. We saw the movie and liked it enough to catch the 12 episodes of the series that were on the air last week.
The councilor was one of inara serras rare female clients. Im back this week with part 6 of my examination of the firefly series. The camera also focuses on it just before book enters her shuttle at the end of the bathing scene. Inara didnt frown or roll her eyes, just nodded, not wanting to start a fight. And it was a little over a year ago that abc revived firefly via an episode of american housewife, in which fillion channeled his former alter ego, spaceship captain mal reynolds. I could see how a female client wouldnt expect a fantasy in the same way a man would.
War stories is the tenth episode of sciencefiction television series firefly created by joss whedon. Inara is a companion, which in firefly terms is a highpriced courtesan, conceptually like a japanese geisha. Although it is the pilot episode, it was not aired first. Episode 1 serenity posted on november 29, 2010 by mark oshiro in the first episode of firefly, we are introduced to the world of malcolm mal reynolds and his crew aboard the ship serenity. Its about a three week push from here, but were on our way. Tell your client well get you there, inara, mal said. It would be profitable enough to fill up on fuel and what i know about ningxia hui is that its practically a paradise. Why it crackles the only flaw in joss whedons visionary followup to buffy is that it didnt make it past its inspired first season. The episode war stories has some of the most graphic visuals outside of anything involving reavers with some torture scenes, but also includes inara servicing a female client in a fairly steamy lesbian sex scene, though the most we actually see is similar to inaras sponge bath in the pilot serenity. Five hundred years in the future, the crew of the fireflyclass spaceship, serenity, is eager to stake a claim on the action. Episode 2 the train job 488 responses to mark watches firefly. Its so improbable that it comes up in a later episode. Inara, a buddhist, was a rising member of companion house madrassa when she suddenly and inexplicably left to travel the outer rim.
Inara has a number of frequent clients throughout the allied worlds, and takes both male and female clients, although most of her clients are male. Perhaps the worst handling of a show by a network ever. Whedon is actually generally really good at writing female characters. As wash lands the nonsexy shuttle, mal tries to broach the subject of whats going on between wash and zoe. Inara spends quality time with an unusual client, and questions arise about why. However, fox executives were not satisfied with this as a pilot, and so instead, the train job was created as a second pilot and was the first episode of the series aired. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted. February 15, 2020 is international fanworks day and we are celebrating by running fandomthemed games in our chatroom all day long. When the pair dont return to serenity on time, zoe, jayne, and book check the scene and. Joss whedon explained in the dvd audio commentary for the pilot episode that the syringe inara takes out.
There is one episode where she is shown with a female client, which particularly excites jayne cobb, the weapons obsessed. In the jaynestown episode of firefly, inara is engaged to be the first experience for the magistrates son. Reynolds and jaynestown in part 4, and out of gas and ariel in part 5. Inara raises eyebrows when she takes a female client. She says it herself to her one onscreen female client. I cant stand the thought of something happening that might cause you two to come back with another thrilling tale of bonding and adventure. Inaras first female client, as kaylee observes they look so glamorous. Its unique retrowestern interplanetary setting, in whedons words, combines the. The episode introduced new sides to almost every character onboard serenity, including finding out that inara takes female clients. Things arent looking as bright for jayne, mal and zoe. War stories is the tenth episode of the firefly tv series and was first aired on fox, on december 6, 2002 wash, angered by zoes close relationship with mal, convinces the captain to take him along on the next away mission. Chinese translations backtranslations of mandarin to english, with standard hanyu pinyin romanization and chinese characters for the firefly tv episode serenity, part 1. Meanwhile, inaras attractive female client arrives on the ship. They do not fit into any one trope, instead they have a combination of traits that make up their entire personality.