2024-06-24
Mal's efforts to sell a stash of ill-gotten Alliance materials is derailed by the raiding Reavers and a possible on-board mole in an episode that explains the origins of the Serenity's rag-tag crew. Written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon. Zoe: Gina Torres. Mal: Nathan Fillion. River: Summer Glau. (Repeat).
Jayne (Adam Baldwin) jockeys for control of the ship after Mal and Zoe get caught up in a botched robbery involving some shady cargo. Zoe: Gina Torres. Mal: Nathan Fillion. Kaylee: Jewel Staite. Book: Ron Glass. Simon: Sean Maher. (Repeat).
A salvage mission goes from dreary to deadly after the crew members find their site ravaged by the cannibalistic Reavers and targeted by an Alliance ship that could do more damage than anyone imagined. Mal: Nathan Fillion. Zoe: Gina Torres. Simon: Sean Maher. Book: Ron Glass. Jayne: Adam Baldwin. (Repeat).
There's trouble ahead for Mal (Nathan Fillion) after he gets into a dust-up with one of Inara's less-than-noble clients. Making things worse, there's a warlord with an eye on the Serenity. Inara: Morena Baccarin. Simon: Sean Maher. Jayne: Adam Baldwin. Kaylee: Jewel Staite. Book: Ron Glass. (Repeat).
A battle with cattle dealers leaves Book in dire need of Simon's aid. Too bad the doctor---and his sister---is out of reach, having been abducted by hillbillies looking for a healer. Commander: Ron Ostrow. Gabriel: Robin Thomas. Doralee: Erica N. Tazel. Stark: John Thaddeus. River: Summer Glau. (Repeat).
The discovery of a stowaway (Christina Hendricks) leads to an even more shocking find---she's actually Mal's payment for a past job. Meanwhile, the Alliance has its eye on the Serenity. Or at least someone aboard it. Kaylee: Jewel Staite. Zoe: Gina Torres. Simon: Sean Maher. Mal: Nathan Fillion. (Repeat).
Jayne gets a hero's welcome when the ship visits a planet where one of his botched gigs led to good fortune for the residents. But his former partner in crime comes looking for some payback, and Inara steps in to keep the peace, resorting to the only method she knows. River: Summer Glau. Inara: Morena Baccarin. Jayne: Adam Baldwin. (Repeat).
Mal flash backs to how it all started on the Serenity after an explosion leaves the ship crippled and running out of oxygen. Simon: Sean Maher. Inara: Morena Baccarin. Book: Ron Glass. Rover: Summer Glau. Kaylee: Jewel Staite. Jayne: Adam Baldwin. Zoe: Gina Torres. (Repeat).
The crew helps Simon infiltrate a ritzy planet's hospital for info on the experiments going on at River's school. But as he uncovers the cause of her psychosis, a betrayal by one of the Serenity members puts the Tam siblings back into the hands of the Alliance. McGinnis: Blake Robbins. Doctor: Tom Virtue. Simon: Sean Maher. River: Summer Glau. (Repeat).
A vengeful crime lord sets out to derail Wash and Mal's medical-supplies scam as payback for Mal's part in a botched train heist. But the bad guy may have met his match in another member of the Serenity crew, who refuses to see the captain go down without a fight. Simon: Sean Maher. Wash: Alan Tudyk. Mal: Nathan Fillion. (Repeat).
Mal meets up with an old friend and has an unexpected liaison with an old enemy---Saffron, his con-artist wife. (Repeat).
Mal and Zoe receive the body of a comrade, with a request to return it to his family. Jonathan M. Woodward, Richard Burgi. (Repeat).
Inara struggles with her growing feelings for Mal when they visit a remote bordello planet to defend her companion colleague (Melinda Clarke) from a brutal land baron. Burgess: Fredric Lane. Petaline: Tracy Leah Ryan. Chari: Kimberly McCullough. Helen: Heather Black. (Repeat).
A bounty hunter (Richard Brooks) is lured into a treacherous game of cat and mouse after he infiltrates the Serenity to deliver the much sought-after River to the Alliance. Mal: Nathan Fillion. River: Summer Glau. Simon: Sean Maher. (Repeat).
Faith (Eliza Dushku) uses Angel's weakness to bring Buffy down, as the gang learns that the new Slayer has switched sides and that Angel's soul is once again up for grabs. The Mayor: Harry Groener. Wesley: Alexis Denisof. Oz: Seth Green. Giles Anthony S. Head. (Repeat).
After Buffy defeats a telepathic demon, she acquires the ability to read minds and "overhears" someone's plans to kill everyone in the school. But she is soon overwhelmed by her new power and finds it difficult to track down the would-be killer. Angel: David Boreanaz. Willow: Alyson Hannigan. Giles: Anthony S. Head. (Repeat).
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) decides to take the offensive in the war with the Mayor before he can complete his "ascension" and threaten the entire world. Mayor: Harry Groener. Faith: Eliza Dushku. Xander: Nicholas Brendon. (Repeat).