439 – Firefly – Out of Gas

The Serenity and her crew have got some serious problems. Simon and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis: Two stories told through a series of flashbacks: [expand title=”More…” swaptitle=”Less” tag=”strong”] The first: The Serenity, while in very off-the-radar space suffers a critical engine malfunction and fire. Zoe is critically wounded, the Serenity is dead in space and the life support systems are inoperative. Without the necessary replacement part and with no practical chance of survival, the crew evacuates in the two shuttles, hoping they will find help before they run out of fuel. Mal remains behind hoping someone will answer their distress call. When help does come, it comes with a double-cross that very nearly costs Mal his life, but in the end, all is well. In the second story, we follow the story of how Mal first bought the ship, despite Zoe’s reservations about the ship and his plan to avoid the Alliance. We see how Wash came to be hired as the ship’s pilot, despite Zoe’s reservations about him. We see how Kaylee and Mal were introduced – enough said. We sit in on the contract negotiations between Mal and Inara when she rents the shuttle from him. And finally, we see Mal, Zoe and Jayne’s first meetup and Mal’s progressive recruitment techniques. [/expand]