History Recap / FireflyE01Serenity

%%* DumbMuscle: Jayne

%%* TheHorde: The Reavers

%%* TheMole: Dobson

%%* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Alliance vs Outer Planets

%%* GirlInABox

->'''Mal''': We're still flying.
->'''Simon''': That's not much.
->'''Mal''': It's enough.

-->'''Simon:''' "I am very smart...gifted is the term. So when I tell you that my little sister makes me look like an idiot child, I want you to comprehend my full meaning."

* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Persephone

* DumbMuscle: Jayne

* FireForgedFriends: Simon and Mal who begin as rivals and learn to respect each other
-->'''Mal:''' "You ain't weak, and that's something".

* GirlInABox
* TheGovernment: The Alliance

* TheHorde: The Reavers

* TheMole: Dobson

-->'''Wash''': Didn't she shoot you?
-->'''Mal''': Everyone's gotta make a fuss.

-->'''River:''' "I didn't think you'd come for me."
-->'''Simon:''' "Well, you're a dummy."
* WalkingTheEarth: Book
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Alliance vs Outer Planets
* WastelandElder: Patience

* WrenchWench: Kaylee

-->'''Dobson:''' "There's nowhere you can take her that the law won't find her."

* HostageSituation: subverted; when Dobson grabs River, Mal [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shoots him]]. ''Without breaking stride''.

* DerelictGraveyard

* TeamChef: Book prepares dinner for everyone, and it's apparently pretty fabulous.

** Book and Inara, as well.

* KickTheDog: Dobson shooting Kaylee

->'''River:''' "I didn't think you'd come for me."
->'''Simon:''' "Well, you're a dummy."

* LoveAtFirstSight: Kaylee; a bit difficult as the doctor is [[TinMan awkward]], and [[TheCaretaker busy]] with [[BigBrotherComplex important matters.]]

* HostageSituation: subverted; when Dobson grabs River, Mal [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shoots him]].

* [[{{ptitleb5uyfj4pefj2}} You Can Run But You Can't Hide]]:

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney / [[{{ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: River's rescue is because Simon was willing to do this.

-->'''Simon:''' "I am very smart...gifted is the term. So when I tell you that my little sister makes me look like an idiot child, I want you to apprehend my full meaning."

* TwoScenesOneDialogue: Simon's "Gifted is the term" speech.

But Dobson is actually an Alliance police officer sent to arrest Simon, apparently for the theft of the large crate he's brought with him. When Mal pries it open, though, the crate proves to contain a young woman, whom Simon identifies as his sister, River Tam, astonishingly brilliant but now psychologically damaged by years of unspecified medical [[strike:torture]] [[strike:experimentation]] ''research''. Simon was able to get her away from the Academy, the Alliance-sponsored facility that was holding her, but does not know how--or even if--he can help his sister heal.

* IWillFindYou: Simon has already done this for River.

* HolierThanThou: Badger accuses Mal of thinking he is this. But then it is not hard to be holier than Badger.

* TeamChef: Book prepares dinner for everyone, and it's implied to be pretty fabulous.
* TheCaretaker: Simon to both River and Kaylee.
* TheGovernment: The Alliance
* TheMole: Dobson

After illegally salvaging cargo from a derelict spaceship, ''Serenity'' 's crew heads for the planet Persephone. There they pick up a courtesan, Companion Inara Serra, who rents one of ''Serenity'' 's shuttles; and, in a last-ditch effort to make some money, take on passengers. On board for the trip to Whitefall, a remote frontier moon: gentle Shepherd (Reverend) Book, cool and aloof Dr. Simon Tam, and a bumbling smiler named Dobson.

But Dobson is actually an Alliance police officer sent to arrest Simon, apparently for the theft of the large crate he's brought with him. When Mal pries it open, though, the crate proves to contain a young woman, whom Simon identifies as his sister, River Tam, astonishingly brilliant but now psychologically scarred by years of unspecified medical experimentation. Simon was able to get her away from the Academy, the Alliance-sponsored facility that was holding her, but does not know how--or even if--he can help his sister heal.

''Serenity'' heads for Whitefall, a frontier moon, to try to sell the salvaged cargo. Mal and Zoe survive an attempted double-cross by their buyer, and get back to the ship having successfully completed the transaction despite themselves. Having forcibly evicted the fed at Whitefall, Mal offers Simon and River a place aboard ''Serenity''.

*AcePilot (Wash)
*AFriendInNeed (Simon to River, Mal to both Tams, The unnamed [[LaResistance "underground movement"]] that helps Simon find River.)
*AlwaysSomeoneBetter ( "I am very smart...gifted is the term...she makes me look like an idiot child")
*BadassBoast (We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty!)
*BazaarOfTheBizarre (Persephone)
*BadCopIncompetentCop (Dobson; a lot of bad and a lot of incompetence)
*DareToBeBadass (Simon had already done this when he first arrives)
*DeathGlare (between Simon and Mal a couple of times)

*DirtyBusiness (Simon threatens to let Kaylee bleed to death; it was probably a bluff but it indicates that he has a trace of KnightTemplarBigBrother that he seldom shows elsewhere.)
*DumbMuscle (Jayne)
*EasilyForgiven ("He wasn't going to let me die...")
*FireForgedFriends (Simon and Mal who begin as rivals and learn to respect each other)
**"You ain't weak and that's something".
*FoodPills (the cargo they are carrying is salvaged protein bars)
*IWillFindYou (Simon has already done this for River)
*HeroicResolve (Simon jumps on Dobson from a catwalk to rescue River.)
*TheHorde (The Reavers)
*HostageSituation (subverted; when Dobson grabs River, Mal [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shoots him]].)
*HolierThanThou (Badger accuses Mal of thinking he is this. But then it is not hard to be Holier then Badger.)
*IOweYouMyLife ("I didn't think you'd come for me")
*ILied (Patience tries to backstab Mal and steal the food bars)
*IntrepidMerchant (the Serenity: you don't have to be lucky to be intrepid)
*KickTheDog (Dobson shooting Kaylee)
*LoveAtFirstSight (Kaylee; a bit difficult as the doctor is [[TinMan awkward]], and [[TheCaretaker busy]] with [[BigBrotherComplex important matters.]])
*MyFistForgivesYou (Mal to Simon. Twice. Simon suffers no permanent damage to his face because after all [[NerdsAreSexy female viewers might be disappointed]] and therefore he cannot have a broken nose or missing teeth, even when hit by Mal.
*PapaWolf (Mal and Simon)
* PlayingWithSyringes (The explanation for how River got where she is)
*ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules (River's rescue is because Simon was willing to do this)
**In a way this is both ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules and ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney . He considers his conscience and his [[BigBrotherComplex big-brotherly duties]] more important then money and he also manages to break the Alliance's rules because he has money.
*** It is implied that bribery is commonplace in the Alliance, therefore screwing the rules with money ''is'' an (unspoken) rule.
*[[{{ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]] (Simon)
*SpaceNavy (the Alliance Navy. rather a nuisance . It does provide some FoodPills from a DerelictGraveyard)
*TeamChef (Book prepares dinner for everyone)
*TheCaretaker (Simon to both River and Kaylee)
*TheGovernment (the Alliance)
*TheMole (Dobson)

*TwoScenesOneDialogue (Simon's "Gifted is the term" speech.)
*WalkingTheEarth (Book)
*TheWarOfEarthlyAggression (Alliance vs Outer Planets)
*WastelandElder (Patience)
*WeaponizedExhaust (Wash and Kaylee arrange for the Reavers to fly into a patch of this)
*WrenchWench (Kaylee)
*[[{{ptitleb5uyfj4pefj2}} You Can Run But You Can't Hide]] ("There's nowhere you can take her that the law won't find her")
*YouRebelScum (The Alliance Captain commenting on ''Serenity'' while they are salvaging)
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