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* PetTheDog: Jayne goes out of his way to help Mal close all the air vents leading below deck to buy the former time to repair Serenity's engines, and even preps a spacesuit for Mal to wear in case he runs out of air before he finishes the repairs.
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* TheWorfEffect: An interesting example from Firefly. Mal has to rough up his pilot to get him on the bridge, and Jayne, resident tough guy, is shown being visibly scared of Mal.
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!!![[AC:Recaps]]: [[{{Recap/Firefly}} Index]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE01Serenity}} 1]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE02TheTrainJob}} 2]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE03Bushwhacked}} 3]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE04Shindig}} 4]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE05Safe}} 5]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds}} 6]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE07Jaynestown}} 7]] | '''8''' | [[{{Recap/FireflyE09Ariel}} 9]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE10WarStories}} 10]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE11Trash}} 11]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE12TheMessage}} 12]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE13HeartOfGold}} 13]] | [[{{Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace}} 14]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The crew of Serenity is in a dire situation with the life support system failing. They are in a deserted region of space with little chance of any ships wandering around there. Wash has lost all hope, when Mal suggests a way to boost the SOS signal.
-->'''Wash:''' What do you expect me to do, Mal?\\
'''Mal:''' Whatever you have to. And if you can't do it from here, then get a suit on and go outside on the side of the boat...\\
'''Wash:''' And what? Wave my arms around?\\
'''Mal:''' Wave your arms around. Jump up and down. Divert the nav sats to the transmitter. Whatever.\\
'''Wash:''' Divert the -- right! Because teenage pranks are fun when you're about to die!\\
'''Mal:''' Give the beacon a boost, wouldn't it?\\
'''Wash:''' Yes, Mal, it would boost the signal. But even if some passerby did happen to receive, all it would do is muck up their navigation.\\
'''Mal:''' Could be that's true.\\
'''Wash:''' Damn right, it's true. They'd be forced to stop and dig out our signal before they could even go anyplace.\\
''[beat, Mal waits for Wash to get it]''\\
'''Wash:''' ''[still yelling as if he's angry]'' Well maybe I should do that, then!\\
'''Mal:''' ''[yelling back]'' Maybe you should!\\
'''Wash:''' Okay!\\
'''Mal:''' Fine!\\
'''Jayne:''' ''[enters the room]'' What the hell do you two think you're doing? Fighting at a time like this? [[spoiler:You'll use up all the air!]]
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* ExpospeakGag: River tries to explain to Simon why she forgot his birthday.
-->"'Day' is a vestigial mode of time measurement, based on solar cycles. It's not applicable. ''(long pause)'' ... I didn't get you anything."
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-->'''Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:''' You know anything that's worth anything's really right here in this cargo bay. So you take a look around, decide what you think is fair.\\
'''Other captain:''' Already have. ''(gutshots Mal)'' We're taking your ship.

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* {{Irony}}: Zoe didn't like Wash at first. Must have been the 'stache.

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* InterruptedIntimacy: In a flashback, Mal storms into the engine room to give his then-mechanic Bester a piece of his mind and walks in on him having sex with Kaylee. Kaylee sorts her clothes out and fixes the engine in nothing flat (having diagnosed the problem Bester couldn't fix while she was having sex with him). Mal fires Bester and hires Kaylee on the spot, and she runs off to ask her dad for permission with the back of her dress still only half-buttoned.
* {{Irony}}: Zoe didn't like Wash at first. Must have been the 'stache.


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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Shepherd Book is apparently relating a NoodleIncident that happened while he was at the Southdown Abbey on Persephone to much hilarity. We the viewers join Our Intrepid Heroes at this exchange:
-->'''Zoe:''' ''(laughing)'' No! That is not true. No.\\
'''Book:''' I swear it is!


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* SalvagePirates: A deep-space salvage crew decides they'd rather steal Serenity and kill its crew than make a trade for the one spare part needed to get the ship working again.

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When Mal bought ''Serenity'', it was a wreck. Nonetheless it was love at first sight, despite Zoe's wariness. To get her in working order, Mal hires Wash (whom Zoe [[{{Irony}} immediately hated]]) and a mechanic named Bester, who turns out to be incompetent. After Bester claims the ship is irreparable, Kaylee (with whom he had just been having sex next to the engine) fixes it in under a minute. She's offered his job on the spot.

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When Mal bought ''Serenity'', it was a wreck. Nonetheless it was love at first sight, despite Zoe's wariness. To get her in working order, Mal hires Wash (whom Zoe [[{{Irony}} immediately hated]]) hates on sight]]) and a mechanic named Bester, who turns out to be incompetent. After Bester claims the ship is irreparable, Kaylee (with whom he had just been having sex next to the engine) fixes it in under a minute. She's offered his job on the spot.



Kaylee explains that the ship can't be fixed without a new catalyzer, meaning they are dead in the proverbial water. Crew morale dips as the ship gets colder and the oxygen supply deteriorates. Finally, Mal comes up with a last ditch plan. Four people are sent on each shuttle in opposite directions with orders not to return unless told, leaving Mal on ''Serenity'' to wait for help. No-one wants to leave him behind, but they eventually acquiesce.

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Kaylee explains that the ship can't be fixed without a new catalyzer, meaning they are dead in the proverbial water. Crew morale dips as the ship gets colder and the oxygen supply deteriorates. Finally, Mal comes up with a last ditch last-ditch plan. Four people are sent on each shuttle in opposite directions with orders not to return unless told, leaving Mal on ''Serenity'' to wait for help. No-one No one wants to leave him behind, but they eventually acquiesce.



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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[IronicEcho dying]] ). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering ordering, several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard life," heard as Mal is [[IronicEcho dying]] ). dying]]. The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship (fancier) ship, but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ''Firefly''-class ship...



* ChekhovsGun: Mal gives himself a shot of adrenalin to keep him going since he helped Simon give Zoe one right after the accident.

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* ChekhovsGun: Mal gives himself a shot ShotToTheHeart of adrenalin adrenaline to keep him going since he helped Simon give Zoe one right after the accident.



* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: We learn how Mal and Zoey met Inara, Kaylee and Jayne.

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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: We learn how Mal and Zoey Zoe met Wash, Inara, Kaylee Kaylee, and Jayne.



* HowWeGotHere: 3 interweaving timelines- the very beginning of Serenity, the beginning of the current predicament, and the present predicament.

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* HowWeGotHere: 3 interweaving timelines- the timelines--the very beginning of Serenity, ''Serenity'', the beginning of the current predicament, and the present predicament.



* ShotToTheHeart: Simon, to restart Zoe's heart in the absence of a defibrillator, and Mal, to keep himself going with a bullet in his gut.



* YouAreNotAlone: At the end, when Mal is about to fall asleep, he sits up with a start and asks if they'll be there when he wakes up. Book assures him they will be.

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* YouAreNotAlone: At the end, when Mal is about to fall asleep, he sits up with a start and asks if they'll be there when he wakes up. Book assures him they will be.be.
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* ICantLookGesture: the injured Zoe goes into cardiac arrest and Simon has to deliver a ShotToTheHeart. Inara flinches away as he slams the needle into Zoe's chest.

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* ICantLookGesture: the The injured Zoe goes into cardiac arrest and Simon has to deliver a ShotToTheHeart. Inara flinches away as he slams the needle into Zoe's chest.
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Some unspecified amount of time later, Mal and Zoe are doing some crime when a gang tracks them down and demands their loot at gunpoint. Mal is suitably impressed that they were found at all, and Jayne, one of the gang members, takes credit. Instead of revealing where the loot is hidden, Mal bribes Jayne into defecting with a job offer.
Mal rents out the shuttle to [[BareYourMidriff Inara]], who accepts on the condition that he [[ContinuityNod never to walk into her shuttle without permission, or call her a whore]]. This completes the crew as of the pilot episode, where Book, River, and Simon arrive.

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Some unspecified amount of time later, Mal and Zoe are doing some crime when a gang tracks them down and demands their loot at gunpoint. Mal is suitably impressed that they were found at all, and Jayne, one of the gang members, takes credit. Instead of revealing where the loot is hidden, Mal bribes Jayne into defecting with a job offer.
offer. Mal rents out the shuttle to [[BareYourMidriff Inara]], who accepts on the condition that he [[ContinuityNod never to walk into her shuttle without permission, or call her a whore]]. This completes the crew as of the pilot episode, where Book, River, and Simon arrive.
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* WrittenInAbsence: Creator/GinaTorres was on her honeymoon with Creator/LaurenceFishburne at the start of shooting, so Zoe is injured to provide enough scenes without her to fill up four days of work.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[spoiler: [[IronicEcho dying]] ]]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[spoiler: [[IronicEcho dying]] ]]).). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...



* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in a way only Mal could. He's not staying on the ship as the shuttles leave because of this, he's staying because help ''will'' come and someone has to be on board for it. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]

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* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in a way only Mal could. He's not staying on the ship as the shuttles leave because of this, he's staying because help ''will'' come and someone has to be on board for it. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]
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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: We learn how Malcome and Zoey met Inara, Kaylee and Jayne.

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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: We learn how Malcome Mal and Zoey met Inara, Kaylee and Jayne.
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* ICantLookGesture: the injured Zoe goes into cardiac arrest and Simon has to deliver a ShotToTheHeart. Inara flinches away as he slams the needle into Zoe's chest.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[spoiler: IronicEcho dying]]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[spoiler: IronicEcho dying]]).[[IronicEcho dying]] ]]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The crew came back.
** After [[{{Determinator}} everything he's been through]], Mal asks:
-->'''Mal''': You all gonna be here when I wake up?
-->'''Book''': [[YouAreNotAlone We'll be here.]]
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* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in a way only Mal could. He's not staying on the ship as the shuttles leave because of this, he's leaving because help ''will'' come and someone has to be on board for it. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]

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* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in a way only Mal could. He's not staying on the ship as the shuttles leave because of this, he's leaving staying because help ''will'' come and someone has to be on board for it. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]
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** After [[{{Determinator}} everything he's been through]], Mal asks:
-->'''Mal''': You all gonna be here when I wake up?
-->'''Book''': [[YouAreNotAlone We'll be here.]]



* WorstAid: Injecting ''anything'' into the heart. DoNotTryThisAtHome.

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* WorstAid: Injecting ''anything'' into the heart. DoNotTryThisAtHome.DoNotTryThisAtHome.
* YouAreNotAlone: At the end, when Mal is about to fall asleep, he sits up with a start and asks if they'll be there when he wakes up. Book assures him they will be.
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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: We learn how Malcome and Zoey met Inara, Kaylee and Jayne.
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* ChekovsGun: Mal gives himself a shot of adrenalin to keep him going since he helped Simon give Zoe one right after the accident.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Mal gives himself a shot of adrenalin to keep him going since he helped Simon give Zoe one right after the accident.
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* ChekovsGun: Mal gives himself a shot of adrenalin to keep him going since he helped Simon give Zoe one right after the accident.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[IronicEcho dying]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[IronicEcho dying]).[[spoiler: IronicEcho dying]]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...



* {{Irony}}: Inara didn't like Wash at first. Must have been the 'stache.

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* {{Irony}}: Inara Zoe didn't like Wash at first. Must have been the 'stache.
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* {{Determinator}}: Mal ''is'' going to get that catalyzer into the engine then reach the cockpit to call his crew back, Gorramit, even with a bullet in him.


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* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in a way only Mal could. He's not staying on the ship as the shuttles leave because of this, he's leaving because help ''will'' come and someone has to be on board for it. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]


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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Subverted for laughs. Jayne looks like he's going to do this to Mal before he promptly leaves.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chock full of it. Because of the anachronistic ordering several transitions end up finishing at another point in time. The biggest one is the salesman's claim that "Take good care of her and she'll last you the rest of your life." (heard as Mal is [[IronicEcho dying]). The end of the episode reveals he was actually talking about another (more fancy) ship but Mal turns around and happens upon a certain dilapidated ''Firefly'' class ship...


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* {{Irony}}: Inara didn't like Wash at first. Must have been the 'stache.

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* CallBack: Mal really should've listened to Kaylee back during the pilot about that coil...



* HowWeGotHere

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* HowWeGotHereGoodNewsBadNews: Happy birthday Simon! We knew because an Alliance warrant had your birthday on it. Oh and cake! It's... dinner with some chocolate-ish frosting on it. Then the explosion.
* HowWeGotHere: 3 interweaving timelines- the very beginning of Serenity, the beginning of the current predicament, and the present predicament.
* PornStache: Wash, at first. This was what Zoe found so off about him.
* WorstAid: Injecting ''anything'' into the heart. DoNotTryThisAtHome.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The crew came back.
* DyingAlone: Invoked by Inara as a FateWorseThanDeath... except for, you know, [[CaptainObvious already dying and all]].



* FailsafeFailure: The explosion disables both the primary and backup life support systems.

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* FailsafeFailure: The explosion disables both the primary and backup life support systems.systems.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: When the engine isn't spinning, things are bad...

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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: When the engine isn't spinning, things are bad...bad...
* FailsafeFailure: The explosion disables both the primary and backup life support systems.
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Finally, another ship arrives. The captain is a {{Jerkass}} who brings a replacement catalyzer but decides to steal ''Serenity''. Mal takes a bullet defending his ship, but manages to force the thieves off at gunpoint. [The episode actually starts here.] Wounded, he injects himself with adrenaline in the medical bay, trudges to the engine room with the new part, plugs it in, and limps up to the bridge to call back the shuttles. He doesn't make it, but he wakes up on Simon's table anyway. As it turns out, the crew decided to come back for him, in spite of their orders.

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Finally, another ship arrives. The captain is a {{Jerkass}} who brings a replacement catalyzer but decides to steal ''Serenity''. Mal takes a bullet defending his ship, but manages to force the thieves off at gunpoint. [The episode actually starts here.] Wounded, he injects himself with adrenaline in the medical bay, trudges to the engine room with the new part, plugs it in, and limps up to the bridge to call back the shuttles. He doesn't make it, but he wakes up on Simon's table anyway. As it turns out, the crew decided to come back for him, in spite of their orders.orders.

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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: When the engine isn't spinning, things are bad...
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Mal rents out the shuttle to Inara, who accepts on the condition that he [[ContinuityNod never to walk into her shuttle without permission, or call her a whore]]. This completes the crew as of the pilot episode, where Book, River, and Simon arrive.

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Mal rents out the shuttle to Inara, [[BareYourMidriff Inara]], who accepts on the condition that he [[ContinuityNod never to walk into her shuttle without permission, or call her a whore]]. This completes the crew as of the pilot episode, where Book, River, and Simon arrive.

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