Badger speaks with a cockney accent, identified and imitated by River Tam. Companions choose their own customers, and to be chosen by one is considered a great honor and status symbol, as those chosen must be both wealthy enough to afford a Companion's often steep price, and desirable enough to attract one. Torres has kept busy in the years since "Firefly" ended its run, appearing in several movies and more than two dozen television roles, including the Fox drama "Standoff," the ABC caper "The Catch," and the ABC Family series "Huge." He has a mysterious past, and on numerous occasions has demonstrated a depth of knowledge in a number of fields incongruous with the clergy: including space travel, firearms, hand-to-hand combat, and criminal activity. Since Firefly, Alan Tudyk has continued to work primarily in television, but has done some film work as well. Doctor Simon Tam, played by Sean Maher (and in a flashback by Zac Efron), appears in all episodes of Firefly, the feature film Serenity, and the Serenity comics. While in the hands of the Alliance doctors and scientists, River was secretly and extensively experimented on, including surgery that removed most of her amygdala, preventing River from being able to control her emotions. He may not have appeared on-screen in Rogue One, but he voiced beloved character K-2SO. When "Firefly" debuted in 2002, Ron Glass was the most seasoned and recognizable actor in the show's cast, familiar to TV audiences for his dozens of TV roles dating back to the early 1970s, most notably his seven-year, Emmy-nominated gig on the police sitcom "Barney Miller" as the suave and witty Detective Ron Harris, and his recurring voice role as Randy Carmichael on "Rugrats." Since he was young, Simon's wealthy family had hopes for him to have a future in medicine. Adam Baldwin's appearance on Castle can't have been a coincidence: Tap to play GIF youtube.com screened.com Advertisement 9. [33] After an incident in "Safe" involving the absence of River, Simon is clearly more a part of the crew. [citation needed]. She seems unable to trust anyone, telling Mal that everyone plays everybody else. With a cameo (and a tongue-in-cheek reference) by Jonathan Frakes who also directed the episode, "The Final Frontier" has Captain Kirk and Captain Picard impersonations, Armin Shimerman as a guest star, Borg references, and the ultimate shout-out to Star Trek fans with William Shatner singing "Ideal Woman." You've got questions, we've got answers. Own Jaynes Cunning Hat: Auction for MCLEF", "Fox Sends Cease & Desist Letters To Firefly Fans Selling Jayne Hats, Because Money", "There's no place, I can be since I found Serenity", "The 32nd Annual Saturn Awards Honors Genre Entertainment", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Firefly_(TV_series)_characters&oldid=1129409543, This page was last edited on 25 December 2022, at 05:51. His rise through the ranks was meteoric, until he single-handedly masterminded the Alliance's greatest defeat where in one military maneuver, the Alliance lost over 4000 men. Following Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin, she became the third "Firefly" veteran to appear in the "Stargate" franchise, portraying Dr. Jennifer Keller in a few dozen episodes of "Stargate: Atlantis." She shares his belief in the corruption of the Alliance and wants freedom for the Border Planets. The Operative is an agent of the Alliance government; he works directly for its parliament. Shepherd Book dies in the movie Serenity when Haven, the planet where he had been living, is attacked by Alliance forces on orders of the Operative. The two fight and Jayne smashes his head into the plinth of his statue, killing him. E-mail:. "There are some great scenes between her, Nathan and the boys . His father's name is Robert Bob Fillion ( English teachers) and his mother's name is June Cookie Fillion (English teachers). Despite this, Kaylee finds herself further attracted to the doctor after he saves her. She looks really guilty at first, especially since the murder victim was having an affair with her husband, and she has a broken nail which matches the victim's defensive wounds. The manner in which Reynolds handles himself in the time leading up to and during the duel convinces Harrow of Mal's character and he decides to trust him with his "property", finally revealed to be a herd of cattle. In the novelization for the movie Serenity, he is alleged to have been a student at the same flight school as Wash, achieving the highest possible grades by manipulating the school's software, and providing Wash with information in exchange for Wash keeping quiet about what he did. In a deleted scene, he asks Mal how he went on after the Battle of Serenity Valley, where he lost everything, but Mal simply tells him that the Operative would need to learn that for himself, muttering to himself loudly, "What a whiner". In the film Serenity, Simon has finally become well-adjusted to the crewto the point where he even stands up to Mal and punches him when Mal puts River in danger during a heist. Saffron isn't as simple as she appears, however, and we later learn she is actually a con artist with Companion training. He lives on a moon with his Gynoid wife, Lenore (portrayed by Nectar Rose). Although identical twins, Mal is able to tell the two of them apart (he claims "Fanty's prettier"). Sheriff Bourne is the sheriff of Paradiso, a mining town on Regina featured in "The Train Job". On-screen information from the film Serenity suggests that Mal was given a brevet promotion to Captain during the Battle of Serenity Valley to take command of the ever-increasing number of Independent troops who were losing their officers at the hands of the Alliance. Alan Tudyk (Hoban "Wash" Washburne) Since Firefly Ended: Wash has been busy since Firefly was canned with roles in a ton of feature films. In the original script for the episode "Bushwhacked" it is revealed that Simon supported Unification, the issue that sparked the eponymous War of Unification. And she's the only one who loves all of them incredibly genuinely. In the film's climax, the Operative fights Mal atop a large suspended computer terminal. 11 - 13 Aug, 2023. $20 million. After "Firefly" finished, Glass kept booking one-off roles on TV dramas ("CSI: NY," "Shark," "Major Crimes," and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") Baldwin appeared on not just one, but two episodes of "Castle." She was exiled from House Madrassa, with only her reputation keeping her from outright dismissal. At Dallas Sci Fi Expo, Jewel Staite said if the show had continued she would have liked to have seen Kaylee and Simon have a baby. Joss Whedon said that there was a lack of chemistry between her and the rest of the cast. Given the wealth of. Some of his backstory is given in the Serenity novelization. [35] Glau was also runner up for Best Actress/Movie in the SyFy Genre Awards for 2006.[13]. Contents 1 Major characters 1.1 Malcolm Reynolds 1.2 Zo Washburne 1.3 Hoban Washburne 1.4 Inara Serra 1.5 Jayne Cobb 1.6 Kaylee Frye 1.7 Simon Tam 1.8 River Tam 1.9 Shepherd Derrial Book 2 Minor characters 2.1 Badger 2.2 Bester 2.3 Sheriff Bourne 2.4 Rance Burgess 2.5 Bridget He has a great affinity for data and is capable of intercepting nearly any transmission or signal in the system. He often comes across as stuffy or pretentious and is far more formal than the majority of the crew. She manages to steal the artifact from them, but the crew were secretly playing her from the beginning and take the artifact back for themselves. Dragon Con. Eventually, Simon realized that River was writing to the family in code and began a quest to find and rescue her from the Academy. When Mal confronts him in the Serenity film novelization, Wash's reasoning is "Why would anyone call themselves Hoban?" Simon and his sister River start as fugitives, using the Serenity to hide their tracks from the Alliance, but it isn't long until they're part of the family, with Simon becoming the ship's doctor and River using her preternatural fighting skills to help with more than one mission. In the book Firefly: The Official CompanionVol. Before and after "Firefly", Fillion appeared in many movies, Dracula 2000 (2000), Alligator Point (2003), Water's Edge (2003), If Dad Only Knew (2004) and Hollywood Division (2004). His mother was using the money to care for a sick child named Mattie. . Jayne is contemptuous of Simon and River, and sees them as a danger to his safety as they may bring the Alliance down on them. Instead of a trial and formal dismissal, he and the Alliance's devastating defeat were swept under the rug, and he was left to die on a random planet with no supplies. [40] In the comics, Dobson is still alive, his right eye (destroyed by Mal's bullet) replaced by a prosthesis. In the ensuing conflict, Tracey is shot by Zoe, then again by Malcolm, and dies shortly after learning that the soldiers hunting them were there illegally and would not be missed if they were killed. The base was home to a large refugee population, but the Alliance did not discriminate during the raid, summarily executing everyone in one of the worst atrocities of the war. [27], When Kaylee first sees Simon Tam in the pilot episode, she is immediately enamoured with the well-dressed doctor. While Captain Malcolm Reynolds likes to needle Inara about the nature of her occupation, it is also clear that the two care for each other deeply. Early has the distinction of uttering the last lines in the Firefly television series as he floats through space: "Well here I am." Jayne eventually accepts the town's hospitality but seems to feel guilty that the people view his self-interested actions as heroic. Mal constantly insults her career, but takes offense when others do so, going so far as to punch a client who did so. Arguably, one of the most successful post-"Firefly" career moves happened for Nathan Fillion (who plays Captain Malcolm Reynolds on "Firefly") when the space cowboy hung up his space pistols and traded them in for a writer's pen on ABC's campy crime drama "Castle." Firefly (TV series) Firefly is an American space Western drama television series, created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Most notably, he's landed leading roles on two other primetime TV shows - Castle, which ran for eight seasons on ABC, and The Rookie, which currently airs on ABC. Gina Torres played the role of Zoe Alleyne Washburne on Firefly and its follow-up movie, Serenity. She also sensed that his mother was relieved to see him leave home, as she sensed a darkness in him. Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke star in Firefly Lane, which recently released a second season on Netflix. According to Serenity crew member and Companion Inara Serra, Saffron has had some Companion training. Trending pages Ethan Slaughter Headhunters Vampire Weekend The Final Frontier Setup Boom! And she channeled some similar energy when she guest-starred on "Castle.". His "Firefly" cast members Alan Tudyk (who played Wash) and Gina Torres (who played Zoe) also appeared. In the closing scene of the episode "Jaynestown", he states it is his 'proper' attitude that makes it difficult for him to express his feelings for her. Bester was Serenity's original engine mechanic, portrayed by Dax Griffin. However, before he leaves, Mal shoots Dobson again, "just to make sure". Wash accepted Mal's offer and eventually fell in love with and married Reynolds' second-in-command, Zoe. He informs Mal that he sought out Mal and Zoe because they were saps. In the episode "Safe", Simon expresses both his concern that River is in danger and his belief that River's nonsensical letters are a code to his parents, who scoff at the idea, saying that the letters are one of River and Simon's "games" and that Simon is just "lost" without his sister. In the first episode, "Serenity", Jayne joins Shepherd Book in a silent grace. Atherton Wing is a young nobleman on Persephone who has hired Inara Serra on multiple occasions. (However, he claimed that she'd given him slightly too much, and so cut off Mal's left ear and gives it to her as a 'small refund'.) He also joined "Firefly" castmate Alan Tudyk for "Con Men," inspired by the pair's experiences on the fan convention circuit. "[18] Kaylee has shown an affinity for strawberries. Burgess loses the battle, attempts to escape, is captured by Mal, and is executed by Petaline herself. Introduced at the end of the comic book miniseries Serenity: Those Left Behind, the Operative is the principal antagonist of the film Serenity, in which he is portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor. River Tam played by Summer Glau, first appears in Firefly and also appears in the R. Tam sessions, the comic Serenity: Those Left Behind, and the feature film Serenity. [41] He later appears in the Leaves on the Wind comics title, which began release in January 2014 and is set after the Serenity film. Especially after this very conspicuous scene involving a brown coat:. She and Sergeant Malcolm Reynolds were the only survivors of their platoon in that battle. Seamus Dever. As Firefly writer Tim Minear stated in an interview: "It's just about getting by. Born in the late 25th century on Sihnon, Inara is a Companion, a high-society courtesan licensed by the Union of Allied Planets (the "Alliance"). He has no name or official rank; however, he has free access to the Alliance facility where River was being studied, as well as deference from its highest-ranking scientists. [19][20][21][22] Jewel Staite explains Kaylee's character as being wholesome, sweet, and "completely genuine in that sweetness", adding "She loves being on that ship. She was River Tam, a young girl whose intelligence, telepathic abilities, and combat prowess get her kidnapped by the corrupt Alliance government and experimented on. [37] When the Alliance learns of River's rescue, they promptly freeze all of Simon's monetary accounts, leaving him with nothing but his medkit, and put out a warrant for the arrest of both Simon and River, labeling them as fugitives. 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. He is very proud of his achievements and the importance it brought to him. He stopped working long enough in September 2016 to marry choreographer Charissa Barton. On "Firefly," Morena Baccarin portrayed Inara Serra, a member of the respected Companions guild. [10], Inara has been described as a postfeminist character. In the commentaries for episodes "Out of Gas" and "War Stories", it is mentioned that Adam Baldwin added a "tactile" compulsion to the character. In Alliance society, Companions are part of the social elite, often accompanying the wealthy and powerful. When he suspects to have found Simon on the planet Persephone, he joins him and the Shepherd Derrial Book as a passenger on board Serenity. His feelings for her can be seen in his concern during the pilot episode, when he watched her surgery, as well as in his hostility towards Simon (Kaylee's obvious love-interest). Many of the actors on this list played the hero in their younger years, and turned to villainy as they grew older and wiser. EXTRA! Castle is at Supernova Con signing copies of his. She, along with the rest of her team, is killed by the Reavers after their ship crashed. Stitch was captured by Boss Higgins's men and put into solitary confinement for four years until he is released by Higgins when the crew of Serenity land on Higgins' Moon in "Jaynestown". [5], A subplot for Inara was hinted at throughout the series. She's eventually vindicated once Castle and the police discover that the affair was faked for TV ratings and that she had a solid alibi for the night of the murder. Though Mal usually seems more practical than intellectual, he occasionally surprises his friends by displaying familiarity with disparate literature varying from the works of Xiang Yu to poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, though he has no idea "who" Mona Lisa is. Obsessed with travel? Jubal Early is a bounty hunter who appears in the final episode "Objects in Space". 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