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On a salvage mission aboard a drifting colony ship, the Serentiy crew find signs that the crew were killed by the cannabalistic Reavers, but that is only the beginning of their problems.

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On a trip to Perserphone Mal finds himself attending the attending the same upperclass party as Inara and one of her regular clients. When Mal defends Inara’s honour, he suddenly finds himself having no choice but to participate in a duel to death by swords.

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While the rest of the crew is delivering the cattle they obtained in ‘Shindig’, Simon and River are captured by the inhabitants of Jiangyin, who are desperate for a doctor. What should be an easy mission of mercy turns deadly when River demonstrates her telepathic abilities… and is branded a witch who must be destroyed.

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When the crew save a village from a group of bandits Mal finds himself with an unwanted payment in the shape of a wife, Saffron.

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At the Canton colony, the crew is shocked to find that Jayne is considered something of a hero. The truth, of course, is much more interesting.

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Following an engine explosion on Serenity causing the ship to lose all power and oxygen, Mal sends his crew off in the shuttles while he remains on board to wait for help while flashing back to how his crew came together.

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While Inara receives a her annual physical on the core planet Ariel, Simon has a job for Mal and co. In return for smuggling him and his sister to the hospital's scanning facility he will tell them where to find medicine worth a fortune. Jayne, however, has plans of his own.

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When Wash insists that he go on the lastest job with Mal instead of Zoe, Mal lets him as it's a routine job. Things never do seem to go to plan though and the pair are captured and tortured by Niska. When Zoe comes to the rescue the two men in her life she is told that she has to choose which one to save.

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When Mal runs into an old friend he is surprised to find him married, and to Saffron of all people. Despite her her previous duplicity, Saffrron convinces Mal to help her out with a rather lucrative job and then leaves him sitting naked on a rock. It's all good.

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When Mal and Zoe recieve a rather large package they find it is the body of thier old friend Tracey. But when they get the body on board they soon find that all is not as it seems and the feds are once again on their backs.

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When Inara receives a request for aid from an old friend she pursuades Mal to lend a hand and the crew find themselves in battle to protect a whorehouse from the onslaught of the father of one it's inhabitants' unborn child.

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When bounty hunter Jubal Early boards Serenity, looking for River, he finds that she has seemingly become the ship itself.