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Firefly :: Ariel (01x08)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Ariel
Episode #: 01x08
Production Number: 1AGE08
Original Airdate: Friday November 15th, 2002
9.7/10 (6 Votes cast)
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Country: Aired On:
NL (Sci-Fi) Jul 18, 2009
Episode Crew
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Jose Molina (1)
 
Episode Summary
 
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The ship heads to Ariel to drop off Inara for her yearly companion health check-up. Simon realizes River's condition is getting worse and decides to sneak her into an Alliance hospital in Ariel for a brain scan. Mal and the others agrees to help him with his plan, but also takes this opportunity to steal some valuable medical supplies in the hospital and sell it at the street market.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Blake RobbinsplayedAgent McGinnisRecurring (second appearance)
Dennis CockrumplayedBlue-Hand Man #2Recurring (second appearance)
Jeff RickettsplayedBlue-Hand Man #1Recurring (second appearance)
Alex ConnieplayedPatient 
Cate Cohen (1)playedCash Team Nurse 
Ira SteckplayedYoung Intern 
Michael NagyplayedParticularly Dressed Man 
Roma ChuganiplayedReceiving Doctor 
Tom VirtueplayedDoctor 
 
Episode Notes
 
Shepherd Book, played by Ron Glass, did not appear in this episode.
 
This episode was supposed to be episode #10, but FOX reshuffled the episode order and aired this one as #8.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Jayne: Gorram freak's completely off her axle.
Simon: I'm sorry about this. I don't know what she --
Jayne: Shut it. I ain't talking to you.
 
Mal: This is my boat, and they're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
 
Mal: Now all we need's a couple of patients.
Simon: Corpses, actually. For this to work, River and I will have to be dead.
Jayne: I'm startin' to like this plan.
 
Agent McGinnis: Do you have the fugitives?
Jayne: You got my reward?
Agent McGinnis: Yes. Just like we talked about.
Jayne: Then I got your fugitives.
Agent McGinnis: Good. We'll see you shortly. Congratulations. You're about to become a very rich man.
 
Mal: Two rights, two lefts and we're there. You see anyone, smile.
Zoe: I don't think people smile in hospitals.
Mal: 'Course they do. It's the Core, everybody's rich and happy here. Why wouldn't they smile?
 
Jayne: Where's my rutting money?
Agent McGinnis: You mean my money? For apprehending the three fugitives? I expect I'll be getting it soon.
 
Wash: How much did we get?
Mal: Enough to keep us flying.
Zoe: Can we fly somewhere with a beach?
Wash: Maybe a naked beach.
 
Simon: Agent McGinnis, I'm certain you're working under a superior who's keeping close tabs on this case. I'm certain of that because important people don't usually do field work. I'm also quite certain your superior wants me and my sister alive. Now, I'm not going to move from this spot until one of two things happen: you answer my very simple question, or you shoot me.
 
Mal: This is exactly what I didn't want. I wanted simple, I wanted in-and-out, I wanted easy money.
Zoe: Things always get a little more complicated, don't they, sir?
Mal: Once, just once, I want things to go according to the gorram plan!
 
Kaylee: Hey, 'Nara. How was your checkup?
Inara: Same as last year. What's going on here?
Kaylee: Well, let's see. We killed Simon and River, stole a bunch of medicine, and now the captain and Zoe are off springing the others got snatched by
the Feds.
 
Mal: Next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the balls to do it to my face.
 
Simon: Oh, I... brought some medicine. You
remember why we went to the hospital.
River: Is it time to go to sleep again?
Simon: No, mei mei. It's time to wake up.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
One of the guards had blood over his mouth when he bit Jayne. But later, when the Blue-Hand men arrive and look at them, the blood is gone.
 
 
Analysis
 
The little blue device the two Blue-Hand men uses had a deadly effect on anyone it encounters, but not the two Blue-Hand men themselves. It's apparent that they had build some sort of resistance against the device, probably of the implant we seen in their ears.
 
 
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