List of Firefly episodes

The following is an episode list for the Joss Whedon television series "Firefly". The series first aired in 2002 on Fox, although the episodes were aired out of the intended order. Three of the fourteen episodes went unaired in the original broadcasts by Fox, but later were subsequently aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the US. A sequel movie, "Serenity", was released in 2005.

The entire series and the movie are available on all DVD regions.

Episodes

The fourteen episodes of the series are listed below in the order originally intended.

Broadcast

Although the show had a loyal following during its original broadcast, [cite web|date=October 7, 2002|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Entertainment/default.htm?cmsRedir=true&rmDate=10072002&cmsGuid={D109A6F9-CE33-43B3-93A8-9E4BDD81D619}&cmsSrch=true|title=Entertainment News|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2006-06-24] it was canceled by Fox in December 2002 after only 11 episodes aired in the United States and Canada due to low ratings.cite web|last=Snyder|first=Gabriel|date = 21 March, 2004|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901954?categoryid=13&cs=1|title='Firefly' feature alights|publisher=Variety|accessdate=2006-06-24] Worried about the low ratings, fans formed the "Firefly" Immediate Assistance campaign whose goal was to support the production of the show by sending in postcards to Fox. After it was canceled, the campaign worked on getting another network such as UPN to pick up the show. The campaign was unsuccessful. [cite web|url=http://www.browncoats.com/index.php?ContentID=42e95a1f27c00|title=The Fan Campaign: A Timeline of Fan Efforts to Keep Firefly on the Air|publisher=Browncoats.com|accessdate=2006-07-01]

Fans (self-named Browncoats) attributed the low ratings in part to actions of the Fox NetworkFact|date=February 2007 — most notably the fact that Fox had aired the episodes out of chronological order, making the plot much more difficult to follow. For instance, the two-hour episode "Serenity" was intended to be the series' premiere episode, and therefore contained most of the character introductions and back-story. However, Fox decided that "Serenity" was unsuitable to open the series, and so the second episode, "The Train Job", was created to become the new pilot. In addition, "Firefly" was promoted as an action-comedy rather than the more serious character study it was intended to be. Episodes were occasionally preempted for sporting events.

The sequence in which the episodes originally aired varied by locality. In the United States and Canada, starting on September 20, 2002, Fox (and Global in Canada) broadcast the episodes on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. (except for the second hour of the pilot which was shown at 9:00 p.m.). The order was 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 1; with 11 – 13 unaired in the United States during the series original run (these episodes remained unaired in the United States until they were broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel in late 2005 shortly before "Serenity" premiered in cinemas). In addition, Canada's Space has been regularly airing the series in the originally intended order since September 8, 2003, including a marathon of the entire series on September 5, 2003. In a lead up to the "Serenity" movie release, starting on July 22, 2005, the Sci Fi Channel (United States) aired the show on Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific in their originally intended order. Following a marathon on January 6, 2006, "Firefly" was removed from the Sci Fi Channel line-up. [cite web|date=2005-05-19|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/newswire.aspx?id=6906|title=Development Update: May 18-19|publisher=The Futon Critic|accessdate=2006-06-24] Universal HD began airing the episodes in the intended order on September 24, 2006.

In South Africa, starting on April 15, 2003, the SABC3 broadcast the episodes on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. [cite web|year=2003|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030420214758/http://www.sabc3.com/sabc3.asp?pid=99&day=4_15_2003|title=SABC 3: Tuesday, 15 April 2003|publisher=SABC3|accessdate=2006-07-16] The episode order was 2, 3, 6 – 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 1a, 1b, 11 – 13. The series was rebroadcast from October 20, 2003 on Mondays at 1:00 a.m. [cite web|year=2003
url=http://www.sabctv.com/content/programdetail.asp?ch_id=3&p_id=7531&s_id=4638786|title=Firefly(Reb) |publisher=SABC TV|accessdate=2006-07-16] On June 7, 2006, actionX started showing the series on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., rebroadcasting them on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. and Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. [cite web|url=http://www.dstv.com/Dstv_Guide/default.aspx?Bouquet=3&Theme=&SubTheme=&submit=true&time=45&keyword=Firefly&channel=92&MyRange=20060802,20060809,20060719,20060726,20060723,20060725#|title=Search results for Firefly|publisher=DStv|accessdate=2006-07-16] in their originally intended order. [cite web|last=Tagg|first=Tashi|date=2006-06-09|url=http://www.tvsa.co.za/forum/showthread.php?s=92deccc3757a3fbe00e87cd1fedae62d&p=60616#post60616|title=Firefly: Episode 1|publisher=TVSA|accessdate=2006-07-16]

In South America and Mexico, starting on April 19, 2003, MundoFOX broadcast the episodes on Saturdays at 6:00 p.m.. The order was 2, 3, 6 – 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 11, 14, 12; the pilot episode was shown only in Brazil.

In the United Kingdom, starting on May 12, 2003, the Sci Fi Channel broadcast the episodes on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (except for the first hour of the pilot which was shown at 8:00 p.m.). The altered episodes of the first season were shown in the originally intended order. In addition, The Sci-Fi channel aired the episodes as a marathon run over the first weekend of October 2005. This was timed to celebrate the release of the film "Serenity". The channel also aired a marathon of the first eight episodes (in chronological order) on March 10, 2006, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., EST.

In Australia, starting on November 10, 2004, the Seven Network broadcast the episodes on Wednesdays at 12:30 a.m. The order was 2, 1a, 1b, 3 – 14.

In New Zealand, starting on December 21, 2004, the show was aired on TV3 in the order 1 – 3, 6 – 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 13, 11, 12 on Tuesdays at 11:00 p.m.

In Sweden, TV400 aired the show chronologically starting on January 14, 2005.

In Switzerland, TSR1 (Swiss French channel) aired the entire series in a three week time period, beginning on July 25, 2005, with one episode per weekday. Each episode was dubbed in French on one sound channel, and the original English on the other.

In Israel, HOT (cable television) aired the show chronologically starting on October 25, 2005.

In Portugal, SIC Radical aired the show starting on January 12, 2006 until April 20, 2006. A new episode was broadcasted on Thursdays at 11:00 p.m., GMT, and then again broadcasted on Sundays at 6:30 p.m., GMT. The episode order of broadcast was 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 1a, 1b, 13, 11, 12.

In Italy, Canal Jimmy (satellite television) aired the show chronologically starting on February 17, 2006 every Friday night at 9:00 p.m., with several repeats during the week. The show was aired in 4:3 format with a very bad adaptation and dubbing in ItalianFact|date=February 2007.

In Russia, starting on 9 August, 2008, TV3 aired the show every Saturday at 4:00 p.m. [http://tv.rambler.ru/event.html?event=25475512&d=2008-08-09] (Ongoing as of 16 August 2008)

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