9.3/106,600 votesLoading...#1 - Out of Gas
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2002
After Serenity suffers a catastrophe that leaves her crew with only hours of oxygen, flashbacks show how Mal and Zoë acquired Serenity and assembled their motley band.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear
9.2/105,722 votesLoading...#2 - Objects in Space
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2002
Serenity encounters a ruthlessly professional bounty hunter, Jubal Early, who will stop at nothing to retrieve River. But River, feeling unwelcome on the ship, takes a novel approach to escaping from the long arm of the Alliance.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
9.0/105,820 votesLoading...#3 - Our Mrs. Reynolds
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2002
As an unexpected reward for an unpaid job, Mal finds himself married to a naïve, subservient young woman named Saffron. The crew are amused at his discomfort and Book lectures him on propriety, but things aren't as smoothly straightforward as they thought them to be.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer: Joss Whedon
9.0/105,221 votesLoading...#4 - Ariel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2002
Hard up for cash, Serenity takes on a job from Simon: help him get a thorough diagnostic of River in return for the opportunity to loot the vast medical stores of an Alliance hospital on central world Ariel. But River's pursuers are hot on their trail, and they receive some unexpected inside help.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Jose Molina, Joss Whedon
8.8/105,008 votesLoading...#5 - War Stories
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2002
Angered at Zoë's unshakable war connection to Mal, Wash demands a shot at a field assignment. Unfortunately, crime lord Niska chooses this moment to exact a brutal vengeance for Mal's failure to complete an earlier job.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Cheryl Cain, Joss Whedon
8.8/105,883 votesLoading...#6 - Serenity
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/2002
Malcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.7/105,472 votesLoading...#7 - Jaynestown
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2002
Returning to a planet where he ran into some serious trouble years ago, Jayne discovers that he's become a local folk legend. Mal decides to use this entertaining distraction to complete a job, but some unfinished business may derail his plans.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Joss Whedon, Ben Edlund
8.4/105,318 votesLoading...#8 - Bushwhacked
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2002
Serenity is pulled in by a Tohoku-class cruiser while investigating a spaceship that was attacked by Reavers. Simon and River must hide to prevent capture, while something is wrong with the lone survivor of the attacked spaceship.
Director: Tim Minear
Writer: Tim Minear, Joss Whedon
8.3/105,768 votesLoading...#9 - The Train Job
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2002
The crew of Serenity take on a train heist commissioned by a crime lord. They steal the goods, only to find it is medicine that's desperately needed by the town.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Tim Minear, Joss Whedon
8.3/105,071 votesLoading...#10 - Shindig
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2002
Inara attends a formal society dance, only to find Malcolm there as well, attempting to set up a smuggling job. Mal comes to blows with Inara's conceited date and finds himself facing a duel with a renowned swordsman, and only one night to learn how to fence.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: Jane Espenson, Joss Whedon
8.1/104,885 votesLoading...#11 - Safe
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2002
Mal must choose which crew members to save when one is gravely wounded and two others are kidnapped. Simon finds an uneasy haven in a remote village, but River's uncanny perceptions jeopardize the Tams' temporary safety.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg, Joss Whedon
The Best Episodes of Firefly
Every episode of Firefly ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Firefly!
In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class"...
Genres:DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"Out of Gas" is the best rated episode of "Firefly". It scored 9.3/10 based on 6600 votes. Directed by David Solomon and written by Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, it aired on 10/25/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Objects in Space".