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The Best Episodes of Firefly Season 1

Every episode of Firefly Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Firefly Season 1!

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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Train Job" is the best rated episode of "Firefly" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 5768 votes. Directed by Joss Whedon and written by Tim Minear, Joss Whedon, it aired on 9/20/2002. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bushwhacked".

  • The Train Job
    8.3/105,768 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Bushwhacked
    8.4/105,318 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Our Mrs. Reynolds
    9.0/105,820 votes

    #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

  • Jaynestown
    8.7/105,472 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Out of Gas
    9.3/106,600 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Shindig
    8.3/105,071 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Safe
    8.1/104,885 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Ariel
    9.0/105,221 votes

    #8 - 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

  • War Stories
    8.8/105,008 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Objects in Space
    9.2/105,722 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Serenity
    8.8/105,883 votes

    #11 - 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