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22nd May 2017

Firefly (2002)

Commander Harken: I notice your ship's called Serenity. You were stationed on Hera at the end of the war. Battle of Serenity Valley took place there, if I recall.
Mal: You know, I believe you might be right.
Commander Harken: Independents suffered a pretty crushing defeat there. Some say that after Serenity, the browncoats were through. That the war ended in that valley.
Mal: Hmm.
Commander Harken: Seems odd you'd name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.
Mal: May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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1st Mar 2016

Firefly (2002)

Trivia: Since 2009, Nathan Fillion has reunited with at least four of the show's cast members on Castle: Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Summer Glau, and Richard Burgi.

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10th Nov 2009

Firefly (2002)

Serenity (1) - S1-E11

Trivia: According to Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion in the DVD audio commentary, Whedon had originally written the role of Badger for himself.

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17th Feb 2009

Firefly (2002)

Trivia: The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Serenity", was written by Joss Whedon.

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29th Sep 2008

Firefly (2002)

Trivia: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, and Alan Tudyk all later played villains on Joss Whedon's other Mutant Enemy productions: Fillion appeared as Caleb in the final five episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," while Torres played Jasmine in season four of "Angel" and Baldwin played Marcus Hamilton in season five. Tudyk played Alpha in "Dollhouse".

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26th Jun 2008

Firefly (2002)

Trivia: Nathan Fillion considers this to be the most fun he's had on a television series, and compares every job he gets or has had in the past to it.

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13th Apr 2008

Firefly (2002)

Ariel - S1-E8

Trivia: When the crew returns from their raid of the Alliance hospital, Malcolm grabs Kaylee from behind and holds her in a friendly hug. This was improvised by Nathan Fillion, and was left in the shot because Joss Whedon felt it was such a natural movement for Malcolm to make. (00:37:00)

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12th Apr 2008

Firefly (2002)

Show generally

Question: I've noticed that on the show, people use "gorram" a lot. Is that phrase used as a euphemism for "God damn"?

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Chosen answer: Yes, this was done to allow them to swear without causing a problem with the censors. They also swear quite a bit in Chinese.

12th Apr 2008

Firefly (2002)

Show generally

Question: In some scenes, why do the Serenity crew members speak Chinese?

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Chosen answer: One of the premises of the show is that the two major Earth societies that survived, and ultimately merged, were the Chinese and Americans. As a result the common language includes much Chinese. Clothing, signage, and building designs also have a heavy Chinese influence.

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