1x01 The Train Job - Firefly Episode Guide

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Firefly

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: The Train Job
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 1AGE01
First Aired: Sep. 20, 2002

Season 1 » Episode #01 - The Train Job

Summary: After finding themselves in a fight with supporters of The Alliance in a place that fairly resembles a bar, Mal, Zoe and Jayne walk away with knowledge that a man named Niska might have a new job for them.

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01x01 Serenity (86:42) (Full Episode)

Clip: Are You Asking Me To Dance? (3:05)

Clip: The Shock of Waking Up (2:00)

Clip: Gifted is the Term (3:05)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds	played by Nathan Fillion
Lund	played by Tom Towles
Crow	played by Andrew Bryniarski
Adelai Niska	played by Michael Fairman
Sheriff Bourne	played by Gregg Henry
Deputy	played by Valerie Red-Horse
Officer	played by Kevin Will
Ensign	played by Lina Patel
Henchman	played by David Reynolds (VII)

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Episode Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - The Train Job Jayne: [the three of them are playing Chinese checkers; to Mal] Your move. Zoë: That's a bold move. Mal: I live on the edge. Jayne: Nice work dumb-ass. Mal: [as Zoe chuckles] I've given some thought to moving off the edge. Not an ideal location. Might get a place in the middle.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - The Train Job Mal: Nice shot! Jayne: [sitting on the floor, drugged] I was aiming for his head.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: The position of the rolling tray, the objects knocked off it, and the sheet on the medical bed changes between shots after River awakes from her dream.
CONT: When Serenity leaves the planet, its running lights are switched: the port lights are green when they should be red and the starboard lights are red when they should be green.
CONT: Jayne's goatee is notably less thick compared to the other episodes.
CONT: The "Bar" hologram that Mal passes through during the bar fight is missing for the rest of the scene.
CONT: When Mal is fighting with Crow on the ship, he falls over the shipment of containers, knocking some of them over. In the next shot, the containers are standing upright again.

TRIVIA

In the episode "The Train Job", the armor worn by the Alliance troops is from the movie Starship Troopers (1997).
The two-hour episode "Serenity" was originally intended as the pilot for the show. The network (FOX) however, decided not to air it, citing that they wanted an episode with a more action-packed feel to it. With exactly one weekend to write a new pilot, executive producers Joss Whedon and Tim Minear wrote "The Train Job", which did appear as the first episode of the show. A slightly retooled version of "Serenity" was later showed as an 'origins' episode after _"Firefly" (2002/I)_ had been canceled.