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Firefly - Episode 01x08
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Episode: 01x08 Title: Ariel
Type: Regular Episode Production Code: 1AGE08 First Aired: Nov. 15, 2002
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Summary: The ship heads to Ariel to drop off Inara for her yearly companion health check-up. Simon realizes River's condition is getting worse and decides to sneak her into an Alliance hospital in Ariel for a brain scan. Mal and the others agrees to help him with his plan, but also takes this opportunity to steal some valuable medical supplies in the hospital and sell it at the street market.
Who appeared in this episode?
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Guest Stars:| Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds | played by Nathan Fillion | | Agent McGuinness | played by Blake Robbins | | Blue Glove Man #1 | played by Jeff Ricketts | | Blue Glove Man #2 | played by Dennis Cockrum | | Pompous Doctor | played by Tom Virtue | | Receiving Doctor | played by Roma Chugani | | Young Intern | played by Ira Steck | | Particularly Dressed Man | played by Michael Nagy | | Patient | played by Alex Connie |
| Crash Team Nurse | played by Cate Cohen | | Blue Sun Spokesmodel | played by Kelly Wheeler (II) |
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Episode Quotes
 | Season 1 / Episode 8: - Ariel
Mal: You could've got off with Shepherd Book at the Bathgate Abbey. Could'a been meditating on the wonders of your rock garden by now. Jayne: Beats just sittin'. Wash: It *is* just sitting. |
 | Season 1 / Episode 8: - Ariel
Wash: So... two days in a hospital. That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude. |
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MISTAKES/GOOFS
- FAKE: In the first shot of Simon patching Jayne up, the wound he's sewing up is very clearly a prosthetic.
- CONT: The CGI flying ambulance lands at St. Mary's on flat foot pads, but in the corresponding live-action scenes, the full-scale model is sitting on casters.
- CONT: When Simon and River are captured by the Alliance, Jayne is handcuffed with his hands behind his back. However, when he is shot with a stun gun moments later, his hands are unbound and the cuffs are nowhere to be seen.
TRIVIA
- The E.M.S. vehicle used to sneak everyone into the hospital is a modified version of the Russian Airforce's Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter. The main rotor was removed, however the short wings and twin bubble canopy remained intact. The section that Wash sits in to fly the craft is actually the second half of the canopy; the first was filled in with the rubber material.
- The half-scale helicopter mock-up used for the exteriors of the "flying ambulance" was found by a fan in an aircraft graveyard located outside Mojave, California, still fully painted and reasonably intact. A fan campaign has begun to raise enough money to purchase the prop from the owner and donate it to a museum.
- While sifting through the junkyard, Wash picks up a piece of trash and heaves it at what ends up being the hover ambulance they use to break in to the hospital. The piece of junk he heaves is the catalyzer from "Firefly" (2002) {Out of Gas (#1.5)}.
- Shepherd Book doesn't appear in this episode (the explanation given is that he is meditating at an abbey), making it the only episode in the series not to feature all nine protagonists.
Episode Screenshots (From Season 1)
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