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Episode: 01x12
Title: Serenity (2)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 1AGE79
First Aired: Dec. 20, 2002

Season 1 » Episode #12 - Serenity (2)

Summary: Mal and his crew discovers what Simon is hiding in his cargo - his sister River. Simon is only trying to hide her away from the Alliance. Mal realizes helping Simon hiding her can cause trouble for him and his crew. Meanwhile, the crew still have to finish conducting business with Patience, while trying to dodge a Reaver ship along the way.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds	played by Nathan Fillion
Nandi	played by Melinda Clarke
Chari	played by Kimberly McCullough
Ranse Burgess	played by Fredric Lehne
Petaline	played by Tracy Ryan (II)
Helen	played by Heather Black
Lucy	played by Angie Hart
Emma	played by Doan Ly
Belinda	played by Sandy Mulvihill

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Episode Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Serenity (2) Mal: You're my kind of stupid.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Serenity (2) Kaylee: Look, they got boy whores. Kaylee: Isn't that thoughtful?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Nandi is killed, she falls to the floor on her back, her left arm by her side and her right on the floor by her head. We see her in this position a number of times, but when Mal and Inara look at one another at the end of this scene, Nandi's left arm is now lying across her chest.
CONT: The first shot we see of Nandi waking up shows her hair loose on the pillow, and her hand curled up on the sheet beside her; in the next shot, a close-up, her hair is mostly tucked behind her ear and her hand is closer to her face than previously.
FAKE: In this episode, the "newborn" baby is shown holding its head up. This doesn't happen until around the third month.
FAKE: When Ranse Burgess walks out of the birthing room carrying the baby and confronts the shunned companion, the baby is actually a doll for one very brief shot before switching back to a real baby.
CONT: When Mal and Nandi are talking on the couch, Mal has his arm around her, but when the camera moves to show Nandi talking, his hand is next to her, and then his arm is around her again when the camera zooms back out.

TRIVIA

Melinda Clarke, who plays the madam of the brothel, is well known for her role as the dominatrix "Lady Heather" on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000).
In keeping with the idea of fusion between the American and Chinese cultures, during the funeral, the predominant color is not black, but white, the Chinese color of mourning.
In the theater scene, depicted on the screen in the background as shadow art, are ships leaving the planet Earth and arriving at various planets.