On the planet Persephone the crew contact their old "friend" Badger the ruthless crime lord to transport some goods on behalf of a local lord. While at a ball to arrange a transport job with the lord, Mal defends Inara's honor when her current customer insults her. By local custom he unintentionally challenges her date, Atherton Wing, to a duel.

Firefly Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Train Job
• s01e02 - Bushwhacked
• s01e03 - Our Mrs. Reynolds
• s01e04 - Jaynestown
• s01e05 - Out of Gas
• s01e06 - Shindig
• s01e07 - Safe
• s01e08 - Ariel
• s01e09 - War Stories
• s01e10 - Objects in Space
• s01e11 - Serenity
• s01e12 - Heart of Gold
• s01e13 - Trash
• s01e14 - The Message

Firefly Show Summary

In the far-distant future, Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is a renegade former brown-coat sergeant, now turned smuggler & rogue, who is the commander of a small spacecraft, with a loyal hand-picked crew made up of the first mate, Zoe Warren; the pilot Hoban "Wash" Washburn; theballoong-ho grunt Jayne Cobb; the engineer Kaylee Frye; the fugitives Dr. Simon Tam and his psychic sister River. Together, they travel the far reaches of space in search of food, money, and anything to live on.