Five hundred years in the future, Mal Reynolds ends up on the losing side of a war. He escapes with little more than his own skin, one trusted friend, and his ship, the Firefly-class freighter Serenity.

Every day since then, his mission has been a simple one: Hire a crew; find a job; and just keep on flyin'.

Then, one day, he takes on a couple of mysterious passengers - and his life gets a whole lot more complicated... cast : Nathan Fillion as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds Gina Torres as Zoe Alan Tudyk as Wash Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam Adam Baldwin as Jayne Corr Jewel Staite as Kaylee Frye Summer Glau as River Tam Ron Glass as Book, 'The Shepherd' Morena Baccarin as Inara