The show is set roughly 500 years in the future, after "Earth-That-Was" becomes uninhabitable and humanity is forced to migrate to another star system.

The closest thing to Jayne Cobb "crying" was when he was reflecting on the events that unfolded near the conclusion of the episode Jaynestown.

The phrase is Russian, literally meaning "Laughing for chickens.", which then means "That's ridiculous." It's a phrase to say if something is absurd.

"Firefly" is a science-fiction series set in the future concerning the crew of the "Serendipity" and the variety of adventures they encounter . Look to the related link below for additional information regarding a sci-fi series that should never have been given the 'axe' by the Sy Fy channel .

The line is from the film Serenity. The actual quote spoken by Captain Mal Reynolds is, "Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram ship for no apparent reason?"

Alan Tudyk plays Hoban ( Wash ) Washburne pilot of the The Firefly

Married to Zoe.

After the Operative saw the video of what really happened at the planet Miranda, he spared the crew from being killed by the Alliance. As Serenity is patched up and ready to fly, he tells Mal that the government has been weakened, and there's discontent. The Operative did tell the Parliament that the "Tams" (River and Simon) are no longer a threat, but he can't guarantee that the Alliance will later go after Mal and his crew.

When the show was cancelled it was left open. the story was never finished, however, a few years later the cast of Firefly made a movie called "Serenity" and it explained the entire storyline from beginning to end.

The movie is currently on Netflix if you are wanting to see it.

In the Firefly universe, details on why humans left "Earth-that-was" have been vague. What we could assume based on the series and from the film is that the planet could no longer sustain the growing population. So, they left Earth and repopulated themselves in multiples planets ("New Earths") in another part of the galaxy. In the film Serenity, the voiceover says they found a "new galaxy", but considering Earth's past is vague, the population could have relocated to another part of our galaxy.

Yes, actor Alan Tudyk was "Wat" in the film A Knight's Tale.

A quote from the Pilot episode of the glorious TV series Firefly. Spoken by Hoban Washburn ("Wash") as he plays with his plastic dinosaurs on the dash of Serenity, a Firefly class ship and the namesake of the show.

The role of Zoe Alleyne Washburne was played by Gina Torres .

Yes, very much so. The affection for the series continues to grow, so naturally there's all kinds of merchandise and collectibles you can purchase at the traditional retailers, as well as specialty sites such as ThinkGeek.

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Despite getting good critical reviews as a TV series, Firefly was cancelled due to both little support from FOX, and relatively low ratings (averaging 4.7 million viewers/week). Thanks to an upswell of fan support, the film Serenity was made. However, it did not make up the $40 million budget during its theatrical run (it made up the difference with its home video release), so thoughts of a sequel has been shelved.

Christina Hendricks is famous for being an American actress. Christina Hendricks starred in Firefly, but is most well know for her current role in the HBO series, Mad Men.

The spacecraft's name is Serenity.

It wasn't revealed what kinds of experiments or torture were done. What is known is that a number of operations were done to River's brain, one of which was the removal of her amygdala. The combination of the experiments and operations on her have made her mentally unstable.

You can use either a browser extension (ex: Hola Unblocker for Chrome or Firefox), a VPN (Virtual Private Network), or use a proxy service.

Yes, you can watch the streaming version of Firefly on Amazon Prime.

If you are watching Firefly on a desktop, you can use a site such as Subscene or Opensubtitles. Look for Firefly in their database, download it to the same folder as the multimedia player you are using, and it should work that way.