The crew of the Serenity are being hunted by the Alliance when they were pursuing an illegal salvage operation.
[This was the two hour "original pilot", canned by Fox].

original airdate--December 20,2002

music--Theme song Written by: Joss Whedon Performed by: Sonny Rhodes

Goofs

1. When applying "the sticky" to the ship's access panel, Mal traces a straight line towards the edge of the plate. Later shots of the plate show the compound curving sooner clockwise around the central point.
2. Wash is seen mimicking holding the flight controls near the end of the episode without actually holding them. The DVD commentary revealed the controls were too far away for the shot, but Joss really wanted the shot, so they moved Alan's chair back and had him mine the controls.