Ariel (Firefly episode)
| "Ariel" | |
|---|---|
| Firefly episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Allan Kroeker |
| Written by | Jose Molina |
| Production code | 1AGE08 |
| Original air date | November 15, 2002 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Blake Robbins |
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Blake Robbins
Jeff Ricketts
Dennis Cockrum
Tom Virtue
"Ariel" is the ninth episode of the science fiction television series Firefly, created by Joss Whedon.
Hard up for cash, the crew of the Serenity takes on a job from Simon: break into an Alliance hospital on central world Ariel so Simon can get a thorough diagnostic of River and the crew can loot the valuable stores of medicine. But River's pursuers are hot on their trail, and they receive some unexpected inside help.
The episode opens as Serenity heads to Ariel, a central world of the Union of Allied Planets as Inara is due for her annual Companion physical exam and license renewal. Following an incident in which River attacks him, Jayne demands that she and Simon be left on Ariel. Mal quashes any talk of leaving people behind but privately warns Simon that River has to be kept under control. Simon acknowledges that his sister is getting worse, and Mal's rarely expressed sympathy for Simon's hopeless situation is obvious.
Simon approaches the crew with a job: he wants to get into the hospital in Ariel's capital city in order to scan River's brain with an advanced piece of medical equipment, and he needs the crew to get him inside. As payment, the crew will be able to steal valuable medical supplies that they will be able to sell for a lot of money. Simon plans to drug himself and River so they appear dead, allowing the crew to enter Ariel city's hospital using a scrapped medical shuttle they refurbished and fake EMT IDs. The group would then split up, with Jayne guarding Simon as he analyses River's condition whilst Mal and Zoe steal drugs from the hospital.
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