The Message

Overview: Mal and Zoe recieve a package that contains the body of their old war buddy, Tracey.

Airdate: Never Aired

Directed by: Tim Minear

Guest Stars: Al Pugliese (Amnon), Craig Vincent (Skunk), Jonathan M. Woodward (Tracey), Joss Whedon (Man at Funeral), Morgan Rusler (Barker), Richard Burgi (Lt Womack), Tod Nakamura (Fendris).

Quotes:
Wash: A man walks down the street in that had, people know he's not afraid of anything.

Review By: Jason James Rating:

Another top notch episode. It starts out with the crew getting supplies and mail from a space port. Strange thing is they have a package waiting for them that none of them order. Or course that is besides the awesome hat the Jane gets and maybe one my favorite quotes from the series (see above). The strange package ends up being an old war buddy. With that we do have a few flash backs to when Mal and Zoe were in the war. This also puts them in the cross hairs of Lt Womack who wants the body something fierce. Once again if the series had continue I am sure Lt Womack would have made more than one appearance. Once again we get to see how close the crew really is and how much they are willing to do for each other. I would have to say of all the episodes this one does have a much darker feel to it. Some of that could be because it was an unaired episode and when I watched it I knew that I had at that point see all that I was going to see of the series. Overall it is a very good episode. I like that they tied this one at least a little to the episode before it. I do have mixed feelings about the performace that Jonathan Woodward had as Tracey, it seemed hit or miss. Sometimes it seemed he was trying to hard to be that character. Then again I am working very hard to try to find fault so don't take that to much to heart.