Safe

Overview: When Simon is kidnapped by a group of villagers in need of a doctor, Serenity is forced to make contact with an Alliance ship in order to seek medical help for the critically wounded Book.

Airdate: 11/08/2002

Directed By: Michael Grossman

Guest Stars: Scott Terra (Young Scott Tam), Andrew A. Rolfes (Older Grange), Matthew C. Ferreira (Younger Grange), Joel Steingold (Head Cop), Erica N. Tazel (Doralee), Ron Ostrow (Commander), Morina Pierce (Ruby), Skylar Roberge (Young River), Zac Efron (Young Simon), Isabella Hofmann (Megan Tam), William Converse-Roberts (Gabriel Tam), Scott Terra (), John Thaddeus (Stark), Gary Werntz (Patron), Bryan Friday (Shabby Man #2), Andrew A. Rolfes (Marcus Grange)

Of Note:
During the rescue of River and Simon, the red dot from the laser sight on Jayne's gun on the Patron's chest is 2 or 3 inches across (way too big). Laserbeams don't get wider at a distance, and besides, Jayne can't be more than 50 yards/meters away at the most.

Doralee: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. -- Doralee quotes from the Bible, Exodus 22:18 in the King James version.

Quotes:
River: (to Simon) You gave up everything you had to find me, you found me broken.

Simon: I'm sorry, Dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.

Mal: Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. But it was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky and they remember what they are.
Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

Mal: It looks like we arrived just in the nick of time. What does that make us?
Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

Simon: So finally a decent wound on this ship and I missed out.

Mal: Soon as we unload, she can holler until our ears bleed. But I'd take it as a kindness if she didn't.
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.
Mal: See - morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet like.

Review By: Jason James Rating:

I did like this episode, you have a lot going on in different directions. You discover a lot about the integrity Mal by his actions. Who would ever have thought that you could make a sci-fi show and have a ship transporting cows. This is one of the episodes that you can't help but like and really makes you fall in love with the series.