Synopsis:

The second chapter in the Serenity Chronicles finds the Firefly crew harboring two Alliance fugitives and looking for any job they can find to keep their ship flying. The more time they spend hiding from the Alliance, the more Simon Tam fears for his sister River's mental stability as she begins to show signs of aggression that could endanger everyone on board. Desperation will take the crew of Serenity down a dark and dangerous road. A high risk gamble to help River and a heist job for the most ruthless gangster in the 'verse will lead the crew to question their own morals - even if it leads to their demise.

Intentions:

For this entry, I wanted to combine one of the bigger storylines of the show that involved the ruthless Niska and also gave more insight into Mal and Zoe's experiences in the Battle of Serenity Valley. These episodes lead into the grand finale, Serenity the movie. It is difficult to do this kind of edit and not have it feel very episodic. This was certainly the trickiest of the trilogy, but I hope that you still enjoy the story I am hoping to tell with this trilogy.

Change List:

The Train Job: -Cut River’s line about Mal meaning bad in Latin -Moved Book and Inara conversation about praying for Mal earlier to right after Mal accepts the job from Niska -Moving the previously mentioned conversation made it possible so that when Mal and Zoe encounter Alliance soldiers on the train, there isn’t a commercial break followed by a cut away to Book and Inara and then back to a stunned Mal and Zoe looking suspiciously at a platoon of Alliance soldiers -I did not want to cut Simon and Mal talking in the infirmary, but it led right into River repeatedly saying 2 by 2 hands of blue and since they wouldn’t make it into the edit, this whole thing had to go. I did leave her mentioning them earlier if only just for a shout out to them. I couldn’t let the Blue Handed Men thing go unresolved since Niska in fact lives at the end of this. Too many loose ends Ariel: -Cut any mention of Book not being on board Serenity, but had to leave mention of Inara leaving since it would’ve been too difficult to cut around later when everyone gets back from the heist -Cut Mal and Zoe getting lost in the hospital and running into a doctor who figures out they are fake -Cut out the doctor Mal knocks out and brings with them into the med closet -Cut access card not working for Mal and Zoe -Cut Blue Handed Men (sadly) -Trimmed Jayne, Simon and River escape since they were not being chased by the Blue Handed Men -Cut the numerous times Jayne hits the door handle. Now he winds up to hit it and Mal shoots open the door War Stories: -After we see Niska we cut right to some of the crew eating apples that Jayne had recently bought for everyone (now Kaylee doesn’t say the infamous No Power in the ‘Verse line) -Cut the silly line “what are we going to do, clone him?” -Cut “Yup, he’s dead.” Objects in Space: -Used only the opening scene, the scene with Mal scolding Jayne, and the dining area scene where they discuss River and her being a Reader.

Additional Notes:

-All commercials breaks are gone -Cropped credits whenever necessary -New opening title to match the previous release -Used ALL of the River Tam Sessions which were viral videos released to drum up hype for Serenity the movie.

Special Thanks:

As always, BionicBob.