Out of Gas
- Episode aired Oct 25, 2002
- TV-14
- 44m
When Serenity's life support system fails, Mal orders the crew off the ship - but he stays behind.When Serenity's life support system fails, Mal orders the crew off the ship - but he stays behind.When Serenity's life support system fails, Mal orders the crew off the ship - but he stays behind.
- Lacey #1
- (as Roderick L. McCarthy)
- Homeless man
- (uncredited)
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It's not just the best episode of Firefly, it's one of the best episodes of anything, anywhere. The depth of the characters created prior to this in the series only sets you up for this truly emotional and bonding episode. Not giving anything away but the ending will probably give you goosebumps.
"Out of Gas" is a tense episode of "Firefly" and maybe the best so far. The plot is well developed with the use of flashback and the conclusion is great. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Out of Gas"
Would have been a good episode to end the season as an unresolved cliffhanger to be resolved in Season 2 Episode 1 with a fuller explanation of the daily travails of life on the border and what it took to get by.
But out of gas is a strong episode of TV, clearly another level is reach, im hoping firefly got at least one more episode this good in stock.
But its Funny to read some review talking about the best episode in TV history, when Out of gas did not even make the top 500. They clearly never watched shows like Breaking Bad sopranos Lost X files and many more, the kind of shows when every episodes are at least 9/10.
I disagree with the other commentator that "Out of Gas" should have been the final ep; the best series finale to "Firefly" was never made because it would have given closure to seven years of outstanding television.
Did you know
- TriviaGina Torres' character spends most of this episode unconscious in the ship's medical bay, partly because Torres was absent for part of the shoot. She was on her honeymoon with husband Laurence Fishburne.
- GoofsOne candle on Simon's birthday cake is lit and unlit in alternating shots.
- Quotes
Mal: Not if all you're gonna do is sit around here and whinge about it, no.
Wash: What do you expect me to do, Mal?
Mal: Whatever you have to. And if you can't do it from here, then get a suit on and go outside on the side of the boat...
Wash: And what? Wave my arms around?
Mal: Wave your arms around, jump up and down, divert the nav sats to the transmitter... whatever.
Wash: Divert the... - right! Because teenage pranks are fun when you're about to die!
Mal: It'd give the beacon a boost, wouldn't it?
Wash: Yes, Mal, it would boost the signal, but even if some passerby did happen to receive, all it would do is muck up their navigation.
Mal: Could be that's true.
Wash: Damn right it's true. They'd be forced to stop and dig out our signal before they could even go anyplace... well, maybe I should do that, then!
Mal: Maybe you should!
Wash: Okay!
Mal: Good!
Wash: Fine!
Jayne: Hey! What you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this? You'll use up all the air.
- Alternate versionsThe intended order differs from the released order with the 2-hour pilot 'Serenity' and the season finale 'Objects in Space' being released in the middle of the show run. The true order appears on all modern media releases and is as follows - Serenity, The Train Job, Bushwacked, Shindig, Safe, Our Mrs. Reynolds, Jaynestown, Out of Gas, Ariel, War Stories, Trash, The Message, Heart of Gold, and Objects in Space.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 20 TV Bottle Episodes (2025)
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