you can't take the sky from me..

What the hell is the right viewing order? I've heard Netflix actually has it right for once, so that's what I'm following.. not the order from here.

1. Serenity (pilot)
2. The Train Job
3. Bushwhacked
4. Shindig
5. Safe
6. Our Mrs. Reynolds
7. Jaynestown
8. Out of Gas
9. Ariel
10. War Stories
11. Trash
12. The Message
13. Heart of Gold
14. Objects in Space
15. Serenity (movie)

via http://www.netflixfixer.com/2012/09/firefly-intended-order-and-by-airdate.html

I'm not a sci-fi fan, but really enjoy this story. Especially the play of Nathan Fillion.
Great Show!

A true fusion of classic Sci-Fi (Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Star Trek) and old spaghetti westerns (Paint your Wagon, Rawhide). The shows creator Joss Whedon has done a remarkable job bringing us a different take on the space opera genre. A mish-mash of western style landscapes, filled with horses, cattle, ranches, sheriffs and adding a touch of space, ships, stars and what looks like (in some episodes) a Colt Single Action Army revolver as well as the multitude of other western influenced guns given an alternative 'laser' shot effect in post, all makes for a wonderful adventure aboard Serenity. The characters are wonderful, the action, tension and humor, all make for a wonderful if short lived space opera that is still loved to this day. So if anybody ever asks you if you've ever sailed in a firefly? ...Wanna? Just say "Yes Please"

This is one of my all time favorite shows. It got a bad wrap and was aired out of order. I think this confused people and led to the low viewership. Please watch this BUT only after web searching for the Proper episode order. Most streaming services list them in the incorrect order in which they aired. The DVD box and the wiki are good sources for the correct order.

This is one of our all-time favorite shows and we hate what Fox did to it. Can someone at trakt.tv PLEASE fix the order of these episodes?? Trakt has these listed in the order in which they were aired, which is NOT the order in which they were intended to be watched!

i think it's a cult thing. i never get it.

One of the greatest shows, too bad they canceled it.
I have added a comment for each episode correct order, also someone here posted the correct order too. As the order here is wrong.

Don't forget to watch the Serenity movie, it was in 2005, and it like a season 2 to tie the loose ends.

Gritty science fiction and fun fast-paced cowboy stories blended with an excellent ensemble, Fun dialogue and surprising twists that never lost it focus and could tell both fun and dramatic stories. It was a series with the heart in the right place and I loved the effects. Sadly, Fox fucked up the episodic order and never gave it a chance. Deserves all the attention it has gotten.

To my tastes, this in one of the best TV Series ever made. It's Joss Whedon. The casting is perfect. The writing is imaginative, witty, and it explores the nobility and fallibility of humanity. It gave us beloved characters with depth and relationships for which we rooted. The production values were ahead of it's time. The music was perfect. And, that perfect cast gave perfect performances. Pretty high praise for a 14 episode, one season series, released incomplete and out of order by the network (for more on the tortured and redemptive journey of the series read it's Wikipedia page). This is probably my third time through the series and I bought the DVDs so, needless to say, this show is on My Top 20 TV Series list, and I give it a 10 (perfect) out of 10. [Space Western]

Well, well, it's been a while since a show kept me up all night watching all the episodes in one sitting without falling asleep. I recommend Firefly to everyone who wants to get away from clichés, bad scripts, bad acting and terrible jokes. I don't like sci-fi but I have to admit with its western mood and setting I barely noticed I'm watching a sci-fi. The actors are fantastic, the script is incredibly well-written and there's so much originality in it. I still can't believe it got cancelled after only 1 season.

Basically just a western with space ships. Mediocre CGI and OK acting. Nothing special.

I will never understand how a show this highly rated, and this popular amongst geeks and non geeks was canceled and/or has not been resurrected. I personally love this show due to the fact that it is so different from most other shows of this genre.

Just some friendly advice: When you watch it, make sure to watch the episodes in DVD order, not in aired order. Because the aired order was determined by fools, and the DVD order by the Mind Behind.

Watch this! Then prepare to be vastly disappointed by it only having 1 season & a mediocre movie.