“You Can’t Stop the Signal.” “Keep Flying.” “You Can’t Take the Sky From Me.”

All words and phrases spelt out by Joss Whedon and Browncoats everywhere. Serenity, the spin-off from the cancelled series Firefly, was released in September 2005, and is a successful continuation of Mal Reynold’s story to evade the Alliance and successfully shelter fugitives Simon and River Tam from their pursuers.

Over the course of the film, River is pursued by a ruthless Alliance agent known only as the Operative, who has no compulsions or qualms about killing, which he shows dramatically by murdering an entire colony of people headed by former Serenity crewmember Derrial Book, who is tragically caught in the crossfire.

As the action continues, Mal comes across the secret that has shattered River’s mind, the origin of the cannibalistic Reavers and determines to spread the word of the Alliance’s involvement throughout the Verse. However, they are pursued by both the Alliance and the Reavers, and come the movie’s conclusion, not all of Serenity‘s crew will survive…

Can Mal keep flying?