Firefly - A Guide

~A~ 

~B~

Morena Baccarin ~ Actor who plays Inara
Adam Baldwin ~ Actor who plays Jayne
Shepherd Book ~ Priest with a past, who joins Serenity.
Bowden's Malady ~ Industrial disease curable (if medicines get through ...) [Serenity].

~C~

Catalyzer ~ an engine part that fails in 'Out Of Gas'.
Companion ~ A high class Escort; regulated by Guild membership
Crow ~ Niska's henchmen [The Train Job]

~D~

~E~

Jane Espenson ~ Author of Shindig

~F~

Nathan Fillion ~ Actor who plays Captain Mal Reynolds
Firefly ~ A class of spaceship.
Kaylee Frye ~ Serenity's engineer

~G~

Ron Glass ~ Actor who plays Book
Summer Glau ~ Actor who plays River Tam
Greenleaf ~ A planet featured in "Out of Gas"

~H~

~I~

Inara ~ Registered Companion, aboard Serenity; the 'Ambassador'.

~J~

Jayne ~ Crew member unspoiled by principles, ethics. or morals.

~K~

~L~

~M~

Sean Maher ~ Actor who plays Dr. Simon Tam
Tim Minear ~ Writer, Director, Executive Producer

~N~

Niska ~ Trader who hires the crew to do a train heist [The Train Job]. reappears in a later episode.

~O~

~P~

Pakrin-> a planet (refered to in episode 'Out Of Gas')
Port Compression Coil-> An engine part that contains the ships catalyzer

~Q~

~R~

Reavers ~ Cannibalistic renegades at the extremes of known space.
Malcolm Reynolds (Mal) ~ The Captain of Serenity

~S~

Saffron ~ A woman that Mal unintentionally marries while drunk [Our Mrs. Reynolds]
Serenity ~ The Firefly-class ship on which the action takes place; the 10th character
Jewel Staite ~ Actor who plays Kaylee

~T~

River Tam ~ An adolescent with advanced mental abilities; subject of Alliance experiments, now on the run with ...
Simon Tam ~ The doctor on board Serenity, and River's protective brother.
Gina Torres ~ Actor who plays Zoe
Alan Tudyk ~ Actor who plays Wash

~U~

Unification Day ~ The day that celebrates the forming of the Alliance.

~V~

~W~

Wash ~ Serenity's pilot; husband of Zoe
Joss Whedon ~ Creator, and executive producer of 'Firefly'