River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative to make sure that what River knows doesn't get out.

Closed captioned. Special features: Deleted scenes; outtakes; future history: the story of Earth that was; what's in a Firefly; re-lighting the Firefly; Joss Whedon introduction; feature commentary with writer/director Joss Whedon.

Special features (47 min.): optional audio commentary by Whedon; 9 deleted/extended scenes, with optional audio commentary by Whedon (15 min. total); outtakes (6 min.); "Future history : the story of Earth that was" featurette (5 min.); "What's in a Firefly?" featurette (7 min.); "Re-lighting The Firefly" featurette (10 min.); introduction by Whedon (4 min.)