Columns: Episode No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code
1 | " Serenity " | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | December 20, 2002 | 1AGE79 | 2 | " The Train Job " | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon & Tim Minear | September 20, 2002 | 1AGE01 | 3 | " Bushwhacked " | Tim Minear | Tim Minear | September 27, 2002 | 1AGE02 | 4 | " Shindig " | Vern Gillum | Jane Espenson | November 1, 2002 | 1AGE03 | 5 | " Safe " | Michael Grossman | Drew Z. Greenberg | November 8, 2002 | 1AGE04 | 6 | " Our Mrs. Reynolds " | Vondie Curtis Hall | Joss Whedon | October 4, 2002 | 1AGE05 | 7 | " Jaynestown " | Marita Grabiak | Ben Edlund | October 18, 2002 | 1AGE06 | 8 | " Out of Gas " | David Solomon | Tim Minear | October 25, 2002 | 1AGE07 | 9 | " Ariel " | Allan Kroeker | Jose Molina | November 15, 2002 | 1AGE08 | 10 | " War Stories " | James Contner | Cheryl Cain | December 6, 2002 | 1AGE09 | 11 | " Trash " | Vern Gillum | Ben Edlund & Jose Molina | July 21, 2003 | 1AGE12 | 12 | " The Message " | Tim Minear | Joss Whedon & Tim Minear | July 28, 2003 | 1AGE13 | 13 | " Heart of Gold " | Thomas J. Wright | Brett Matthews | August 4, 2003 | 1AGE10