With the galaxy torn apart by civil war, the hardened Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) ekes out a living as a small time criminal and transport-for-hire with his ship "Serenity." But, when Mal's two newest passengers turn out to be wanted fugitives, he finds his low-scale operation caught in the midst of intergalactic warfare! Now they must do everything they can to evade the tracker who is following closely behind and threatening their every move.