The Message (Firefly)

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"The Message"
Firefly episode
The body of Private Tracey
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 12
Directed by	Tim Minear
Written by	Joss Whedon Tim Minear
Production code	1AGE13
Original air date	July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) (Sci-Fi Channel)
Guest appearances
Jonathan M. Woodward as Tracey Smith Richard Burgi as Lieutenant Womack
Episode chronology
← Previous "Trash" Next → "Heart of Gold"
List of episodes

"The Message" is the twelfth episode of the science fiction television series Firefly created by Joss Whedon. It was the fourteenth and final episode produced during the show's production, but was placed before "Heart of Gold" and "Objects in Space" on the home video releases. "The Message" was the second of three episodes along with "Trash" and "Heart of Gold", that were not broadcast in the original 2002 Fox run and later aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 15, 2003.

A former Independent soldier, who had served with Mal and Zoe in the Unification War, returns in a dramatic manner, with a vicious Alliance officer chasing after him for some unusual smuggled goods.