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{{Infobox episode
| title = "The Train Job"
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| franchise = ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]''
| preceded by = "[[Firefly (TV series)/Recap/E01 Serenity|Serenity]]"
| followed by = "[[Firefly (TV series)/Recap/E03 Bushwhacked|Bushwhacked]]"
| release date = September 20, 2002
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The slightly-infamous "more action" pilot [[Executive Meddling|demanded by Fox]] in lieu of "Serenity", "The Train Job" was the first episode aired.
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Closing the episode is a scene on an Alliance warship, with two mysterious [[The Men in Black|Men In Black]] in blue gloves asking the captain about River's whereabouts.
 
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== Tropes ==
* [[Cold -Blooded Torture]]: Niska's specialty. He even has a torture chamber right outside his office!
* [[Double Caper]]
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The entire reason this episode exists, after the execs turned down the first pilot.
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* [[Train Job]]: Right there in the title.
 
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