The River Tam Sessions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The R. Tam sessions are a series of five short videos released by Joss Whedon over the internet, which were
set within his fictional Firefly universe. They chronicled several of the early in-universe interviews with the
emotionally troubled Firefly character River Tam.
Although released unofficially, the videos were meant as a form of viral marketing for the 2005 film Serenity.
The sessions were released on the internet between August 16 and September 5 of 2005.
StorySet before the events of the Firefly television series and the film Serenity, the R. Tam sessions depict
excerpts of counselling sessions with the character River Tam while she is held at a "learning facility" known
only as "The Academy." The counsellor in these sessions is played by Joss Whedon himself. The videos shed some light on the experiments and torture "The Academy" conducted on River. They "document" her change from a shy child prodigy to the mentally unstable character of the television series.
The five clips are listed here in the order in which they were released, but the actual chronological order is indicated by the numbering, session 1 being the first clip and session 416 being the last.
Done the Impossible: The Fans Tale to Firefly & Serenity (A Documentary) From the site: In this documentary, the fans share what inspired them to become passionate about Firefly,
to help save Firefly, attend shindigs, participate in message boards, donate to charities, and become Serenity
extras. They talk about the many ways that Firefly has affected their lives. Cast and crew also share humorous
and insightful experiences.
SerenityMovie.net From the site: This fan operated site is dedicated to assuring that Joss Whedon’s future movie masterpiece
will be a huge commercial success, and hopefully make it's way back to the small screen either via the
airwaves or DVD.
Firefly Talk ... A Firefly Podcast From the site: Winner of the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards for "Best Produced" and "Best Movies/
Film Podcast".
Can't Take the Sky ... A Firefly Site From the site: Can't Take the Sky is an unofficial fan site dedicated to Joss Whedon's amazing television
series, Firefly.
The Signal From the site: On this website you will find features, news, reviews, interview, chat, and anything else we can
think of relating to the universe of Firefly and Serenity. The Signal is an award winning podcast, winner of the
2007 Parsec Award in the category "Best Fan Podcast", and the 2006 People's Choice Podcast Award in the
categories "Movies and Films" and "Best Produced". In addition, the Signal was also a finalist for the 2006
Parsec Awards in the category "Best Fan Podcast".
