The film picks up a short time after the final episode, and the crew of Serenity- led by Captain Mal Reynolds- is being pursued by The Operative, an assassin sent by the Alliance to kill River in order to keep her from telling what she knows. In the scene below, the Operative has taken Inara, who now lives on a planet rather than on the ship, hostage and forces her to send for the Serenity crew, planning to lead them into a trap.