Malcolm Reynolds is born

Life, Birth

Malcolm Reynolds is born on Shadow. His mother has a ranch there devoted mostly to running cattle, and she, along with about forty ranch hands, will raise him.

Malcolm Reynolds is born on Shadow. His mother has a ranch there devoted mostly to running cattle, and she, along with about forty ranch hands, will raise him. According to him, nobody runs cattle harder or smarter than she does, and she tells him, "Don't brand the cattle, brand the buyer--he's the one likely to stray." His Social Control Number is 099,836,5,4112.   [Conjecture based on the age of actor Nathan Fillion. The specific date comes from an information screen viewed by The Operative in Serenity, though it gives Mal's birth year as 2468, which would seem to be inconsistent with the dates in the series itself and Mal's apparent age. (Could this have been a transposition of the year given here?) Similarly, some early promotional material for the series gave Mal's birthdate as September 20, 2472. Mal talks about his mother and where he's from in "Our Mrs. Reynolds," though his use of the past tense tends to imply that his mother has died, while his Social Control Number is shown on the same information screen just mentioned.]