The red button Wash rigs to call the shuttles back and return the crew to Serenity was removed from the set on one of the last days of filming by
Alan Tudyk, as by that time the cast and crew knew they were being canceled. Scenes on the bridge for
"Firefly: Out of Gas (#1.5)" (2002) were filmed the next day, and the button is noticeably absent. Alan then mailed the button to series creator
Joss Whedon, with a note saying "When you get your miracle, just hit this" (quoting Wash's line). Whedon was hoping to revive the series, which he did, in the form of the film
Serenity (2005).
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