Inara, Firefly

Inara (Morena Baccarin) was a Companion, part of the social elite, often accompanying the wealthy and powerful on their space travels. There was considerable ritual and ceremony surrounding their services, which appeared to extend beyond sex to nurturing psychological, spiritual, physical, and emotional well being. Companions chose their own clients and Inara took both male and female clients, although most of her clients were male. Throughout the series, Inara shared an unspoken attraction with series lead Malcom Reynolds, captain of the star-ship Serenity.

Though the show was canceled before they got together, their relationship was further explored and eventually consummated in the canon continuation comic series and novel.

Appearances:

• 14 episodes. 1x01 - 1x14

No female love interests

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion, main cast 14 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.