Simon Tam is a fictional doctor, played by Sean Maher, who originally appeared in Joss Whedon￢ﾀﾙs short-lived cult-hit television series Firefly. He appears in all episodes, and more recently has appeared in the comics Serenity: Those Left Behind and the feature film Serenity. Simon was born in late November, c. 2490 to Gabriel and Regan Tam, and was born and raised on Osiris, a Core World planet with major Alliance ties. In the original script for the episode "Bushwhacked" it is revealed that Simon supported Unification, the issue that sparked the eponymous War of Unification. Since he was young, Simon's family had hopes for him to have a future in medicine. In "Safe," his father bargains that he can have a dedicated source box for access to the Cortex (similar to the Internet) in exchange for becoming a "brilliant doctor." Simon accepts this without question, as if he's already been told￢ﾀﾔor "encouraged"￢ﾀﾔthat he will become a doctor when he's older. Simon is very gifted, and he was accepted to the best Medical Academy, or "MedAcad," on Osiris. Simon graduated in the top 3% of his class, and promptly moved onto a medical internship, which he completed in a mere eight months [ - ]

Simon Tam is a fictional doctor, played by Sean Maher, who originally appeared in Joss... [ + ]