Reports, both from some of the places who have posted these, and apparently from Joss himself at the Premier, is that there are five Sessions in total.

That likely means that the next and final will be "Session 416, First Excerpt" which will bring us full circle back to where this all started, with "Session 416, Second Excerpt."

I'm going to have to wait 'til I'm home to see that properly.

Aeryn seems to meet your criteria as well, ita.

"War Stories" is possibly my favorite episode. God, I love Zoe so much. And Mal. And Wash. And it has my favorite line in it, when Wash and Zoe are fighting and Mal is getting frustrated with them:

Mal: "Okay, I'm ... lost, I'm angry ... and I'm armed!"

Perfect delivery.

"War Stories" is possibly my favorite episode.

Is that the episode where, toward the end, Mal is beating up (or trying to) the bad guy, and when t memfault Jayne? Wash? t /memfault goes to help Mal, Zoe says "No -- this is something he needs to do on his own," and Mal yells "No I don't!!!" and then Jayne (or Zoe?) just shoots the bad guy?

Is that the episode where...

Yep. Also with the funniest torture scene this side of Princess Bride.

Yes! Classic.

Aeryn seems to meet your criteria as well, ita.

No, Aeryn was too special for me -- as a Peacekeeper she was better than mere mortals, and she was an atypical Peacekeeper too -- that was less about her fighting, but she still had a taint of special about her.

Zoe's just a normal woman who fights. Not a member of a warrior race, just some chick with skills.

That's true. She's also more relaxed with her fighting; she'll do it when she has to, but it isn't a big deal.

Zoe's just a normal woman who fights. Not a member of a warrior race, just some chick with skills.

I assume Major Kira wasn't quite warrior enough, then?

Damn, now I want more of Zoe's (well... and everybody else's) backstory. How did she get the skills? Did she decide to get them or did she need to get them?