Joey Bloggs

Joey Bloggs was a minor character from the Firefly television series. The character was referenced only and never made an actual appearance. He was mentioned in the pilot episode of the series "The Train Job".

Biography
Joey Bloggs was a miner from the city of Paradiso on an unnamed border planet in the Georgia System. When Mal Reynolds and Zoe Washburne came to Paradiso in their effort to steal cargo from a train en route to the city, they posed as a married couple. They told Sheriff Bourne that Joey Bloggs was Mal's uncle and that he had promised them a job. Bourne knew Joey Bloggs and had the misfortune of telling the "couple" Bloggs committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a gun eight months prior. Upon hearing the news, Mal asked if his job was available.