# Bring 'em back alive! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797 "2011-05-22T18:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/41 "2011-05-23T03:39:03Z")
A lot of short-lived series I might’ve liked to see continue—I think _Firefly_ had at least a season or two more good material in it. But the young little nerd still living within me wouldn’t forgive me for choosing anything except _The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr_. What a great show. (That or Freakazoid. Tragically, insufficient numbers paid heed to the opening lyrics: He’s here to save the nation So stay tuned to this station If not, we’ll be unemployed Freakazoid! Freakazoid!) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/42 "2011-05-23T03:44:07Z")
My wife also votes for **Brimstone** - she loved that show. I wouldn’t mind another two-hours of _Lost_, episode name “The Picnic”, where all the principles go on a picnic and spend 2 hours explaining to each other what the hell went on. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/43 "2011-05-23T03:48:08Z")
Flipping channels the other day and ran across Donal Logue. He looked just like his character in _Terriers_ and I’m all excited, thinking “They brought the show back!” or even “Here’s an episode I missed - yay!” But it was _House_. I didn’t stick around to see if it was lupus. Also _Kidnapped_ with Jeremy Sisto, and that cool detective show with Jeff Goldblum from a few years back, where he communicated with victims. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/44 "2011-05-23T04:16:35Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Whose Line Is It Anyway Is this a whoosh? It’s back on right now except it’s called [Drew Carey’s Improv-A-Ganza](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Carey%27s_Improv-A-Ganza). It’s got the same cast, the same games and only a few slight changes to the rules. My pick would be Sym-Bionic Titan. Most cancellations don’t bother me but this one left me pretty stunned. I’d better at least get a movie to tie up the loose ends, damnit. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/45 "2011-05-23T05:48:42Z")
_ **Firefly** _ would definitely be my first choice. _ **Dead Like Me** _ - I just fnished watching the second season, but I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know how much they wrap things up. Still, it seemed like there was a lot left to deal with in terms of George’s family, and the emotional growth of George herself. _ **Enterprise** _ - it actually was getting pretty good before it got cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/46 "2011-05-23T05:58:14Z")
**Terriers** , without a doubt. But conversely, if I was able to put down a show that had been magically brought back to life, I would kill **Firefly** again. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/47 "2011-05-23T08:41:55Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Kings. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/48 "2011-05-23T11:48:31Z")
A few of my other picks have been chosen already (_Crusade_, or the blessed _Firefly_ PBUH, may it be a leaf on the wind) so…either [Vengeance Unlimted](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VengeanceUnlimited) or [Cybersix](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cybersix). (As you can tell, I’m working on my “horrifying fandom overlap” qualifications, this year) Though I’m almost tempted to say “GI Joe, with the original writing staff, low-rent outsourced Toei animation, and surprisingly loose rein by Standards and Practices in some areas.” ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/49 "2011-05-23T12:45:00Z")
Since the votes for _ **Firefly** _ seem to be covered, I’ll go with another casualty of FOX, _ **Kitchen Confidential** _. Excellent cast with snappy writing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/50 "2011-05-23T13:00:30Z")
Northern Exposure - so many quirky characters. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/51 "2011-05-23T13:02:08Z")
_Dead Like Me_ or _Keen Eddie_. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/52 "2011-05-23T13:25:16Z")
Ghost Whisperer. Joan of Arcadia. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/53 "2011-05-23T13:35:46Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Flipping channels the other day and ran across Donal Logue. He looked just like his character in _Terriers_ and I’m all excited, thinking “They brought the show back!” or even “Here’s an episode I missed - yay!” > > But it was _House_. I didn’t stick around to see if it was lupus. > > Also _Kidnapped_ with Jeremy Sisto, and that cool detective show with Jeff Goldblum from a few years back, where he communicated with victims. Not just that episode of _House_ but last week Logue was on one of the movie channels in [The Tao of Steve (2000)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234853/) which is a real fun movie. Logue’s the man! A second mention of _Kidnapped_ while I’m at it, which I saw again on Netflix not too long ago. A true lost gem of a show. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/54 "2011-05-23T13:39:00Z")
Popular ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/55 "2011-05-23T13:41:28Z")
**Carnivale**. I feel like I harp on this cancellation all the time around here, so my apologies for sounding like a broken record. But honestly, the mythology and the proposals for the future seasons sounded _so cool_ and it kills me that we’ll never get to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/56 "2011-05-23T13:44:07Z")
Quantum Leap & Square Pegs. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/57 "2011-05-23T14:33:39Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > _ **Firefly** _ would definitely be my first choice. > > _ **Dead Like Me** _ - I just fnished watching the second season, but I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know how much they wrap things up. Still, it seemed like there was a lot left to deal with in terms of George’s family, and the emotional growth of George herself. > > _ **Enterprise** _ - it actually was getting pretty good before it got cancelled. _Dead Like Me_ actually finished up its run (at the end of the second season) in a pretty good place. It really didn’t have to go on, although it would have been nice if it did. The movie added nothing significant to the story line. It was nice to see the characters again (Mandy Patinkin and Laura Harris were absent, but Reggie grew up rather nicely), but the movie overall kinda sucked. Serenity wrapped up the Firefly series fairly well, but it had to cram a season’s worth of development into two hours. It would have been better to have let the second season run and wrap it up properly. It would have been nicer to let the series run for six or seven years, but you can’t have everything. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/58 "2011-05-23T15:01:01Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Serenity wrapped up the Firefly series fairly well, but it had to cram a season’s worth of development into two hours. It would have been better to have let the second season run and wrap it up properly. It would have been nicer to let the series run for six or seven years, but you can’t have everything. Yeah, but it only “wrapped it up” by directly violating the series. It was like bizarro-Jossverse, where Mal hadn’t already declared that the Tams were part of his crew and Simon briefly worked for _Mission: Impossible_. Do not like. Not _Firefly_. _pout_ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Tremayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Captain\_Tremayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Tremayne)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/59 "2011-05-23T15:01:08Z")
Due South, with the original Ray Vecchio. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/60 "2011-05-23T15:08:23Z")
My first thought is \*Firefly, \*but I like Nathan Fillian too much in _Castle_, so I have to go with either _Pushing Daisies_ or _Reaper_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=4)