# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/61 "2011-05-23T15:20:44Z")
Because I watched the whole thing on DVD this past weekend and loved it: Middleman. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/62 "2011-05-23T15:21:53Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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_ Agree totally! In my little world _Serenity_ does not exist. Man-- that sounded more metaphysical then I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/63 "2011-05-23T15:33:47Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > **Brimstone**. Canceled just as things were getting interesting. Agreed. As much as I loved _Firefly_ and _Gargoyles_, I want _Brimstone_ back more. One of these days I’ll get around to writing a fanfic finale for it, just to have some sort of closure. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/64 "2011-05-23T17:30:09Z")
_Sports Night_. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/65 "2011-05-23T17:38:59Z")
+1 to the Firefly crowd. I really loved Saving Grace, and wanted that to continue, but the way they ended it made me so pissed and grumpy that I wouldn’t want to see anything more like that. \>.\< ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/66 "2011-05-23T17:48:03Z")
I’m cheating and going with two; one live action, and one animated. MST3K. For obvious reasons. _Crusader Rabbit._ Because I seem to have never gotten a chance to see it, and to listen to the praise it gets around here, it must have been the greatest cartoon show since _Rocky and Bullwinkle_. Yes, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/67 "2011-05-23T17:50:39Z")
Hehe, MST3K would have just way too much material to play with. Sci-Fi…I mean SYFY \ could just run a new one every 2 hours, panning the ‘monster of the week’ drek that aired before it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/68 "2011-05-23T17:56:01Z")
I’m probably in the minority, but I’d like to see one more season of _$#_! My Dad Says\*. What kept me interested was the dynamic between the Vince and Bonnie characters. You could tell they were deeply in love with each other. It undoubtedly helped that Will Sasso and Nicole Sullivan appeared together on MAD TV for a few seasons. And I love Nicole Sullivan, anyway. I’d like to see her in a more long-lived show. The younger son Henry was developing, too. Instead of a loser son who crashed with his dad because he had no place to go, he secured a steady job as a writer. And even Ed was starting to find romance with the neighbor and showing his sensitive side to his family from time to time. It was he who got the dog, Root Beer, for Bonnie because she was despairing of ever getting pregnant. Also, the last episode ended with a cliff hanger. A third son shows up at Ed’s doorstep, but it wasn’t revealed who he might be. And I hate when those are unresolved. The same thing happened when _My Name Is Earl_ was canceled. Come to think of it, that’s another one I’d like to have come back, but we’re only allowed one, so it’s too late to change my vote. It got decent ratings, and might have been renewed if it were on another network. I think _$#_! My Dad Says\* deserved another season. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/69 "2011-05-23T19:04:43Z")
Twin Peaks Dead Like Me Pushing Daisies The Riches Stargate Universe Now and Again There are others I would enjoy having back, but the ones I listed all died prematurely in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/70 "2011-05-23T19:06:33Z")
_Reaper_, a very funny show about a slacker collecting souls for the Devil, who may or may not be his dad. _My Name is Earl_, AKA “Touched by a Redneck,” one of the consistently funniest TV shows I’ve ever seen. Both ended on cliffhangers of sorts. I miss 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/71 "2011-05-23T19:10:59Z")
I will have to go with _Sports Night_, so long as Sorkin remains at the helm. While _The West Wing_ was actually better, it left right on time – maybe even a year too late. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/72 "2011-05-23T19:19:14Z")
I would chose “My Name is Earl”. It should have lasted a couple of more years, at least. I would also like to see more of “Wonder Woman”; the show deserved a few more seasons, if only to fuel my Lynda Carter obsession. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/73 "2011-05-23T19:22:28Z")
Gah! I can’t believe I forgot Crusade! Oh to have more Babylon 5… ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/74 "2011-05-23T19:45:26Z")
It’s incredibly difficult to choose among _Firefly_, _Brimstone_, and _Better Off Ted_, but…I’ll have to go with _Firefly_. Sorry, \*Brimstone \*and _BoT_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/75 "2011-05-23T19:59:33Z")
I’ll second _Andy Richter Controls the Universe_ and _Police Squad!_, already mentioned and both hilarious, and add _High Incident_, a very good cop show that never found the audience it deserved, more’s the pity. _Anything But Love_, with Richard Lewis and Jamie Lee Curtis, also ended far too soon; it was a great romantic comedy. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/76 "2011-05-23T20:20:20Z")
“The Riches” with “Carnivale” as a close second. though I think now I’ll have to netflix “Terriers” and find out what allt he fuss is about. I don’t think I’ve ever heard fo it before. And if I can have a third: “Father Ted.” :: ducks and runs :: ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/77 "2011-05-23T20:58:56Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > My first thought is \*Firefly, \*but I like Nathan Fillian too much in _Castle_, … Silly, he has to star in both shows simultaneously. Duh. 😉 _Firefly_ if it starts over, actually shows in order, and carries on the story at a reasonable pace, rather than jumping to _Serenity_. But I think right now I have to go with _The Chicago Code_. It is easily the best show this season, and I hope either Fox resurrects it or they market it to a cable channel and continue. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/78 "2011-05-23T21:10:26Z")
Actually, my third I think would be “New Amsterdam”. Father Ted is getting too old anyway. . . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/79 "2011-05-23T21:14:14Z")
_Twin Peaks_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/80 "2011-05-23T21:59:31Z")
> [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](#): > > _Twin Peaks_ The first season was terrific, but I think they just couldn’t sustain it at that high level. If anything, I think it went on too long. YMMV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=5)