# Late to the Party: Firefly

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 19, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584 "2010-04-19T01:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ProfessorX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@ProfessorX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProfessorX)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/21 "2010-04-21T15:58:47Z")

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Welcome to the fandom - it’s a great show. Joss’ finest IMHO

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/22 "2010-04-21T16:22:05Z")

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Firefly is a fun show. My favorite thing about it in fact is that it’s only 13 episodes long - I hate watching long-running shows, to be honest.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/23 "2010-04-21T16:27:16Z")

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> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> [slight hijack]I’ve been meaning to check out Buffy. Wouldn’t I need to skim through season 1? [/slight hijack]

It would help, but it isn’t _necessary_. If you decide to watch Season One, you can get away with just _Welcome to the Hellmouth/Harvest, The Pack, Angel,_ and _Prophecy Girl._

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/24 "2010-04-21T17:29:16Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> It would help, but it isn’t _necessary_. If you decide to watch Season One, you can get away with just _Welcome to the Hellmouth/Harvest, The Pack, Angel,_ and _Prophecy Girl._

Heck, don’t bother with “The Pack”. In other words, watch the first two episodes (a two-parter), the last episode, and one in the middle.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-firefly/536584/25 "2010-04-21T17:54:46Z")

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I had to include _The Pack_ because it has my single favorite Giles quote ever:

_ **Giles:** Xander’s taken to teasing the less fortunate?  
 **Buffy:** Uh-huh.  
 **Giles:** And, uh, there’s a noticeable change in both clothing and demeanor?  
 **Buffy:** Yes.  
 **Giles:** And, well, otherwise, all his spare time’s spent lounging about with imbeciles?  
 **Buffy:** It’s bad, isn’t it?  
 **Giles:** It’s devastating. He’s turned into a sixteen-year-old boy. Of course, you’ll have to kill him._

😃

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