After years of putting it off, I’ve finally gotten to spending some of my free work time watching Firefly on Hulu, and oh, you were right. You were so, so right…it does rock.
That’s all…just wanted to put it out there. (By the by, I’m currently up to Ep 9, Ariel, where they smuggle Simon and River into the hospital – so I’d appreciate not putting out spoilers about things yet to come…thanks!)
Heh…“chain of command”…cracks my shit up every time I think about it…
Told ya.
At least everybody is working. Castle is pretty good, and the rebooting of V looks promising as well. But we still yearn for the further adventures of Captain Tightpants and his motley crew.
You have my favorite episode still to come. 
I got Anaamika to give it a shot a week ago, and though she’s a huge Jossophobe, she’s liking it, too. It’s just that great.
Yeah, I’m watching it. It’s pretty good.
I should say am determined not to say anything negative about it that’s not true, i.e., I’ll complain about something that’s in the plot that I don’t like, but I won’t complain about the Whedonites or the promise that it was to be THE GREATEST THING OF ALL TIME*. I won’t even comment on it except to say I’ve successfully put my Whedonite-hate behind me and am enjoying the series.
*I understand it’s the real hard-core Browncoats who say that.
Most of my comments are on LJ, so I’ll keep this brief.
Oh, you can still hate Whedonites while enjoying Whedon. 
I was underwhelmed with Firefly, but it had the makings of something interesting. I don’t know if it’s Whedon needing more resources and not getting them or whatever.
The dialogue was decent.
Considering that very few shows are really all that fantastic in season 1, when the show is effectively on probation and the writers haven’t yet found their groove, Firefly was pretty amazing. I can only imagine it would have gotten better as time went on, much like Buffy.
Yes. Somehow I had just never watched it before, a friend mentioned it in passing, I found it on Hulu last week (same with “Arrested Development”, come to think) and oh my god it is awesome. Finished watching it yesterday. Just incredible–especially, as Bosstone says, for a show in its opening season.
I didn’t realise from the strength of the fandom that it was only 14 episodes.
I thought I was all late to the party and everybody had closed up shop and gone home, coming to it in 2009. Apparently not. Everyone I’ve been like “Firefly: watch” has looked at me like I’d just emerged from living under a rock D:
Just wait. I think Objects in Space, the final episode, is easily the best.
If you’re interested in a great Firefly community, check out:
It’s a great bunch of people. I often wonder how many people there are here, as well…
I would agree with Objects in Space as being an outstanding episode. My other big favorite is “Our Mrs. Reynolds”. Though I do love them all…
My girlfriend introduced me to it in 2008 (with no 24, I had to have something for a Memorial Day marathon), and it’s a fun show. I agree that the staggering thing about it is how good it was considering that the writers hadn’t had very long to get into a groove and explore the characters.
The candle that burns twice as bright, I guess.
Oh my, yes.
That was my favorite so far…
“Objects In Space” and “War Stories” are the 2 episodes I keep on my phone in case of boredom.
“Objects in Space” and “Out of Gas” are on mine.
This five-part series is a must for any Firefly fan.
Personally, my favorite is Shindig, which I think the OP has already gotten to.
It wasn’t my favorite, but it did have the best line so far:
“She was all naked and articulate!”
“If you take sexual advantage of her, you’re going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.”