There are so many shows that never get there shot to really flourish. Dollhouse. Pushing Daisies. Dirt. Veronica Mars. It’s often difficult to appreciate some of the shows that actually got a chance because some of the programming today is just plain awful. To this day it still baffles me that reality tv still has some value. Cough cough. Jersey Shore Cough cough.
But the show that I absolutely love that should have never been cancelled is Joss Whedon‘s Firefly. It got 12 episodes. And it’s the type of show that had so many stories just waiting to be told. A testament to the show and the love of the Jossverse is the fact that the show failed and still got a movie made. That’s love.
And although Nathan Fillion has found a new home on ABC and his show is doing considerably well, I would have loved to have seen what he would have done and where his character would have gone.
Firefly, you will be missed.
This probably my favorite show done by Joss Whedon. I fully admit I was a late convert to the show and missed it when it was on Fox. But I was definitly a browncoat after I saw the first few episodes.
Its been good to see Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Adam Baldwin (Chuck) land steady acting roles. It seems like most of the cast did pretty well finding more work after the end of Firefly though.
I wonder if Dollhouse is the last we’ll see of Whedon on TV. I hope not. It’s probably pointless to hope for some kind of Buffy spinoff, but that would still be cool.