Eventually Clever

You Can't Take the Sky From Me

We watched one of the two unaired Firefly episodes Monday night, and it confirmed my overall impression of the show: Fox TV Execs are idiots. Sure, the two-hour premiere movie was awful, and the first two episodes were slow going (especially those featuring the Malcolm/Inara riff on the vile Spike-Buffy romance), but the show picked up steam with the fourth episode and never looked back.

This episode marked the return of Saffron, Malcolm’s erstwhile wife, and her plans for one final score. This was another caper story, and Dina and I were laughing throughout the entire show. That character is pure gold.

And then we were saddened to realize that there’s only one more episode left to watch. I hope the Firefly movie gets off the ground, because I want to learn more about Shepherd, and see a conclusion to the River plotline. More Jayne jokes and just more Kaylee in general wouldn’t go amiss.