I know, that doesn’t rhyme, but it’s as close I could come.

I would be a lot more excited about Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku teaming up for a new show if it wasn’t on Fox. Don’t these two remember their previous experiences with Fox?

I’ve said in the past that Whedon should just stop writing, simply because it would be utterly impossible to even come close to matching the masterpiece that is Firefly^[a], but still, I love his writing and I’ll take a new Whedon show over 95% of the trash on TV today.

My problem is just that there’s only a seven-episode order, and with Fox’s previous record on shows I really enjoyed, I estimate we’ll see two of those. Maybe Firefly will be replaced as the “most cancelled television show ever.” Hopefully, Joss has learned from previous experience (and the experience of Tim Minear with Drive and Wonderfalls) and he’ll make these seven episodes a complete arc, just in case.

1. My saying that is something that has gotten me in trouble Buffy fans in the past. I loved Buffy, but I would happily trade every single memory and episode from the Buffy-verse (that includes all five seasons of Angel for a single new episode of Firefly [↩]