During its abortive run on Fox I managed to catch exactly one show. This was pre-DVR for me so I never saw another but was certainly intrigued. 'Serenity' came and I saw it in the theater. Intrigue went to into full-blown "WTF?". Got the box set for Christmas and by episode 3 my ebullience started to turn into nagging depression knowing that this was it, there would be no more. I slowed down in watching them and managed to drag it out to nearly a month.
That was 3 years ago and I've not watched them since. Have nearly forgotten them all & don't read the episode discussions on other forums. I want to enjoy them again and be surprised once more. I'll go out on a limb and state the "Firefly" was quite possibly the best sci-fi series in decades. It is an absolute shame that it was dealt with the way it was. Maybe another film someday covering the time between 'Firefly' & 'Serenity' specifically to include one character. Now that would be cool. Taking off the browncoat now.
As an FYI, Whedon and his associates have done several comics mini-series and one-shots set in the Firefly 'verse. The next one is a hardcover about Shepard Book, set for release in September. It's written by Joss' brother Zack, who also co-wrote Dr. Horrible.
On that note, Joss Whedon also did a fairly short but highly enjoyable stint on two of Marvel's X-Men comics a few years back. On top of that he did a far-future Slayer miniseries called "Fray," and the 8th season of Buffy has been running in comics format for a while now (and is about ready to start on the final story arc).
