How did you feel when you watched the last episode of Firefly.

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UPDATED: Thursday, August 10, 2006 04:27
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LETOV

Monday, August 7, 2006 2:28 PM

I also watched the show when it was first run on Fox. I felt the same frustration over the pre-emptions etc, but I think I experienced it a little different from most. You see, I actually missed the first two weeks it was on. I wasn't reading about the show online, so I honestly didn't know they were being shown out of order. When things seemed wrong or didn't make sense, I figured it was just something I missed in those first two weeks. I didnt' even realize it was cancelled at first. When they finally showed the pilot ep, I thought that this was the first episode I missed and they were re-playing it. I was actually quite happy at the time since I thought I was finally seeing what everyone else had seen and that now the forthcoming episodes would make a little bit more sense. I was thrilled...

Then came cancellation.

When the DVD set came I pre-ordered it and got it right away. It was only then that I understood about the out of order showings, and I was pissed. I saw the train job and bushwacked for the first time I wasn't particularly thrilled with either. My wife in particular hated bushwacked and admitted that she might well have stopped watching the show if that was the second episode she saw. Then came the rest. LOVE.

For us, the last episode was Heart of Gold. We actually watched the discs through and skipped Heart of Gold and watched Objects. We simply could not bring ourselves to letting the series be completely over. I think we actually re-watched the rest of the series at least once more before we finally watched Heart. I know it was at least a couple weeks. I loved that episode while feeling heartbroken at the same time...

Absolutely heartbroken would be it.

- Leto_V

"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal

YINYANG

Monday, August 7, 2006 2:48 PM

When I watched the last episode (and, in fact, most of the episodes), I was probably very upset/angry. I had existed when this show was around, I was related to people who had seen it and loved it; and, I hadn't heard of it?! I also remember being very sad that I hadn't been with the show from the start, and desperately wanting to do my part (hey, did that just rhyme?).

Of course, this is all speculation, as I've watched it so many times I don't remember exact details.

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GWEK

Monday, August 7, 2006 4:01 PM

I was among the folks who watched the show when it was first on the air (and aired poorly--gorram Fox!).

If I recall correctly, by the time the pilot aired the show was either officially cancelled or at least had the death mark of "on hiatus" with no new episodes planned to air. In any event, as I watched the pilot--FINALLY got the see the pilot--I knew that there were no episodes in the foreseeable future.

So, for me, there was very much a feeling of melancholy, and also a bit of anger at Fox for airing things out of order and for giving this wonderful show the shaft. On the other hand, there were so many "a-ha!" moments, as little things clicked into place. And even though the show was cancelled, I knew that Whedon swore it wasn't over, and he was backed by an army of Browncoats, so there was a feeling of loss, but also of hope.

When the ended with the conversation between Simon and Mal ("We're still flying" "That's not much" "It's enough"), it was like a messge right from Joss himself, and it made me a little misty.

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

DIRTWEED

Monday, August 7, 2006 4:15 PM

I didn't get to watch it when it aired as I had a little one that demanded most of my time. I watched Train Job at a friends house and fell in love with the show. Didn't realize it was killed off so early in life 'til the episode was over and my friend told me....Immediately I was quite ticked.

I went out and bought the series and movie and sat down over a few days and watched the series from beginning to end and then watched Serenity. I think seeing it for the first time and then watching Serenity at the end of it helped with the blow that they show is no more.

I would love to see more Firefly and or Serenity, but if that is all we ever get then it will just be the little jewel of a TV show that we can all be proud to have enjoyed.

Dirtweed

DQBABY76

Monday, August 7, 2006 4:26 PM

I am one of the new folks around here so when I watched Objects in Space I didnt like it. the whole Early threatening Kaylee was upsetting, plus Jayne slept through the whole damn thing! Of course when I watch it now I am a little sad and disappointed and I wish they could've gotten better closure. I have come to appreciate it though and now its one of my favorites.

When i introduced the series to my mom she flat out refused to watch the whole episode because it upset her that there were no more to watch. I'm not even sure if she has watched the thing yet. That reminds me I have to buy mama a Serenity shirt.

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Shepard used to tell me...can't do something smart, do something right.
I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

ESTHER

Monday, August 7, 2006 4:44 PM

What i did? Well, I took out the DVD, put in DVD #1 and started all over again ...

Esther

My lessons learned from Firefly (no. 20):
There are witches in congress. (and also a beast, it seems)

SERENITYSHADOW

Monday, August 7, 2006 4:45 PM

Without the necessary closure i'm used to being spoon-fed, I kept wondering about the significance of the show's last line: "Here I am." - as if we were now just floating around in space without any more episodes to watch. What further implications might there be? I guess i felt slightly existential in my agnostic sort of way.

Also, I had yet to reach for the dictionary to look up the word, "incorporeally." Thank you Dr. Tam.

SerenityShadow

"I''ve got a theory."

WHITEFALL

Monday, August 7, 2006 5:14 PM

Hmm... what I thought....

1)Good gosh that Summer Glau can act!
2)Good gosh that Richard Brooks is a great villain!

And also, I was and remain so happy for that little "well, here I am". Partially cause most shows that push folk off of ships dont come back to them, and the main thing is, if not for that last line, the show would have ended with that funky camera-through-the-floor pull out, of Serenity flying off into the black, and that'd be like it was an ending for everything, but then ol' Early saves the day and throws off our sadness, because hey, wait, the series was not supposed to end here!

Adn then I watched the commentaries, and I thought 'damn that joss can existentially pontificate!' Love that joss.

"But, these strong women characters?"

"Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't write strong women characters?" -Joss Whedon

TRAVELER

Monday, August 7, 2006 6:08 PM

I was sad to an excellent show had been so mistreated.

But when Mal helped River back on board Serenity I got feeling He was telling that she not just being helped inside but was also apart of the crew and they would not abandon her.

Made me feel good.

Mal has that father quality about him.

He is the captain but he is also the father of this family. So When he and River exchanged words as they entered Serenty it was saying, your a part of this crew. And to Mal the word crew means family.

I think of it this way. Firefly had a very short stay but it burned every so brightly. Stole that from Blade Runner.

If you can't come up with a good quote steal somebody elses.

ADAMWANKENOBI

Monday, August 7, 2006 6:40 PM

Oh, it was bittersweet. When I finished watching the final episode of the series, this was the exact reaction in my mind:

"My... GOD. That is the greatest television series ever made! Never before has and never after will a show reach the level of greatness that is Firefly."

And then of course I reallized it was all over and I was extremely angry at FUX for cancelling such a masterpiece. I thought "Those fucking sons of bitches cancelled this?!? WHY?!?"

I think these emoticons best display my anger at FUX:

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