I was thinking that, but I think it would have been too obvious.
'The Girl in Question'
Firefly Spoilers
Discussion of all Firefly episodes, including "Trash", "The Message", "Heart of Gold", and any movie news.
Well, all I can say is thank goodness we didn't see some poor workman sealed in a bulkhead, like they have on every other ship-centric scifi show I can recall.
I remember ST:TNG's variation on that. The genetic material of a killed shipworker infused into the bulkhead.
Rosanne had a worker sealed in a bridge.
Fay, you put eloquently into words what I've felt but been largely unable to articulate. At least, not adequately. I don't think I ever loved a show so quickly, so completely: words, actors, sets, effects, music, and the sort of cohesion that happens rarely, the greater-than-sum-of-parts one takes the rumors of with a grain of salt, except when the result is up on the screen, or on the posting boards. I fell instantly for Firefly and never stopped wanting more!, only kept loving it deeper and wider, and am still bereft at its loss.
Cancellation was a shame. But I'm glad I got to see it. I'm glad I helped to try and keep it on the air. TV history was made--nobody's ready to admit it yet. But I think Firefly will be a benchmark, when economics roll back around to scripted shows, when the public is glutted with Survival of the Racing Bachelors clones and ready for crafted stories again.
I downloaded the version of OiS that was shown in Murrica, but I didn't see any differences in the one shown last night here. I should really check the Murrican version again, not that that'll be a hardship or anything.
I loved to little tiny bits the scene with River and Mal at the end. I'm distraught to the amount of ten that this show is gone.
Weren't the changes supposed to address why Inara was still around after Heart of Gold? Also, slumber nut.
I can't remember anything like that, anything different from the first one. I'll look again tonight.
Weren't the changes supposed to address why Inara was still around after Heart of Gold?
We didn't really get anything on that, beyond a vague "I'll be going soon, I really will, I don't know why I'm here" kind of thing, accompanying a Meaningful Glance.
That may have been what was cut out then. I don't remember any hints of Inara leaving from my viewing of OiS, but I've only seen it once (part of me can't bear the thought of seeing it again as the last episode, since in the US it was followed up with the two-hour Serenity pilot). I've got War Stories and that waiting for a screening - I don't think I'll be able to hold out until the DVDs.