You lure me in with your well written ideas turned TV gold, the sci-fi threads spun and woven tightly producing the black bag that is pulled over my head as I’m taken someplace from which I can’t return – and I’m not sure I want to leave anyway. You tease me with the promise of more to come, as Firefly is dancing across the pleasure center of my brain, and FOX heaves the axe – cutting loose the thread keeping me entangled in your story lines – and Firefly is extinguished. I am left sore, feeling betrayed and forsaken.

Then, Serenity arrives as Firefly reborn, bringing an idea of closure to the things left unsaid in Firefly. Soon, the light of the big screen is replaced by the smaller set of my television and DVD player as I replay the scenes in my own home, returned to where I once enjoyed Firefly.

But I know these scenes, all by heart. No longer do I feel virginal while watching, as I’ve grown fond of reciting the lines of the characters in unison. I know what they are going to say next, even before they say it. I long for the days where adventure lay ahead, and each week brought new life to the characters and a further unfolding of the story. Those were the days.

Now you tempt me with a new lure. You dangle a new series in my face, waiting for me to bite, knowing that it is nearly impossible for me to resist. Dollhouse is tempting and illicitly provocative. You know you had me at Eliza Dushku.

Still, I’m afraid. Dollhouse is a psychological sci-fi series, too smart for the common reality-TV-watching sheeple needed to draw the larger numbers, and FOX has cut you loose before. They rearranged and dictated the flow of Firefly, and you seem ready to forgive them for that. Am I to expect the same with Dollhouse? I need reassurance, yet still you tempt me.

But this time I will fight you. I will give you the best five minute struggle you have ever seen. I will rationalize and resist for all 600 seconds before finally giving in and admitting defeat. In a few minutes, Dollhouse will premier, and I will curse you as you draw me in again. Don’t you break my heart, or I will not be so forgiving next time.

Damn you, Joss Whedon. Damn you.

I’m very pleased with the progression of this season. Tonight’s episode was the best of the season, so far, in my opinion. The finale looks like it’s going to top everything, though.

I know I’m a little behind, but I didn’t have cable when the season finale aired, so I didn’t see it until yesterday.

Overall, the episode was fantastic!

I’m going to be pissed if it turns out to be Lafayette in Andy’s back seat, and I’m going to be super pissed if Lafayette is dead. He was my favorite character! Only he can serve a hamburger deluxe with AIDS!

Season two starts tonight, right? I’m so impatient.

Pushing Daisies

It has been confirmed by Brian Fuller via Kristin Dos Santos that death has become Pushing Daisies.

Via E!Online:

According to Fuller, the facts are these: “It’s very likely that Pushing Daisies will end after episode 13, which as you know, is a cliffhanger. But we are talking to DC Comics about doing comic books that will wrap up our storylines, and I already have a pitch for a [big-screen] movie ready to go.”

ABC intends to air the remaining Daisies episodes that have been shot, either in the current Wednesday at 8 p.m. timeslot or in another spot.

Damn you, ABC!

House is a pussy. If things don’t come together with him and Cuddy by the end of episode 9, I’m going to scream.

Pushing Daisies

I read some news going around that Pushing Daisies got the axe from ABC, but this is not true. Yet. According to Kristin Dos Santos of E!, Pushing Daisies simply has not been given the order to fill the back nine of episodes of the season. Where episode 13 was meant to be a two-part episode concluding with episode 14, producers have been told to make episode 13 stand-alone so it may serve as the series finale in the event that the last nine episodes are not ordered.

Via E!Online:

The current rumor being spread is that Daisies producers were told by ABC to treat episode 13 (which begins filming Monday) as a series finale, which some fans have interpreted as definitive news that the network decided to cancel the series.

Not true, say my sources. Producers have not yet been told whether they will receive a pickup for the remaining nine episodes of the current second season, and that is still a possibility.

However, it is true that producers were asked to change the plan for the 13th episode, which initially was a two-parter, with payoff in the 14th episode. ABC told producers to make number 13 a stand-alone episode and to “cover all bases,” meaning that the episode should be able to serve as either a series finale or a launch pad into the final nine episodes of season two.

While the final scene of episode 13 would be a powerful final image of the series (it involves Charlotte Charles), I’m told there will be many storyline threads left unanswered, and trust me, you fans will not be happy if you don’t get those back nine and the resolution to those stories.

Network sources at ABC tell me that the call on Daisies’ fate might not come for a few weeks, as the decision-makers want to see how viewing patterns shift after the election on Tuesday.

The good news? Last night’s episode was up a million viewers.

I happen to be one of the fans of this show, so I would definitely not be happy if Pushing Daisies didn’t get the order for the rest of the season.

If you haven’t yet seen Pushing Daisies, you’re missing out. It’s the story of boy loves girl, girl dies, boy brings girl back to life, boy and girl can never touch again or girl will die again forever. Sound strange to you? You’ll have to watch the show to understand!