I’m one of those people who loves to watch and read things I love, over and over.

I’ve read The Hobbit more times than I can count, and the same goes for The Complete Sherlock Holmes

But I’m even worse about movies and TV episodes. I can recite most of the dialog from The Princess Bride and Lost Boys. Watching something that is guaranteed to make me laugh is comforting–and also guaranteed only to take a set period of time. It used to be that my default TV episodes for those times were DS9: “Looking for Par’Mach in All the Wrong Places“, and “The Magnificent Ferengi“. (I think Armin Shimerman is underrated.)

However, after we discovered Firefly, I’ve hardly looked back. And the more times we watch, the more Jayne becomes my favorite character, thanks to Adam Baldwin. Yes, a lot of it does have to do with great writing, but still. I watch “Our Mrs Reynolds” and almost every line Jayne speaks has me laughing out loud. I mean really, “This is my very favorite gun.” You read that and it doesnt seem all that funny. But when we watch it, I cackle.

Every time.

And every time we watch it, it still boggles my mind that this show got cancelled.

Anyway. I’m still trying to convert others into Firefly fans. Not because I think they’ll ever make another show (and after Serenity, it just wouldn’t be the same anyway) but because it makes me happy.

And everyone needs more happy in their lives.

ADDENDUM the First:
“Quaint!”