Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Firefly”

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Introduction:

Oh, Firefly. One of the shortest and yet most mourned sci-fi shows of all time, Firefly stands as a monument to how an interfering network can completely destroy a show.

After Joss Whedon’s pitch for a sci-fi drama about a renegade crew on the losing side of a war was green-lit by Fox executives, the network went on to sabotage the show every chance it got: insisting on a different pilot that focused on action rather than character, airing the episodes out of or...