This is easily the best new show I've seen this season, and though it probably won't last very long, thanks to the brain- dead Fox executives, I'll definitely look forward to catching every episode I can, and I taped a couple for my mom, since she likes it too, but usually misses the episodes. People say that It's just too weird to have wagons and six- shooters in the distant future, but I didn't mind, I was too enthralled by the show itself to care. Also, the show's twangy theme song is surprisingly catchy, and I always smile when I hear it. The characters are all charming and cool, and pretty well- acted, too. Before, I had only heard of two of the actors in it: Adam Baldwin, who plays Jayne (It's interesting to compare the sniveling coward that he played in "The Patriot" with the tough- but- amusing Jayne); and Jewel Staite, who plays Kaylee (I remember her from Nickelodeon's "Space Cases"). These two actually became my favorite characters on the show, though not because of who played them. I loved the episode "Jaynestown", where they all visit a town whose people regard Jayne as a Robin Hood-esque folk hero. It had some extremely funny moments (Such as in the bar, when the people toast,"To Jayne!", and Jayne thinks a moment, then yells, "TO ME!"), and the end was genuinely moving. Anyways, I really, REALLY hope Fox doesn't cancel this show. It's a sci- fi where you don't need to catch every episode to get the plot of the series, and it's just a great show in general.
