Where we speak of bad movies.

[Lissa]

Joss had the original series setup in a specific manner to be shown, but Fox showed the series out of this order. This turned the series from something akin to Babylon 5 (where there was a definitive story arc) into Star Trek/Next Generation (where it was episodic and one episode didn't really tie into the prior or next outside of the cast).

Firefly was never an episodic show. It was a beautifully crafted linear show, each episode building subtly and carefully on the last

-Jester

Right, this is what I meant by it being like Babylon 5 where seasons 2 through 4, if you missed an episode, you might be able to keep up with what was going on, but if you missed multiple episodes, you were basically done. Stracyznski setup B5 as one huge story that spanned 5 years. Due to Claudia Christian having a tiff about pay, things got somewhat screwed up in Season 5 (the intended setup was the huge arc was 2 through 5 with 1 being the introduction to all the characters and plot lines) and Stracynzki had to wrap up the majority of the arc at the end of Season 4.