It was me that said it, haha.werent the last seasons also around the time of the writers strike? That might have fucked things up for them as well.
Thanks to high dvd demand for firefly we got serenity. I read that fox fucked up the order in which the show was supposed to be aired so the audience wasnt captivated. Actually I might have read it in this thread
Fox aired Mal trying to save the ship and his crew as the first episode...you hadn't built up a love for the characters at that point. Absolutely tragic.