So there's this meme

This meme going around that goes like this:

Day 01 - A show that never should have been canceled

Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching

Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)

Day 04 - Your favorite show ever

Day 05 - A show you hate

Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show

Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show

Day 08 - A show everyone should watch

Day 09 - Best scene ever

Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving

Day 11 - A show that disappointed you

Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times

Day 13 - Favorite childhood show

Day 14 - Favorite male character

Day 15 - Favorite female character

Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show

Day 17 - Favorite mini series

Day 18 - Favorite title sequence

Day 19 - Best TV show cast

Day 20 - Favorite kiss

Day 21 - Favorite ship

Day 22 - Favorite series finale

Day 23 - Most annoying character

Day 24 - Best quote

Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)

Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale

Day 27 - Best pilot episode

Day 28 - First TV show obsession

Day 29 - Current TV show obsession

Day 30 - Saddest character death

The idea is basically that you do one of these each day for a month. While I consider myself waaay to lazy to do this in a month (particularly not during NaNoWriMo) this is exactly the type of thing I want to do here. And I want people to talk about. Please, even if you're here by a fluke of the inter-stream, consider yourself to make a comment on each one, on my response to each one, on each other's response... You get the idea.

So, in the spirit of that, here is my first one:

Day one: The show that should never have been cancelled.

The first answer, the most obvious one, the one that everyone expects from a geek is Firefly of course. But I don’t agree there. Actually, I think the only reason everyone falls at the feet of Firefly is the very fact it was cancelled so early. They see a kinda of vauge unfulfilled Whedonite promise, which I don’t.

So not Firefly. What then? Something like The West Wing or Stargate: SG-1 really had run it’s course when it ended. Even Stargate: Atlantis, which I liked right up until the last sweeping panning shot, felt like it came to a gradual and dignified end. I don’t think those shows were even properly cancelled, they stopped making them of their own volition.

I guess a show like Lie To Me doesn’t count, even though I know it will be cancelled soon and will certainly regret that it was. I can’t pre-emptively pick shows, I think.

The Whole Truth had a lot of promise, and I’m certainly sorry to see that go. I didn’t really have time to get attached though.

The more I think about it, the more I think it just must be a quirky little show that was adapted from a book series: The Dresden Files.

The Dresden Files, a half police-procedural half TV show about a WIZARD who SOLVES CRIME. MAGIC CRIME. That right there says something important about this show. Namely that it’s about a WIZARD solving CRIMES. The acting was good, even if some people seemed a little wooden (Terrance Mann was very good in it, and the lead actor who’s name escapes me now was also pretty good). I think when it comes to this question it’s a little less about the show that was really good when it got cancelled and a little more about the potential that you see going to waste. The Dresden Files had potential. A rice source history that could be drawn on at any time, interesting premises that are far from the normal murder-a-week fare you get on television now, and a chance to see a WIZARD solve WIZARD CRIMES.

 I admit a couple of episodes really didn’t stand up too well, but the show made internal sense, the magic was well handled (Probably because it was adapted from a book series), and there were some really funny moments as well. I won’t spoil the ending for anyone that might want to take a look (hint hint), but it held some pretty strong emotion for characters I had only eight episodes to get to know.

So that’s my pick, the show I wish hadn’t been cancelled. A quirky little show called The Dresden Files.

Which, I don’t know if I have mentioned, is about a WIZARD WHO SOLVES CRIMES.

What about you?

(Note to self, you can't address your audience if you don't have one. Go find one.)

~ Kas