Serious question, does 'Firefly' deserve a revival more than 'Freaks and Geeks'?

I saw both shows years after they aired and I'm torn on which one should get another season. 'Firefly' only got 14 episodes but it built a whole universe with loyal fans still pushing for more 20 years later. 'Freaks and Geeks' had 18 episodes and nailed high school life in a way nothing else has since. But 'Firefly' ended on a cliffhanger with that movie trying to wrap things up, while 'Freaks and Geeks' had a decent finale. Which one had more unfinished story left to tell, and which one would actually work if brought back now?

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sullivan.finley1mo ago

Honestly, I gotta push back a little here. "Firefly" had 14 episodes and the movie Serenity which closed out the main story arcs pretty well (Mal gets his closure, the Alliance gets shown up, River finds her purpose). "Freaks and Geeks" ended with Lindsay just getting on that bus to follow the Dead, which felt way more like a real life moment with no neat bow on it. Plus, reviving "Firefly" now would mean recasting or de-aging everyone, while a "Freaks and Geeks" followup could just check in on those same characters 25 years later, which feels way more doable. So if we're talking unfinished stories that could actually work, I'd bet on the geeks every time.

walker.max1mo ago

Whoa, slow down, I'm not sure the "Firefly" ending was really that clean either. Mal gets a moment, sure, but the Reaver origin reveal and all that stuff with the Operative felt like it was setting up way more threads that never got touched. Plus, I hate to say it, but jumping 25 years into the "Freaks and Geeks" world would mean half the jokes about being a teenager in 1980 would just be nostalgia bait. Take this with a grain of salt, but I feel like both got the ending they needed, even if it wasn't the one people wanted.