On this day in television history - The Rookie (2018):

The Rookie

created by Alexi Hawley

was released in the United States on October 16, 2018.

Opening theme Kings & Queens by ChinChin.

Series music by Jordan Gagne.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Eric Winter, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Jenna Dewan, Tru Valentino, Mircea Monroe, Sara Rue, Currie Graham, Demetrius Grosse, David DeSantos, Zayne Emory, Michael Beach, Brent Huff, Angel Parker, Sarah Shahi, Matthew Glave, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Lissing, Ali Larter, Jasmine Mathews, Enver Gjokaj, Carsyn Rose, Madeleine Coghlan, Annie Wersching, Jeff Pierre, Hrach Titizian, Brandon Routh, Arjay Smith, Toks Olagundoye, Dylan Conrique, Camille Guaty, Lisseth Chavez, Danny Nucci, Shawn Christian, Joelle Carter, Niko Nicotera, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Beau Garrett, Sean Maher, Mario Lopez, Joel McHale, Michael Trucco, Jim Lau, will.i.am, Stephen Lang, Felicia Day, Mark Cuban, Mitch Pileggi, Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, Lauren Tom, Eric Weddle, Robert Woods, Alan Tudyk, Michael Cassidy, Pete Davidson, Seth Green, Roselyn Sánchez, Bailey Chase, Don Swayze, Hannah Kasulka, Christopher O’Shea, Frances Fisher, Frankie Muniz, Skyler Samuels, Rainn Wilson, Molly Quinn, Katy O’Brian, Emily Deschanel, Kyle Secor, Joshua Malina, Brandon Jay McLaren, Kathryn Prescott, Piper Curda, Peyton List, James Remar, Flula Borg, Tamala Jones, Niecy Nash, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis, Kevin Zegers, Thomas Dekker, Bridget Regan, Kelly Clarkson.

On this day in movie history - Serenity (2005):

Serenity

directed and written by Joss Whedon,

based on the 2002 series Firefly by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 30, 2005.
Music by David Newman.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz, Michael Hitchcock, Sarah Paulson, Yan Feldman, Rafael Feldman, Nectar Rose, Tamara Taylor, Glenn Howerton, Hunter Ansley Wryn, Logan O'Brien, Erik Erotas, Demetra Raven, Jessica Huang, Marley McClean, Scott Kinworthy, Erik Weiner, Conor O'Brien, Peter James Smith, Weston Nathanson, Carrie 'CeCe' Cline, Chuck O'Neil, Amy Wieczorek, Tristan Jarred, Elaine Mani Lee, Terrence Hardy, Brian O'Hare, Ryan Tasz, Colin Patrick Lynch, Terrell Tilford, Joshua Michael Kwiat, Mischa Pfister, Antonio Rufino, Bobby Silva, David Sobolov, Linda Wang, Joss Whedon, Rick Williamson, Mark Winn.

On this day in television history - Firefly (2002):

Firefly

created by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002,

and ran for one season until December 20, 2002.

Episode titles:

Serenity.
The Train Job.
Bushwhacked.
Shindig.
Safe.
Our Mrs. Reynolds.
Jaynestown.
Out of Gas.
Ariel.
War Stories.
Trash.
The Message.
Objects in Space.

Series music by Greg Edmonson.

Theme song The Ballad of Serenity by Joss Whedon.
Sung by Sonny Rhodes.

Lyrics:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land, boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks, Mark Sheppard, Michael Fairman, Jeff Ricketts, Dennis Cockrum, Zac Efron, Gregory Itzin, Doug Savant, Isabella Hofmann, Richard Brooks, Tom Towles, Carlos Jacott, Steven Flynn, Blake Robbins, Melinda Clarke, Jonathan M. Woodward, Andrew Bryniarski, Benito Martinez, Edward Atterton, Katherine Kendall, Daniel Bess, Ilia Volok, William Converse-Roberts, Branden Morgan, Richard Burgi, Kimberly McCullough, Franc Ross, Kevin Gage, Larry Drake, Rolando Molina, Andy Umberger, Lyle Kanouse, Erik Passoja, John Thaddeus, Jared Poe, Fredric Lehne, Dwier Brown, Al Pugliese, Gregg Henry, Philip Sternberg, Tom Virtue, Dax Griffin, Gary Werntz, Zachary Kranzler, Lancer Dean Shull, Bob Fimiani, Carl Bresk, John Dunn, Tracy Ryan, John Eric Bentley, Tod Nakamura, Larry Pennell, Jordan Lund, Roma Chugani, Eddie Adams, Michael Bentt, Andy Rolfes, Roderick McCarthy, Alex Stemkovsky, Valerie RedHorse, Craig Vincent, Heather Black, Michael McMillian, Kevin Will, Bob McCracken, Colin Patrick Lynch, Adam Pilver, Ira Steck, Matthew Ferreira, Morgan Rusler, Angie Hart, Bonnie Bartlett, Joel Steingold, Lina Patel, Michael Nagy, Joshua Grenrock, Johnny Shakespeare, Ronald Craig Williams, Doan Ly, Erica Tazel, John Jabaley, David Reynolds, Domingo Vara, Kim Onasch, Jason Van, Alex Connie, Sandy Mulvihill, Laura Niemi, Cate Cohen, Janora McDuffie, Ron Ostrow, Stephen O'Mahoney, Jim Lau, Jamie McShane, Morina Pierce, Simon Brooke, Casey Piotrowski, Eric Lange, Skylar Roberge, Clement Blake, John F. Kearney, Hunter Cochran, Gabrielle Wagner, Roy Werner, Tawny René Hamilton, Michelle Ferrara, Gerard J. Reyes, Damion Poitier, Michael Keyes, Tiffany Michelle, Brian J. Williams, Melody White, Stephen Silberkraus, Gary J. Wayton, Ernesto Trinidad, Kelly Wheeler, Rick Williamson, Heath Crawford, Lon Moriarty, Rabatan Salem, Greg Wendell Reid, Keith Mooney, Heath Russell, Joss Whedon, Danny Nero, Jerry Buys.

Shiny!

As a fan of Joss Whedon’s TV show, Firefly, and his concluding movie, Serenity, I love the T-shirt, designed by Vincent Carrozza, and available on Etsy.

The cast of The Big Bang Theory do Serenity:

Jayne’s hat:

My wife watched the TV sci-fi show Firefly [criminally cancelled and denied a second season] for the first time during October-through-November last year. We also watched the concluding movie, Serenity.

She’s wearing me down to watch it again, not that I need any encouragement. I’ve already seen it five times since its release in 2002, but I know I’ll enjoy watching it again.

I’m preparing a blog for each episode, and movie, entitled: Friday night is Firefly night!

For now here’s one of the funniest moments from episode 12, The Message:

I WANT TO BELIEVE:

Remember this poster from the TV show: The X-Files?
It hung on the wall of Mulder's (David Duchovny) office.

I like the variation using the Serenity ship, from Firefly: