S1-E2 – Many Happy Returns

(To Listen, visit the links at the end of this post)

Vickie and co-host Doug, a first time watcher discuss Season 1, Episode 2 – Many Happy Returns.

“What appears to be a ghost begins terrorizing people and disrupting equipment shortly after a funeral, and even more surprising, one of the recently dead reappears alive.”

If you are a first time watcher, we suggest that you watch the episode BEFORE listening to this pod cast.

Once again, please bear with us – while we research other methods of remote podcasting (and because we are new at this).

Links to items discussed in this episode:

Serenity Solar Powered Video Tombstones –

There may be holographic tombstones in the movie Serenity, but who knows how long they might have played after Mal and River left the scene? When the ‘verse is that big, they probably don’t come back to visit that often and don’t worry about it.

Serenity, the Movie –

Serenity is a 2005 science-fiction film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is set in the universe of the canceled Fox science fiction television series Firefly, taking place a few months after the events of the final episode. Like the television series that spawned it, Serenity is a science fiction Western, using elements of both genres. The film was released in the US on September 30, 2005.

Ed Quinn – IMBD Page

First appearance as series regular, Nathan Stark

S.A.R.A.H. – Voiced by Neil Grayston

First appearance as series regular – Smart House

More than just your ordinary house-bot, S.A.R.A.H.(an acronym for Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat) is an artificial intelligence that runs Sheriff Carter’s household.

Title Play Off:

Many happy returns – Greeting:

“Many happy returns” is a greeting which is used by some on birthdays, and by others in response to “Merry Christmas” and “Happy New Year”. Since the 18th century this has been used as a salutation to offer the hope that a happy day being marked would recur many more times. It is now primarily used, by some, on birthdays. Prior to the mid-19th century, it was used at any celebratory or festive event. The phrase is more common in British English, Indian English, Hiberno English and to some degree in Canadian English than in American English.