What Firefly fans might have been waiting for

OK, if you were a fan of Firefly and were inaraed of Enamor... that should be, enamored of Inara, the high class, high cost, high flying space call girl with a heart of gold played by Morena Baccarin -- well maybe you wished (like many other geeks like me) that her charms could be viewed on display much like they would be on display for one of her clients. But because both Firefly and the movie Serendipity were intended for audiences that might include youth, Inara/Morena's naked appeal was never fully revealed.

Well, wait no more. And I can add that the new Showtime series Homeland has a whole lot of promise. Not to put too much spin on it, because if you've seen any previews you know what the general plot is about, but Morena's hubby was a Marine missing and presumed dead in the Middle East, and he resurfaces after years of missing-ness. During which strange things may or may not have happened to him, possibly with potential impact on national security. That's about all I need to say right now, because the subject of this post is the wife who didn't know, played by Morena.

Two things:

1. She acts incredibly well in the premiere. She's just flat out good.

2. She's shacking up with hubby's best friend, and she displays most of her charms when they are seen shacking up seriously. And they're worth the wait.

Final note: didn't take much searching to find safe stills, if you're so inclined. But the show is worth a lot more than just Morena's show-time, and I'm not being paid to say so. I'm looking forward to seeing this every week.

Tonight: Premiere episode of the HOUSE final season. I expect a doozy, and make a prediction here: the ending will involve the self-absorbed doc making a final act that dooms himself to save a patient. Dr. House is so self-destructive that for him to not self-destruct, for him to somehow be apparently on the path to permanent redemption, would seem so contrived. No, I expect the good/bad doctor to go out in a true blaze of glory.