I didn't say the show's performance would have been better. I'm just saying the show would've been cancelled either way. The ratings for the first episode would have been the same had they ran "Serenity" or "The Train Job". I highly doubt the ratings for the second episode would have been any...
That's the problem. I really did only see print ads... in comic books... using Buffy to sell the show (what was that line again? Something like "Joss Whedon does for space what he did for vampires"? No... but it was something to that effect)... of course, that's a problem, because had Buffy been...
I don't think whether or not it was confusing is even the issue. Looking at both episodes - "Serenity" and "The Train Job" - which was a better opening for the series? They should have called "The Train Job" "The Rush Job", because as far as introducing the characters, that's what they did. For...