well paced, yes, but the tropes kill it for me. i enjoy it as a time-waster, but it fails to stick.

some entertaining episodes throughout, but ultimately it's completely throwaway, i think. its depth comes from calling on literary and historical assumptions. the characters themselves, while amusing, never really have a chance to get beyond their stock archetypes. it's possibly a fault of the show's early cancellation, but it didn't hook me and i prolly wouldn't have watched it if i hadn't been loaned the dvd. the good news for you is: i think the pilot is the weakest of the bunch, so there's some fun stuff ahead.

and ultimately, i'd rather just watch a straight western. the spaceships and "clever" gadgets do nothing for me.

: o p