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When you last wrote about Nathan Fillion, you forgot his previous TV series "Firefly" and its movie version, "Serenity." Please give him another go-round.
Don Myers, Port Angeles, Wash.

This small space means we can't touch on everything. But you're right that Fillion has many fans from "Firefly" and "Serenity." This time, however, he wants to talk about ABC's new "Castle," in which he plays a famous crime novelist who helps police solve cases. "Crime shows were never my thing," says Fillion, 38. "If I watch one, I always see a joke available -- the funny line they never take." In "Castle," his character has fun, but he's good at his job, says the actor, who admits to channeling Spenser, the P.I. in Robert B. Parker's mystery series. "[Spenser is] very observant, and he's a smart [aleck]," says Fillion, which is exactly what he wants his "Castle" to be.

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