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04-27-2024, 04:51 AM
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Buffy's debut is nostalgic supernatural fun with heaps of heart and plenty of cheese.
BY AIDAN WHATMAN
UPDATED: APRIL 25TH, 2024
When it debuted in 1997, Buffy the Vampire Slayer shook the world. Leaning it genre clichés whilst simultaneously turning them on their head, it was a teen supernatural drama made with the intention of improving on the terrible cult movie that spawned it five years earlier.
Bringing in a cast of unknowns to play awkward high school students, mysterious teachers, vampires and the like, it proved from its debut to be a story as focused on mythology and pop culture as it was on the real-life drama of the complex characters at its core.
Violent, cheesy and altogether exciting, Buffy's first season hasn't aged particularly well, but what it lacks in timeless effects and heavy-handed themes it more than makes up for with its compelling characters, action sequences, and equally sweet, harrowing and relatable coming-of-age twists.
Next year, the show's debut season will be celebrating its 25th anniversary, and to celebrate we're going to take a trip down memory lane and remember the highs and lows of its iconic first chapter. With that in mind, here are all 12 episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's debut season ranked worst to best. Major spoilers follow.
Buffy's debut is nostalgic supernatural fun with heaps of heart and plenty of cheese.
BY AIDAN WHATMAN
UPDATED: APRIL 25TH, 2024
When it debuted in 1997, Buffy the Vampire Slayer shook the world. Leaning it genre clichés whilst simultaneously turning them on their head, it was a teen supernatural drama made with the intention of improving on the terrible cult movie that spawned it five years earlier.
Bringing in a cast of unknowns to play awkward high school students, mysterious teachers, vampires and the like, it proved from its debut to be a story as focused on mythology and pop culture as it was on the real-life drama of the complex characters at its core.
Violent, cheesy and altogether exciting, Buffy's first season hasn't aged particularly well, but what it lacks in timeless effects and heavy-handed themes it more than makes up for with its compelling characters, action sequences, and equally sweet, harrowing and relatable coming-of-age twists.
Next year, the show's debut season will be celebrating its 25th anniversary, and to celebrate we're going to take a trip down memory lane and remember the highs and lows of its iconic first chapter. With that in mind, here are all 12 episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's debut season ranked worst to best. Major spoilers follow.