TMC
11-12-2025, 06:46 PM
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yN25Ii6kc) is a fantastic TV show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFj5IyHGG4), so let's look at how and why it got that good, specifically by looking at the part where it has trouble getting good: Its rocky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofSJ0Wv7PU)first season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBE8w337YrM&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv). Let's do our best to dissect everything here from Welcome to the Hellmouth to Prophecy Girl, from Teacher's Pet to I Robot, You Jane... and from Giles' wonderful relationship with Buffy to how Angel suddenly loses all of his charm as soon as we're out of the pilot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8SlcXq7sXA). Join me in this leisurely tour of Sunnydale where I will nitpick loads and gush even more.
Throughout this video I often refer to The Phi Phenomenon - https://www.phi-phenomenon.org/buffy/ - for data on how Buffy was perceived in the early 2000s.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 We need to deal with Joss Whedon
04:22 Buffy's rocky start, even outside season 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sjffaqxEd8)
07:04 Welcome to the Hellmouth & The Harvest - a solid beginning, and an introduction to the cast
17:47 "School is hell" - the soul of early Buffy
20:27 Witch - a standard-setting Monster of the Week episode
23:45 Teacher's Pet & I Robot, You Jane... or when Monster of the Week goes wrong
31:55 Writer Break - Introduction to writer breaks, Dana Reston, the one hit wonder and Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden, unfortunately maligned but promising writers
37:07 Never K*ll a Boy on the First Date - the season's low point
40:00 Angel (the episode, not the character, or the TV show)
45:55 Writer Break - David Greenwalt, an unsung hero (?)
48:25 The Puppet Show & The Pack - the goofy high-points of the season
55:40 The (current) problem with Xander Harris
57:52 Writer Break - Matt Kiene & Joe Rinkemeyer, masters of early Xander, and Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali, the secret muscle behind early Buffy
1:01:37 Nightmares & Out of Mind, Out of Sight - the season's also-rans
1:08:59 Prophecy Girl - the masterpiece that makes the whole thing worth it
1:21:41 Wrap-up, and why despite it all I still love this season.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yN25Ii6kc) is a fantastic TV show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWFj5IyHGG4), so let's look at how and why it got that good, specifically by looking at the part where it has trouble getting good: Its rocky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofSJ0Wv7PU)first season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBE8w337YrM&pp=0gcJCQMKAYcqIYzv). Let's do our best to dissect everything here from Welcome to the Hellmouth to Prophecy Girl, from Teacher's Pet to I Robot, You Jane... and from Giles' wonderful relationship with Buffy to how Angel suddenly loses all of his charm as soon as we're out of the pilot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8SlcXq7sXA). Join me in this leisurely tour of Sunnydale where I will nitpick loads and gush even more.
Throughout this video I often refer to The Phi Phenomenon - https://www.phi-phenomenon.org/buffy/ - for data on how Buffy was perceived in the early 2000s.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 We need to deal with Joss Whedon
04:22 Buffy's rocky start, even outside season 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sjffaqxEd8)
07:04 Welcome to the Hellmouth & The Harvest - a solid beginning, and an introduction to the cast
17:47 "School is hell" - the soul of early Buffy
20:27 Witch - a standard-setting Monster of the Week episode
23:45 Teacher's Pet & I Robot, You Jane... or when Monster of the Week goes wrong
31:55 Writer Break - Introduction to writer breaks, Dana Reston, the one hit wonder and Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden, unfortunately maligned but promising writers
37:07 Never K*ll a Boy on the First Date - the season's low point
40:00 Angel (the episode, not the character, or the TV show)
45:55 Writer Break - David Greenwalt, an unsung hero (?)
48:25 The Puppet Show & The Pack - the goofy high-points of the season
55:40 The (current) problem with Xander Harris
57:52 Writer Break - Matt Kiene & Joe Rinkemeyer, masters of early Xander, and Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali, the secret muscle behind early Buffy
1:01:37 Nightmares & Out of Mind, Out of Sight - the season's also-rans
1:08:59 Prophecy Girl - the masterpiece that makes the whole thing worth it
1:21:41 Wrap-up, and why despite it all I still love this season.