\nI remember loving the original Buffy movie when I was in college. It was funny. I remember thinking after the fifth or sixth time I watched it (we didn’t own a lot of tapes in college, that was one of them) that it almost seemed like the writer was trying to say something ‘deep’. I pretty much assumed I was just reading too much into it.
\nThen the show came out, and I started to realize that I’d been right — the only reason it had been unclear was because the movie making process had muddied the whole thing.
\nI saw the ads for the show in 1997 — I was out here in Denver and got Jackie to watch the first couple shows with me (well, she worked on her computer and looked over every now and again). Mostly I was curious to see what they could do with it. I mean… how can you have her traveling around, hunting vampi–
\nOh, Hellmouth — evil comes to her. Clever.
\nThat wouldn’t be the last time I’d use that word.
\nBy the sixth episode, we were making sure to be off the computers and ready to pay attention when the show came on. We started taping the show the first time Spike showed up (Season two, Episode three: “School Hard”).
\nI was thinking about it yesterday; there have been some ups and downs… some bad episodes and a few story arcs that really didn’t need to be told, but the simple fact is, the show has vision and it stuck to it throughout, even when the Life Event that the story meant to reflect was a painful one that made people uncomfortable — sometimes for a whole season. Gotta respect that.
\nI love this show. It’s come full circle this year (“Have you got any Tab?”) and when it’s all said and done it will have irrevocably changed the face of the genre and altered the landscape of pop culture.
\nAnd it’s gonna surprise you before it’s done. It’s gonna do something we didn’t see coming.
\nThe last episode is written\/directed by Joss Whedon, that’s how I know.
\nI’m going to miss this show.
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\nMaybe not as much as this guy, but still.
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