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A brief historical note
Dec. 18th, 2012 12:06 pmElsewhere, a friend's link led me to "10 episodes that show how Buffy The Vampire Slayer blew up genre TV," which is a pretty good bunch of recommendations for anyone unfamiliar with Buffy who wants to get an idea what all the fuss was about.
For me, though -- I didn't watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from the beginning. I only vaguely knew it existed. Julie came across it while channel-surfing, though, and one evening I wandered into the room and started watching. I wasn't really all that impressed at first, but then -- well, the episode was "The Pack." A first-season rerun. When I realized that an ongoing character, Principal Flutie, was eaten by the monsters and it wasn't a "very special episode," just business as usual, I realized the people making this show weren't afraid of anything.
After that I started watching. Didn't get really hooked until "Reptile Boy," midway through Season Two.
Somehow other people don't see those two episodes as all that special, but they were the ones that got me.
For me, though -- I didn't watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from the beginning. I only vaguely knew it existed. Julie came across it while channel-surfing, though, and one evening I wandered into the room and started watching. I wasn't really all that impressed at first, but then -- well, the episode was "The Pack." A first-season rerun. When I realized that an ongoing character, Principal Flutie, was eaten by the monsters and it wasn't a "very special episode," just business as usual, I realized the people making this show weren't afraid of anything.
After that I started watching. Didn't get really hooked until "Reptile Boy," midway through Season Two.
Somehow other people don't see those two episodes as all that special, but they were the ones that got me.