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| Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle
Gellar) looks like your typical perky high-schooler, and like most, she has
her secret fears and anxieties. However, while most teens are worrying about
their next date, their next zit, or their next term paper, Buffy's angsting
over the next vampire she has to slay. See, Buffy, a young woman with
superhuman strength, is the "chosen one," and she must help rid the world of
evil, namely by staking demons. The exceptional first season of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer introduces us to the treacherous world of Sunnydale High
School (where Buffy moved after torching her previous high school's gym).
The characters there include "watcher" Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and the
original "Scooby Gang" members--friendly geek Xander (Nicholas Brendon),
computer whiz Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and snobbish popular girl Cordelia
(Charisma Carpenter)--who aid Buffy in her quest. Those used to the darker
tone that Buffy took in its later seasons will be surprised by the lighter
feeling these first 12 episodes have--it's kind of like Buffy 90210 as the
cast grapples with regular teen problems in addition to saving the world
from demonic darkness. Fans of the show will enjoy the crisp writing, the
phenomenal chemistry of the cast (already well-established within the first
few episodes), and the introduction to characters that would stay for many
seasons, including moody vampire Angel (David Boreanaz). Through it all,
Gellar carries the series with amazing confidence, whether conveying the
despair of high school or dispatching various demons--she's one of TV's most
distinctive and strongest heroines. |
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| Boxed Sets | ||
| Buffy the
Vampire Slayer: Season 01 (1996) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 02 (1997) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 03 (1998) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 04 (1999) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 05 (2000) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 06 (2001) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 07 (2002) |