I liked Buffy. Never expected to and managed to avoid it for ages until Mrs Blucey sat me down and made me watch Season 4 of Angel which was completely brilliant. I was completely blown away by the concept of
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Jasmine. The idea that people were devoted to her from sight alone was pretty scary.
I then started Buffy from s1 and it's good - although damn it looks dated now - and it got better for a while. Spike has all the best bits of course.
The only downside was the introduction of
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Dawn. The typical whiny, scuppering-everything brat character archetype that so often turns up in American shows. Angel's son was equally bad. Dawn literally ruined every scene she was in and made seasons 5 and 6 a chore. I couldn't have cared less about her and was hoping she'd come a cropper whenever I saw her.
She was gash in 7 also but Nathan Fillion more than balanced her out.
Faith was rubbish also "five by five, B". Shut up, Idiot!