I love Buffy The Vamire Slayer.
I don't mean the actual character or the actress who plays her, I mean the television series. It is one of the most well written things I've ever seen on television. The plot and character arcs are amazing. Some of the things that Joss Whedon does to his characters are incredible.
The funny thing is, when it was actaually airing on television I couldn't stand it. I would come home at 11pm from whatever show or rehearsal I was doing, flick on the TV, and there Buffy would be at the start of an episode, fighting some demon while wearing an improbably short tight skirt. "My god," I would groan, and switch the TV off.
Years later, after the show's last episode had aired, a friend of mine strapped me into a chair and force-fed me the first eposide. The bastard. I was rapt from the very first frame. After that time I borrowed the series on DVD from someone and consumed all seven seasons in about four weeks (I worked at home at that point, so adjusting my work schedule to watch Buffy was not hard...ahem).
Buffy and the Scooby gang (an in-show reference that you will only understand if you have watched Buffy as avidly as I did) were my friends for that four weeks. I loved them all. I was so sad after watching the final episode I had to take myself out of the house for a little walk.
Recently I have been getting cravings again. I think I'm going to be impulsive one of these days and go out and buy the whole darn series and start watching it from scratch again. I'm worried that I might have a problem.
Maybe I should see if there's a "Buffy Anonymous" club or some such organisation...
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