EPISODE
SEASON
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 1
The series follows Buffy as she deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.
29 April 1983, Seattle, Washington, USA
14 May 1983, Santa Monica, California, USA
30 November 1937, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
13 January 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 January 1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA
31 January 1977, La Crescenta, California, USA
23 September 1958, Lakeland, Florida, USA
November 22, 2017
The establishment of the Hellmouth and the season's overall arc with the Master and his flock of deeply religious vampires was actually quite well done despite [being a short season].
November 22, 2017
Being the first season, it was *very* rough around the edges in the early stages. The villains weren't particularly memorable, and the work on the vampires and demons wasn't that strong then and certainly doesn't hold up now.
November 21, 2017
Buffy's metaphorical punch gives the show its place in the intellectual life of the English-speaking world.
November 22, 2017
Buffy - both the show and the character - gave me the strength and confidence I needed to begin living my young life anew in a world that often thought of women as weak, defenseless creatures. I now had a super cool heroine to look up to.
November 17, 2017
For fans of youth shows, occult shows and action shows, this new, weekly "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is the right program at the right time.
November 21, 2017
Look - early Buffy is important.
November 17, 2017
But a little Valley-speak goes a long way. The dialogue is riddled with phrases like ''totally dead,'' ''morbid much'' and ''way extracurricular.'' Someone should take a stake to the script.
November 22, 2017
The cases of the week were fairly stereotypical, and the low budget meant that the effects looked laughable, especially today.
November 22, 2017
But damn did it take chances with its storytelling, and more importantly it became the gold standard for how to make a supernatural show so deeply connect with what it means to be human.
November 22, 2017
Buffy is done with a sly yet generous humor that lets you forget the pain of its premise -- hence its appeal. The show manages to be sweet without offering any hope whatsoever.