Introduction

I've always been facinated by Vampires, Ghosts, Poltergeist, Wichcraft and Werewolves.Generally anything that's classified as Dead, Undead, Magical. All the things that go Bump in the night and the parallel forces that keep them at bay. So, when heard that a new series was coming out called "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" I decided to watch it and see what it was about. After the initial 80 minute pilot episode I was hooked.

Joss Whedon has a real gem here. The programme is easy to like. It has it all, the monsters, the heros, the great scripts and a parelell with the veiwers everyday life. Joss himself has said that the monsters in Buffy are metephors.

"On Buffy, we would use monsters to kind of metaporise situation that teenagers and young people encounter."

The characters are fun, but they all have a serious side to them as well. Take for instance the character- Cordelia. Throughout the first season she was portrayed as little more than 'Ms Popular' with her group of Cordettes and sneed comebacks. She made life hell for Buffy and the Scooby Gang and seemed to think of nobody but herself. That same character, a season and a half later, is going out with Xander and telling the other girls that she doesn't care what they think of him - or her.

When she and Angel left the programme many fans had a mixed reation. I were upset because there would be little or no more catalistic Buffy-Angel scenes - and boy did those two have chemistry. But I also found myself looking forward to the new series "Angel" which is based on Angel and Cordelia's time in L.A.

Although I enjoy both shows I still find myself wishing that Angel was still in Buffy from time to time, I mean, come on! It's obvious that those two are made for each other, but they can never be together. Not properly. That's the tragedy of their story. And it's the tragedy that sucks you in. In this world that Joss Whedon has created you have both the comedy and the tragedy. The witty banter that the show is famous for never fails to make us laugh, and yet, Joss and his team have also managed to pull off the episode 'Hush' and make it as good if not better than any other episode even though it has 27 consecutive minutes without any dialogue.