All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 2 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: Angel Investigations moves into the Hyperion Hotel and the cast and mythology also expand.
All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked
TV review: Whedon’s second series starts off as an anthology, but ultimately he realizes fans have come for the big picture.
All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 3 (1998-99), ranked
TV review” “Buffy” Season 3 is about the end of a first love, and it also marks my first love: the first time I was hooked on a whole TV season.
Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)
Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a shocking and fascinating one, and something that could set up TV’s next great “fall to the dark side” plot.
First episode impressions: ‘Grimm’ (TV review)
Just like a musician doesn’t have to pay for the rights to record a song written before 1922, I assume a similar law holds true for “Grimm” (8 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) and its use of characters from the 1812 collection “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 2 (1997-98), ranked
TV review: “Buffy” transitions from good to great to elite over the course of its classic second season.
All 12 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 1 (1997), ranked
TV review: Joss Whedon’s high-school-is-hell epic begins in promising fashion with the 12-episode first season of “Buffy.”
All 24 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 4 (1996-97), ranked
TV review: “The X-Files’ ” fourth season treads water with the grand mythology story yet still delivers some of the show’s best episodes.
A ‘True Blood’ primer for ‘Buffy/Angel’ fans: 10 differences between the vampire mythologies (TV commentary)
I’ve watched most of the first season on DVD, and I can safely say I’m a fan of “True Blood.” Being a huge “Buffy/ Angel” fan, I have trouble liking other vampire stories because I compare them to Joss Whedon’s work.But I like Alan Ball’s “True Blood” because it’s its own thing — the iconic vampire show of the late-Oughts