Jane Espenson

All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 7 (2002-03), ranked

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 7 (2002-03, UPN) is the ultimate mixed bag from the series’ run. Although it bows out in a satisfying enough way and

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All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 6 (2001-02), ranked

Although the centerpiece arc is Willow’s drug-like magic addiction, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 6 (2001-02, UPN) is the year that mostly abandoned metaphors and went for

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‘Buffy’ Season 9 titles picking up momentum with mix of old and new (Comic books commentary)

There are no spinoff TV series, movies or books, but almost nine years after “Angel” aired its final episode, the Buffyverse is thriving in comics.

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All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 5 (2000-01), ranked

It took me 11 years since its original airing, but I finally watched “The Body” for a second time as part of my rewatching of “Buffy

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All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 4 (1999-2000), ranked

I had always ranked it as the second-to-worst season (in front of Season 7), but I liked “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 4 (1999-2000, WB) a lot

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All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 2 (2000-01), ranked

“Angel” Season 2 (2000-01, WB) marks the beginning of a three-year slide in quality for a show that started strongly and would finish strongly in Season

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All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked

“Angel” Season 1 (1999-2000, The WB) is all over the place creatively, but every place it chooses to go, it treads confidently. The result is 22

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All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 3 (1998-99), ranked

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 3 (1998-99, The WB) is about the end of a first love (Buffy and Angel’s romance), and it also marks my

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‘Buffy’ Season 8 was an interesting, instructive failure; bring on Season 9 (Comic book review)

More than a decade ago, I declared Joss Whedon my personal god for creating “Buffy” Season 3, still arguably the greatest TV season ever. But one

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Dawn. Xander. Kissage. (Comic book commentary)

Even when it seems “Buffy” is doing something for laughs, it might actually have a subtext behind it. For example, when Willow’s doppelganger vampire was humorously gay

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