Rebecca Rand Kirshner

It’s freaky how great ‘Freaks and Geeks’ (1999-2000) still is

“Freaks and Geeks” (1999-2000, NBC/Fox Family) took TV from the Nineties to the Aughts as it chronicled kids moving from the Seventies to the Eighties.

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 10 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2’ (2003), ranked (Book review)

Drawing a better overall crop of writers, “Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2” (January 2003) makes a huge jump in quality from the first volume.

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Tales of the Slayers’ (2001-02) (Comic book reviews)

The “Tales of the Slayers” comics – a trade paperback in November 2001 and the “Broken Bottle of Djinn” one-shot in October 2002 – are

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All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 7 (2006-07), ranked

“Gilmore Girls” Season 7 (2006-07, The CW) was maligned from the get-go by many viewers simply because Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino weren’t involved anymore. To

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All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 6 (2005-06), ranked

“Gilmore Girls” Season 6 (2005-06, The WB) is the season I remembered the least about. Even though I watched every episode when it aired, there were

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All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 5 (2004-05), ranked

In my head, I had subtitled “Gilmore Girls” Season 5 (2004-05, The WB) “The Destruction of Rory’s Character,” as it starts with her sleeping with married man

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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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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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