2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN) In a calander year's
worth of emotional episodes that saw the death of Buffy's
mother, the death and resurrection of Buffy herself, and
a musical production that put most contemporary Broadway
efforts to shame, the Slayer's fiercest battle continues
to be against that old TV shibboelth, Industry Respect.
No matter; wise, stern creater Joss Whedon still forces
us to go where we may not want to venture, but are ultimately
always glad we did: Alyson Hannigan's Willow gone witchcraft-crazy;
James Marsters' Spike gone soft for Buffy; Nicolas Brendon's
Xander and Emma Caulfield's Anya picking out wedding china
patterns. Oh, the horror, the exquisite horror!
