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Pleasant if fundamentally flawed show. The basic problem with this show is that tries to combine the blue sky appeal of other USA network shows while combining sometimes serious psychotherapy. As a result, the show has serious tonal issues and ends up not being very good at either. However, the show manages to still be moderately enjoyable because of one reason: casting. I feel that in television (not so much in movies unless it's a romantic comedy), casting talented actors and having sympathetic characters can go a long way and can forgive a multitude of sins. Army Wives in particular is a great example of this (and has a more talented cast than this show), but this show really works well at the top because of Callie Thorne's magnetic star quality and excellent counterbalancing from supporting players Mehcad Brooks and Scott Cohen. They help make this show more than the sum of it's parts, if not quite enough to make this a "good" show. Even so, it's not have bad as escapist entertainment.

This is quite simply, the best show that I have ever seen. What makes this show so great is the same reason why the Emmy's snubbed it year after year: its not a comedy and its not drama. No, Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a romantic-drama-horror-comedy that has something in it to please everyone. You'll laugh and you'll cry (well almost anyway) and you'll go through all the growing pains of being an adult as if your doing it as well. Even though this show is a fantasy, it may be one of the most true to life TV shows I've seen outside of Everwood (another excellent show by the way). It has themes of being in the world but not of it, heartbreak, first love, rejection, responsibility, and sacrifice most of all. The show dropped of a little bit in quality after the Scobie gang graduated from high school but it still was not only one of the best shows on TV, but the best of anything period. It wasn't until the final 7th season that the show became hard to watch and to where there were other things on TV that were worth watching more. So if you haven't seen the show, give it a chance and start from the very beginning. Just about every person I let borrow my seasons of the show after I recommended it became hooked too! You might also become hooked as well.

Season 1: 9/10 Season 2: 9.5/10 Season 3: 10/10 Season 4: 7.5/10 Season 5: 8/10 Season 6: 7.5/10 Season 7: 6/10

This is a really good show. It takes awhile to find its legs and to get into the characters, but once it does this show really takes off. The thing I like best about this show is that it doesn't insult your intelligence. It's clever in how it introduces new ideas and it hardly ever feels forced and clichéd (even though it sometimes is). Kristin Bell is a very talented actress and without such a strong lead this show wouldn't work very well. Reality shows that aren't very realistic like America'a Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance are being devoured for no good reason so it's nice to see something fresh that you can actually relate to. It also contains the mystery and intrigue that make Lost a popular show but is better because it actually solves those mystery's and is more satisfying as a result. Anyone that's interested in watching a well done, entertaining serialized show should pick up the first season. You won't be disappointed!(Well, the first season at least)