26 Jun 2013 09:09 am
Follow up RE: BtVS Evangelism
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frayadjacentThanks everyone who weighed in about what episodes to show my friend to hook her on Buffy!
The evening ended up being a lot more socializing and a lot less Buffy-watching. Some other friends, also Buffy fans, and their 2-year old came as well. So we were like, "oh we probably shouldn't do "Hush", cause that will scare the baby." So we picked "Earshot". And it turned out we only had time for one ep so that was it.
Many people offered the very sensible advice to choose based on my friend's tastes. I'm not sure I succeeded in that, because, well partly because I don't know her tastes super well? What I know she likes is strong, independent female characters. So I should have gone with an ep showcasing a lot of Buffy and Willow awesomeness. I also suspect she would love Willow in general, especially early-season Willow.
I'm going to give her a Buffy curriculum if she wants to keep watching on her own:
S1: Watch "WttH/The Harvest", "Angel", and "Prophecy Girl". If she's genuinely digging S1, also watch "The Witch", "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date", "Nightmares", and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"*.
S2: Watch everything but "Some Assembly Required", "Inca Mummy Girl", "Reptile Boy", and "Bad Eggs".
And everything after that.
If she doesn't want to keep watching on her own -- well, I'll have to have her over for a proper proselytizing.
*Cordy's Hidden Depths scene in OoSOoM was one of my first "this show is better than I thought" moments in the series.
The evening ended up being a lot more socializing and a lot less Buffy-watching. Some other friends, also Buffy fans, and their 2-year old came as well. So we were like, "oh we probably shouldn't do "Hush", cause that will scare the baby." So we picked "Earshot". And it turned out we only had time for one ep so that was it.
Many people offered the very sensible advice to choose based on my friend's tastes. I'm not sure I succeeded in that, because, well partly because I don't know her tastes super well? What I know she likes is strong, independent female characters. So I should have gone with an ep showcasing a lot of Buffy and Willow awesomeness. I also suspect she would love Willow in general, especially early-season Willow.
I'm going to give her a Buffy curriculum if she wants to keep watching on her own:
S1: Watch "WttH/The Harvest", "Angel", and "Prophecy Girl". If she's genuinely digging S1, also watch "The Witch", "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date", "Nightmares", and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"*.
S2: Watch everything but "Some Assembly Required", "Inca Mummy Girl", "Reptile Boy", and "Bad Eggs".
And everything after that.
If she doesn't want to keep watching on her own -- well, I'll have to have her over for a proper proselytizing.
*Cordy's Hidden Depths scene in OoSOoM was one of my first "this show is better than I thought" moments in the series.
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"Bad Eggs" ... huh, all I can think of offhand is the line, "as punishments go, this is fairly abstract." (When Buffy misses class and Willow gives her her egg later on.)