Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 2 Review

Buffy Summers is a vampire slayer, or the vampireseries as its fantasy elements often are pushed to the
slayer, as the show focuses on again and again -background as characters deal with real-life issues.
she's the chosen one to fight against the evil forces inMy personal favorite episodes of Season 2 are "Bad
the world. Season 2 really gets to explore a good dealEggs" (the typical classroom assignment of caring for
more than the shorter Season 1 (which startedan egg like it was a child, with a supernatural twist, of
mid-season).course), "Ted" (Buffy's Mom starts dating, but is the
Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer starts toguy evil?), "Lie to Me" (which deals with another aspect
explore themes that will be carried throughout theof growing up, dealing with a friend's illness and finding
show, namely choices and their consequences, thedisappointment in others' choices) and "I Only Have
responsibilities of young adults, as well as the death ofEyes for You" (which forces Buffy to face her
loved ones and the trials and tribulations offeelings toward the currently evil Angel).
relationships.After finishing Season 2 of Buffy, I always want to
As relationships bloom, we're presented with variousmove forward to Season 3. It's almost like an addiction
forms and levels of love. Xander (after having an- once I finish a season, I continue to the next until the
encounter with an Incan princess in "Inca Mummy Girl")series is completed. Then, often times, I start all over
begins a strange relationship with "enemy" Cordelia;again. Buffy is a classic!
Willow meets a kindred spirit in werewolf Oz; BuffyNew to the cast this season is Seth Green as Oz
and Angel advance their relationship with disastrous(Willow's love interest), Robia LaMorte as Jenny
consequences; and even Giles finds love in a newCalendar (Gile's love interest), as well as James
teacher, Jenny Calendar, though that relationship isMarsters as Spike and Juliet Landau as Drusilla, evil
sadly short-lived.vampire lovers who have a connection to Angel.
Fans of the show will obviously appreciate this DVDBuffy the Vampire Slayer may seem like a typical
set, but fans of science fiction and fantasy also havesupernatural or teen-drama television show, but its
a good chance of enjoying this series. Anyone whodepth, plot, intelligence and humor are exceptional. It's a
appreciates a good drama series can also enjoy thismuch deeper show than you might expect.