'Objects In Space'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
and going into the history of When Come Back Bring Tape.
Which is how JZ and I got together.
I first met her at the S5 Finale party she hosted in Berkeley. But early in S6 I missed an episode and we realized that she worked around the corner from me at UCSF, so she walked down and dropped the tape off with me.
And thus began the Hanging Out (which lead to the Making Out).
Oh that does bring back lovely memories. Thank you, once again, with feeling, for bring us together, Buffy.
Now the notion of having to wait until next Tuesday at a specific time for the next episode is bonkers. Streaming was the best thing ever for my television viewing preferences. No doubt I do still have some tapes around in a box from days when recording was the only way to watch when convenient. Now I like to see a few seasons available before starting something new.
I still have all my tapes: the complete runs of Buffy and Angel, plus pretty much everything else I taped while VCRs were a thing. The Whedonverse tapes live in a couple of media shelves in my office rather than being incorporated into my living room decor now, and all the other stuff is in milk crates in my storage building (probably unplayable at this point if I had a working VCR).
I actually gave my tapes away on a buy nothing group waaaaay back in 2006 or thereabouts. I had made special labels for the tapes. First just Buffy, and then Buffy and Angel. The full run as I recall, minus an ep or five from forgotten programming or the dreaded brown/blackout.