Oh Plei, good talking points!

And "Buffy has a mother?"

I think he saw whatever series Sky One was airing when he decided to dive in. Then he started downloading and borrowing friends' dvds and I'm fairly sure he hasn't watched anything in order. I think the Buffy/Angel timeline is what's screwing him up the most though.

My house mate has just got into Buffy and Angel in the last month or so, and he's unemployed at the minute, so he's been mainlining them. I have no idea how he's been watching them though, because he comes to me with very odd questions like "So when does Spike leave Angel to go die in Sunnydale?" And "Buffy has a mother?"

Heh, I've got a friend who thus far has been resisting Buffy, but has caught random episodes of Angel (from the sounds of it, season 5, since Spike's around and she knows who Fred is) and so borrowed my Angel season 1, though she hasn't gotten around to seeing much of it. She must have caught some season 4 or earlier though, because she's hating 1st-sesaon-Angel Cordy thus far and liked her better in some later shows she's seen. *BOGGLES!!!?!??!?*

My wife and I got into Buffy in S2. Can't remember the details, but we went from mostly-no-tv casual watchers at best to moving our schedules around so as not to miss the show within weeks. I was in grad school at the time, too, and didn't have very much free time.

We watched "Welcome to the Hellmouth" last night for the first time since buying the dvds back when they came out. Say, this Buffy show is awfully gripping!

She must have caught some season 4 or earlier though, because she's hating 1st-sesaon-Angel Cordy thus far and liked her better in some later shows she's seen.

head explodes

I saw the movie and liked it, and tuned in to the premiere of the series to see if it would be as good. By the end of the show my jaw was hanging open. I turned to my boyfriend and said, "I've been waiting my whole life for this show!" He agreed. I've loved it all the way through, even when I didn't like it much.

I saw watched "Buffy" from the beginning. I remembered SMG from "All My Children" and thought I'd give the show a try. I was hooked. (Came for the soap star, stayed for the writing. And the acting. And the fights. But not for the snakes.) Did not discover the on-line community until the 2-3 seasons, which added to my enjoyment of the show.

I saw watched "Buffy" from the beginning. I remembered SMG from "All My Children" and thought I'd give the show a try.

I remember thinking, "That's Kendall from AMC. She looks awful as a blonde. I might watch that show. Isn't it based on that movie that Luke Perry was in? I can't stand Luke Perry." So, I never watched it. When it ended up on FX, I watched some of season 3. As soon as I her, "she makes Godot seem prompt", I was completely hooked. I started watching it morning and night. Found out I was working with a bunch of people (including Victor) that could fill me in on everything I needed to know. Then Victor suggested I check out this website.

I remembered SMG from "All My Children"

That was part of the draw for me, too. She was excellently bitchy as mini-Erika Kane.

I know I didn't watch until sometime in S3. Possibly late S2. God, that's sad -- since then I've watched every episode so often, I don't remember what my very first ever episode was.

I knew things about the show from friends, and cultural osmosis, too, like the stuff about Buffy having to "kill" Angel (so I guess it was S3). I was hooked from the first episode I watched all the way through -- I was amazed at the writing. It was so smart and sly compared to everything else on TV, and I fell in love with SMG as Buffy, and ASH as Giles.