It took me
years
to get my sister to watch SPN (seven???) and I was so scared she was going to get impatient in the first season and ask for skippage. Thank god that never happened, but she does make me tell her which episodes have Cas so she can get excited on cue.
As far as Community went, I was all YOU WILL SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, AND ENJOY THIS. And it worked on three or four other people I didn't know so well.
If someone asked me which Buffy to skip, I'd chat during Beer Bad, but I wouldn't skip anything unless it became clear an entire season was losing them, and that's also not an option until seven anyway.
(short version: I skipped...3 SPN episodes with bon bon, and still feel guilty)
If the Buffy pilot is too long I think "The Witch" is also a good one to rope people in with.
That was my first episode!
Buffy Writers Reunion: [link]
Where's Tim? Hahaha
30 minutes of behind-the-scenes Buffy footage posted to YouTube by, of all people, Jeff Pruitt.
I saw a picture of Sophia and SMG the other day in a stuntperson article that...didn't mention Buffy. She doubled for her in an ad or something? It was weird. I like to imagine Jeff was unhappy.
That was just really confusing for me for a moment....
My 91 year old Mom, reading an "Ocean at the End of the Lane" review: "Gaiman sure writes a lot"
Me: "And a damn good thing too"
M91YOM: "He writes for TV too. Didn't he write a couple of Dr. Who Episodes?"
Me: "Yes"
M91YOM: "Didn't he write for Buffy?"
Me: "Not as far as I know"
M9YOM: "I think you're wrong. Didn't he co-write some of the Minear episodes?"
He co-wrote
every
Minear episode.