Shiny Shelf
By Jim Smith on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

After last week any kind of light relief (well, except more burger bar antics) would be welcome, but there’s not really much of that on offer here.

By Mark Clapham on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

After the intensity of recent weeks, this nifty, albeit silly, episode sees a cooling off of the ongoing plotlines as Angel comes to terms with fatherhood…

By Mark Clapham on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

Buffy’s life is not the best it could be. Working in a burger bar, sleeping with someone she hates… not brilliant…

By Mark Clapham on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

This is something to get excited about – an episode both written and directed by Joss Whedon. As his attention is split between more and more projects, so the rarity of getting a single, undiluted do

By Jim Smith on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

Like almost everything since Christmas, this episode of Buffy works for only about half of its running time.

By Mark Clapham on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

Ally McBeal may be on its way out, but its good to see someone taking on the mantle of camp office romantic comedy…

By Jim Smith on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

There is no such thing as a Vampire Slayer. There are no such things as Vampires. Sunnydale isn’t a real place. Like Dawn, Spike, Willow and Xander it only exists in the mind of Buffy Summers, a girl in a mental institution whose parents want her to get better.
It’s an intriguing premise for an episode, [...]

By Jim Smith on 15 May 2002 Comments Off

It’s difficult to discuss – let alone review in a public forum – this episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This is because some of that which occurs in it invokes issues far beyond those you would or should normally engage with in a TV review.