Halloween is what grabbed me. I'd also say that Angel and School Hard are good ones.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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ChiKat - Aug 18, 2003 12:33:49 pm PDT #4846 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 12:36:30 pm PDT #4847 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Remind me, which one is Passion again? That's S2, right? Refresh me, I may have seen it.
Lyra Jane - Aug 18, 2003 12:36:42 pm PDT #4848 of 10001
Up with the sun
I think Surprise/Innocence is perfect if you can lock em in for two hours.
FWIW, Surprise/Innocence did nothing for me until I knew the Buffy Angel Twoo Wuv tragic backstory.
I agree that "Hush" is probably the best stand-alone. "Crush" is the episode that made me go from "I watch this show once in a while but I don't see what the fuss is about" to a drooling fangirl, but i'm not sure it would work if someone had no idea what was going on.
Lyra Jane - Aug 18, 2003 12:37:31 pm PDT #4849 of 10001
Up with the sun
Remind me, which one is Passion again? That's S2, right? Refresh me, I may have seen it.
It's the one where Angelus kills Jenny Calendar and tells Joyce he slept with Buffy. Very dark and twisted; one of my top 5 from S2.
Lee - Aug 18, 2003 12:37:50 pm PDT #4850 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sean, I would vote against OMWF as a first episode. A friend and I were trying to convert another friend to watching Buffy right about the time OMWF aired. It wasn't the first episode that she saw, but it was close to it. Because she didn't have enough background to see what else was going on, even though she liked it, she mostly liked it because she thought it was funny.
tina f. - Aug 18, 2003 12:38:39 pm PDT #4851 of 10001
The point of showing my fantasy-hating friend OMWF was to convince her that it wasn't a juvenile sci-fi show. (And I was drunk and wanted to sing.) And it worked in that regard. It just didn't make her care about the characters or what was going to happen next.
Passion and Hush are both great in that they are action-packed and don't dwell too much on the high school/college is hell thing.
Halloween hooked me but it is pretty teen-showish.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 12:41:50 pm PDT #4852 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm starting to think that Anne or Band Candy, or possibly Anne followed immediately by Band Candy, might be good. There's a certain logic to using the very episodes that hooked me.
Lyra Jane - Aug 18, 2003 12:41:51 pm PDT #4853 of 10001
Up with the sun
Would "Passion" do anything if someone didn't know the Buffy/Angel backstory? I agree it's a stunning achievement in writing, directing, and acting, but if you come into it not knowing who Angel(us) is...
tina f. - Aug 18, 2003 12:43:45 pm PDT #4854 of 10001
I just remembered that a guy friend was completely hooked by Buffy vs. Faith in Graduation Day I. Like completely. I had been trying to get him to watch for months and he caught it on the TV at the gym and freaked right out.
So - if you must - go for the hot chick on chick factor.
billytea - Aug 18, 2003 12:45:42 pm PDT #4855 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Would "Passion" do anything if someone didn't know the Buffy/Angel backstory? I agree it's a stunning achievement in writing, directing, and acting, but if you come into it not knowing who Angel(us) is...
As noted previously, that's the position I was in when I saw it. As I recall it, the ep itself does a good job of explaining that, and leaving you wanting to find out more.