Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
It’s true that the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was just a warm up for bigger things to come, and the show did become frustratingly uneven towards the end. But when it was at the top of its game it managed to capture lightning in bottle and proved itself as one of television’s most unlikely masterpieces. Today serialized dramas are commonplace, but when Buffy debuted back in 1997 television shows were still usually designed to (...)