# Recommend a season of Buffy - or should I go with Firefly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039 "2007-06-06T20:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/21 "2007-06-07T22:25:28Z")
I got Firefly. I still haven’t gotten past the premiere. It didn’t grab me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/22 "2007-06-07T22:57:55Z")
Which episode? If you tried to watch them in broadcast order, then no wonder. If you started with the 2-parter _Serenity_, then there is no hope for you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/23 "2007-06-07T23:00:14Z")
Actually, I must confess that I wasn’t sucked into _Firefly_ with _Serenity_ (the pilot) either. It was after I saw either _The Train Job_ or _Bushwhacked_, can’t remember, that I really started to dig the show and gained a new appreciation for the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/24 "2007-06-07T23:03:27Z")
_Firefly_. As much as I loved Buffy, \*Firefly \*was a far superior series. Curse you and your sudden, yet inevitable, betrayal, Fox! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/25 "2007-06-08T00:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Once again I’m trying to get this Buffy thing. Last night Buffy and this other chick are both trying to be homecoming queen and Buffy is all like totally bummed out because she was like totally everyones favorite at her old school and then there was a slayer-fest and Good Eats was totally on so I didn’t watch any more. [/QUOTE] Actually, that was a pretty good episode – had an “It’s A Wonderful Life” vibe to it, and Buffy and Cordelia sorta bonded. You should have stayed till the end of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/26 "2007-06-08T01:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] I got Firefly. I still haven’t gotten past the premiere. It didn’t grab me. [/QUOTE] I take back all the nice things I ever said about you. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/27 "2007-06-08T01:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Actually, that was a pretty good episode – had an “It’s A Wonderful Life” vibe to it, and Buffy and Cordelia sorta bonded. You should have stayed till the end of that one. [/QUOTE] That doesn’t help. You’re supposed to say “No, that wasn’t one of the best, season _X_ was much better” or something. If that was pretty good, then I’m doubly mad that Firefly got canceled and Buffy got 6 seasons (or whatever). _Band Candy_ is next, followed by _Revelations_. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/28 "2007-06-08T01:43:23Z")
FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY. We watch it all the time, and I wasn’t interested the first time around because of the rabidity of the fans when it was on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/29 "2007-06-08T14:19:13Z")
I have the season on my Ipod and I’ve seen each episode at least 10 times or more, get Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/30 "2007-06-08T17:04:51Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] I take back all the nice things I ever said about you. [/QUOTE] And I’ve removed you from my master list of Doper beneficiaries to whom I have bequeathed my yet unearned millions. ---
**Author:** ![Zambini57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zambini57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zambini57)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/31 "2007-06-08T17:20:38Z")
I have 'Firefly" on DVD and I highly recommend it. It’s fun. The first 15 minutes of the first episode put me off a little, with Mal and his “We’re too pretty to die” BS. I thought maybe I had made a mistake buying it. Not at all, as it turns out. “Serenity” is good as well. I watched the first 3 seasons of “Buffy”, and really like it. I’m a little hesitant about buying the 4th season. The reviews are 50/50, and it isn’t available at Blockbuster. Should I buy the 4th season? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/32 "2007-06-08T17:24:37Z")
Buffy’s fourth season is not as strong as two and three, but it does have a lot of good episodes. It definitely was a transitional time for the show. Oh, and I think the answer to your non-availability problem is to stop shopping at Blockbuster. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/33 "2007-06-08T17:24:59Z")
'Nother vote for Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/34 "2007-06-08T17:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=Zambini57] Should I buy the 4th season? [/QUOTE] Totally worth it. Season 4 is my wife’s favorite. It has some of Buffy’s single best episodes in it, namely “Pangs,” “Something Blue,” “Hush,” “This Year’s Girl/Who Are You?,” and “Primeval/Restless.” “Hush” alone makes the season worth buying. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/35 "2007-06-08T17:38:59Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Totally worth it. Season 4 is my wife’s favorite. It has some of Buffy’s single best episodes in it, namely “Pangs,” “Something Blue,” “Hush,” “This Year’s Girl/Who Are You?,” and “Primeval/Restless.” “Hush” alone makes the season worth buying. [/QUOTE] Personally, I agree. Season Four’s high points definitely outweigh its low points. But I know a lot of people disagree with me and just hate all the stuff with Adam and Riley. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/36 "2007-06-08T18:05:28Z")
Firefly! I’m watching it in the background right now. I was like you and saw _Serenity_ first. It does ruin a couple of plot points, but it’s just as much fun to learn backstory as it is to learn everything in order. Besides, every DVD set of those sold is another hint to the TV execs that it’d be wildly profitable to put it back on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/37 "2007-06-08T20:11:42Z")
Buffy fan here. But yeah, if you liked _Serenity_, then Firefly is the next logical choice. The series is better than the movie. As for which Buffy season … hmm … Rent Season 1, watch “Welcome to the Hellmouth,” “the Harvest,” “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date,” “Angel,” and “Prophecy Girl.” Then go into Season 2. After that, you should be hooked. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/38 "2007-06-15T04:27:52Z")
Well, you guys finally suckered me into it. Without having seen a single episode before, I bypassed Netflix and went directly to buying Firefly while shopping for DVD’s. I haven’t watched it yet (I also have to go through the newest season of Frasier + Curb Your Enthusiasm), but I wanted to let you know that you’ve swayed one more. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/39 "2007-06-15T04:31:02Z")
One of us, one of us, one of us… ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039/40 "2007-06-15T12:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Well, you guys finally suckered me into it. Without having seen a single episode before, I bypassed Netflix and went directly to buying Firefly while shopping for DVD’s. [/QUOTE] I promise, by the time you get to “curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal,” you’ll be hooked. I envy you, getting to see it for the first time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-season-of-buffy-or-should-i-go-with-firefly/407039.md?page=3)