Go back further and you hit some really great trash TV no one is talking about, like Babylon 5, and Renegade. Even just the opening credits to Renegade are classic:
He was a cop, and good at his job. But then he committed the ultimate sin and testified against other cops - gone bad. Cops who tried to kill him but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter - a renegade!
Oh season 2 is hard but it’s such a painful season and so good at making you feel. And 6 even more so. 6 isn’t my favorite season because 3 and 5 exist, but it’s probably 3rd. Definitely has some questionable decisions, but the making the big bad be life, the incel villains, and the raw struggles of the characters were so good. Also the musical episode was peak.
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Tara deserved better though. And everything surrounding the rape was quite rough.
Season 4 is my least favorite because it just failed to hit very hard, and being sandwiched between 3 with Cordelia’s face turn and Faith, Wesley, and the Mayor and 5 with Glory and just everything great about it, it’s flatness was far more noticeable
He cheated on his wife, but loads of good writers do that. He was a raging douche to Charisma Carpenter and ruined her joy in her career. But he was a d remains a spectacular writer. Just a total hypocrite, like most people in Hollywood.
Eh I’d call him an amazing showrunner (aside from what he did to Carpenter, her absence made the show worse in addition to his behavior being wrong) and a very swingy writer. Toy Story was great, but his writing for Marvel is what really broke the spell of him as an amazing writer. Though apparently he wrote most of the best episodes of Buffy, so maybe I just dislike his writing in superhero movies.
A bit longer ago than 15 years, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer is 8 seasons, 6 of which are perfect.
Go back further and you hit some really great trash TV no one is talking about, like Babylon 5, and Renegade. Even just the opening credits to Renegade are classic:
…are these two really comparable?
Which are the bad ones?
Season 2 is rough, and season 6 is a bit too depressing for me. 3, 5, and 7 are great.
Oh season 2 is hard but it’s such a painful season and so good at making you feel. And 6 even more so. 6 isn’t my favorite season because 3 and 5 exist, but it’s probably 3rd. Definitely has some questionable decisions, but the making the big bad be life, the incel villains, and the raw struggles of the characters were so good. Also the musical episode was peak.
Tap for spoiler
Tara deserved better though. And everything surrounding the rape was quite rough.
Season 4 is my least favorite because it just failed to hit very hard, and being sandwiched between 3 with Cordelia’s face turn and Faith, Wesley, and the Mayor and 5 with Glory and just everything great about it, it’s flatness was far more noticeable
All of them. Joss Whedon sucks as a human and a writer.
He cheated on his wife, but loads of good writers do that. He was a raging douche to Charisma Carpenter and ruined her joy in her career. But he was a d remains a spectacular writer. Just a total hypocrite, like most people in Hollywood.
Eh I’d call him an amazing showrunner (aside from what he did to Carpenter, her absence made the show worse in addition to his behavior being wrong) and a very swingy writer. Toy Story was great, but his writing for Marvel is what really broke the spell of him as an amazing writer. Though apparently he wrote most of the best episodes of Buffy, so maybe I just dislike his writing in superhero movies.