Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episode 3: Witch
Written by Dana Reston; Directed by Stephen CraggTime for my weekly dose of Buffy, and this particular episode wasn't anything like as bad as I'd remembered it. Yes, it's fairly tacky, but the overall production seems slightly more confident than that of the previous two episodes. The characters are still extremely caricatured, but I suppose that's only natural when a show is still finding its feet, both because the writers are still familiarising themselves with their cast, and in order to establish their personalities in an economical way. This particular episode has a few decent pieces of horror movie imagery, although admittedly they're fairly clichéd B-grade horror movie images filtered through a television aesthetic, which has a habit of making everything look a bit bland. Still, if you can get past the ridiculous sight of teenage girls hopping about waving pom-poms (the backdrop for this episode is Sunnydale High's cheerleading try-outs), this one is fairly entertaining.
5/10
Be sure to tune in at the same time next week for Teacher's Pet, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is one of the worst episodes not just of the season but of the series as a whole.
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