Buffy Review

remains the gold standard for musical episodes, using song to force characters to reveal secrets they couldn't say aloud.

Before Buffy , female action leads were often hyper-sexualized caricatures. Buffy was different. she was allowed to be petty, tired, romantic, and wrong. She was a hero who saved the world "a lot," but who also worried about her SAT scores and her retail job at Doublemeat Palace. remains the gold standard for musical episodes, using

proved you could tell a terrifying story with almost no dialogue. remains the gold standard for musical episodes, using