On March 10, 1997, a show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer quietly premiered on The WB network. Though no one knew it at the time, it would change the course of television history. To this day, many consider it to be one of the best shows ever created.
Before it became a show that ran seven seasons and spawned a direct spinoff titled Angel, just two years after Sarah Michelle Gellar's debut as Buffy Summers, Whedon originally wrote Buffy as a 1992 film of the same name.
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Whedon, however, was determined to see his original vision through, so he developed a TV series to tell the story the way he originally intended to—with a clean slate.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a show that used monsters as metaphors for the horrors of adolescence, while balancing wit, heartbreak, romance and thrills, supported by a found family that the protagonist could always rely on.
The strong female character went onto become timeless, partially thanks to sharp writing, and partially due to the talents of Gellar.
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And that found family went on to become one of TV's greatest ensembles, with Gellar, Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Nicholas Brendon (Xander), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), the late Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers) and David Boreanaz (Angel) among them.
But nothing captivated audiences more than the show's epic and unforgettable romances, with Buffy and Angel at the center. Considered one of the grandest love stories in television history, the tortured and poetic romance between a vampire slayer and a vampire with a soul was the emotional backbone of the early seasons, with their love plagued by an impossible curse— true happiness would cost Angel his soul, a metaphor for first loves.
And there was also the history-making romance between Willow and Tara (Amber Benson), which became one of the first serious same-sex relationships depicted on mainstream television.
In fact, the next generation could very well use its own Buffy, with Gellar finally agreeing to work on a continuation of the series.
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