Buffy fans; does season 2 onward lack the high schooliness of it all?

[Deja Q]

Season 1 isn't half-bad, but it's got an early 90s school kiddie feel, though it's still surprisingly good.

Do later seasons get away from this aspect?

[mcctatas]

1. It got a little maudlin for awhile...

took itself too seriously. Then it got good again, but the last season kinda blew:(

[Deja Q]

3. I like serious, but it's good to know...

I've had the series hyped unto me for ages and tonight I've finally dug in.

I saw only the pilot. Sarah Michelle Geller is more eye candy than actress, and it's a bit hammy, but the Whedon touch is definitely there. I love it through and through. Except her. I'm immune to eye-candy.

(The main baddie in the pilot looks like Mick Jagger too...)

Giles rules too.

[robbedvoter]

4. Forget Buffy - time to graduate to Angel - it's for grown-ups.

less sophomoric, darker, more interesting...and your eyes will be pleased too.

[liontamer]

2. yes

high school issues are dealt with less and less as the characters are developed. And of course after graduation they don't deal with it at all.