When Did "Buffy" Jump The Shark?

[Whedon Fan]

The show never JTS. It had a few bad patches but over all IMO the show has been solid since the first season.

[Mathieu]

Feb 26, 2009 19:30:09 GMT -5 Whedon Fan said:

The show never JTS. It had a few bad patches but over all IMO the show has been solid since the first season.

Ok, karma for you.

[Greer]

I almost picked the whole Dawn excursion as my vote, but I ended up going with the anti coupley happiness. I thought about Dawn, and although she was annoying, she led Buffy into a full change that I really enjoyed, with the maturity and the sacrifice.

Although I do feel like Buffy changed a little bit with UPN, I did like how they gave Joss more freedom and leeway.

Mostly, I didn't think there was tooooo much shark jumping.

[Rowan Hawthorn]

"Buffy" never jumped. "Jump The Shark", on the other hand, has been looking like a 12-year-old skip-rope champion sugared up on quadruple mochas for quite some time now...

[CowboyGuy]

The show never jumped. I think it got better...Season 7 is still one of my favorite seasons. I rarely watch much of 6, and 2.

I love 3, 4, 5 and 7 with a passion.

Now, I voted for Comics. I really love Season 8, but there have been a few things that have been jump sharky to me. Warren coming back from the dead without much explanantion or logic sticks out the most. And I do not see the Buffy from Seasons 1 - 7 ever being experimental with a woman. It's a double-edged sword for me, I think the fun fantastical elements of the comic are cool. But they also can sometimes weaken a great story.

Ugh...giant chickens, Dawnzillas and tree people.

[Mathieu]

Mar 16, 2009 20:32:16 GMT -5 CowboyGuy said:

The show never jumped. I think it got better...Season 7 is still one of my favorite seasons. I rarely watch much of 6, and 2.

I love 3, 4, 5 and 7 with a passion.

Now, I voted for Comics. I really love Season 8, but there have been a few things that have been jump sharky to me. Warren coming back from the dead without much explanantion or logic sticks out the most. And I do not see the Buffy from Seasons 1 - 7 ever being experimental with a woman. It's a double-edged sword for me, I think the fun fantastical elements of the comic are cool. But they also can sometimes weaken a great story.

Ugh...giant chickens, Dawnzillas and tree people.

I agree with everything you said regarding the comics. You should have come and backed me up when I created my ranting thread "mad and bored with Season 8..."!! Although I agree my ranting was over the top and you were probably not as disappointed as I actually was with some parts of the story back then. However now I try to take the whole thing from a different angle. I have to accept it's just comics and not on TV now and I try to enjoy the new format for what it is.

That's funny you don't like Seasons 2 and 6 as much! I didn't know a die-hard fan of the show could "not like" Season 2.

[Secret Scoobie]

'Bad Buffy'' is still a helluva lot better than most other things.

I love it all in a whole. I don't think it was ever bad. I disagreed with some eps, storylines but you can't have it all your way, it's not MY show to control. I understand and believing in most o the choices made. And I loved 6and 7 so I can't see any 'going down hill'.

[slayersarah]

i will admit Buffy has had some less than great moments, but it never "jumped the shark". it never got really bad to the point where it wasn't worth watching (unlike some shows i watch now that i can't figure out why i keep watching them)

[worldofshrimps]

Never jumped. This show was fantastic all the way through!