My wife and I are currently in the middle of the 2nd season of Buffy and are both loving the show. I can definitely understand why it became a cult hit.

I saw the change in the writing on the last episode of the first season. From then on the series has been a blast. We both are really looking forward to the Angel series as he is one of th most interesting characters on the show.

Thanks for the crossover lists. Joss is obviously a big smart-ass in real life since all of his characters (Buffy and Firefly) seem to be as well.

it only gets better from there. the best of the early season 2 episodes imo were "Ted" and the halloween episode.

Wait till you get towards the end of Season 2. Some great twists.