Together, we hatched up a couple of ideas (mostly his, really) on how to make this a true summer community-like thing. So, the ideas are as follows:
Now, we’re actually starting FRIDAY, MAY 25TH AT 9:30PM EDT with four (4) episodes to kick off the rewatch. And we’ll begin our regular scheduling that next Monday, May 28th with three episodes at 9:30pm EDT. So, by Tuesday, May 29th, we will have watched seven episodes. I’m told to get through season one as quickly as possible, anyway. I know a lot of people can’t watch too much at one time, but we’re hoping you’ll join us for the one-time kick-off marathon, and I thought three episodes a week was a good compromise. We wanted to do it Fridays to make it sort of a spooky, Friday thing — but we knew that every Friday during summer was a challenge. So we figured Mondays when there’s no good TV all summer is better anyway. AND I know we won’t be able to finish the entire series…but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. (Perhaps adding more episodes during certain weeks and whatnot.) All said and done, here’s the schedule for summer, until the end of September.
*All times start at 9:30PM EDT
**All dates are Mondays, excluding May 25th.
MAY – Memorial Day Kick-Off Weekend
Friday, 25th: 101 “Welcome to Hellmouth,” 102 “The Harvest,” 103 “Witch,” and 104 “Teacher’s Pet”
Monday, 28th: 105 “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date,” 106 “The Pack,” and 107 “Angel”
JUNE
4th: 108 “I, Robot… You, Jane,” 109 “The Puppet Show,” 110 “Nightmares”
11th: 111 “Out of Mind, Out of Sight,” 112 “Prophecy Girl,” 201 “When She Was Bad”
18th: 202 “Some Assembly Required,” 203 “School Hard,” “204 “Inca Mummy Girl”
25th: 205 “Reptile Boy,” 206 “Halloween,” 207 “Lie to Me”
JULY
2nd: 208 “The Dark Ages,” 209 “What’s My Line? Part 1,” 210 “What’s My Line? Part 2”
9th: 211 “Ted,” 212 “Bad Eggs,” 213 “Surprise”
16th: 214 “Innocence,” 215 “Phases,” 216 “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”
22nd: 217 “Passion,” 218 “Killed by Death,” 219 “I Only Have Eyes for You”
30th: 220 “Go Fish,” 221 “Becoming Part 1,” 222 “Becoming Part 2”
AUGUST
6th: 301 “Anne,” 302 “Dead Man’s Party,” 303 “Faith, Hope, & Trick”
13th: 304 “Beauty and the Beasts,” 305 “Homecoming,” 306 “Band Candy”
20th: 307 “Revelations,” 308 “Lovers Walk,” 309 “The Wish”
27th: 310 “Amends,” 311 “Gingerbread,” 312 “Hopeless”
SEPTEMBER
3rd: 313 “The Zeppo,” 314 “Bad Girls,” 315 “Consequences”
10th: 316 “Doppelgangland,” 317 “Enemies,” 318 “Earshot”
17th: 319 “Choices,” 320 “The Prom,” 321 “Graduation Day Part 1,” 322 “Graduation Day Part 2” | *4 episodes
*Watch live on Twitter these nights starting at 9:30PM EDT, using hashtag #BuffyRewatch. Then, come back here on Tuesdays to discuss.
And there you have it. The first three seasons of Buffy in one summer, watching together! Now, remember, you don’t have to watch live with us — but we hope that you will! Please do! PLEASE? Fine. If you’re not, just make sure to watch three episodes a week before Tuesday.
Remember, if you’re watching with us and don’t have any of the DVDs (or VHS tapes!) that the entire series is available on Netflix, Amazon VOD (and free with Amazon Prime), iTunes, and Zune (Xbox); the first season DVD is available new for $19 (which I think is too expensive for a season a decade and a half old with 12 episodes, to be honest) on Amazon; and unfortunately, they don’t have it up on thewb.com. You can also watch on Hulu! The first season is only available on Hulu Plus, but subsequent seasons are free! And, of course, there are other ways to get it. But we won’t discuss those here.
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By the way, can I just say I love the fact that people are excited about this? :D I can't even imagine people would think of NWN as a community back in September. And it's awesome that people have told me I will like the series based off things I've written that they read. Excited to watch Buffy for the first time!
For the first time? Whoa. When will we watch the other four seasons?
Nick thinks we can continue past summer, but we would have to choose a weekend. The only reason I decided on 3 episodes a week is because a lot of people were even telling me just 2 episodes a week (eek!) so, it was difficult.
And yes for the first time! :D
I love when you use my name
FOR THE FIRST TIME? Holy crap, are you in for a treat. I remember what it was like to watch Buffy for the first time, and it was so magnificent. You'll love it.
When you've finished 1-3, definitely watch 4-7 and Angel in order. Even though there are occasional dips, doing it all (especially the first time) is spectacular. Three years ago, I did Buffy in three months (and then another two or three times), went back and watched it and Angel together twice, and then FINALLY watched the final season of Angel December 2011. That's how great Buffy is. Definitely the second best Sci-Fi/Fantasy series after Lost, though many will disagree with me on that.
YES, this is going to be awesome!
Agreed!!!! So much fun!
FUN! I am on season six (for probably the 6th time lol) now, and will happily start over with everyone. #teamjoss #btvs
The hardest part about this for home viewers with dvds is going to be watching ONLY 3 episodes a week, when I sit down to rewatch the series I usually watch at least 3 or 4 a DAY, lol.
That's so definitely my problem. I watch a disc a night, if not more, so rationing myself out is gonna be a real bitca of a problem.
Yeah, I understand. It's part of a problem, because I know I can definitely watch more than 3 episodes a day, but there were a *lot* of people who told me no. :(
Cool!For some reason Buffy ALWAYS makes me laugh,and feel better about myself! Thanks!
Great idea! Love Buffy, especially rewatching. One request: can we get some estrogen on that list of peeps to follow?
You can follow whomever! :D Certainly don't need to follow me, it was just a list of people who orchestrated the schedule and whatnot. But definitely follow Nick xD
Just make sure to keep an eye on here or the #buffyrewatch tag :)
I just placed all the Buffy episodes in my hulu queue, I was going to start watching them tonight, but I think I'll wait and watch with you all!!!!!
I'm so in! I rewatched Buffy about 2 years ago - first time ever since the shows were actually first-run. I really missed her when it was all over, and she wasn't in my living room every night. she's like my best friend :)
Mondays are perfect for me! Sa-weeet! It's been a couple of years since I've done a thorough re-watch. Thanks to Whedonesque for pointing me here!
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES