badwolf's episodemeter

2714   7.1   8 

Currently watching.

Episodes: 100
Seasons: 5

While many tv shows love to recycle everything from one episode to another unchanged, Buffy the Vampire Slayer wasn't afraid to let its characters grow. Every season they would be one year older and more experienced, graduating from high school and moving to university, facing adulthood. Their fears and uncertainities about growing up were intertwined to fighting supernatural threats, which brought aboard themes such as duty vs. will to live one's own life.

To boot, it offers magnificent spins on many tropes about supernatural beings, it's incredibly funny and also it's pure continuity porn - there is so much different kind of things going on at the same time that it offers something to everyone both character- and audience-wise.

badwolf's rating:

1509   7.8   8.7 

Currently watching.

Episodes: 88
Seasons: 6

Doctor Who is my favourite tv show of all time - not the best one I've seen, but the most enjoyable. I started watching it as a fun romp, and three seasons later I found myself really caring about characters and plotlines. The funny thing is, I can't really say where the change happened. It can seamlessly blend these two elements, and the longer it lasts, the better it comes (at least so far).

Doctor Who is an interesting tv show, because its core theme is change. It's a scifi show that can use of elements of adventure, horror, comedy and drama with ease, so two following stories are rarely alike. Sometimes all these genres can be fitted into one episode. Also, it has managed to survive for nearly 50 years by changing the main actor via character's regeneration which almost obliges the writers to explore new parts of his personality.

In the midst of pop-culture relying on violence, sex and shock value, Doctor Who's main character likes to defeat his foes with his wits. It's a breath of fresh air, and offers many satisfying possibilities for screenwriters to shine by using their imagination, delivering cracking dialogue and of course offering fist-pumpingly awesome hero moments. Doctor Who is for me the last line of defense against cynicism and mindless worship of idiotic machismo.

Also, the actors are awesome and the theme song is impossible to get out of your head.

badwolf's rating:

3794   8   8.6 

Not watching at the moment.

Episodes: 86
Seasons: 4

Probably more formulaic than it has any need to be, but magnificent Hugh Laurie sells the hell out of the main role. His portryal as the arrogant, cocky and clever Dr. House is pretty much the only reason to watch the show.

badwolf's rating:

1267   7.1   7.9 

Currently watching.

Episodes: 44
Seasons: 2

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536   7.3   7.4 

Completed.

Episodes: 41
Seasons: 4

Even though there are many similarities in the basic concepts, I'm hesitant to call Torchwood as Angel to Doctor Who's Buffy, because that would mean insulting a good show like Angel. Torchwood is one of those shows, for which "dark and gritty" means introducing plenty of sex, violence and shock value without any thought or actual impact. It wanted to be so much important than it actually was, but the hollow shell found some meaning during only one season (number three, for those of you wondering). Beyond that one moment of glory, it was a mess of a show for hardcore Whovians only. The two first seasons were mostly bad with some shining beacons of hope, and the fourth season so painfully awful that it finally terminated the show's future. Even if it somehow managed to crawl back to existence, I wouldn't give it another shot - expect between the eyes.

badwolf's rating:

587   7.3   7.3 

Completed.

Episodes: 27 (inculding the two unaired episodes: the pilot and the first season finale)
Seasons: 2

badwolf's rating:

68   8   7.9 

Completed.

Episodes: 25 (including the two specials)
Seasons: 3

badwolf's rating:

159   7.2   7.9 

Probably not watching anymore.

Episodes: 24
Seasons: 4

badwolf's rating:

865   6.9   8.3 

Currently watching.

Episodes: 22
Seasons: 1

1522   8.9   9.4 

Waiting for a new season.

Episodes: 20
Seasons: 2

badwolf's rating:

1471   8.2   8.7 

Probably not watching anymore.

Episodes: 19
Seasons: 2

badwolf's rating:

1398   8.4   9.2 

Completed.

Episodes: 14 (including the unaired pilot)
Seasons: 1

badwolf's rating:

489   7.3   7.6 

Not watching at the moment.

Episodes: 13
Seasons: 1

badwolf's rating:

1265   8.6   9.6 

Completed.

Episodes: 10
Seasons: 1 (miniseries)

badwolf's rating:

889   8.7   9.2 

Waiting for a new season.

Episodes: 6
Seasons: 2

badwolf's rating:

51   7.5   7.7 

Completed.

Episodes: 6
Seasons: 1 (miniseries)

badwolf's rating:

127   7.6   7.9 

Completed.

Episodes: 6
Seasons: 1 (miniseries)

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