Wow. This season is going to be great. With Charisma and Tricia Helfer it will rock.

madmolly | August 10, 19:24 CET

Like the cast, enjoy the source material, but not a fan of the show.
Seems unclear if it is just a guest spot or a recurring role. Might check-out the episode when that's on.
So this means Cordelia Chase gets to meet Robin Wood, kinda?

Numfar PTB | August 11, 12:28 CET

My problem with the show is that it's just another procedural. Keeping my sights set on anti-procedurals.

Nebula1400 | August 11, 23:27 CET

I like procedurals. Actually, I prefer them, with shows like "Buffy", "Doctor Who", "The A-Team" or "CSI" ranking amongst my personal favourites. The problem is, that a lot of them are rather bad and/or basically copies of one another. How many crime procedurals does the world truly need?

Sahjhan | August 12, 01:10 CET

@Sahjhan: Buffy was never a procedural.

TimeTravellingBunny | August 12, 08:42 CET

Sure it was.

1) Introduce a threat (typically the so-called 'monster of the week').
2) Work the threat (fight).
3) Beat the threat (win/kill). - On rare occassions don't beat the threat.
4) End credits

Definitely a procedure and especially the earlier seasons were full of this - and even season 7 still followed the formula on a couple of episodes.

I will agree, though, that the show had more elements of serialization than most procedurals and tended to use elements from both worlds. But in no way was it a serialized show like "24" or "The Wire" or "Breaking Bad". It had distinguished episodes - and most of the time those episodes followed specific guidelines that were typical for a procedural.

Sahjhan | August 12, 09:53 CET