Idiot's Box: R.I.P. 'Buffy' - Shadow Boxer Slash Serial Killer 1997-2003

'Buffy's main strength (horror as metaphor) was also its source of weakness. Fighting evil was, of course, the show's lifeblood, but its own conception of evil was as anemic as the characters it sought to slay...What we end up with is not so much a morality play but a power play, ultimately placing us in a dark political dimension.'