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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Unaired Pilot (2003)


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6.3/10   180 votes
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Joss Whedon (creator)
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Original Air Date:
June 2003 (Season 1, Episode 0)
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25 min
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This pilot was directed by Joss Whedon and financed out of his own pocket to sell the show to the networks. The plot is fairly similar to "Welcome to the Hellmouth", though Angel, Jesse and the Master don't appear. Also, it's only half an hour long. The main differences from the show as aired are the sets and casting. While most of the principals are in place, Riff Regan plays Willow and Stephen Tobolowsky plays Principal Flutie. They were replaced by Alyson Hannigan and Ken Lerner, respectively in the actual show. The library that appears is not the set from the show, rather it is the actual library from Torrance High School where much of the Sunnydale High material was filmed. more
Quotes:
Willow Rosenberg: Mr. Worse say's you never pay attention.
Xander Harris: I pay attention. Just not to him.
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30 out of 31 people found the following review useful.
An underrated first attempt, 23 January 2007
8/10
Author: tomakalinus from Chicago, IL

This version of the pilot was written and directed by Joss Whedon himself (as opposed to the aired pilot, which was written by Whedon and directed by others). Many fans don't much like this version of the pilot, as it's lacking in some casting, a few important characters, and music. But it was never intended to be the finished product anyway, only a glimpse of what's to come to sell the networks on the idea. As such, it does a perfect job of distilling the main elements of the show, the most important characters and their relationship to one another, and the incredible balance of humor, horror and metaphor that would become the show's trademark. It does all that in under 30 minutes. That, I say, is quite an achievement.

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