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Buffy reboot confronts the OG show’s wild premise of centuries‑old men thirsting after a sophomore

Jason Weisberger
Dec 03, 2025
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Season One Logo: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

At long last, the Buffy reboot has a director brave enough to acknowledge the show’s most uncomfortable truth: that Buffy’s love life was basically a YA supernatural romance written by someone who thinks old men should find extremely young girls as appropriate romantic partners. The only surprise is that she find…

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