I actually think that season 3 had a really strong central arc, with one of my favorite Buffyverse antagonists, and interesting developments for Angel and another main male character. But the problem is that maybe only about 1/3 of the episodes interspersed throughout were devoted to the arc, and the rest was random…

Well, if you're trying to hook someone onto the series, then a shortened season 1 may be a good idea. Maybe go with the two-part pilot and then straight to Angel, Nighmares, OOM OOS and Prophecy Girl. If they aren't still sure, then a few early season 2 episodes: WSWB, School Hard, Halloween, Lie to Me. If they aren't…

I agree with that. No season of Angel had a fully satisfying arc, for one thing. Season 2 comes the closest, but it is like 2 completely different seasons in one.

Restless is one of the best Buffy episodes IMO.

There is one crossover that actually is important and you have to see both shows - This Year's Girl/Who are You? (Buffy season 4) - Five by Five/Sanctuary (Angel season 1)

Your friend got it the wrong way around. Veronica Mars is a poorer Buffy without the supernatural or the metaphors.

Buffy season 6 is brilliant.

Ignore this terrible advice and watch everything.

No. Never advise people to skip anything. It's a terrible advice.

I don't know, I find watching Brett Dalton in just loincloth to be a pretty strong incentive.

He certainly was working a lot at the time, since he somehow found time to make both movies while he was on the show. That romcom in Italy around season 1, going by his haircut.

So… you aren't aware that he made this while he was still on the show, or you're just ignoring it because it would ruin your joke?

Well, Dunk and Egg stories have just one POV - Dunk - unlike the main series with its multiple POVs. But if they were to make it into a TV series, which character is or isn't a POV wouldn't make much of a difference. We can say for sure, going by what we already know about the next story and (going by what we know…

Nonsense. The backstory is complete exactly because it is just a backdrop for the current events. You may as well say we should read instead a series about the hijinks of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion growing up in Tywin Lannister's household, because that story is complete.

Robert did not start the war. He just got caught up in the events. Brandon Stark marched to King's Landing and yelled for Rhaegar to come out and die. Mad King Aerys arrested him, summoned his father Lord Rickard, and then executed them both in gruesome waxs. Then he demanded that Jon Arryn deliver him his wards Ned…

Of course you did. The books don't have illustrations, sadly, so you can't actually see the boobs and butts.

Lack of compelling female characters? Rohanne Webber is one of the most compelling female characters in the world of ASOIAF.

I knew her as a teenage actress in a TV series "Once and Again" which was a pretty good family drama, and she was really good in it. I think that after that, she had a rather high profile drama role in a movie or two playing a troubled teenager, but I haven't seen them.

If Lachman had been slated to play the main character, the series wouldn't have even existed, because it was only created as a part of the development deal Dushku had with FOX. She could have picked an unambitious procedural to star in, but instead she came up with the idea for Dollhouse at a lunch with Joss and…

Emma Stone has had some pretty high profile roles: she has been in a Best Oscar movie (and nominated for an Oscar for it) - "Birdman", as well as in a superhero blockbuster as the female lead ("The Amazing Spiderman" and its sequel).