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Brendan Murphy

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455 total appearances

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Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And also because he's so charming and he's so funny and for a lot of the show he's either helpful or he's sort of neutered and he can't really hurt humans.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

We overlook the fact that he's been a vampire for 170 years.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

He keeps telling us he's evil.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

He's definitely done all of the worst things a vampire can do, like murdered huge civilizations.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And yeah, he's been off all around Europe and Asia killing people.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

But because we don't see that on screen, we go like, oh, but he's a good lad, isn't he?

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Yeah, so it's the final stand.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And Buffy's kind of at her lowest ebb.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Willow has, like in season six, she goes wild and has to be sent off to a kind of Hogwarts-like establishment.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Yeah, phenomenal.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

She just has this insane power and she's...

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Yeah, almost like a slayer herself.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

But all of Buffy's friends, everyone in that network is sort of gone.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And she's on her own against the biggest foe.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Got to pull it together.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And it's good versus evil, which we will never get sick of.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And actually, I think, you know, it was popular in the 90s to see these stories.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And then we started flirting with the idea of, oh, what about the bad guys?

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

Let's hear their point of view, anti-heroes, things like that.

Talk ’90s to me
Buffy the Vampire Slayer! – How a surprise monster hit redefined horror

And I think we maybe need to go back to good old-fashioned good versus evil, rooting for the good guys.