Buffy Season 1 Question (1 Viewer)

[Steve Lockwood]

In which order do the episodes go? It doesn't say which one is #1,2,3,4 Welcome to the hell-mouth, Witch, The Harvest, Teacher's Pet. I don't know which one to watch first. Thanks.

 

[Michael Sliger]

Try this list (it is spoiler-free).
http://www.buffyguide.com/episodesplain.shtml

 

[Ric Easton]

Welcome to the Hellmouth
The Harvest
The Witch
Teacher's Pet
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
The Pack
Angel
I Robot — You Jane
The Puppet Show
Nightmares
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Prophecy Girl

 

[John Bryant]

Wow-I came here to ask the EXACT same question. Thanks for the help.

 

[David Lambert]

So the episodes are NOT on the discs in airdate order?

Then are they in production order, or what?

 

[Craig S]

So the episodes are NOT on the discs in airdate order?

Yes, the episodes ARE on the discs in the order shown in Ric's post. But the menus are a little confusing. For example, the first disc main menu is laid out something like this:

Welcome to the Hellmouth ------------- The Harvest
-------- Witch ---------------------- Teacher's Pet

There's no numbering, so it's a little confusing - which way do you go, across or down? Turns out it's across.

Now, the booklet that comes with the set lists & numbers all of the episodes in the correct order. So I'm guessing you guys bought a used set that didn't include the booklet?

The menus for Season 2 are better: the eps are listed in one column, top to bottom. Much more intuitive.

 

[Ric Easton]

I think they are in air order, it's just hard to tell in the groups of 4 the order. If I remember they are presented on the screen as 2 across and 2 down.

So I think the question is do you read them across or down, like columns. It's across from left to right.

Ric
EDIT: Doh! Craig beat me to it!

 

[TheoGB]

Unfortunately they go back to the lack of intuition for Season 4. Of course, you have the booklet with that...

 

[David Lambert]

It's not that I don't have a booklet, I just don't have the sets in front of me! D'oh!

 

[John Berggren]

I agree that Buffy had one of the most confusing menu systems with regards to episodic order. I was able to figure it out based on the first 2 episodes though.

 

[Jodee]

Yes, these menus are confusing. I wanted to loan these discs to my mom (who has never seen Buffy) and I know when I do I'll have to make sure she knows which order to watch them.

 

[John Bryant]

I have the booklet, I just don't handle the case all that much. I keep all my tv shows in jewel cases. What I do is put the current disc from each different show I am working on in a jewel case. This eliminates having to handle the case all the time and hopefully will make them last longer.

 

[Craig S]

That makes sense, John.

I really have to wonder - would it have killed them to put a number in front of those episode names?