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overshadowed by Eve, Lindsey, or the Senior Partners. Not even the popular and loved Spike received more air time than the others. Yet on Buffy, when the Potentials came to town, many of the main characters were kicked to the side as the Potentials were given more and more air time. Only Buffy, Willow and Spike remained on screen as much as they had in previous years. While I know the Potentials had to be given some air time, they were not the characters we had learned to love and loved to watch.

4) Emasculation of the male figures. Being a woman and a mother of two girls, I loved Joss' idea of 'girl power', showing that females don't always have to be victims. That there are strong women in the world. I applaud that but not to the point where it emasculates all the males around them. I mean, are we to believe that two of the most powerful vampires of all time, namely Angel and Spike, would need to be rescued by Buffy during a fight? How many times did I watch them fight alongside Buffy, only to get their butts kicked by fledglings and have Buffy rescue them? Two and two in this case does not add up to four. On his own show, Angel was never taken down by a weaker vampire and was strong. As was Spike when he showed up for Season Five. They both managed to fight the good fight, help and care for the humans around them and still be terrifying to watch when they were angry.

Yes, Buffy had some of the greatest and most creative episodes of all time. "Hush", "The Body" and "Once More, With Feeling" to name a few. However, in assessing both shows in a hopefully impartial way, I would have to stick with the reasons I named above and go with Angel as being the better show.

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