Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

These essays illustrate just how disjointed and inconsistent Buffy as a series became over the course of its run. Many of the essays in this book try to follow the behaviors of a character or two throughout the seven years of the show and rationalize through a philosophical theory these actions. It doesn't work except to create a rather dull book. For a better primer to philosophy that also uses a television series as its central theme, read Philosophy and the Simpsons: The D'Oh of Homer.