Currently half-way through the pilot, does this show get better?

Currently half-way through the pilot, does this show get better?
I ask because the imdb rating for the pilot is higher than a lot of the episodes that come after it, and at the moment I'm only just finding it 'okay'.
There are some funny lines, but some of the other writing elements seem contrived and the characters seem to be total stereotypes.
It also seems rather cheaply made. You wouldn't think it came 5 years after the pilot of something like The X Files.
I'm planning on watching the first couple of episodes, but I'd appreciate a heads up.

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The second half of season 1 has some good episode, but those first handful are a slog to be sure. Still some important things happen and you should just push on to Season 2 which is a big improvement. And then halfway through Season 2 it gets fucking incredible

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Season 3 is also awesome. 4, not so much. Picks up again at 5. Take or leave 6 and 7.

if you are actually posting while watching a show or a movie you need to kill yourself

S6 has really grown on me, and Warren is the most underrated character in the show. Season 7 is meh

Joss whedon is shit

It's a series from the 90's, which can take some getting used to if you've grown up in the post-2000s "golden age" of TV. Characters can oftentimes come off as more stereotypical or without some of the nuance of later shows.
Buffy get's into its stride in season 2, but season 1 was by no means bad. Basically, what you're seeing is pretty much what you're going to get. It's comfy and good in the context of its time but not high art.

It's a character driven drama. You have to watch enough to know the who the characters are to really enjoy it.

Questionably unnecessary. Once More With Feeling is kino. Warren is underrated and makes a great villain.

>watch show whilst eating
>finish eating
>stop watching
We're not all too fat to get off our asses.

Say what you want but he has impeccable taste in feet

Stop the show immediately after she graduates High School. The show goes to complete shit and becomes fan-fiction-tier.

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>It's comfy and good in the context of its time but not high art.
I'm not going to trash the show because I've not watched it, but like I said in the OP - this isn't impressive to what I've seen airing at the time. It looks less well made than the pilot of The X Files, and that was 5 years before (so that doesn't even bring in the advances for tv production and budget the show received, nevermind the talent).
Some of the editing seems rather choopy - especially in that scene where Buffy was trying to find the vampire (and almost stabs the hot popular girl).
Really liked the cold open though.

Except season 5 is the best story arc in the series, sure.

Kind of wished they ended it there.

>showed is built around taking stereotypes and adding depth
>stop halfway through ep 1 and complain about stereotypes

Just get out now and go back to your comic books.

This. Once she leaves high school the quality goes down tremendously.

X-files still holds up to shows airing today, and frankly I think it's the best series of the 90's so if that's your standard to which all else is going to be measured by, you're probably going to find this show lacking. That said, from an editing standpoint, it does get better. Some of the details on the technical side of things improve. But, I mean..look at the vampires. They all have that stupid "scrunchy face" look to them. It's going to be pretty much all that all the time. Like what others have said, come for the characters and their growth and bonds over the years..the horror and other aspects are lacking.

It's good, but everything goes to shit with the story by season 4. It should have ended then, but it didn't. The series is ruined by the time they all graduate and compounded by things like suddenly making Williow gay and introducing Tara as her lover, and cucking Oz, etc.

The series devolves into being too self referential by then.

If you had a clue you'd know they're not comparable. Buffy aired on the fledgling WB network and literally had no budget. They couldn't even afford good film stock, which is why S1 and 2 look like shit.

Is there something in that jumble of words that is supposed to make sense?