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From Harry Potter to Kylie Jenner.

Firstly and most importantly, tbh, HARRY GODDAMN POTTER turns 20 this year, which means that 26 June should probably become some sort of national holiday.

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It also means that Kylie Jenner's never lived in a world without Harry Potter. She was born on 10 Aug 1997.

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In TV news, South Park will celebrate its 20th anniversary in August this year...

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And on 10 March, it'll have been 20 years since Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on The WB.

The ’90s was so long ago and I'm ancient.

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It was one hell of a crazy year.

George Clooney was the star of ER and also People's Sexiest Man Alive...

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...and he also starred in the critically panned Batman & Robin.

But it had a pretty good soundtrack!

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Tyra Banks was the first black model to have a solo Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover.

The previous year she had become the first black model to appear on the cover, but she shared it with Valeria Mazza.

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Do the stars align for you and Angel?

From the Upper East Side to the shores of the OC…

Buffy gave us so many memorable moments, even if we did have to grab the tissue box a few (hundred) times.

“Prophecy Girl," Season 1 finale

One of the most heart-wrenching moments in the whole episode is when Buffy loses it, saying she wants to quit slaying and stating she’s too young to die. This is of course true, but also doesn’t help in the long run, because she does in fact die. However, not for long, and the episode ends in an upbeat way.

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“Surprise," Season 2, Episode 13

If you’ve watched Buffy at all, odds are you’re as in love with Angel as Buffy is (well, maybe not as much — but close enough). That being said, this episode literally rips the heart out of anyone rooting for the couple, much like their happy ending was ripped from them. While a little cliché, Buffy and Angel make love for the first time on her birthday, but then Angel loses his soul (because consummating the relationship with his true love made him just a little too happy for the Gypsies who cursed him). This causes him to turn into the demon most vampires are. He breaks Buffy’s heart over and over again, due to the fact that he makes fun of her love for him (or for Angel) and physically hurts her as well in their duels.

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“I Only Have Eyes for You,” Season 2, Episode 19

While Angel is out being the most evil vampire he can be (because he no longer has a soul), a heartbroken Buffy is still trying to deal with life, which includes paranormal activity as well as vampires. The ghosts of dead lovers take over Buffy’s and Angel’s bodies, making them play out their failed love, only to change the ending to a happy one, so that they can move on to the afterlife.

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"Becoming Pt. 2,” Season 2, Episode 22

At the conclusion of this failed love arc that Angel and Buffy have going on, there seems to possibly be a light at the end of their tunnel. Willow, a witch, believes she can get Angel’s soul back, ridding them of the monster that is Angelus. However, he already opened a portal to another dimension that would destroy this one, so naturally Buffy has to kill him to stop that from happening. Oh, but of course, not before she sees Angel, the love of her life, is back. Just stab me instead, why don’t you?

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This batshit show made perfect sense 20 years ago. Now, not so much.

Let's start with the basics. What kind of name is "Buffy" anyway?

Have you ever met anyone called Buffy IRL? No, you have not, because it is not a name. Allegedly it's a "diminutive of Elizabeth." Is it balls, unless her full name is Bufflizabeth or something, which it isn't, because that's not a name either.

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Why was Giles never reported to the authorities?

Buffy's mom: "You've made a new friend at school! How nice. Who is it?"
Buffy: "A 46-year-old unmarried British librarian with no friends who has a cage in his office and an interest in creepy shit."
Buffy's mom: *Dials 911*

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Who the hell let Buffy become a guidance counsellor?

This seems highly unwise, given her love of twatting things and burning stuff.

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Angel is 225 years older than Buffy. 225 years. Why did no one have an issue with that?

Sure, Angel looks 26, but he's really three 75-year-olds rolled into one. Imagine the arguments they'd have had about politics. And it's a good job he only ate blood: she'd never have managed to get him to go to a fancy modern restaurant.

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On Jan. 12, 1998, I experienced a ’90s TV obsessive’s worst nightmare: I came home from a forced family outing to discover my VCR hadn’t recorded the latest episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

For those born after 1990, the sheer horror of this moment is likely lost on you. But in the internet’s predawn years, if you missed an episode of television, it was absolutely soul-crushing because there was genuinely no way to see it. No DVRs, no On Demand, no torrent sites (not that I condone that), and no hope. Your only possible salvation was a rerun months later (which wasn't a guarantee) or — even more tragically — the VHS box set that was sometimes released long after the season had wrapped.

Basically, it was 44 minutes of essential information potentially gone from your TV knowledge forever — and in the case of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (aka my favorite show of all time), it was more than missing plot points: It was brilliant writing, pitch-perfect performances, and the best hour of my week.

Outside of Buffy, there wasn’t a lot that made me happy in 1998. I was painfully shy, uncomfortably overweight, and my mother’s death five years earlier had sent me into a deep depression that, frankly, I never quite came out of. But all of that pain and sadness faded away the instant “Into every generation a slayer is born…” blared through my television speakers.

It represented the thing I wanted more than anything else in the world: a best friend.

Joss Whedon hadn’t just created an amazing television show in my eyes; he presented a world where the heroic underdogs were united by their love for one another. Buffy, Xander, and Willow were the original #SquadGoals — Willow literally brought Buffy back from the dead, Xander literally brought Willow back from the brink, and Buffy literally saved the world with their help.

To me, Buffy was more than a show; it also represented the thing I wanted more than anything else in the world: a best friend.

Yes, I had friends; this is not some story about a sad kid who spent every single Friday night at home binge-eating pepperoni pizza and watching three Blockbuster rentals. Just most Friday nights.

But I longed for the kind of friendship I saw on Buffy; the ride-or-die best-friend-ness that made you stand shoulder to shoulder against the apocalypse — or at least the kind of friend who liked all the same things I liked and would split a large M&M-laced bag of popcorn with me at the movies. I wanted someone to share high school with, but I had accepted that not everyone is destined for that kind of necklace-splitting friendship.

Which brings me back to the nightmare of Jan. 12, 1998. In the cold suburban New Jersey light of the next morning, I headed to school more deflated and depressed than normal. I lumbered from the bus to my locker, consumed with thoughts about what I could have possibly missed on Buffy the night before: Did Angel and Buffy kiss? Was there a Xander quip I needed to be quoting all day? How amazing was the monster of the week?

Then, in third-period photography class, a girl asked me what was wrong. “My VCR didn’t record Buffy the Vampire Slayer last night," I calmly told her. "And my life is fucking over.” She then said 14 words that changed my life forever: “That girl Jody in our history class loves Buffy too — maybe she recorded it.”

The possibility coursed through my veins like a drug. I felt like an addict knowing my seemingly impossible fix could possibly be less than 100 feet away, baking flan in home economics (if you didn’t know why a VCR was so important, you should also know home ec was basically cooking and sewing class). When the bell rang, I literally sprinted to Jody’s locker — and at this juncture in my life, I only ran when chased.

As she rounded the corner, my heart was racing — in part due to the aforementioned sprinting and in part because this person quite possibly held the key to my future happiness. I tried to sound as even-keeled (read: normal) as possible when Jody finally reached me. Instead, the words rushed out of my mouth and it’s quite possible I screamed them, because I have this vague memory of her recoiling at first. “Hi, you don’t know me but I love Buffy and I hear you love Buffy and my stupid VCR didn’t record last night’s episode and I know it’s such a weird thing to do, but is there any chance in the world that you happened to record it and would maybe be open to giving it to me so I can watch it?”

It felt like hours passed as I waited for her answer — understandable given that she probably needed a minute to recover from a sweaty, fat 16-year-old screaming in her face about a TV show. Then, she smiled and said the best thing I’ve ever heard, to this day: “Of course! I record every episode!”

If I were a religious person, this would be the moment a choir would begin to sing as the heavens parted and cast warming light upon my soul. Not only had Jody saved the day, but I’d also found a kindred spirit who recorded every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the sign of a true TV obsessive who wanted to be able to rewatch and relish in discovering new details within their favorite moments.

For the first time in my life, I was comfortable enough to bare my soul to someone.

The next morning, for the first time since…well, ever, I couldn’t wait to go to school. I probably even woke up before my alarm. I met up with Jody right after sixth-period English class. She opened her bag, and much like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, a gorgeous, golden light* erupted from betwixt the zippers of her JanSport (*it is possible I imagined the light). As she reached inside and pulled out a VHS tape with names of Buffy episodes etched onto the label, I wanted to scream and cry and erect a monument in her honor. Future generations would stop by the statue in the middle of Randolph High School’s parking lot and read the plaque beneath: In Honor of All the Women With Working VCRs Who Provided Men With Backup Recordings. Families would come from all corners to take pictures in front of it.

I thanked her — with what I'm pretty sure was our first hug — and I put the tape inside my backpack. For the rest of the day, I could hear it calling to me. Finally, after three of the longest classes of all time, I headed home.

I ran off the bus, threw open my front door, flew up the stairs, and all-but-dove toward the VCR. I slipped the tape inside, took the deepest of breaths, and pressed play. That’s when I discovered that I had missed one of the worst Buffy episodes ever. But “Bad Eggs” also brought something great into my life: a best friend.

Jody spent almost as much time at the movies as I did, and loved talking about pop culture for hours upon hours on the phone. But our friendship went far beyond entertainment — she became part of my family and I became part of hers; I spent Christmas Eves at her house and she endured Passover seders at mine; I went with her family to Ocean City and she came with mine to Long Beach Island; she was the only girl my dad allowed in my bedroom with the door closed (LOL in retrospect), we dressed as Buffy and Xander for Halloween (poorly), we spent hours driving around listening to Alanis Morissette, and we talked. We really talked.

We talked about dumb things over pizza bites every week during Buffy commercial breaks (though that also transferred over to our next TV obsession: Charmed), and we talked about deeply personal things the other 166 hours a week — our fears, our insecurities, our loves, our triumphs, and our first kisses. For the first time in my life, I was comfortable enough to bare my soul to someone and was rewarded with unwavering love and understanding and support in return. I had the ride-or-die best friend I would run full speed toward an apocalypse for.

And in opening up to Jody, I felt comfortable enough to let the world back in. I stopped being so angry, I stopped feeling so sad, and I stopped thinking I was unworthy of love. My teeth unclenched, my shoulders dropped, and the tense way I walked through the world eased a bit. I began to accept myself, I began to love myself, and people began to notice. I made more friends, I opened up to more people, and slowly but surely, I was spending fewer and fewer Friday nights alone.

That’s the thing about a best friend: You don’t have to be together to share a brain.

The same year Buffy, Willow, and Xander graduated high school, so did Jody and I (blessedly our graduation didn’t involve the Box of Gavrok). And as Buffy bunked up with Kathy (ugh, Kathy), Jody and I headed to different colleges. But even though we were hundreds of miles apart — Jody at Towson in Maryland and me at Syracuse in upstate New York — Jody and I did the impossible: We stayed friends through college. And every summer when we reunited in Randolph, it was as if we hadn’t missed a beat. We spent hours debating the Buffy episodes we watched separately over a plate of Totino's (we eventually threw in martinis) and found that even though we weren’t sitting side by side, discussing every beat during commercial breaks, our opinions still lined up perfectly.

We both thought Riley was trash, took a long time to warm up to Dawn, bought the “Once More With Feeling” CD (see millennials, a CD is… You know what? I don’t have the energy to explain this one if you don’t know), were so excited to have Faith back for the final season, and loved, loved, loved the series finale. Because that’s the thing about a best friend: You don’t have to be together to share a brain.

Jody and I are still friends to this day (in fact, I just texted her to fact-check something because it’s been 20 damn years since Buffy first aired); I danced at her wedding in 2015, and she came to visit me last April. Even now, when we reunite, we fall right back into sync.

And that’s all thanks to Buffy the Vampire Slayer — and an unreliable VCR.

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If you’ve ever had a show break your heart with the death of a major character, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is at least partly to blame. If you’ve ever rejoiced or suffered through a musical episode of a not-musical show, that may be on Buffy, too. There was the fearless meshing of genres; the playful take on dialogue; the commitment to a style of longform storytelling that turned the whole cast of characters into cultural icons; the groundbreaking queer storyline that paved the way for many more LGBT+ stories and characters to come. Whether you look at the sum of its parts or you consider the whole, Buffy’s is a lofty legacy to carry. Twenty years in, that’s truer now than ever.

When the series made its TV debut late in the winter of 1997, it famously flipped horror conventions: The conventionally attractive blonde girl wasn't preyed upon in a dark alley after meeting a threatening stranger. Rather than fall victim, she kicked ass. She wielded a stake; she killed the monster; she literally stomped the patriarchy.

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According to creator Joss Whedon, Buffy’s mission statement was “the joy of female power.” In practice, it was both the joys and the tribulations. Though Buffy had its share of villains throughout the years, the most memorable follow the show’s classic form: They are an enemy of women, and Buffy must take them down. Whether against a misogynistic classmate, a trio of murderous white nerd men personifying an all-too-real toxic masculinity, or a nasty preacher (Nathan Fillion) with a fanatical hatred of womankind, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) did her stomping. The show lived and breathed the credo that girls are powerful — a concept that sounds easy but is still lacking in Hollywood, even with the progress that’s been made. For a long time, Buffy was one of the central examples of what it meant to be a “feminist TV show” in the ’90s. It didn’t just define those conversations in pop culture — it helped to jump-start them into the 21st century.

Buffy herself was nothing less than a masterpiece. Her heroism and sparky bravado coexisted with her deeply felt pain and flaws, along with that handy ability to throw you across a room. Buffy was a pioneer figure in her own right, and the series filled a cultural void for formidable roles for women in an industry that had long been begging for absolution. It’s a meaningful show to a lot of people, in part because it married premise and execution so beautifully, allowing its stories to take on a mantle of importance bigger than itself.

Before she made a single episode of television, Shonda Rhimes binge-watched Buffy in its entirety. “For me, that was a very inspiring show, in terms of what was there and what was possible,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014. You can see subtle echoes of Buffy in every TV show Rhimes has ever made. Grey’s Anatomy, especially, is 13 seasons in and remains committed to longform character-driven storytelling amplified with operatic plot choices. Consider main character Meredith Grey: Not unlike Buffy before her, she’s survived countless emotional apocalypses, including a plane crash, the deaths of nearly everyone in her immediate family, a random senseless beating at the hands of a patient, a bomb incident, and a mass shooting. But while Grey’s remains committed to the melodrama, it's also just as devoted to who Meredith is in the context of the trauma she endures. That’s good character writing 101, but it’s also Buffy 101.

ShondaLand used the foundation Buffy laid down and built a whole city of skyscrapers on top of it.

The Rhimes-produced Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder — as well as Off the Map, Private Practice, and The Catch — all carry bits of Buffy DNA with them, too. Whether it’s quippy dialogue (see the banter of Pope & Associates), a playful ensemble riding out small apocalypses (think the cliffhangers in any of the above-mentioned shows), or the trademark ruthlessness with which both Rhimes and Whedon have killed off major characters (YEARS-OLD SPOILER ALERT: Like Grey’s’ George and Derek, and Scandal’s James). ShondaLand used the foundation Buffy laid down and built a whole city of skyscrapers on top of it.

ShondaLand is, of course, not the only place where Buffy’s influence is evident. You can see it too in sprawling fandom empires, in teen supernatural romances, and in genre risk takers. It’s present in the spiky, conflicted action heroines whose journeys involve tearing down the world’s most poisonous power structures. Buffy’s descendants are everywhere you look — in Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games, and in the ensemble of The 100; in the supernatural “Scooby” romps of Teen Wolf; in the system toppling and romances of Veronica Mars; in the genre-challenging explorations of heroism and death embedded in Lost and Game of Thrones; in the woman-championing discussions of autonomy in Orphan Black; in the chatty array of friends in Happy Endings; in Crazyhead’s ragtag demon hunters; in Twilight’s vampire romances; and unmistakably in the darkness and power of Jessica Jones.

In Buffy’s fourth season, when Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) revealed that she was falling for Amber Benson’s Tara Maclay, it wasn’t the first time a woman had loved another woman on TV. But it was a landmark moment in queer representation all the same — and one that progressed and deepened as Willow and Tara’s relationship did. This was network television in the very early ’00s, after all, and it was rare for same-sex relationships to be afforded the level of intimacy Willow and Tara enjoyed — so rare, in fact, that Whedon famously threatened to quit the show if The WB didn’t let the couple kiss onscreen. Whedon won the kiss, and audiences were invited to rejoice in a romance that remains one of the most endearing of the era. Today, the offshoots of their love aren’t overt, but rather implied — in Grey’s Anatomy’s Callie and Arizona; in Sense8’s Nomi and Amanita; in Faking It’s Karma and Amy. Not to mention in Pretty Little Liars’ Emily and Maya, who coincidentally was played by former Buffy slayer Bianca Lawson.

The relationship’s execution was not perfect, of course. In a move marred by a long (and continuing) history of queer women being slaughtered onscreen, Tara was killed off suddenly and brutally at the end of the sixth season, cradled in Willow’s arms. And in the aftermath, Willow morphed into the season’s “big bad,” going on a vengeful killing spree that saw a longtime hero become the villain.

Buffy stands in the middle of it all as a reminder of the progress that’s been made and the work there is still left to do.

Whereas Willow was a central yet supporting character in her series, in 2015, The CW’s teen apocalypse drama The 100 used the ground Buffy paved to make its main character, Clarke (Eliza Taylor), bisexual. Her love interest, Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey), was also killed suddenly — in a scene that almost eerily mirrors Tara’s death. The show’s fandom erupted in response, demanding more thoughtful representation of LGBT+ characters onscreen.

Some things change drastically in 20 years; some stay the same. Buffy stands in the middle of it all as a reminder of the progress that’s been made and the work there is still left to do.

But Willow and Tara, as with many other aspects of the show, beg the question: If disciples of Buffy are everywhere, what does that mean decades after the fact? Buffy helped inspire a growth of more than just a select few examples of feminist-influenced art in the pop culture landscape. In a strange Catch-22 that perfectly fits into our present-day modes of discussing pop culture, Buffy has had so much impact on culture that it makes itself look retrograde as a result.

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Today, the idea of a small white woman kicking ass is no longer revolutionary — in fact, in many cases it’s become the standard demanded of Hollywood. In the 20 years since Buffy’s debut, the conversation that created Buffy Summers in the first place has changed and become more intersectional. Its victories still stand — but so do its blemishes, including but not limited to a severe lack of fleshed-out (and not-dead) characters of color.

Rhimes may have been inspired in part by Buffy, but she took things to a new and different level when she created Olivia Pope, the exceptionally capable but intensely flawed DC “fixer,” who made her debut in 2012. Olivia was the first black female lead on network television in nearly 40 years. She too filled a void, and her popularity proved that women of color are just as capable of carrying shows as captivating and complex main characters.

TV did not stagnate after Buffy. On the contrary, the industry took what it preached, welded it together with everything else that was happening in the world, and built a new landscape with the materials. So when we talk about Buffy now, we should be talking about all that TV has accomplished thanks to its legacy — but let’s not forget where it all started: with one writer flipping convention and assigning power to someone pop culture often stripped of it. In order to truly make the most of all the innovation Buffy helped inspire, we need to nurture that first spark.

Like that the show turns 20 years old today. Yes, really.

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1. The show's creator, Joss Whedon, decided to call his main character Buffy because "it was the name [he] could think of that [he] took the least seriously". The network begged him to change the name, arguing that people wouldn't take it seriously, but he insisted that that was the point.

2. Whedon wanted to take the classic "victim" type – a young, blonde, seemingly harmless girl – from Hollywood horror movies and turn her into the hero.

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This list is truly ~kickass~.

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When Buffy realized almost immediately that Cordelia was not BFF material.

Look at the disgust on Buffy's face. Step aside, Cordy. Willow is the only logical choice for Buffy's BFF. A mutual love for James Spader just isn't enough.

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The moment the girls saw Xander in his Speedo.

They've seen so many demons, but the sight of Xander's nearly naked body is the truest shock of all. We'll save the speedo pic for a potential "Buffy's Sexiest Moments" post.

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Any interaction between Joyce and Spike.

Joyce: "Have we met?"
Spike: "Uh, you hit me with an axe one time."

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Only a true ’90s TV expert will get 10/10.

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“This is like a high school reunion, but much worse, because they all still look really great.”

Hey, Scoobies!!! You probably know that Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cult TV show and pillar of '90s pop culture, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

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Well, to celebrate, the ENTIRE CAST* reunited for a special issue of Entertainment Weekly. And, quite frankly, I cannot deal with these kinds of emotions.

*OK, not the entire cast. There's one very important person missing, but we're trying not to focus on it.

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Being the master wordsmith that he is, the show's creator, Joss Whedon, described the situation perfectly.

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Because of course, they are all still obnoxiously flawless human beings. Let's take a look!

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It’s hard to imagine life after Big Little Lies, but this might help.

Big Little Lies might have been a fleeting part of our lives with only seven episodes, but it's certainly left its mark. If you're looking for something to fill the void, we've got your backs. Whether you're yearning for more complex stories of friendships among women, for further contemplations of trauma, for a little bit of mystery, or for all of the above, here are some films and TV series you might want to dive into next.

9 to 5

Starring three legends (Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin), 9 to 5 can best be described as a second-wave feminist revenge romp against the patriarchy. And honestly, how fun is that? —Alanna Bennett

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Ally McBeal

Long before Big Little Lies, David E. Kelley was responsible for this series about a lawyer with a complicated personal life — well, not quite as complicated as Celeste's. But Ally McBeal is also similar in the way it blended genres and used dream sequences and heightened reality to contrast its more grounded storytelling. —Louis Peitzman

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Boys on the Side

The relationship between the three women at the center of Boys on the Side is only strengthened by the trauma they endure. Fans of Big Little Lies will notice a pretty significant plot similarity between the series and this film; it's a major spoiler for both, so just watch. —LP

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Ahh, the warm glow of a television set.

Parks and Recreation

"Throughout its seven seasons, all of the characters show positive, believable growth and become better versions of themselves. The show is witty and smart, with a whole lot of heart." —Diana Moreno, Facebook

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The Golden Girls

"No matter how many times I've seen it, I laugh like it's the first time. And sometimes I get cheesecake when I watch, so there's that bonus you can give yourself." —DeAnna Hall, Facebook

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Gilmore Girls

"I enjoy the fast-paced conversation between Rory and Lorelai, the fact that there's no out-there, silly drama. And (other than Christopher) all the characters are enjoyable." —Rhiannon Smith, Facebook

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Life comes at you fast.

Times have changed.

You can stop raising the roof now.

Daria officially turned 20 years old this year...

...as did Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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And in news that will leave you totally buggin': Alicia Silverstone plays the mom in the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.

And yup, that's Tom Everett Scott playing the dad.

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If Bart Simpson aged like a real person, he could be feeding his shorts to his own kids now. He'd be 38 years old today.

Bart was 10 years old on The Simpsons’ first episode in 1989.

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“There is no aspect, no facet, no moment in life that can’t be improved with pizza.”

We received many responses (thank you). Here's a few of them:

When The Doctor (Matt Smith) suddenly appeared and asked Kazran (Michael Gambon) this question.

- Suggested by cchiefham04.

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When Syd said this during Masterchef Junior.

"Before she began cooking her first dish of the competition, she took a deep breath and whispered this sentence to herself.

It made me start crying! Saying it to myself is a great way to momentarily wave off impostor syndrome and get a burst of inspiration."

- Suggested by clairetmars

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When Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) gave this advice to Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in Game of Thrones.

- Suggested by n48a45f676

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Box of tissues not included.

Note: submissions have been edited for clarity and length.

Grey's Anatomy, "Losing My Religion," Season 2, Episode 27

If I need a cry, I always watch the Season 2 finale of Grey's Anatomy. Katherine Heigl's emotional performance mixed with "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol playing always gets me!
—sophiek47c1a30e0

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Parenthood, every episode of Season 4

I think I ugly cried during every episode of Season 4. The show perfectly depicted an ordinary family dealing with ordinary struggles. There wasn't a sad topic that the show didn't include, so there's a 99.9% chance that it will hit close to home for you in one way or another.
—ggk328

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The Office, "Finale," Season 9, Episode 23

When Michael leaves Scranton, or when the entire series ends, it feels like you are losing friends you've had for years. It's a breakup, but worse, because you're breaking up with a dozen people you have spent several years getting to know. You don't realize how much you've enjoyed your time at Dunder Mifflin until it's over. —emmaw54

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