 John Levesque, writing for the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", called the fledgling series "witty, intelligent and thoroughly entertaining" and dubbed it "the best thing I've seen on The WB".He praised the acting of Sarah Michelle Gellar, noting that she "plays Buffy to perfection".Phil Kloer of "The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution" called the show a "kicky little mix of camp comedy, high school hi-jinks and monsters" and likened its plot to the Fox sci-fi series "The X-Files" and the Nickelodeon horror-themed anthology series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?