Some of the more negative reviews seem to be written by those who take their TV very seriously. I thought the return was a great mix of weird, scary, funny, mysterious, apocalyptic and crazy. Come to think of it, that's what I liked about the original series, too. So now the characters are older, did we expect them to be 20-somethings? It's not the 90s anymore, so the impending doom of the millennium has been and gone. Now the darkness is different. It's bigger. The new young characters are perfectly in tone with the whole charisma of the series: ultra-serious, naive, smart, unintentionally funny (thanks to the writers and actors, it doesn't seem labored), sometimes out-of-control, etc. People wanting to see the original series should buy the DVDs. Me, I'm older too, and I like the new series. I hope it sticks around, and that people can lighten up a bit on the hard-core expectations that it stick to what it "should" be. Thankfully, though, the subtle, self-mocking humor that has always been a part of the series hasn't gone anywhere.
I agree with the person who wondered what the heck is wrong with Fox's scheduling, though. It made no sense at all, unless they were trying to kill the series before it started.
