........Forget Nielsen ratings. A TV series is truly popular when it has its own cult drinking game. In the Love Boat game, you did a shot each time someone sidled up to Isaac the bartender; in The Real World (San Francisco), you drank when Puck did something disgusting; and in the Buffy game, you drink when Buffy's bra strap is showing. Which is a lot. "Usually people get plastered," admits Sarah Michelle Gellar, who just reached legal drinking age. "But would you rather me fight the vampires without a bra on?"
........Gellar, who is still basking in the gory success of Scream 2 and I Know What You Did Last Summer is sure that Buffy fans will love the new season. "Buffy has reached a huge turning point," she says. "Her mother kicked her out, and she killed her boyfriend. And I think she's done a lot of growing up over the summer.