Seasons 2 and 5 are my favs as well! I loved everything with Dru and Darla in season 2, and then season 5 really saw the show hits its stride when it came to knocking out one consistently excellent episode after another.

I look forward to reading you meta :) I agree that Ats was definitely ahead of its time, especially in how it wasn't afraid to depict its main characters as really flawed and messed-up people