Since the discussion has lately trended to this direction. Have at it.
Edit: Argh arg, forgot to make this public. Can a mod change that? Or delete it so I can start over, lol.
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Since the discussion has lately trended to this direction. Have at it.
Edit: Argh arg, forgot to make this public. Can a mod change that? Or delete it so I can start over, lol.
Always season 5.
As I said in the other thread:
01. 5
02. 6
03. 3
04. 2
05. 4
06. 7
07. 1
Really close between 6 and 3, but 5 is clearly first.
Season 5, as a whole, is just impeccable.
My exact rankings.Originally Posted by Moviefreak
Huh I guess I haven't been keeping up with this discussion. In years past it was always a duel between 2 and 3.
For me (not having watched 7th) it's between 2-3, with 6th very close.
5th was very good as well but apart from some great episodes (The final was one the best Season endings, probably my second favorite after Becoming) I don't love as much as the other three. Still, it's better than 4th and 1st.
Yeah, it's between seasons 2 and 3 for me. I'll go with 2. I like the high school years better. Plus, Spuffy was a big NO for me.
(Season 5 of Angel is pretty damn good, too.)
I wanted to throw Season 6 a bone because it needs to be acknowledged but it ultimately isn't quite as consistent as Season 5.
I need to re-watch the show but I love Seasons 3, 5 and 6 almost equally.
What?! This was by faaaaaar my favorite Buffy relationship. I think Spike is a vastly more interesting character than Angel and Buffy had already been through so much by the time she and Spike got together that their relationship seemed so much more mature by comparison. Of course the less said about Riley the better.
I, too, loved Spike and Buffy together. Mainly because it wasn't another romantic relationship but one that was triggered by more complex and challenging emotions than romance. It was more about the tension between self-hatred and self-worth and there were instances in which one could empathize with both Spike and Buffy; both made errors of judgment, both deeply hurt each other, both demeaned each other and themselves in the process and yet at moments both understood each other completely and connected very deeply.
I, of course, love Bangel (?) as well, but it's a more conventionally romantic relationship. I appreciated that the writers felt the relationship had run its course by the end of Season 3 and just let Angel go. Buffy needed to move on.
i love spike and buffy as well. because yeah, it was a completely DIFFERENT kind of relationship than the usual tv romance, and also different from her and angel
i actually know people who like both her and angel and her and spike because of that. it was very deep and complex and i love the way it evolved. think about the way that relationship changed over all the seasons (and the evolution of spike himself) and it's pretty amazing where it ended up
May I remind you betches that it was Angel who came to Buffy's aid to deal with Caleb and The First's reign of terror?
What was Spike doing? I seem to remember him flirting with another Slayer in the basement.
I've always been a Bangel fan and always will be. Sorry, guys.
Well, he was getting his own spin-off, so they kinda had to.
Team Spuffy!!
Spike is great. As Whedon said, he is the most fully developed character of Buffy TVS. And he is so sexy, not only by his look, I love his voice as well.
I think Willow is the most developed character. My Favorite Season/s: Season 2-4. I cant choose between the three...Team Spuffy!!
Spike is great. As Whedon said, he is the most fully developed character of Buffy TVS. And he is so sexy, not only by his look, I love his voice as well.
5 > 2 > 4 > 6 > 7 > 3 > 1
I only just saw this thread!
Season 2 for me. The overall arc is pretty much one of my favourite things ever. It begins brilliantly, with Buffy feeling immortal and above her friends, basically letting the events of Prophecy Girl go to her head. This of course makes a haunting juxtaposition with the end of the season, where Buffy has to learn the extent of the personal sacrifices she must make in order to fulfill her duty and protect the people she loves. This season plunges deeper into all of the themes suggested by the first season and comes up with some of the greatest episodes ever (Lie to Me, Innocence). The Buffy/Angel relationship grows darker and more serious and then the season takes a turn with the Surprise/Innocence duo that I think is the strongest chunk of the entire series. Angel turning evil, Jenny being killed, Buffy finally having to fess up to her mom, only to get kicked out... I'm getting chills just typing about it! And then there's the big finale of Becoming Part 2, with Buffy having to stab her lover and toss him into some hell dimension at the precise moment that he regains his soul. That moment wrecks me completely.
And then it's all over and Buffy leaves town and season 2 bathes in the heartbreaking emotional aftermath. What gets me all the time is that the characters are in grade 11. They still have more high school ahead of them. There's a sense that they really are trapped, that the problems aren't going away anytime soon. And not that the problems go away when they graduate, but the situations change. In high school, there's an innocence that amplifies emotional experiences. Knowing that Buffy has lost so much of that innocence, but isn't necessarily free of it yet is an immensely moving note for this season to end on.
Looks like I have answered to this poll, but I don't seem to recall my vote - at all...? LOL That's how much I love all of this. Strangely, I still have some of the Season 7 to see yet.
I always had a thing for Season 2 and Bangel (LMAO) tho. High school years, heh.
Looks like I have answered to this poll, but I don't seem to recall my vote - at all...? LOL That's how much I love all of this. Strangely, I still have some of the Season 7 to see yet.
Right now I'd say:
2
3
5
6
4
1
Yeah, I'll just echo what has already been said. Seasons 3, 5 and 6 are the top of the pack for me, and I think you can make a solid case for any of them as Buffy's best season, but I'm sticking with 5. "The Body" remains probably my favorite (if "favorite" is really the right word) episode of television.
01. 5
02. 6
03. 3
04. 2
05. 4
06. 7
07. 1
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