Worst Episode?
POSTED BY: hellsangel
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 22:11
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Which do you think is the worst episode..?
I hate Listening to Fear, I have only watched it twice in all my years as a huge Buffy fan!
What does everyone else think?
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As much as i love Buffy, there are a few eps which bug me to hell. It mostly those utterly ridiculous ones with the people in big, very fake rubber suits. For Instance:
-Teachers Pet
-Reptile Boy
-Bad Eggs
-Dead Man's Party
-Triangle
and a few more. Not all of them have bad fake costumes, but they are the ones that really annoy me. Also, I'm not a fan of the Buffy/Spike thing, so those eps aren't my fave either. My feeling regarding Buffy are rather mixed, because there are eps that i absolutely love, and will watch over and over and over again. And then there are Buffy eps that I really dislike that I will only watch once in a few blue moons. Then there are eps which I watch when I am in the mood. Listening to Fear is a little annoying butI can handle it becauseit deals with some major issues in the story arc. But that is my basic list of eps that I dislike.
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Yeah I agree. There were some pretty bad ones in seasons 1 and 2. Anything where it was some lame monster and no real emotional content or character development.
Also, although I love a lot of season 6 (especially where it goes in the last 7 episodes), I have to admit the beginning third of the season was kind of boring. I find it close to difficult to sit through any of the first 4 episodes for the second or third time. Don't get me wrong, it had it's moments. I love the mummy hand sequence in Life Serial that leaves Buffy in frustrated tears. That is very funny. But Bargaining 1 and 2 were disappointing save the final scene with Buffy and Dawn on the tower.
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Difficult to pick a worst one since I'll probably never willingly watch any of these again:
Smashed
Wrecked
Gone
Doublemeat Palace
Older and Far Away
As You Were
Hell's Bell
Entropy
Can you see a pattern emerging?
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Grounded, have you tried watching any of these a second time? I found that some were better the second time around. Try viewing Smashed with the commentary. That kind of gave me new perspective on the episode and I wound up liking it much more.
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I hated, HATED, most of season 6. Buffy banging Spike, Dawn being a total brat, Xander and Anya breaking up, GRRRRRR!!! There were some really good episodes in season 6, and the Triad was really funny, but over all that season was a huge disappointment.
The worst was probably the one where Willow's "addiction" led to Dawn breaking her arm (BTW, the whole magic/drug metaphor was about as subtle as a kick to the groin). Either that or the season finale.
I'm actually sitting here getting mad thinking about the magic "dealer" guy. The guy who said Willow tasted like strawberries.
Sorry I don't have the ep names; I can't find the DVDs. Maybe it was a defense mechanism to protect me from Buffy/Spike sex.
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Oh God yes I have to agree with you on that one. The episode is Wrecked, and the dealer's name is Rack. I felt like I was watching an after school special. I hated the magic/drug comparison, and it doesn't make sense. What's supposed to be happening to Willow is that she's been abusing THE POWER and thinking that she's above placing any limits on her use of magic, not to mention her carelessness when it comes to any possible consequences of the spells themselves. She's not supposed to be getting high on it. The whole floating on the ceiling bit was laughable.
I think the writers realized this because they never really revisited this exact comparison. Yes she goes back to Rack at the end of the season but that's just to take his power for herself. And come on, if it really was like drug use, Giles wouldn't be training her to use it wisely in season 7. You don't teach an alcoholic to only drink in moderation. Especially one who almost destoyed the world.
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Originally posted by Grounded:
Difficult to pick a worst one since I'll probably never willingly watch any of these again:
Smashed
Wrecked
Gone
Doublemeat Palace
Older and Far Away
As You Were
Hell's Bell
Entropy
Can you see a pattern emerging?
I agree with you completely on this run of bad episodes, EXCEPT as kissthelibrarian said, Smashed is actually pretty good when viewed again (especially with the commentary). AND ALSO, I thought that Entropy was hilarious and a great break after having so many depressing episodes in a row. It was certainly a welcome relief after Hell's Bells, which is my least favorite Buffy episode out of the 144.
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I don't think I have a worst episode as generally the season arc was being developed and/or character's were evolving - but I was never into the robot heavy episodes... and I thought the Buffy Spike realtionship was overlong, so there are a few of those where I'm thinking
"OK done this already lets move it along."
And I probably had this with the Xander and Anya demise - as it was pretty obvious what was going to happen.
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Oh, this should be easy, but as you know, picking a bad episode out of a series you love so much is proving to be quite hard.
Buffy: Easily a tie between "I Robot..You, Jane" and "Bad Eggs". Relooking over season one, its not near as bad as I thought it was, but this was easily the standout as one of the worst shows I had ever seen, Buffy or not, and "Bad Eggs"...sure was.
Angel: "I Fall To Pieces" in season one. Even though it features one of Joss's hat tricks, I just couldn't seem to care. Which is not to say that Season 1 of Angel is bad...its one of the best, in my opinion.
Firefly: "Heart of Gold" Even though I enjoy the episode from time to time, its not so great. My roommate's XBox in Korea wouldn't even play this episode, and I didn't seem to mind.
There are more, and I'm seeing a lot of Buffy season 6 episodes listed here, but even they had their strengths, and a strong seasonal arc (even if it did seem to break up just before the end. I wanted The Trio to be the big bad.)
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