Buffy season five: Name the really good episodes...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, June 7, 2007 03:50
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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, June 1, 2007 11:27 AM

Well top would be The Body. Closely followed by The Gift - which was a wonderful conclusion to the whole Myth. However noticable mentions to: SPIRAL - I just loved the Knights chasing down the gang and the innevitability of it all. Also I liked the Real Me - I thought it introduced Dawn in a really clever way. Weight of the World was a nice touch too as seeing Buffy in that state really put her somewhere vulnerable that we'd not seen since Angel turning in Season2.

Oh also The Replacement - because It's Xander and he always has the best comedy.

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DESKTOPHIPPIE

Friday, June 1, 2007 11:41 AM

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Suprised (or maybe I am having a special moment and missed it) that no-one mentioned 'Family'. This is one of my favourite eps of season 5. I liked how Tara properly came into the Scooby Gang at the end, and how it revisited a classic Joss theme of women being repressed.

Plus, it had a couple of classic humour moments (for me anyway). Riley's "Huh..then how come Xander didn't laugh?" followed by Xander's reaction and when Tara is thanking Giles for the cheesy crystal ball and then Dawn jumps into the picture with a broomstick - I was laughing my head off. And of course the nice (although classic Sunnydale-Syndrome) moment at the end with Willow and Tara floating. Awwww...

Yeah, Family is one of my favourite episodes too. In fact, it's the one I tend to watch the most when I want to cheer myself up. It's that moment towards the end when Cousin Beth turns to Tara and asks her acidly "Are you happy now?" and Tara grins a big, wide, happy grin for pretty much the first time in the series. I love that. I always end up smiling with her.

And how cute is Dawn in that episode? Seriously, who couldn't love her?

Buffy: You want her, you have to come through me.
Dawn: And me!
Mr. McClay: Is this a joke? I won't be threatened by two little girls!
Dawn: You don't wanna mess with us!
Buffy: She's a hair puller.

(written from memory so it may not be correct. Yeah, I watch that episode a lot!)

Plus it resolved all those little moments when we knew she was hiding something. And the twist was great fun too - she's a 100% normal human! Didn't see that coming!

That being said, I think Fool For Love is one of the very finest episodes of Buffy ever written. In fact, I rank it right up there with The Body, Hush and Restless. The more I watch it, the more perfect it becomes. The action, the humour, the seamless blending of flashback and plot progression and that excellent "death is on your heels, baby" moment when Spike looks out from the past and speaks directly to the viewer. Absolutely perfect.

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CHRISISALL

Friday, June 1, 2007 1:59 PM

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Buffy: She's a hair puller.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

I also LOVE:
D'Hoffryn: That's where I was going with that, yeah.

LOLChrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 1, 2007 2:01 PM

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The Gift - which was a wonderful conclusion to the whole Myth.

I thought Chosen was the conclusion....?

Sheepish Chrisisall

THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, June 1, 2007 2:34 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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The Gift - which was a wonderful conclusion to the whole Myth.
I thought Chosen was the conclusion....?

Sheepish Chrisisall

It was eventually Big 'C' yes... I meant up until then viewing it realtime, at the time, I believed it to be the conclusion, and as such it worked for me.... Imagine my surprise when season six came along

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EMBERS

Saturday, June 2, 2007 7:27 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
...one two three four, I declare a Dawn war....

I really enjoyed Dawn in 'Forever', when she and Spike went out to raise Joyce from the dead.
I would have enjoyed more times when Dawn was taking action instead of screaming 'get out, Get Out, GET OUT'

But I am sad no one else even mentions 'Crush'
I LOVE that episode...
with the return of Drusilla,
with Spike declaring his undying love to Buffy while he has her in chained up.
(The only chance you had with me was when I was unconscious) LOL

But mostly I loved the end when Dru, Buffy AND Harmony were all united in putting down poor old Spike....

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
...one two three four, I declare a Dawn war....

I really enjoyed Dawn in 'Forever', when she and Spike went out to raise Joyce from the dead.
I would have enjoyed more times when Dawn was taking action instead of screaming 'get out, Get Out, GET OUT'

In fairness to Dawn, she did only scream "get out Get Out GET OUT!" twice in the show. Once in 'Blood Ties' and once in 'Older and Far Away.' That's twice over three years - she took action a hell of a lot more than that, not even counting her whole Junior Watcher bit towards the end of season 7.

Technically, she screamed "Glory Glory Glory GLORY!" at Ben in 'The Weight of the World' to force him to change into Glory, but personally I thought that was really cool. Especially after the absolute bitterness of that "Change. Be her. I don't wanna look at you." line.

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BRANDONCOLLINS

Thursday, June 7, 2007 3:50 AM

I'm surprised that "Checkpoint" has gotten more mentions. I LOVE that episode. "Checkpoint" seems, to me anyway, to be the blueprint for the entire season. You have everything that's going on. Dawn's in trouble. Buffy's questioning how she's going to be able to save Dawn and deal with everything. Giles is put in jeopardy, which foreshadows his leaving and his big stabbage towards the end of the season. Not to mention that this was one of the earlier episodes to have a good Buffy speech, before the speechifying in Season 7. I just love the:

Buffy throws sword at the guy in the wall, it lands inches from his face.

BUFFY: I'm fairly certain that I said no interruptions.

Just like Xander, everytime I say "That was excellent."

"The Body" ranks up there for me as well, because I've been through losing a parent, so I just love how Joss hammered home every single feeling that you go through, all in one episode. Want to know what it's like to lose a parent? Watch that episode. That's really the way it happens people.

Not to mention the fact that Anya's "Fruit Punch" speech gets my crying everytime, as does Willow's endless shirt changing, and Buffy screaming at Giles "We're not supposed to move the body!!" Those are the three points at which I bawl like a baby every time.

Truly, I think that every episode this season was good, and I don't think I could honestly lump one into the "bad" category with some like Bag Eggs, Beer Bad, etc. No episode of Buffy was every horribly awful, but some of them just didn't reach that normal level.

Oh, and I love "Into the Woods" for two things: One is Riley giving Buffy the ultimatum. It is just the highlight of their relationship for me, because it's so beautiful how the characters have progressed. Riley is at a point now where he feels he has to threaten his girlfriend into staying into the relationship, while Buffy, pigheaded as ever, is taking the Slayer stance and saying "I don't negotiate with terrorists." It's not until Xander comes in and plays the role he plays so well that Buffy finall realizes that she's been this incredible dolt and runs to find Riley. The second thing I love is Xander telling Buffy what she needs to hear. That doesn't happen again until Season 6 when Giles leaves.

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