BUFFY: Season Finalé with the most punch!!!!

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, June 23, 2008 12:01 PM

So seven seasons of the great show and each with a finalé to consider.
Which seasons final episode had the most impact/punch/emotion etc for you?

For me it is season 5: The Gift. There was something about the way she died with a look of subtle calm on her face... It made her death strangely peaceful. It also, at that point, gave the show some poetic closure.

WYTCHCROFT

Monday, June 23, 2008 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
So seven seasons of the great show and each with a finalé to consider.
Which seasons final episode had the most impact/punch/emotion etc for you?

well, tough one... so long ago now since i first watched the show but...

if you're talking 'impact and punch' then um,
season 2 used to really get me;
the confrontation, the xander interception, the death - and Buffy's exit (trying to be non spoilery!) for a long time i would've put my money on that finale.

but for emotion (and having lost none of its impact over the years) season five for sure.

season 7 still makes me laugh, jump and cry and ends with a beautiful grace note.

BUT - having said all that. Restless (S4 last ep) is probably still my favourite single episode.

(the episode before it - which is the actual finale - i think is dreadful)

i aint never made up my mind on Grave. A lotta good things going on but... i just don't know. The last three episodes are all a bit 'superman II' for my taste. But Willow and Giles is great stuff and Xander redeems himself after S2.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, June 23, 2008 2:40 PM

Originally posted by wytchcroft:

well, tough one... so long ago now since i first watched the show but...

Quote:
if you're talking 'impact and punch' then um,
season 2 used to really get me;
the confrontation, the xander interception, the death - and Buffy's exit (trying to be non spoilery!) for a long time i would've put my money on that finale.

Yup. That would be my second choice. It was close between Five and Two.

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i aint never made up my mind on Grave. A lotta good things going on but... i just don't know. The last three episodes are all a bit 'superman II' for my taste. But Willow and Giles is great stuff and Xander redeems himself after S2.

I find Grave very disappointing; both as an episode and especially as the season finalé. That strange church thing coming out of the ground, along with the mis-judged orange blow-up doll attached to it is a bit insulting. Also for end the world about to take place there were some pretty relaxed looking traffic passing by in the background. A bit shoddy really.

EMBERS

Friday, June 27, 2008 5:59 PM

actually I got the most shock and surprise from Season Six's finally....
I was falling on the floor in shock (and some laughter) as all the different parts of Season 6 were resolved so beautifully....
Gile's showing up! And laughing! Unstoppable Dark Willow being stopped.... and Spike's soul!

Joss has always found a new way to tell his stories, and resolve them with an interesting twist.... I never can guess, or see it coming.

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 27, 2008 6:29 PM

I s'pose you already know what I'm going to say, but you wanna hear me say it anyway.
Chosen. Hands down the best.
For me, anyway.

Closure fan Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 27, 2008 7:47 PM

Taken on a literal level, the answer has to be Chosen as well.

Punchy Chrisisall

KWICKO

Friday, June 27, 2008 7:57 PM

Can't have just one - there are too many good season-enders in Buffy.

S1, because I really like your dress.
S2, because of... well, because of Angel.
S3, because the Mayor is a real snake.
S4, because I Am The Cheese.
S5, because She Saved The World. A Lot.
S6, because Evil Willow is even hotter than Lesbian Willow.
S7, because it's the FINAL finale, finally.

Really, how can you pick just one?

Mike

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EMBERS

Friday, June 27, 2008 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Can't have just one - there are too many good season-enders in Buffy.

S1, because I really like your dress.
S2, because of... well, because of Angel.
S3, because the Mayor is a real snake.
S4, because I Am The Cheese.
S5, because She Saved The World. A Lot.
S6, because Evil Willow is even hotter than Lesbian Willow.
S7, because it's the FINAL finale, finally.

Really, how can you pick just one?

Mike

Interesting about your Season 4, because MY favorite bit for that was:
"you can not hope to grasp the source of our power.....
but yours is right here."

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:20 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I s'pose you already know what I'm going to say, but you wanna hear me say it anyway.
Chosen. Hands down the best.
For me, anyway.

Ahhh yes. I figured you would say Season Seven. In many ways Chris I agree with you... But the poetry of Five wins me over... Just.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:24 PM

Originally posted by embers:

Quote:
Interesting about your Season 4, because MY favorite bit for that was:
"you can not hope to grasp the source of our power.....
but yours is right here."

I always liked that too. It also established what was to come with season seven.

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