BUFFY: Season Finalé with the most punch!!!!
POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Sunday, August 10, 2008 22:40
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The finale to season 2. At the end of it, I turned off the tv, and sat quietly astonished. For the first time ever, I was in love with a tv show! Also 5 because it was equal to the emotinal impact of 2.
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Much as I hated the whole "I am the key" crap, i have to say Season 5.
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
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Quote:But, but...Spike's sacrifice...battling the First...the cookie dough speech..."He had to split..." spreading out the power...season seven's finale had way more coolness to it!!!
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Much as I hated the whole "I am the key" crap, i have to say Season 5.
Chrisisall has Chosen
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Originally posted by embers:Quote:
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
Oh, it was a great line, but you have to remember - the Cheese stands alone!
M
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh, it was a great line, but you have to remember - the Cheese stands alone!
M
Oh yes, I always considered 'the cheese stands alone' to be a major clue in understanding 'Restless' (the truly final finale of S4)
I blogged about it here at my livejournal:
http://embers-log.livejournal.com/25965.html#cutid1
(I just dissecting Buffy the Vampire Slayer!)
New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
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I have to put my money down for "Restless". S1 finale was a good wrap up of the season long battle with The Master. S2 finale did nothing for me since I never bought her and Angel's relationship, so the OMG moment was more of a "meh" for me. S3 had probably the best battle of the series with all the students getting in on the action for once. S5 would have been the perfect series finale. S6 redeemed some of the whole season in my mind, especially with Xander's ordinariness ended up saving the world. And S7 was an average finale.
But "Restless" is my favorite finale in that they went completely against the grain and had something that was more "stream of consciousness" and more abstract and experimental than the traditional "Big Bad defeated" finale they had done three years in a row. It delved into the character's deeply, it touched on the themes of the series, and was still entertaining and kept the audience in mind, even though it was going out on a massive limb.
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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Quote:I was with you up until that part...
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
And S7 was an average finale.
Chosenisall
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I had heard once that the S5 finale really WAS supposed to be the series finale - Joss wanted the show to end after S5. Season Five marked the end of Buffy's run on the WB network, but UPN apparently threw a bunch of money at Joss, so he had to resurrect Buffy for a new network!
For me, S5 couldn't be the end. I want my heroes to LIVE, dammit! S7 felt much more "conclusive" to me - it just FELT like the right ending to the whole series, closing it out with one massive battle, destroying everything we'd come to know - all the old enemies, the high school, the house, the cemetery, the entire town - in a monumental cataclysmic battle royale. Now THAT is the way to end a series!
Mike
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Yeah- clean slate. And a smile for the Buffster.
Perfectisall
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Yup, there was just too much good about it. Caleb, played with creepy perfection by Nathan Fillion... Faith back fighting side by side with Buffy... Spike right there in the thick of it... Angel coming back... It just REALLY brought the entire seven seasons into focus for one big final FIGHT.
And I choke up a bit every time I see Buffy smile at the end... She finally gets to be a "normal" girl.
Mike
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